Those organic foods that you make it such a point to feed to yourself and to your family may give you a sense of security that your family is being well taken care-of, and indeed they are, but you should also be aware of the various chemicals that are used in other things around your house, say air fresheners. That’s right, those air freshening products that are sold with such abandon on television commercials, and that you see calling out to you from supermarket shelves could be doing just as much to hurt the air that enters your family’s lungs as conventional foods sprayed with pesticides may be doing to hurt their bodies.
A test of air fresheners was recently conducted by the Natural Resources Defense Council and it was found that 12 out or 14 popular air freshener products contained a chemical that is known to be harmful to human health. Phthalates were found in almost all air freshener brands ? and this is a chemical that is known to cause reproductive problems and hormone disruption in humans. If you are completely in love with your air fresheners, of course, then you are not going to enjoy your home as much without them, but removing them could really improve the health of yourself and your loved ones!