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SOLUTIONS TO INFERTILITY: PROTECTION AGAINST POULLUTANTS AND CHEMICALS AT HOME
Posted under Women's Health by adminHousehold pesticides
A number of children have been diagnosed with Charge Syndrome which is characterized by major abnormalities including heart disease. It’s believed that the condition is caused by exposure to pesticides and insecticides during pregnancy. One baby was born with severe handicaps after her mother had been exposed to a cockroach pesticide when she was six weeks pregnant. Another woman gave birth to a handicapped child after exposure to flea insecticide during pregnancy.
Dr Jeff Howell, of South Bank University, has strong concerns about the use of permethrin to treat woodworm. This chemical has been linked to skin and eye irritations but also to birth defects. Home-owners have always been told that the treatment chemicals fall to safe levels eight hours after application. But research carried out by the Faunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Aerosol Research in Germany shows that house dust picks up permethrin and deposits it on food and kitchen surfaces. So you can end up breathing and eating it.
Parents in the UK and USA are suing the manufacturers of a garden pesticide they claim caused eye deformities in babies following use in the early months of pregnancy.
What You Can Do
• Try not to use pesticides in your garden. If this is not possible then make sure you don’t handle any of this stuff in the four months leading up to conception.
• Do not have your home treated for woodworm in those four months either. Do any house treatments before you actually move in so that you are not living, breathing, eating and sleeping in a potentially toxic environment.
• Treat your pets for fleas with natural herbal sprays. They do not kill the fleas but repel them, making them less likely to stay on the animal. There are also other ways of dealing with fleas which can be obtained from the vet. You can feed your cat a substance or put drops on their necks which change the blood so the fleas don’t like the taste. Garlic works the same way. If you crush up garlic tablets into your pet’s feed, this may keep the fleas off.
• Garlic can also be used to deter other insects. A few years ago we had some ants in the kitchen. We opened up some garlic capsules and spread the garlic around the opening the ants seemed to be coming from. Interestingly, the ants would not cross over the ‘garlic’ line and went back down the crack.
Household Chemicals
Decorating your home can be a problem. Solvent-based paints and white spirits release gases into the air and these can stay around for weeks after painting has finished. Apart from causing irritation, these gases can be inhaled and cause dizziness, nausea and headaches. Years ago, paint and furnishings were made from natural products but nowadays they are usually made from chemicals. Unfortunately, there is also a tendency to paint the baby’s room just before it is born so the baby ends up sleeping in a sea of chemicals. In addition, new carpets often contain chemical preservative called formaldehyde which can irritate the mucus linings of the eyes, nose and throat.
What You Can Do
• Decorate at least four months before conception.
• When you redecorate, buy solvent-free paints.
• Minimize the amount of chemicals you use in your home (such as polish, bleach, detergents, air fresheners, etc). Buy more natural and more biodegradable household cleaners, available from health food shops.
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