Did you know that the household products you use daily are full of toxic chemicals ?
From phosphates, to bleaching agents, parabens, preservatives and even synthetic fragrances...
Toxic chemicals jostle in the bottles of commercial household products.
Some toxic products are already in your home, without you knowing!
After analyzing more than 100 household products available on the market, 60 Millions de Consommateurs has drawn up a list of undesirable components because they are harmful to health and the environment.
These cleaning products are perhaps ruthless with the dirt, microbes and various bacteria that invite themselves into our homes...
...but they are just as important for our skin, our lungs, our eyes and for the environment!
Yet, stimulated by advertising campaigns that tout the effectiveness of their products for cleaning whiter than white, we do not hesitate to expose ourselves to them day after day.
Do you remember the study made by 60 Million Consumers on the toxic substances found in 237 daily hygiene products?
Well this time, experts and journalists have worked on a hundred household products to find out which ones contain products that are dangerous to health and the environment.
The result of the survey of 60 Million Consumers is alarming: "almost all contain one or more undesirable substances".
Here is the list of cleaning products hazardous to health and toxic household products:
Ajax, Ariel, Canard, Carolin, Cif, Cillit Bang, Destop, Febreze, Harpic, La Croix, Mir, Mr. Clean, Pliz, Saint-Marc, Sanytol …these brands are familiar to you, right?
Normal, we use them regularly to clean the house. Be aware that all contain products that may be allergenic, irritating, corrosive, and incidentally harmful to the environment.
Even Frog which nevertheless displays an eco-label is listed by the consumer magazine, because of an irritating and corrosive product (phenoxyethanol).
Very aggressive, under the pretext of effectiveness which remains to be demonstrated, these products are in no way harmless.
While we think we are creating a healthy environment by polishing our interior from top to bottom, we are content to pollute it a little more and above all to endanger our health...
For the journalists, it is clear, there is no point in wanting to eliminate all bacteria with an armada of products likely to burn our skin and poison the environment.
After all, our "home" is not a train station where thousands of people pass or an operating room that needs to be constantly disinfected!
Not to mention that we multiply the sources of pollution and allergens!
A product for the kitchen, a product for the bathroom, a product for the toilet, a product to remove microbes, a product for the floor, another for the dishes and the dishwasher without forgetting a product for the laundry …
With skillful marketing maneuvers, manufacturers encourage us to buy more and more so-called "specialty" products!
This is the best way to multiply health risks at home (see this list of allergens from the Scientific Committee for Consumer Safety).
Fortunately, pictograms have been added to help consumers make the right choice and use the products without putting themselves in danger. Discover the meaning of these pictograms here.
The magazine 60 Millions de Consommateurs invites each of us to use harmless and health-friendly products.
These are organic products or even natural products, such as those of the Ecodoo brand. or the Ecological Drugstore for example.
Just like comment-economiser.fr, 60 Million Consumers recommends cleaning up with these natural and inexpensive products:
1. Baking soda
2. Soda Crystals
3. White vinegar
4. Black soap
5. Marseille soap
6. Soda ash
7. The land of Sommières
8. Essential oils:lemon, lemongrass, tea tree, cinnamon, lavender...
These 8 natural and economical ingredients are enough to make all the products to maintain your home from floor to ceiling yourself.
You do not believe me ? We have selected for you the uses for each of these products. Watch:
- 43 Amazing Uses of Baking Soda.
- Soda Crystals:All The Uses You Should Know About.
- 10 Amazing Uses Of White Vinegar Nobody Knows About.
- 16 Uses of Black Soap Everyone Should Know.
- 10 Tips to Know about the Real Savon de Marseille, a Magical Product.
- 4 Essential Tricks You Should Know To Whiten Laundry Easily.
- 6 Incredible Uses of an Unknown Product:the Terre de Sommières.
- Tea Tree Essential Oil:14 Must-Know Uses.
Here is the list of toxic components to avoid present in many household products:
- Hydrochloric acid: irritating to skin and respiratory system, corrosive.
- Oxalic acid: irritating to eyes and skin, corrosive, release of toxic gases when mixed.
- Sulfamic Acid: irritant, corrosive, toxic to aquatic organisms.
- Alkyl ethoxylates and derivatives: irritant, toxic to aquatic organisms.
- Benzisothiazo-linone: irritant, allergenic, toxic to aquatic organisms.
- Butoxyethanol: irritant, possible carcinogen.
- Benzalkonium chloride: promotes the appearance of resistant microorganisms.
- Didecylmethyl-ammonium chloride: irritant, corrosive, promotes the appearance of resistant microorganisms.
- EDTA: low biodegradability, risk of environmental persistence.
- Ethanolamine: irritating to skin and respiratory tract, corrosive.
- Ethoxydiglycol (DEGEE): irritating to skin and respiratory tract, corrosive.
- Hydrogen peroxide: irritant, corrosive, dangerous in the event of a mixture (acids, ammonia), oxidizer (which allows combustion).
- Lyral (or hydroxyisohexyl 3 cyclohexene carboxaldehyde): very allergenic.
- Sodium hypochlorite: irritating to the skin.
- Sodium hydroxide: irritant, corrosive, potential threat to fauna and flora.
- Lodopropynylbutyl carbamate: allergenic, irritant, corrosive, very toxic to aquatic organisms.
- Sodium metaperiodate: irritant, corrosive, toxic to aquatic organisms.
- Methylchloroisothiazolinone: highly allergenic, very toxic to aquatic organisms with long lasting effects.
- Methylisothiazolinone: highly allergenic, very toxic to aquatic organisms.
- Phenoxyethanol: allergenic, irritant, reprotoxic effects at high doses in animals.
Find all the harmful products in the magazine 60 Millions de Consommateurs:Maintaining your home naturally
