This article is for those who didn't know about fabric softners.I hope I was able to help someone with this information. I don't have any money to help anyone. Have a good day.
The Toxic Danger of Fabric Softener and Dryer Sheets, by SixWise.com
Although they may make your clothes feel soft and smell fresh, it turns out that fabric softener and dryer sheets are some of the most toxic products around. Read why now!
(PRWEB) February 21, 2005 -- Many people will remember a famous TV ad where a woman races to her washing machine, fabric softener in hand, only to arrive just as the wash ends. This woman who "forgot to ad the fabric softener" was actually doing herself and her family a favor.
Although they may make your clothes feel soft and smell fresh, fabric softener and dryer sheets are some of the most toxic products around. And chances are that the staggering 99.8 percent of Americans who use common commercial detergents, fabric softeners, bleaches, and stain removers would think twice if they knew they contained chemicals that could cause cancer and brain damage.
Here is a list of just some of the chemicals found in fabric softeners and dryer sheets:
Benzyl acetate: Linked to pancreatic cancer Benzyl Alcohol: Upper respiratory tract irritant Ethanol: On the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Hazardous Waste list and can cause central nervous system disorders A-Terpineol: Can cause respiratory problems, including fatal edema, and central nervous system damage Ethyl Acetate: A narcotic on the EPA's Hazardous Waste list Camphor: Causes central nervous system disorders Chloroform: Neurotoxic, anesthetic and carcinogenic Linalool: A narcotic that causes central nervous system disorders Pentane: A chemical known to be harmful if inhaled
So how could products with pretty names like Soft Ocean Mist, Summer Orchard and April Fresh be so dangerous?
The chemicals in fabric softeners are pungent and strong smelling -- so strong that they require the use of these heavy fragrances (think 50 times as much fragrance) just to cover up the smells. Furthermore, synthetic fabrics, which are the reason fabric softeners were created in the first place, do not smell good either when heated in a dryer or heated by our bodies ... hence the need for even more hefty fragrances.
In other words, remove all the added fragrance that endears people to fabric softeners and -- like the clich wolf in sheep's clothing -- the real smells of the chemical-laced fabric softener and the synthetic fabrics they were designed around may prompt people to shoot their laundry machines and be done with it.
Are "Soft" Clothes Worth It? Fabric softeners are made to stay in your clothing for long periods of time. As such, chemicals are slowly released either into the air for you to inhale or onto your skin for you to absorb. Dryer sheets are particularly noxious because they are heated in the dryer and the chemicals are released through dryer vents and out into the environment. Health effects from being exposed to the chemicals in fabric softeners include:
Central nervous system disorders Headaches Nausea Vomiting Dizziness Blood pressure reduction Irritation to skin, mucus membranes and respiratory tract Pancreatic cancer
Soften Your Clothes Safely With These Tips: Even if you don't feel the effects of these chemicals today, they can affect you gradually over time, and children, whose systems are still developing, are particularly at risk. There's really no reason to expose yourself to these risky chemicals when natural alternatives exist. Not only are they safer for you, your family and the environment, but they're much more economical too:
Add a quarter cup of baking soda to wash cycle to soften fabric Add a quarter cup of white vinegar to rinse to soften fabric and eliminate cling Check out your local health food store for a natural fabric softener that uses a natural base like soy instead of chemicals
It's likely that fabric softeners and dryer sheets aren't the only toxic products in your home. Many household products that consumers regard as safe are also full of toxic chemicals. Our past articles on PEG Compounds in Cosmetics and Phenols in Common Household Cleansers are two of the all-time most popular articles on SixWise.com and will make you more aware of the pervasiveness of harmful chemicals that can be eliminated from your home.
Dear Lord, it's such a hectic day With little time to stop and pray For life's been anything but calm Since You called on me to be a mom Running errands, matching socks Building dreams with building blocks Cooking, cleaning, and finding shoes And other stuff that children lose Fitting lids on bottled bugs Wiping tears and giving hugs A stack of last weeks mail to read So where's the quiet time I need? Yet when I steal a minute, Lord Just at the sink or ironing board To ask the blessings of Your grace I see then, in my small one's face That you have blessed me All the while And I stop to kiss That precious smile
Found this and thought it might be useful. I am going to try this on my hands. I hope that some one here might want to try it.Have a good day everyone.
Rosemary Herbal Hand Scrub: Recipe
Herbal Exfoliating Hand Scrub
Fresh Rosemary Sprigs
2 teaspoons chopped rosemary 1/8 cup olive oil 4 teaspoons almond oil 1 teaspoon lemon oil raw sugar*
Directions:
Mix chopped rosemary with the oils; add sugar to make a paste.
Apply scrub to skin and gently rub, using the sugar to slough dry skin while allowing the oils to nourish and moisturize. Rinse off scrub and pat dry.
Good for hand care but can also be used on elbows, heels of feet and any place that suffers from dry skin. Great for all over body care at bath time too.
Keep unused portion sealed airtight and in the refrigerator.
Almost Mother's Day and I'm feeling sad.I miss my kids and my grandson.Cliff can't know how I feel because he doesn't have any kids. So, I don't talk about it to him.I called the social security office hoping they would tell me where my daughter is.I've tried that before and they won't tell me.I know there are people who have bigger problems than me.I just needed to tell some one how I'm feeling today. I'll feel worse Mother's Day.Have a good day everyone.
in response to ekikaseven...erikaseven. I'm real tired. Cliff stopped drinking. Now he's real sick.He can't do much of anything but sleep.I still feel the same way about leaving.I'm doing the best I can and staying, because that's all I can do.Have a good day.
To save money untill Cliff gets well and can work he had our cable shut off. I was really upset. I'm used to having cable. We have found free TV. You can watch shows or movies. This is one site and I'm sure there are others.http://www.fancast.com/ I watched Master of the World with Vincent Price.Maybe some of you already know about free TV.I thought I'd let you know anyway.Take Care.
in response to Starshine...Starshine.I'm tired. Cliff is very sick because he's trying to quit drinking. I told him I would leave if he didn't stop drinking. He goes to the Doctor May 17.I need a long rest.Maybe a week in the mountains in a log cabin with no phone.Good dream.Back to reality. I have to go wash dishes.Take Care. Have a Great Day.
We needed a new faucet installed because our old one was leaking. Our Landlord told us to hire a plumber and take it out of the rent.Cliff refused to hire a plumber, and let a friend do it for free. The new faucet doesn't work right and Cliff took 0 off the rent.Now he's angry at me.Now he wants to leave me. That would be great, only I still don't have any money to pay the rent and bills.What's the use? I give up.Pray for me.God Bless You All.
Putting peanuts into your bottle of coca cola was something people were doing in the 50's. I don't know how it got started. It tasted good.It was fun to watch all the bubbles the peanuts made. I hope that explains it. Have a good day,Schmidty.
I'm feeling nostalgic today.Any one remember putting peanuts in their bottle of coca cola? Poodle skirts. Pop Beads. Bobby Socks and Penny Loafers. Sock Hops. The Bunny Hop.Petticoats with all that starch.Beehives. Duck tails.Penny Candy.
Sometimes when I'm feeling really stressed, I close my eyes and think about sitting on my own screened in porch.My porch has rocking chairs, a swing and a vintage metal glider.It has windchimes and a shelf for plants.On the porch is a picnic table and vintage metal chairs.I imagine sitting in a rocking chair drinking iced tea with lemon and mint watching the sun go down.Or drinking coffee and watching the sun rise.Maybe sleeping on the porch like I did when I was a kid.My porch is a back porch on my old country house with a tin roof.My old house is unpainted. It has plain unpainted floors and walls.In my house there is a fireplace and maybe a wood burning heater.My bathroom has an old claw foot bathtub.Maybe one day I'll have my old house with the screened in back porch.
I made this yesterday. It's frugal and it's so good. Of course I was the only one who liked it.I hope some one here will like it. I'm always trying to find cheap and easy recipes.
MONKEY BREAD
4 cans refrigerator biscuits (about 40) 1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon 1/2 cup butter 1 cup white sugar 1 cup brown sugar, packed 1/2 cup pecans, raisins and/or coconut, if desired
Cut each biscuit into 4 pieces. Pour sugar and cinnamon into a plastic bag and mix.
Add biscuit pieces, several at a time; shake to coat well.
Place pieces in a buttered tube or Bundt pan until all are used.
Sprinkle layers with nuts, raisins or coconut.
Bring brown sugar and butter to a boil in saucepan. Cool 10 minutes, then pour over top of biscuits.
Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes. Allow to cool 15 minutes before removing from pan. Turn upside down to serve.
in response to Starshine...We called meals on wheels here and they don't deliver meals in Gulfport. I don't know why. They deliver meals in Biloxi. We have foodstamps.I want to thank everyone for being so kind and helpful.I'm holding on the best I can. It's Cliff I want to get away from.
in response to sheshe030...sheshe I don't know where they are.I don't have the money to pay for a seach online. Even social security won't tell me. I don't have the money to hire a someone to find them.
in response to ekikaseven...erikaseven. My kids don't care what happens to me.I might have one friend in this town who cares. James Robinson.If he's still married, I won't even ask him to help me. That wouldn't be right.I regret that we didn't get married, but I can't change the past. He is a Christian and a good man.My kids won't help me. Thanks for writing.
I have found a way to be a little happy.I think about a beau I had 30 years ago.He was a good person.He was kind to me and my kids.My father and my kids liked him and they never liked any of my boy friends.I had just left my daughter's father and was living with my father.James and I were really just good friends,he said he was my boy friend.James had 3 kids I think. I can't remember. That was a long time ago.It was just before my daughter's father got killed.I had tried to get a divorce from Joel (my daughter's father) while I was in Texas. He wouldn't give me a divorce. Then I called him and asked him if we were divoced and he said yes.I thought I was free.Wrong. I was still married to the rat.So James and I got engaged. My father and kids were happy. Jame's kids were happy.We thought I was divorced, so we planned our wedding and talked to the preacher at our church.It was going to be a little wedding, nothing fancy.Just friends and family. No fancy wedding dress.I was really happy.I called my best friend in Texas to tell her I was getting married. She said OH NO! I asked her why not? She said that Joel and I were still married.OH NO! This is bad. I went home and told my father and I cried and cried. This isn't fair.James came over that night and I told him the bad news.He was furious. My father and James had a talk outside.Then I told him how sorry I was, and for now we had to be just friends, nothing more.I tried to hug him and he turned away and got into his car.He was gone. My father said that after he had time to think, he would forgive me.A few months passed and I didn't hear from him. Florinda's father got killed. I was a widow and divorced.My father got a phone call from James. He invited us to Supper at his house. When we got there, James gave me a big hug and a very big kiss. I was so sure that everything was going to be ok. Everyone was smiling.He said my father had told him about Florinda's father.I was happy again.My happiness didn't last. A very big woman came walking into the room.Yep.He was married. He introduced his wife to us.Was my face red.I wanted to leave. James and his wife said supper is ready. Let's eat.So we ate.All his wife knew about me was that when I was in highschool I dated Jame's brother Joe and was a good friend of the family. She didn't know that James and I were engaged once.That night James walked us to the car and pulled me aside and said I still love you and I'll love you untill the day I die.I'll be here if you ever need anything. He gave me a card with the name of the company where he worked.I kept that card all those years.I never called him.I left Gulfport after my father died and I just returned about 5 years ago.Now I have lost that card.I'm sure he's retired by now.I'm sure he's still married.It would be nice to know how he is.If any one knows James Robinson of Gulfport,Ms tell him a friend of his said hello.It would be good to hear a friendly voice after hearing Cliff all day.
I know I have been asking for too much help. I won't be asking for any more help.There is no one who can help me.So many people need more help than me. God Bless All
Remember I told ya'll Cliff's Grand Prix got stolen? The police found the car. A young man was driving it.The police took Cliff to the police station. He was drunk as usual.The man who stole it said Cliff had loaned him the car. That's not true. The police did not arrest the man who stole our car.We don't know the man's name, Cliff never saw him.Cliff wanted him arrested.The car was towed. Now Cliff has to pay to get his car back.More exuses to drink.Maybe if Cliff had been sober the Police would have believed him.I keep praying for something good to happen.I don't know what to do.God Bless Everyone.
I know what to do. How do I do it?It cost a lot of money for him to go to Whitfield.Having no insurance, where do I get the money?I wouldn't stay in this house. I would want to move.What I need to know is how to do all of this with no money.God Bless Everyone.
I have made a very hard decision.I just don't know how to do it.If my husband doesn't stop drinking he's going to die. I don't want that to happen.I have to commit him to Whitfield(the mental hospital in Whitfield, Ms)He has said many times that's where he belongs.Does that seem cruel?I'm 8 years older than him and my health is bad and I just can't take care of him.We don't have any insurance.How am I going to take care of my self? Am I being selfish wanting to live in peace for the rest of my life,however long that is?I was a good wife to him for 19 years.Will God forgive me for this?Someone please tell me what to do.God Bless Everyone.
I know it won't do any good, but I'm here to beg again.PLEASE. Someone give me $500 or an old beat up travel trailer.Things are worse. He still hasn't hurt me. I'm not afraid of him.I hate him and I really need to leave.I don't want anything bad to happen to him.What's the use?No one is going to help me.Everyone thinks I'm crazy not to go to a shelter. Shelters are not a good place to go.I've been to too many shelters.My birthday is in May and I'll be 65.I'm too darn old to have to start over with buying clothes,dishes,sheets and other things. I have all that.I have furniture.All I need is a travel trailer, so I can live in peace. Some agency might help me once I'm on my own.Almost forgot. Someone stole his old Grand Prix Car out of our yard.All we have is the truck.May tomorrow be a better day than today. God Bless Everyone.
I don't know what to do.Remember I told everyone about the old RV we have in our back yard.We sold it and that's good.The bad thing is that the people he sold it to are living in it in our back yard.The RV is not livable. It has no wiring or plumbing.They need to have it towed to an RV park or somewhere. We could get evicted because of them.They were homeless and were living in their car and we helped them as much as we can.Now my old man won't tell them to leave. I am not cold hearted. People have helped us and I don't mind helping others when I can.I don't want them or us to get in trouble.I already have enough problems without worrying about those people. And being the way I am, I do worry about them.They are very nice and they are young and now they have a home of their own untill they can do better.This is just too much for me.So I'm still asking for a free travel trailer or $500 to buy one.I need that more than ever now.Am I wrong for feeling the way I feel about those people?Am I wrong for wanting to go somewhere and live with just my cats in peace?I hope that if I'm wrong God will forgive me.I hope that some one can understand and not think I'm a mean old lady.Some one please help me before it's too late and I end up homeless without my cats.God Bless Everyone.
