Did you know?

Did you know...

• That 90% of poison exposures happen in the home?

• Common chlorine bleach is the #1 household chemical involved in poisoning?

• Organic pollutants, found in many common cleaners and even air fresheners, have levels 2 to 5 times higher inside your home than out?

• Common cleaners give off fumes that can potentially increase the risk of kids to develop asthma, the most common chronic childhood disease?

• One in 13 school age children has asthma. Rates in children under 5 have increased 160% from 1980-1994?

• If your home is anything like the average North American home, you generate more than 9 kg (20 pounds) of household hazardous waste each year (the U.S. Protection Agency (EPA) designates toilet cleaners, tub and tile cleaners, oven cleaners and bleach as hazardous waste).