Environmental issues cover a wide range of innovations which might begin with encouraging the children to home produce this year’s Christmas decorations and end with selling off the factory off cuts so they may be recycled into the manufacturing community.
Each time the average family buys a plastic bottle of washing detergent and disposes of the empty container into the general trash without separating it for recycling the planet has to deal with one more lump of non biodegradable plastic that will sit in landfill for years.
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A newly carpeted room, a freshly painted wall, toys, your childs sippy cup….are just some of the products that may be harming your family. There are hidden dangers lurking all around our homes that we need to be aware of. Products containing hazardous chemicals ‘off-gas’, that is they evaporate these chemicals into the air. The most common household products that off-gas are carpet, furniture, cabintry, vinyl flooring, paint, and plastics.
The most vulnerable to these hazards are babies and children because of their developing systems. Exposure includes ingestion, inhalation, and absorption. Since eliminating these products from the home is usually not an option, the best way to reduce off-gassing in your home is too move air, some fans and opening windows for a couple of hours a day to allow for better ventilation. Avoid using the dishwasher to clean sippy cups, bottles, storage containers, any plastics, as high temperatures cause these toxins to leach into the future product contained within. Avoid microwaving food in plastic containers.
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