{"id":1571,"date":"2009-10-09T15:19:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-09T15:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/?p=1571"},"modified":"2015-09-15T05:32:51","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T09:32:51","slug":"%e2%80%9cdid-you-know%e2%80%a6%e2%80%9d-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/%e2%80%9cdid-you-know%e2%80%a6%e2%80%9d-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Contaminants in your Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 248px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_sVKcBs4vE78\/S5979tsoFbI\/AAAAAAAAAqo\/lJUojXd61M8\/s320\/IMG_233.jpg?resize=238%2C522\" alt=\"ActiveIon Cleaning with Water\" width=\"238\" height=\"522\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">ActiveIon Cleaning with Water<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Hidden Contaminants in your Home<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>According to a five-year EPA study, the air in an average American home has chemical contamination levels three to five times greater than outdoor air. The EPA maintains that half of all illnesses occurring in the United States can be attributed to chemical contamination of indoor air. In fact, a 1985 EPA report states that household cleaners are three times more likely to cause cancer than outdoor air pollution.<\/li>\n<li>After analyzing 2,983 chemicals used in personal care products 884 were found to be toxic.<\/li>\n<li>According to the National Safety Council, more children under the age of four die of accidental poisonings at home than are accidentally killed with guns at home.<\/li>\n<li>We spend 90% of our time indoors, and 65% of our time at home. Moms, infants and the elderly spend 90% of their time at home.<\/li>\n<li>National Cancer Association released results of a 15 year study concluding that women who work in the home are at a 54% higher risk of developing cancer than women who work outside the home.<\/li>\n<li>Of chemicals commonly found in homes, 150 have been linked to allergies, birth defects, cancer, and psychological abnormalities.<\/li>\n<li>According to the American Cancer Society, there has been a 26% increase in cancer over the past two decades.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hidden Contaminants in your Home According to a five-year EPA study, the air in an average American home has chemical contamination levels three to five times greater than outdoor air. The EPA maintains that half&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[649],"tags":[11,105],"class_list":["post-1571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-air-quality","tag-green-cleaning"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qEFP-pl","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1724,"url":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/cleaning-with-water-its-a-good-thing-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1571,"position":0},"title":"Cleaning with Water, it&#8217;s a good thing","author":"Bodynsoil","date":"March 4, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Cleaning with Water, it's a good thing Click the link below for more information. \u00a0 In the U.S., every 30 seconds, a child goes thru poison control due to accidental poisoning from household chemicals.\u00a0 Before you are born your body is home to over 200 chemicals, a number that continues\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Chemical Free Cleaning","src":"http:\/\/www.awltovhc.com\/image-4909446-10818566","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2066,"url":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/gardeners-be-aware-of-the-ghost-of-lead-products-past\/","url_meta":{"origin":1571,"position":1},"title":"Gardeners be aware of lead products","author":"Bodynsoil","date":"March 27, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Gardeners be aware of lead products As the time passes from March to April people in this corner of the New England states start thinking about summer and all that it brings.\u00a0\u00a0 New England summer\u00a0 is a magical time full of boating, bike riding, golf, hiking and much more; including\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;garden&quot;","block_context":{"text":"garden","link":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/category\/soil\/garden\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Lead Products","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2010-04-21-composter.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2472,"url":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/greenwashing-seven-sins-of-eco-friendly-labeling\/","url_meta":{"origin":1571,"position":2},"title":"GreenWashing: Seven Sins of Eco Friendly Labeling","author":"Bodynsoil","date":"May 9, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"GreenWashing: Seven Sins of Eco Friendly Labeling Take a walk through any store and you will see labels proclaiming to be free of something harmful, nature friendly, biodegradable or eco-degradable. 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