
That every day we unnecessarily expose ourselves and our families to toxic chemicals in our clothing, bedding and other home goods and that The National Safety Council reports that our indoor air is up to
10 times more polluted than our outdoor air.
That on average, people spend about 90% of their time indoors and 65% of that is spent at home?

That 12.4 million people are affected by
asthma
each year; about 8.9 million of them are children; which could be significantly prevented by
controlling exposure to indoor allergens, smoke
and biological contaminants?
That according to the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), the
pesticides used to grow
cotton are some of the most deadly; cotton uses
84 million pounds of pesticides per year.

Did you know that it takes 1000 years for 1 plastic water bottle to decompose in our landfill? And according to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. goes through
100 billion plastic shopping bags annually and hundreds of thousands of sea turtles, whales and other marine mammals die every year from eating discarded plastic bags mistaken for food.

The paraffin candles we burn contain petroleum and according to the State of California’s Proposition 65
“there are at least
seven
toxins in paraffin candle waxes, including benzene, a carcinogen.” Paraffin candles are as dangerous to the
lungs as second-hand smoke and even more so if you are in the habit of burning many at the same time. Consider Soy or Beeswax candles instead!