Go to your cleaning cabinet right now. Pick up any cleaner
and read the label. Does it contain sodium hydroxide, phenol,
ammonia or formaldehyde? These, and many others, can be
toxic. Toxic … as in dangerous, harmful to yourself,
and to your family. Your home is no place for products
like that.
Why not get rid of those troublemakers? Responsibly, of course.
When you welcome Botanecol® into your
home, you can rest assured you’re letting in a product made by people who care as much about
your family’s health and safety as you do. You’re also getting a
product with absolutely none of those hazardous
ingredients we named previously.
Some Startling Statistics
In 2000, cleaning products were responsible for nearly 10%
of all toxic exposures reported to US Poison Control Centers,
accounting for 206,636 calls. Of these, 120,434 exposures involved children under six,
who can swallow or spill cleaners stored or left open inside
the home.
In a 2002, the US Geological Survey took
stream water samples across the country and found persistent
detergent metabolites in 69% of the streams tested. Sixty-six
percent contained disinfectants.
A 2006 study at the Baylor College of Medicine in
Houston concluded that chemicals in commercial
air-fresheners can lead to the formation of cancerous cells
suppressing enzymes that are essential for regulating normal
cell death.
A person who spends 15 minutes cleaning her shower could
inhale three times the “acute one-hour exposure
limit” for glycol ether-containing products, as determined
by the California Office of Environmental Health
Hazard Assessment.
Cleaning ingredients can pose a variety of health hazards. Some
cause acute – or immediate – hazards like skin
or respiratory irritation, watery eyes or chemical burns, while
others are associated with chronic – or long-term – effects
such as cancer. Common household cleaners emit fumes that
have been linked to increased risk of your kids developing
asthma, the most common serious chronic childhood disease. One
in 13 school-aged children has asthma. Rates
in children under five have increased more than 160% between
1980 and 1994.
Protect Your Family and the Earth. Save Money.
Not
only is Botanecol® a non-toxic,
child-safe, all-purpose cleaner made from renewable plant resources – it’s
also highly economical to use. Our super-concentrated
formula lets you add varying amounts of water to our
measured applicator bottle depending on the specific cleaning
project. You’re paying only for pure cleaning power,
not the added water found in many other common cleaners. And
that saves you money.
Concentrated cleaning power. Fewer bottles to recycle. Botanecol® plant
technology puts the power of nature to work cleaning your house
while providing the kind of care your family and the environment
deserve.