Biodegradable Products
Keep Your Household Refuse NontoxicMany household cleaning products contain toxic chemicals. Small amounts of these chemicals dumped down the drain or tossed into the garbage eventually leach out in landfills and into the planet's water system. There, they concentrate in plankton, which feed small baitfish, which in turn feed larger predator fish, which are consumed by humans, bears, and marine mammals. As a result, creatures such as beluga whales and polar bears have been found with extremely high concentrations of synthetic chemicals in their body fat. Certain top-of-the-food-web predator fish and many fish caught in urban harbors have become a health risk to consumers, particularly children, pregnant women, and people with medical problems. Chemical and heavy metal wastes have been linked to increased risks of cancer, birth defects, developmental deficits, and neurological diseases. Much of this "circle of poison" could be eliminated if we'd just begin to replace the toxic chemicals around us with benign and nontoxic alternatives.
Make a commitment NOW to switch to nontoxic, biodegradable cleaners to help protect our oceans! Purchase a Starter Kit or Save the Seas Kit from EPIC Cleaning Products and $5.00 of each sale will be donated to SDOF.
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Reference: 50 Ways to Save the Ocean by David Helvarg - Inner Ocean Publishing, 2006