Guide to Less Toxic Products: groundbreaking new publication from Nova Scotia group

A groundbreaking publication designed to help Canadians avoid toxic products in their everyday lives is now available on the Internet. The Guide to Less Toxic Products, published by the Nova Scotia Allergy and Environmental Health Association, is a first for Canada. Not only is this guide packed with information about toxic ingredients commonly found in make up, personal care, cleaning and baby care products, but hundreds of brand name products are evaluated so that people can easily select less toxic products.
http://lesstoxicguide.ca

We live in a chemical world. Over 5000 chemicals have entered daily use since WW II, many of them found in the products we use every day to clean and beautify our bodies and our homes. Scientists are increasingly concerned that long-term low-level exposures to chemicals create a variety of health risks. They also worry that we do not yet know the impact of living with the cocktail of chemicals found in household air and dust. Testing for human health effects is normally done on single chemicals, but in the real world, we are all exposed to a variety of chemicals every single day.
Identifying less toxic products among the thousands of products lining the shelves of grocery stores, pharmacies and health food stores, garden centers and home improvement stores can be difficult.
The Environmental Health Association of Nova Scotia has produced this Guide to Less Toxic Products to assist people who want to decrease their exposure to harmful substances in their daily life. Everyone can benefit from using less toxic products. For people with chemical sensitivities, allergies, asthma and other diseases who become ill when exposed to ingredients in many conventional products, finding less toxic products is a necessity. But as studies continue to reveal startling information on long term health hazards associated with commonly used chemicals, including cancers and reproductive problems, more people are looking for less toxic products as a healthy lifestyle choice.