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IW:  When Yahoo is warning you about carcinogens, you know its a problem

Second only to heart disease as a leading cause of death in the United States, cancer is responsible for close to 500,000 deaths per year. Many products we use in our homes contain ingredients linked to or suspected to cause cancer, not to mention other ingredients that can cause allergies, asthma, and other health problems. Poor government regulation in the face of so many chemical ingredients is to blame, but we can take charge once we know what to look for.

Luckily, it’s fairly easy to replace many of these products with nontoxic options that work well and are often quite a bit cheaper. For example, you can swap out toxic cleaning products by creating a simple nontoxic cleaning kit — most of the ingredients you probably already have on hand.

Here is a list of some of the top offenders in terms of carcinogenic risk. Of course, these products don’t necessarily lead to cancer, but why take the risk when there are safer alternatives available?

via 8 known carcinogens to remove from your house on Shine.

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