Shouldn't your home be the safest place in the whole world? The shocking truth about the toxins in your home. Learn to identify some of them and share some very cost effective, safe solutions. We are all about helping people make better choices for their family and the world.

1. “Recognize that you are a product of nature and that your very
existence depends upon other products of nature.” ~ Dr. Forrest Shaklee

2. Healthy Home, Healthy FamilyHealthy Home, Healthy FamilyHealthy Home, Healthy FamilyHealthy Home, Healthy Family
The Shocking Truth About the Toxins in Your Home
Are they killing your family?

3. Shouldn’t Home Be the Safest Place in the Whole
World?

4. Our Goal In The Next Few Minutes
➔Learn About Toxic Chemicals Found In Most Homes
Today
➔Identify Some of the Toxic Products That may be in
YOUR Home (Be prepared to be surprised!)
➔Give You some Cost Effective and Safe Alternatives

5. Learn the Facts
http://www.householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/ingredients.htm

6. Lye
Sodium Hydroxide & Potassium Hydroxide
● Lye is a corrosive alkaline substance one that will destroy and damage
another surface or substance with which it comes into contact
● Causes 75% of all caustic injury to the esophagus of kids under 5 years
old
● Can cause burns in tissues
○ eyes, skin, mouth & throat
● Repeated contact may cause dermatitis (eczema)
● Can cause irritation to the respiratory tract
● Can cause liver & kidney damage

7. Lye
Sodium Hydroxide & Potassium Hydroxide
This is only a sample of the products listed on the “Household Products Database” containing Lye

8. Butyl Cellosolve
Linked to reproductive harm
Probable Carcinogen
Causes depression of the Central Nervous System
Symptoms include:
Headaches, drowsiness, weakness, depression
mood swings, personality changes, memory loss
Harmful if absorbed through skin
Exposure for just 15 minutes cleaning soap scum from the shower exposes one
to 3x the acute exposure limit
Can cause irritation and tissue damage from inhalation

9. Butyl Cellosolve
This is only a sample of the products listed on the “Household Products Database” containing Butyl Cellosolve

10. Childhood Asthma Has Jumped 400% in the
Last 20 Years
Respiratory illness is the leading cause of admission to hospitals for children
Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

11. Causes severe skin and eye damage
Damaging to the respiratory tract
Nausea and vomiting
Causes throat irritation even when exposed briefly and at low levels
Linked to RADS: Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome
Manifests and Bronchitis or Asthma
Chlorine Gas is heavier than air, so it settles in low-lying areas
(same place where children and animals play and sleep)
Chlorine Bleach

12. Chlorine Bleach
This is only a sample of the products listed on the “Household Products Database” containing Chlorine

13. The Typical Consumer Poisons Themselves
1000 Times a Day
NaturalNews.com * HeadlineNews
Over 80,000 chemicals have been registered with the EPA in the last 30 years.
Fewer than 500 of these chemicals have ever been tested for toxicity. And of those 500, NONE
have been tested when combined with another chemical.

14. Formaldehyde & 1,4 Dioxane
Formaldehyde is a preservative
1,4 Dioxane is a byproduct
● Both are known carcinogens
● Banned in Europe, Canada & Japan
● Symptoms include:
○ Eye, Nose & Throat Irritation
○ Wheezing, Coughing, Fatigue
○ Skin rash, eczema, etc.
○ Severe allergic reactions
○ Impairs immune function
● Mustard Gas is a byproduct of bleach and ammonia - used as chemical

15. Formaldehyde & 1,4 Dioxane
You will never see 1,4 Dioxane listed on the ingredients label. It is not mandated by the government
because it is a byproduct from processing cheap harsh chemicals.
This is only a sample of the products listed on the “Household Products Database” containing Formaldehyde or 1,4 Dioxane

16. Monoethanolamine (MEA)
Linked to Asthma and Cancer
Can cause liver damage
Causes burns
Harmful if inhaled, ingested or in contact with the skin
Causes depression of the Central Nervous System
Symptoms include:
Headaches,
Drowsiness, weakness,
Depression, mood swings, personality changes,
Memory loss

17. This is only a sample of the products listed on the “Household Products Database” containing Monoethanolamine.
Monoethanolamine (MEA)

18. GREENWASHING
Greenwashing is like whitewashing with a green (environmental) brush: companies and organizations making
themselves and their products sound or look like they’re really helping the environment.
And they lure you in...
http://www.greenwashingindex.com/

19. Los Angeles
New York
The (EPA) Environmental Protection Agency
The Air Inside Our Homes is Often More Polluted Than the
Air In New York or L.A. on a Smoggy Day

20. SAFECLEAN
All Shaklee Products give you choices that are Nontoxic and
Natural and DO NOT contain any of these harmful ingredients:
● (MEA)
● Hydrochloric acid
● Butyl Cellosolve
● Lye
● Chlorine
● 1, 4-Dioxane
● Formaldehyde
● Cresol
● Sulfuric acid
● Petroleum distillates
● Ammonia
● Phosphoric acid
● Formaldehyde
● Morpholine
Because Home Should Be the Safest Place in the World
● Parabens
● Dyes
● Ammonia
● Phenol
● Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS)
● Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate (SLES)
● Volatile Organic Cleaning Compounds
● MSG
● Trans Fats
● Artificial Sweeteners
● GMO's
● Toxic Inks
● Formaldehyde
● Banned Substances

21. Basic H2™
Organic Super Cleaning Concentrate
Clean Credentials
● Nontoxic
● Sustainable ingredients from natural sources
● Ultra-concentrated
● Biodegradable surfactants
● No phosphates
Product Description
● Ultra-Concentrated—16 ounces makes
● 48 gallons of all-purpose cleaner (that’s the equivalent of 192 bottles of
409
● Use on any washable surface, inside or outside
● Great for Degreasing

25. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
● Eliminates 108 pounds of packaging
waste from landfills.
● Eliminates 248 pounds of
greenhouse gas.
● Environmental Equivalent to
PLANTING 10 TREES.

26. GET STARTED TODAY
and join in the movement
to make people
and the planet healthier
1. Become a Shaklee Member and Save
2. Order From Your Personal Shaklee Member Center
3. Consider Joining as a Gold Ambassador

28. “Recognize that you are a product of nature and that your very
existence depends upon other products of nature.” ~ Dr. Forrest Shaklee