Toxic Free Foundation
toxicfree.org
The TOXICFREE® Foundation is a leading educator and resource on the possible toxic ingredients used in personal care, household, baby and pet products. We are committed to assuring ever increasing product safety and product integrity for our children, ourselves and our pets and to being the inspiration for healthy solutions.
Chemical poisons in cosmetics, personal care, and household products are affecting you and your children more than you may know.
According to the Poison Control Center report published in 1999, there are more than two million, two hundred thousand reported cases of exposure to poisonous substances annually. In this report, household cleaning substances are the number one source, responsible for more than 217,400 cases of exposure each year. Analgesics, primarily acetaminophen, are number two.
The number three source is personal care products, which include cosmetics, at more than 205,200 exposures. Household and personal care products together are responsible for more than FIVE TIMES THE NUMBER REPORTED FROM PESTICIDES.
For Children under the age of 6 years, the number one source of exposure is personal care products, including cosmetics (153,057), and the number two source is household cleaning substances (123,575).
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