What's So Bad About Toxic Cleaning Products?

For the past 60 years or more, we believed that killing germs with highly toxic cleaners is a good idea. The stronger the better we thought. If you read the label of many cleaners you can easily see how potentially dangerous they can be. You'll often find the words- Danger, Poison and Caution. Does that sound like something you want to have in your home? So why in the world do we use these chemicals when even common-sense tells us it's wrong?

• Would you be surprised to learn that after you clean a surface within minutes the surface is right back to its germ-packed self again? Yep. Those nasty germs jump right back on to the surface you just cleaned. So we clean, and clean, and clean, creating an endless cycle of repeated toxic exposure.
  
  
• When you attempt to kill germs using a disinfectant or any harsh cleaner you are in fact, killing both good and bad 'germs.' This is now thought to be a bad idea. As much as 90% of the bacteria killed after we clean are the bacteria WE NEED to have around us to be healthy. Less than 10% can be considered bad or potentially harmful.
  
  
• It's well known within hospitals and the medical community that germs which survive our toxic cleaning assault can evolve into a 'super-bug.' This happens because germs which are not killed by toxic cleaners can adapt to their new toxic environment. They 'learn' how to survive. This happens in Nature every day and has occurred for billions of years. So, disinfecting may sound like a good idea in theory, but it also guarantees we will continue to create super-bugs.
  
  
• It has been said by some, it is better to eat off a naturally dirty surface than it is to eat from a table that has been cleaned with a highly toxic product. Our body's immune system has a chance at fighting natural organisms or germs, but our immune system has no idea what to do when it encounters a synthetic toxic cleaning chemical.

Some medical allergen practitioners today believe that our immune system is over-reacting to this toxic chemical invasion and may actually be the reason we develop allergies, asthma and other illnesses. This applies particularly to young children who are more susceptible and have a less-developed immune system.

It has been suggested that our immune system attempts to counter-attack cleaning chemical invaders, but is unable to recognize them since synthetic toxic substances are a not a natural occurrence. The immune system trys over and over again to attack the toxic-bad guys which creates a rebounding effect and hence an allergic reaction.

Why is the USA, with our 'superior' hygiene experiencing one of the sharpest increases in the rise of allergies and asthma over the past several decades? Why do people who live in rural areas or farms have significantly less allergies?