let's stop poisoning our children!
By epenner
@epenner (162)
United States
January 29, 2007 9:22pm CST
And why should seven-month old Adrian Gonzales have died? He crawled through a puddle of spilled Clorox which gave him third degree burns on 50% of his tiny body, and burned his lungs from the fumes as well. It took him four agonizing days to die. Or the eighteen month old who had to eat and breathe through tubes for five months and at last count has had thirty operations, due to swalling a small amount of dishwasher detergent.
Why must these children have suffered so If only they could never have been exposed to such hazardous chemicals. every year five to ten million household poisonings are reported. Many are fatal and most of the victims are children. These poisonings are the result of accidental ingestion of common household substances found in just about every home.
The real tragedy is, accidents like these can easily be avoided. But most parents aren't aware that there are effective products on the market that are much safer than nationally advertised brands and, in most cases, cost less.
This message is meant to be a wake up call for parents. I think you will be shocked about some of the health hazards your child is exposed to every day because of the cleaning and personal are products in you home. I pray that you will continue to read this information carefully. Your child's health is dependent on it.
~~More children under four die of accidental poisonings at home than are accidentally killed with guns at home.
~~Of chemicals commonly found in homes, 150 have been liked to allergies, birth defects, cancer, psychological abnormalities.
~~After analyzing 2,983 chemicals used in personal care products, 884 were found to be toxic.
If you have taken this message seriously please tell me if you would be interested in learning more about replacing the chemicals that you currently have in your home with safer, effective, and cheaper solutions. I want to help make a difference in the life of everyone. If you know someone else who may be interested in the products please feel free to email or have them email me at epenner84@earthlink.net
Thank you for your time and patience. i know this was long but I really wanted to get my point across.
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5 responses
@AskAlly (3625)
• Canada
30 Jan 07
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@epenner (162)
• United States
31 Jan 07
I would like to encourage you to check out the site www.melaleuca.com
Here you can check out all the products, you would have to keep in contact with me if would like to purchase any products and reap in the membership benefits.
I will also be posting some of my favorite products.
Thanks!
@craftyqueen2007 (151)
• United States
2 Feb 07
I knew she was talking about melaleuca. It's great stuff.
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@krislouiebaby (2346)
• Philippines
2 Feb 07
wow thank you so much for a great post.
it is indeed a wake up call for us parents to be careful on using chemicals at home.
and we should be careful in handling detergents. after using it, we should keep it out of childre's reach.
@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
30 Jan 07
Thanks so much for sharing this. Am hoping more moms and others even respond and learn how to improve their little bit of the world. Each one of us can contribute to the clearing of the air and removing toxic compounds from our homes. I have raised children successful and they are beginning to appreciate fully the benefits of using more natural products whenever possible.
This is wonderful and I encourage you to keep up the good fight!
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@samtaylorskykierajen (7977)
• Canada
2 Feb 07
My dad was actually selling that melaluca for awhile . Not sure why he got out of it but they did love the products , they had wanted me to try some but we live so far away that by the time we got to see he wasn't doing it anymore . I know one time I was up there in the summer and my daughter spilled ketchup on her good top . I was upset as it was the first time she had ever wore it and I was sure the stain would not come out . My step mom put some of the mulaluca (not sure how to spell that ) on it and it took the stain right out .
It is scary when you think about how dangerous our house hold products can be for our children . I have always been very nervous about my little one's getting into such stuff that everything is up really high where they can't reach even with a chair , the same goes for any medicines in the house but there are things that I didn't realize were dangerous such as baby oil . My best friend's little guy got into some she had in the bathroon and drank it and they had to keep a close watch on him for a long time to make sure he was going to be ok . She was really freaked otu and so was I , as I never would have thought because it was called baby oil that it could possibly be dangerous .
Very well written , and very good advice thanks for posting , more parents should be aware because sometimes you just don't think about stuff like this until it is too late .
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