Think about the air you Breathe

Recently in a study reported in the media, tests were done that found children diagnosed with ADD or ADHD had large amounts of pesticide in their urine.

Where did the pesticide come from? The children didn’t drink it, but they ingested it from the sprays used in their homes or their schools. This is just one of the ways we are poisoning ourselves and our families.

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) is a serious condition for many of us. We can’t go to concerts, take classes, go to the theater, ride in the car with some of our friends, attend meetings or visit in the homes of people we know because these places often reek with the “air fresheners” carpet deodorants, chemical fragranced candles or perfume.

We can’t shop in most stores today because the air we have to breathe is polluted with “fragrance” in air fresheners or potpourri that burns our nostrils, makes us cough, brings on asthma attacks and in some cases causes respiratory arrest. Even hospitals where we are supposed to be healed, are dangerous due to cleaning products and personnel who wear perfume around patients. Cigarette smoking is banned but the indoor air pollution is often just as dangerous.

As our environment is bombarded with synthetic chemicals , most made with petroleum, it becomes more and more dangerous for children and older people whose immune systems are not as strong as the average  middle aged adults.

Numerous websites and articles can be found online telling the stories of Americans who suffer from these chemicals and methods used to protect ourselves as well as we can. http://www.ourlittleplace.com/nontoxic.html is one of the places that gives us reasons to stop using the fragrances and ways we can live healthier and safer without those products.

Read the articles and learn why I and many others have stopped using the chemicals advertised to women in this country. We don’t have to buy products that contain cancer-causing chemicals. We have safe alternatives.

Please  search MCS online and learn valuable information that could save the health of children and older adults in this country..

Glenda C. Beall

(Glenda Beall is a writer and advocate for safe, clean indoor air)

nightwriter0302@yahoo.com

glendabeall@msn.com