There are many reasons why the art and practice of Green Living make sense; from the biggest picture to the smallest detail. Take household cleaning products for example. These small details have a huge impact on our homes, our health and our planet. Slick television commercials advertise the latest “new and improved” products, that “kill germs on contact” while leaving a “clean, fresh scent.” Not many of us read the list of ingredients (if they exist) and of those who do, even fewer understand what they mean.

However, the results of our unrestrained embrace of modern chemistry are everywhere. They can even be observed in the bloodstream of newborns, where laboratory tests on samples collected by the American Red Cross from randomly selected babies showed an average contamination of two hundred industrial chemicals and pollutants. The list includes many chemicals found in cleaning and beauty products, plus other sources like pesticides, plasticizers, flame retardants and stain repellents.

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