Cynthia Leaphart - "To inform people of the toxic chemicals in our home"

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"To inform people of the toxic chemicals in our home"

Lexington, SC, USA
female, age 59
married
Speaks: English
Joined Apr 28, 2010

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Pet's Toxic Environment

Research on pets has shown higher levels of toxic chemicals in dogs and cats than humans. 43 different chemicals, as a matter of fact. The three worst chemicals are: fire retardant chemicals, stain and grease resistant chemicals (teflon), and plastic chemicals (phthalates).

Dogs have shown higher rates than humans in skin and bone cancer, breast tumors and leukemia while hyperthyroidism is the leading cause in older cats.

Although genetics are an accepted cause, some scientists blame exposure to toxic chemicals instead. Another argument in their favor is the fact that animals do not evolve quickly enough to account for the added rise in recent illnesses.

An organization previously tested over 400 pet products to find alarming toxic chemical levels in pet products such as collars, leashes, tennis balls, and even stuffed toys. With no government regulations for hazardous chemicals in pet products, it is up to us to change our way of life. Special concern is not just for the pets, but also the children that play with these pets, as they are more susceptible to touching with their hands and mouth causing greater concern.

Materials used in pet products include chemicals for specific properties such as rigidity, durability, flexibility or flame resistance. As many of these products are put in their mouths and touched, these substances (which may not be bound to the product) bring direct exposure to the child or pet. This exposure could even come through the air in house dust.

Pets, like small children, spend a lot of time on the floor and cats then clean their fur, therefore, swallowing even more chemicals.

Some of the chemicals of concern are: lead, cadmium, chlorine, arsenic, bromine, and mercury. These chemical compounds have been identified by regulatory agencies as problematic chemicals and linked in animal and human studies to long-term health impacts such as birth defects, liver toxicity, cancer, and more.

There are finally some regulations for children's products. The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act adopted ASTM F973-07 levels for antimony, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, lead, and chromium as a mandatory standard.

The following website provides a chemicals of concern list with description of chemical as well as health effects.

http://www.healthystuff.org/departments/pets/chemicals.introduction.php

We must become more diligent in our efforts for survival not only for ourselves but also our pets. There are many toxic free products out there. We have to learn to look for them and make a change. The time is now!

For more information, check out these websites as well:

http://www.gogreenwebcast.com/CynthiaL - free live internet webcasts weekly

http://www.ahealthcafe.com/CynthiaL - free online health seminar

http://www.healthy-communications.com/harmfulingredients1.html

http://www.womenshealth-naturalsolutions.com/Toxic%20Home.htm

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Joined	Apr 28, 2010	Activist Aspirations	undeclared
Here for	Meeting Friends, Support a Cause
Group Host of	none yet
Groups	(AGR) A Green Road, ASPCA, All Animal Activist, Cat Lovers, GIFTS FOR JESUS AND JESUS FOR VILLAGES!, Habitat for Humanity, Healthy Cooking, Healthy Living Network, Prayer for Persecuted Christians!, Promote Your WebSite, Special Olympics, The Wolf Cry, Website networking

Hometown	Bishopville, SC
Homepage	http://my.care2.com/cleaphart
Birthday	Sept 20, 1953
Languages	English
About Me	A happily married (30 years) "older" woman who appreciates the life God has blessed her - a home, precious husband, adoring cats, and this "wonderful world" (as Satchmo would say). What more could one ask?
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Lifestyle
Pets	3 inside cats, 2 outside
Activist Aspirations
Political Leaning	Very Conservative
Religions	christianity
Eating Habits	Aspiring healthy eater
Wild Fact About Me	no wildness here!
My Philosophy	Live God's way
What Gives Me Hope	Seeing God and a new beginning
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by	get rid of the "unnecessary" in the office and put that money toward social security where it is supposed to be
What/who changed my life and why	Walt Disney - a special man
What Bugs Me	abusive people
Passions	LIFE!!!, God's Creations, environment, my cats, my husband
Inspirations	peace, the sun going down - twilight, the sun coming up, the sound of the ocean, the beauty of nature, nature, ocean, Birds chirping, blue skies, a gentle breeze
What Scares Me	current USA administration
Favorites
Role Models	Pastor Arnold Murray
Quotation	In God We Trust
Interests	Mind/Body/Spirit, movies, photography, My pets
Books	dean koontz
Music	Andy Williams
Movies	dirty dancing, Wizard of Oz
TV Shows	SyFy Channel
Favorite Foods	chocolate
Favorite Places	the ocean
Can't Live Without	my husband, computer, cats
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