| Walk into any market, pharmacy, or general store | | | | any residue that is emitted into the air and water |
| and you'll see them abounding. They line the aisles | | | | supply will not break down. In addition to the personal |
| just waiting to be taken into unsuspecting homes to | | | | exposure in their own homes, people can also get |
| clean the air and make it smell nice and fresh. The | | | | exposure in commercial venues, such as the public |
| selection of vibrant rainbow colors, shapes, and shiny | | | | restroom in a supermarket or a restaurant. The |
| packages abound. You may even feel tempted to | | | | chemicals leave a toxic residue that threatens wildlife |
| buy 100 of them to spread throughout your home | | | | and contributes to pollution. In order to prevent |
| and office. The affordable prices makes them seem | | | | debilitating illnesses, it is best to avoid these toxic |
| very appealing. You look at the package and read all | | | | products altogether. |
| the wonderful ingredients. Commercials depict | | | | A healthy safe alternative to clean your air and make |
| homeowners who use air fresheners as happy, | | | | it smell fresh is pure organic plant essential oils. |
| healthy, and content while breathing fresh clean air. | | | | Organic essential oils of lemon, lavender, patchouli, |
| These products were made to put your mind at | | | | sandalwood, pine, and wintergreen are wonderful for |
| ease and provide you with the means to clean the air | | | | cleaning and purifying the air and eliminating toxic and |
| and prevent you from worrying about odors and | | | | offensive odors. You cannot go wrong with natural |
| germs. You would never dream that these products | | | | essential oils. They are non-toxic and 100% effective. |
| could be harmful or hazardous to your health. | | | | My husband and I use them in our home and on our |
| The companies that manufacture these products | | | | persons every time we step out the door. Essential |
| have families across the United States and abroad | | | | oils smell nice and have many healing medicinal |
| believing that these products are beneficial and safe. | | | | properties. Lemon is great for cleaning the air and |
| What these companies won't tell you is that these | | | | making it smell good, but it's also great for many |
| products contribute to severe respiratory illnesses | | | | other things. A couple drops of lemon oil in your |
| and allergies. When you look at a deodorizer package, | | | | water will enhance the flavor and destroy harmful |
| you may feel relaxed and comforted by the vibrant | | | | bacteria. You can also mix it with white distilled |
| colors and shapes and you'll see in the ingredients | | | | vinegar and baking soda for cleaning and deodorizing. |
| that there are natural scents like jasmine and | | | | Peppermint is another wonderful magical healing herb. |
| chamomile. What you won't see in the ingredients are | | | | Peppermint has been used for centuries for many |
| the plethora of toxic petro-chemicals added to these | | | | healing properties. It aids digestion, cleans the breath, |
| natural ingredients that irritate the lungs, the nasal | | | | soothes sore throats, and helps you to stay cool on |
| passages, and your organs. A recent study of | | | | a hot day. Peppermint is so strong that a half of a |
| mothers and their infants, conducted at Bristol | | | | drop will do wonders. Sandalwood is another |
| University in England, found that air-freshener sprays | | | | wonderful magical plant. It smells great and is very |
| were associated with headaches and depression in | | | | calming and relaxing. It can be used to lift the spirits |
| the mothers and ear infections and diarrhea in the | | | | and it does wonders to create a sweet positive |
| babies. | | | | atmosphere. |
| We've known for a long time that certain | | | | There really is no limit to the wonderful healing power |
| deodorizers contains a substance called Phenol, the | | | | of essential oils. Some are good for internal as well as |
| ingestion of which even in small amounts can cause | | | | external use, but many are only for external use. The |
| nausea, vomiting, circulatory collapse, paralysis, | | | | most important thing to keep in mind is that |
| convulsions, coma, respiratory failure, and cardiac | | | | commercial mainstream products are best avoided. |
| arrest. Why would anyone with children keep such a | | | | There are many products that claim to contain |
| product in their home? We have also learned recently | | | | natural plant scent oils, but this is confusing and not |
| that a well-known deodorizer disinfectant also | | | | altogether true. The plant oils are not pure. They are |
| contains Dioxin! That's the deadly ingredient used in | | | | a combination of plant essences and petro-chemicals. |
| Agent Orange that can cause genetic mutation, birth | | | | When you see ingredients like chamomile and |
| defects and cancer. A recent article in Greenpeace | | | | jasmine, don't be fooled. Once inhaled, these |
| Magazine discussed Dioxin in length. The article | | | | ingredients irritate the lungs and can cause health |
| explained that Dioxin causes cancer, birth defects and | | | | problems. |
| reproductive problems. It also causes developmental | | | | The best thing environmentally conscious consumers |
| and nervous and immune system abnormalities and | | | | can do is to shop at natural organic health food |
| damage to the kidneys, liver and skin. | | | | stores. You will find many non-toxic earth-friendly |
| It doesn't matter whether you spray it or just plug it | | | | products that heal and take care of all your cleaning |
| in to an outlet and let the fragrance permeate the air. | | | | and everyday needs in these stores. You can also |
| Air fresheners are touted as healthy safe ways of | | | | make your own homemade mixtures with baking |
| cleaning and freshening the air, but the truth is the | | | | soda, vinegar, hydrogen peroxide, and essential oils. |
| contrary. You don't have enough fingers to count the | | | | It's a myth that toxic chemicals are needed for |
| deodorizers available on the market. They all do the | | | | cleanliness and fresh clean air. People throughout the |
| same thing and they are all toxic and unsafe. It won't | | | | world use non-toxic earth-friendly products and |
| indicate this because the companies aren't required | | | | they're healthy, happy, and clean. Consider this the |
| by the U.S. FDA to disclose this information. The | | | | next time you're tempted to purchase one of these |
| chemicals are not biodegradable, which means that | | | | toxic air fresheners. Your health will thank you for it. |