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Leslie Reichert

Hailed as the "Martha Stewart Of Green Cleaning", Leslie Reichert is a cleaning expert that uses her sparkling personality, great sense of humor and contagious passion to engage her fans and followers. Leslie Reichert has learned the hard way what toxic chemicals can do to your body. After years of ...

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10/07/2011 04:03pm
Four Simple Steps To Protect Your Family From Indoor Toxins

Four Simple Steps to Protect Your Family From Indoor Toxins
Leslie Reichert

We may not realize it but the air in our homes can be up to five times more polluted than outdoor air. Children are suffering from an increase of asthma and allergies which is now being linked to environmental toxics that can be found inside our homes. The Journal of American Academy of Pediatrics, in a policy report issued in May of this year, requests changes to our chemical management program to better protect our children, pregnant women and the population at large. By taking a harder look at the report we can use the recommendations given to pediatricians to educate ourselves so that we have the resources to help protect our own families. Here are the four recommendations the AAP gave to all pediatricians:
1. You should familiarize yourself with the information about chemicals in the environment and their effects on child health. Many chemicals can be reviewed in the American Academy of Pediatrics Manual . This is the description of the manual found at www.nfaap.org :
“As each day seems to bring news of a new environmental threat to children's health, it is no wonder that environmental hazards are among the top concerns parents have for their children. When introduced in 1999, this first-of-its-kind handbook provided physicians with an invaluable tool for identifying, treating, and preventing pediatric environmental health hazards. The 2nd edition covers emerging environmental threats, as well as updated content for a wide range of health hazards, and much more.”

2. Parents should learn about the resources contained in the Environmental Health and Toxicology pages of the National Library of Medicine Web site. Those portions that will be of most use in counseling families include the Household Products Database which links you to 8000 consumer brands and the chemicals they may contain on the basis of their MSDS which are provided by the manufacturer. http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov One area of this website that is very helpful for parents is the category “Inside The Home” which lets you browse a “home” category listing different areas of your home that could be a concern as well as research the produces you are using.

3. If you have questions about acute chemical exposures and toxicity you should contact the Poison Control Center at 800-222-1222. For questions about long-term, low-dose exposure or other issues related to children and chemicals, you should contact your regional Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit. http://aoec.org/PEHSU/index.html This website “gives you access to experts who can provide advice and care in the area of children’s environmental health. This website connects you to specialists, resources, and information that will assist you in helping the children you care for and care about.”
4. Pediatricians and parents should advocate for chemical policies that consider the special vulnerabilities of children and pregnant women. The American Academy of Pediatrics can provide information and support for public policy advocacy efforts. You can go to www.aap.org/advocacy.html

The AAP has numerous resources for both Pediatricians and parents. One excellent book is Your Child and the Environment which gives you helpful steps to protect children from potential environmental danger where they live, eat, and play. They have also create a new web site for parents, www.healtychild.org, which is backed by 60,000 pediatricians and is a resource for general information related to child health or for more specific guidance on parenting issues.

Hyperlinks/ References
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2011/04/25/peds.2011-0523.full.pdf+html

https://www.nfaap.org/netforum/eweb/dynamicpage.aspx?site=nf.aap.org&webcode=aapbks_productdetail&key=17837ee5-f0fd-4486-9bcc-64f986b0f703

https://www.nfaap.org/netforum/eweb/dynamicpage.aspx?site=nf.aap.org&webcode=aapbks_productdetail&key=28917153-bf29-4a5f-af75-0f541b79bc24

Leslie Reichert is known as a Green Clean

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indoor air quality, green, living, home, cleaning, toxic, toxins
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