I began this flow of reducing toxins 30 years ago. My husband was recovering from a near-deadly strain of Tuberculosis. He had enough respiratory scarring and limited endurance, that he declared disability and retired from his police job.
Our daughter suffered from childhood asthma, while our son and I lived with plugged noses and allergies. It seemed like all of us had one ailment or another.
I Began To Notice...
Eventually, I began to notice that our ailments got worse every time I used certain commercial cleaning products. My husband got more body soreness, headaches, and breathing difficulties. It was pretty much the same for the rest of us. So I began the search for alternative products, commercial ones that claimed to be natural and have less toxins. They worked OK, yet even those "natural" ones like Simple Green would impact our respiratory health.
At this point, I still thought bleach was a natural product and used it throughout the house. In many ways, I was overwhelmed with the daily struggle of life, so I didn't want to think over all the chemicals I used in cleaning routines. In those days, there weren't very many resources that were easy to find concerning reducing toxins. So I did a little experimenting with washing my windows using vinegar. Whoo hoo!
