How to Lower Your Family’s Chemical Body Burden Story

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Filter Your Drinking Water

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Switch to an Organic Mattress If you spend 8 or more hours a day inhaling flame retardants and other chemicals, your health will suffer. Babies and kids (and their growing brains and bodies) are even more susceptible to the dangers of mattress toxins.

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Reduce PBDE (Polybrominated diphenyl ethers) Exposure Vacuum regularly with a HEPA filter vacuum. And be sure to vacuum in areas of potential PBDE dust, such as behind TVs, around couches and under the bed.

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How to Lower Your Family’s Chemical Body Burden Story

Filter Your Drinking Water

According to the Environmental Working Group’s report on tap water, your water could be contaminated with heavy metals, Chromium-6, cleaning agents like chlorine, or some 300 other chemicals and pollutants.

Switch to an Organic Mattress If you spend 8 or more hours a day inhaling flame retardants and other chemicals, your health will suffer. Babies and kids (and their growing brains and bodies) are even more susceptible to the dangers of mattress toxins.

Reduce PBDE (Polybrominated diphenyl ethers) Exposure Vacuum regularly with a HEPA filter vacuum. And be sure to vacuum in areas of potential PBDE dust, such as behind TVs, around couches and under the bed.

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