Chemical Dependence

7-ways to reduce your chemical dependence and improve your health

• Scrutinize the list of chemicals in the decorating, cleaning and cosmetic products you have at home, most of which can be linked to modern ailments, from cancers to skin disorders and asthma, and replace with natural alternatives.
• Buy some bicarbonate of soda, for dissolving dirt, grease and carpet stains and neutralizing strong "after-party" smells.
• Buy cheap malt or white wine vinegar and use with warm water for wiping down surfaces and cleaning floors.
• Use natural alternatives to pesticides in your garden.
• Stop using bleach containing ammonia, which react to form chloramines, a noxious and debilitating gas.
• Any nasty chemicals that you refuse to throw away, store safely somewhere outside, not under the kitchen sink.
• Open the windows more often and allow accumulated toxins to be released to the four winds rather than gathering in your body.