{"id":8804,"date":"2020-10-05T14:51:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T14:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=8804"},"modified":"2020-10-05T14:55:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T14:55:06","slug":"choosing-healthy-cleaning-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/choosing-healthy-cleaning-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing healthy cleaning products"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Choosing healthy cleaning products\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<p>I have often mentioned that Rh negatives might be more likely to suffer from reactions to shampoos, conditioners, dish soaps, laundry detergents and whatever else may be used for cleaning. I&#8217;m talking from personal experience and feedback. Some of us have resorted to using simple soap, also for hair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eupedia.com\/ecology\/healthy_and_eco-friendly_personal_care_home_cleaning_products.shtml?fbclid=IwAR03f6i0nfdQaoBxW8E-f49zPbxDBo9Gc8bGk5a5-4iaoIFSuiFoshkylC0#unhealthy\">Choosing healthy and eco-friendly personal care and home care products<\/a> caught my attention immediately and here is a quick excerpt from it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Some chemicals pollute the environment and threaten aquatic life. Others are hazardous to our own health, be it because they cause cancer, are toxic, irritating, cause allergic reactions, accumulate in the body over time, or are endocrine disruptors potentially causing thyroid dysfunctions, diabetes or infertility.<\/p><p>The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has developed a hazard scoring system for cosmetics and personal care products for its&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ewg.org\/skindeep\/\" target=\"_blank\">Skin Deep<\/a>&nbsp;guide. I browsed through the various chemicals and ranked them based on their health hazard (10 being the most dangerous and 1 the least). Skin Deep allows users to&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ewg.org\/skindeep\/build_your_own_report\/\" target=\"_blank\">build their own report<\/a>&nbsp;by simply copying and pasting the list of ingredients from any cosmetic product. However I noticed that any product containing an undefined fragrance or colouring immediately gets a bad score of 8 for that sole reason.<\/p><p>The most toxic chemicals for health are heavy metals (arsenic, lead, mercury), parabens, phtalates, some amines (acrylamide, diethanolamine, phenylenediamine), petrochemicals (benzene, formaldehyde, toluene) and other petrol derivatives (ethylene oxide, glyoxal, methylene glycol, oxybenzone).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><em>See also:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rh-negative-blood-and-people\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wcZEKFiyRq\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/what-else-might-be-more-harmful-to-rh-negatives\/\">What else might be more harmful to Rh negatives?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;What else might be more harmful to Rh negatives?&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/what-else-might-be-more-harmful-to-rh-negatives\/embed\/#?secret=xAOKn0t8rE#?secret=wcZEKFiyRq\" data-secret=\"wcZEKFiyRq\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Choosing healthy cleaning products\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Choosing healthy cleaning products\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>I have often mentioned that Rh negatives might be more likely to suffer from reactions to shampoos, conditioners, dish soaps, laundry detergents and whatever else may be used for cleaning. I&#8217;m talking from personal experience and feedback. Some of us have resorted to using simple soap, also for hair. Choosing healthy and eco-friendly personal care and home care products caught my attention immediately and here is a quick excerpt from it: Some chemicals pollute the environment and threaten aquatic life. Others are hazardous to our own health, be it because they cause cancer, are toxic, irritating, cause allergic reactions, accumulate in the body over time, or are endocrine disruptors potentially causing thyroid dysfunctions, diabetes or infertility. 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