Non-toxic, "green" cleaners make for a healthier home

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• What toxic products do you currently have under your sink?
• Why our products are different.
• Listen to a discussion about each of our products.
• Hear how our products stack up against their competitors.
• Hear why our cleaners are so "green".
• Why is buying our products so smart?

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Are you exposing your family to harmful toxins?

Environmental Cleaning and Laundry Products:
For the Health of Your Planet, Your Home and Your Family

The unfortunate reality is that some of the most potentially harmful toxins can be found right where you live—in your home.

Many companies add undesirable ingredients to their cleaning products. In an effort to keep our carpets spotless, or our clothes and dishes sparkling clean, the average family may be exposed to a multitude of undesirable ingredients.

For instance, the most common poison exposures for children were ingestion of household products, such as cleaning substances.

Women often work closely with potentially toxic chemicals, and preliminary research suggests that their physiology is more conducive to absorbing and carrying these chemicals (Are Women at Higher Risk?). The health care costs from environmentally associated diseases in U.S. women are estimated to be 12.2 billion annually. The diseases include breast cancer, birth defects, autoimmune diseases and infertility.

Nearly 1 in 13 school-aged children have asthma. Between 1980-1994, asthma among children under five years old increased 160%! Strong smelling cleaners may start a child’s asthma attack.

It doesn’t have to be that way.

By using environmentally friendly cleaning and laundry products you rid your home of some of the most toxic ingredients. These cleaning products contain no ammonia, which is known to be an irritant to skin, eyes, and respiratory passages. No chlorine, which reacts with organic materials to create hazardous and carcinogenic toxins. No phenol, which can cause death if ingested, inhaled or absorbed through the skin. And you’ll find no presence of a host of other carcinogenic chemicals and other undesirable ingredients found in other common household cleaners.

Plus, to protect our environment, our cleaning and laundry products contain no nitrates, phosphates or borates which use up large amounts of oxygen, resulting in the death of fish and other aquatic organisms. And of course, our products are not tested on animals.

And perhaps the best news is that with these cleaners you don’t have to sacrifice cleaning performance to be environmentally conscious. In fact, many these products OUTPERFORM leading brands. For instance, our liquid laundry concentrate outperforms leading laundry pre-spotters, like Spray n Wash and Shout, at removing blood, ink, grass and lipstick. Our fabric softner performs better static control than Downy.

Our cleaning and laundry products are concentrated, so there’s less landfill waste and more space in your home as well. Just one bottle of our famous organic household cleaner replaces dozens of hazardous household cleaners. And one quart of our organic cleaner makes up to 190 gallons of powerful cleaner with a 1,001 uses.

And finally our cleaning and laundry products save you money. Lots of money. One quart of germicide is equal to 372 22-oz bottles of Lysol antibacterial cleaner. And one quart of the organic household cleaner, when diluted as directed, is equal to 9 22-oz bottle of Simple Green, 188 quart bottles of Fantastik and 5,820 26-oz bottles of Windex!

With these cleaners, you protect the environment, protect the health of your family, and get better performance out of your cleaners, plus save money too! What’s not to like!

An easy way to switch to these cleaners is to order the Home Care Sampler Pack. It features five high-performing cleaning and laundry products for everyday use.

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Would you keep a loaded gun under your kitchen sink?

Would you keep a loaded gun under your kitchen sink?

What's under your sink?

• Bleach?
• Ammonia?
• Dishwasher detergent?
• Window cleaner?

There are three ways these toxic chemicals can enter your body:

1. Ingestion

The most common cause of child poisonings

2. Inhalation

Toxic fumes can be released even when a chemical is tightly sealed in its container. Walk down the cleaning products aisle at your local supermarket and you can smell the toxic vapors. It's called outgassing.

3. Absorption

Any chemical which touches the skin is absorbed and spread throughout the body. Think of nicotine patches and analgesic creams.

For pertinent facts about chemicals that can directly affect your health and the well being of those you love and what you can do to protect yourself, read more from Dr. Doris Rapp, M.D., author of Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call.

For an non-toxic, healthy home enviroment, consider Shaklee Healthy Home Products as a sensible alternative:

1. econmical
2. environmentally friendly
3. effective

And with the luxury and convenience of home delivery, your trip down that outgassing aisle in the supermarket can be history.

The Happy Ending

Do you believe your product choices can make a difference?

We do. Choosing safe household cleaners reduces your risks of exposure to toxins. It's a preventive measure, just like good nutrition and exercise. And in making these choices, you make a direct contribution to the health of our planet. We all have the choice to be a part of the solution....or not.

If you're passionate about reducing toxins in your personal environment, simply click here to get our favorite things for a clean, healthy home. Or e-mail us. we're right here.

Jeff & Bonnie

Want to do a toxic home audit? Learn how.

Listen to a discussion about the environmental causes of disease, and how to do a toxic audit on your home

This 21 minute discussion covers:

• How many of the chemicals you're exposed to have been tested for safety?
• How many hazardous chemicals are in your home?
• What are the causes and aggravators of asthma?
• What is a "chemical compound burden"?
• How can chemical compound burden affect your body?
• How does the increase in chemical production effect disease rates?
• Where does the body store toxins?
• Is it possible for a baby to be born with chemical contamination?
• Who is responsible for protecting us from toxins?
• If it's "on the shelf" is it safe?
• Why are scientists looking at toxins as one of the causes of breast cancer?
• Learn about the non-toxic movement.
• How do you perform a home toxin audit?

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A True Earth Day Celebration

A Million Trees, A Million Dreams

Inspired by the visionary work of 2004 Nobel Peace laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai and The Green Belt Movement, Roger Barnett, Chairman and CEO of Shaklee Corporation announced that in honor of the company's 50th Anniversary, Shaklee is implementing a tree-planting campaign to celebrate Earth Day 2006 across the United States and Canada. Shaklee Corporation's more than 750,000 distributors and members will organize tree-planting events in their respective communities. The company's goal is to plant more than one million trees throughout North America, helping offset a significant portion of the CO2 the company produces while raising awareness of global warming.

"This year is particularly important for Shaklee because we are celebrating our 50th Anniversary, and in honor of our anniversary, we are inaugurating our biggest global environmental campaign on Earth Day - A Million Trees. A Million Dreams", said Barnett. "The Green Belt Movement shares Shaklee's model for promoting environmental sustainability. We would like to duplicate efforts of The Green Belt Movement in the United States and Canada. I thank Dr. Wangari Maathai for being such an inspiration to the people of Kenya and to people around the world and for setting an example for social responsibility and environmental activism."

"It is very important for us to appreciate the resources we get from nature - to receive with gratitude and not to waste, to use them responsibly and accountably," said Dr. Wangari Maathai. "With all the health products that Shaklee is involved in, they all come from the earth. Because they come to replenish our bodies to give us better health, it is very important to understand the earth must be healthy herself in order to give us products that can promote our health. Trees clean the earth. They clean the air. I am really happy that Shaklee is involved in this fantastic tree planting campaign. We will join them. We will be together."

Shaklee will also donate $100,000 to Dr. Wangari Maathai's Green Belt Movement so that she can plant another one million trees in Kenya, Africa. Established by Dr. Wangari Maathai thirty years ago, The Green Belt Movement is a grassroots organization that concentrates on planting trees by groups of women, helping to conserve the environment and improve the quality of their lives. Dr. Wangari Maathai was awarded The 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her significant work with the environment.

Shaklee's Environmental Record: Actions Speak Louder than Words
For 50 years, Shaklee has promoted the principle of "Living in Harmony with Nature." Dr. Forrest Shaklee, our founder, believed in both the healing powers of natural products, and in our responsibility to be stewards for our environment. To combat water pollution Dr. Shaklee created Basic-H, one of the first organic, biodegradable cleaners back in 1960, before there even was an environmental movement!

To combat deforestation, Shaklee worked with the American Himalayan Foundation, an organization chaired by Sir Edmund Hillary, and contributed to having over 1 million trees planted in Asia. And in 2005 Shaklee offered its support to the Green Belt Movement in its efforts to plant trees in Africa.

Shaklee has also been active in the area of global warming since 1986 when the company funded a research project to the Artic with explorer Will Steger to measure the impact of global warming on the icecaps, as well as research expeditions, in 1989 and 1996 to measure the acceleration of the melting icecaps.

Continuing its strong commitment to global warming, in 2000 Shaklee decided to take steps to offset its CO2 emissions, with the objective of having a net zero impact on global warming. As a result Shaklee became the first company in the United States to be certified Climate Neutral by investing in fossil fuel reduction projects to directly offset the amount of CO2 the company created. In 2002 Shaklee received the U.S. EPA's International Climate Protection Award, as well as the Environmental Stewardship International Award from Social Accountability Internationa,l for leadership on global warming.

Today, Shaklee leads the way again with it?s new A Million Trees, A Million Dreams campaign to plant a million trees both here and abroad.

We hope you'll join us in going green, saving green and making your world a healthier environment in the process.

Additional information: View an informative pamphlet about Basic-H.

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Lower your carbon footprint!

According to safeclimate.net, your personal Carbon Footprint is a calculation of the carbon dioxide emitted as a result of your activities over the last 12 months. Carbon Footprints can be calculated for anyone or anything. A Carbon Footprint can be calculated for a journey, an event, a whole business or a city. It is a gauge that measures your impact on the planet through global warming.

Your personal Carbon Footprint is divided into three main components that involve your use of fossil fuels and therefore your emissions of CO2:

1. home energy supply
2. travel
3. waste disposal

Calculate your carbon footprint.

The Climate Neutral Network is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping companies, communities and consumers achieve a net zero impact on the Earth's climate.

Shaklee U.S. has offset the greenhouse gas emissions for their entire business operations, becoming the first Climate Neutral Enterprise. You lower your carbon footprint by buying Shaklee products! Shaklee also offers a full line of biodegradable products.

The story of Shaklee and Global Climate Change

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Non-Toxic, Low Cost, Effective Earth Day Cleaners

Image from NASA National Space Science Data Center.

THE BENEFITS OF A HEALTHY HOME

The facts are in: The harsh chemicals found in most common household cleaning products are bad for the environment and bad for you and your family.

Recently on the evening news, a woman agreed to be part of a study and found she had 95 different chemicals stored in her body. Most were toxic or cancer causing in higher concentrations. No one knows the health risk at lower, long term exposure. A majority of the chemicals came from products in her home. Women, children and the elderly are especially at risk.


WHO MIGHT BENEFIT FROM USING A CONCENTRATED ORGANIC "GREEN" CLEANER?

• Anyone wishing to save money.
• Anyone who wants to enjoy a healthier home
• People looking for safer alternatives to many household cleaning products that contain dangerous chemicals
• People looking for environmentally friendly green cleaning solutions (See how you can garden with these bio-degradable cleasners)
• Anyone interested in an extremely effective and versatile all-purpose cleaner
• Anyone caring for a child with eczema

Read about common household toxins


Key Benefits of using green cleaners without toxic fumes that contain no ammonia, chlorine, or other harsh chemicals:

• Reduce indoor air pollution
• Reduce the potential for triggering health problems such as asthma and allergies**
• Reduce the potential for poisonings

Learn much more about non-toxic, biodegradable cleaners including how cost effective they are!

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Listen to a discussion about How to eliminate toxins from the home.

This 20 minute discussion covers:

• Replacing your toxic automatic dishwashing detergent
• History of soy based, Earth Day cleaner
• Not just effective cleaners, but very cost effective
• Would you use your cleaner to wash your produce?
• Replacing many chemical cleaners
• Do you have the most frequently consumed poison by children under your sink?
• Does Lysol work the way you think it does? Did you know it's flammable?
• Bleach has a shelf life!?
• Safe, cost effective and effective. Why people are skeptical

Safest, most effective, low toxicity cleaning products for your home.

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Find Green Cleaning Products

• General Cleaners
• Laundry Care
• Dish Care
• Home Care Accessories and Literature
• Sampler Pack
  
• All Products
  

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General purpose cleaner: Economical - one quart makes up to 190 gallons of powerful cleaner! This biodegradable, all-purpose cleaner was ahead of its time and it continues to set the standard for effectiveness, versatility, and economy. So non-toxic and environmental friendly, you can replace many of your toxic gardening sprays with it.

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Highly Concentrated Germicide: One quart makes up to 64 gallons! When used as directed, effective against more than 40 bacteria, fungi, and viruses, including: various Salmonella, Staph and Strep pathogens, Herpes simplex types I and II, Influenza-A/Hong Kong, Athletes foot, Feline leukemia, Canine distemper, and Rabies.

Germ-Proof Your House

Want to keep your home cold-free this season? You can cut your risk in two steps. Wash your hands and disinfect key household surfaces.

Household surfaces with the most viruses:

1. telephone
2. remote control
3. kitchen faucet
4. refrigerator door handle

Kills bad bacteria and viruses for up to 3 days on surfaces. Low toxcity formula is easy on your family's immune system too!

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Laundry Care: This highly concentrated formula is easy on fabrics and gentle on sensitive skin. It also helps to guard against color transfer, so whites stay whiter and colors stay truer. Performs in all temperatures - even in hard water.

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Dish Care

Automatic dishwashing concentrate for sparkling clean dishes. Cuts grease and baked-on food without chlorine. Top cleaning performance, phosphate free. Effective even in hard water. Biodegradable. No phosphates, borates, nitrates, fragrance, or dyes. Consumer Reports Magazine rated Basic-D Automatic Dishwashing Concentrate as the best “green product” for cleaning.

Dishwashing liquid is tough enough to cut through baked-on food, gentle enough for delicate fabrics. Highly concentrated, a little goes a long way! Biodegradable. No phosphorus, borates, nitrates, fragrance or dyes.

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Best for the Earth, Best for Your Home!

Would you like to eliminate toxins from your home?

Listen to a discussion about How to eliminate toxins from the home.
This 20 minute discussion covers:

• Replacing your toxic automatic dishwashing detergent
• History of soy based, Earth Day cleaner
• Not just effective cleaners, but very cost effective
• Would you use your cleaner to wash your produce?
• Replacing many chemical cleaners
• Do you have the most frequently consumed poison by children under your sink?
• Does Lysol work the way you think it does? Did you know it's flammable?
• Bleach has a shelf life!?
• Safe, cost effective and effective. Why people are skeptical

Safest, most effective, low toxicity cleaning products for your home.