Danger: Aluminum

Aluminum:

Food, Cosmetics, and Medication

Since you may skim “Articles” you read, I feel compelled to mention prior to fully discussing Deodorants and Antiperspirants what Aluminum has and will affect your life, someone’s body, and the environment! While The FOOD And DRUG ADMIN. (F.D.A.) in America wants to tell you this and that drug are Safe… until Deaths and Lawsuits force them to say otherwise, many scholars and scientists have known about the dangers of the readily available and inexpensive metal “ALUMINUM”!

So, you either do not care or really haven’t heard the warnings! Did you know that U.S. and European peoples (Men and Women) once used LEAD as a foundation/concealer, cosmetic face powder, and on Hair Pieces and Wigs! LEAD is of course now banned in piping/plumbing, and cosmetics! Well, if there are known medical concerns, why would anyone place Aluminum “On or In” your body?

Dr Chris Exley, who has awards on “The Bioinorganic Chemistry of Aluminium and Silicon” and neuro-degenerative diseases (Multiple Sclerosis and Alzheimer’s) is quoted as saying :

"Aluminium is known to cause cancer in animal models. We need to make sure aluminium in antiperspirants isn't contributing to breast cancer".

And stated that manufacturers simply chose to use Aluminum even though there are non-aluminium-based antiperspirants.

“Aluminum is a metalloestrogen, it is genotoxic, is bound by DNA and has been shown to be carcinogenic. The confirmed presence of aluminum in breast tissue biopsies highlights its potential as a possible factor in the aetiology of breast cancer”, said Dr. Exley. Additionally he adds, “Myth and legend tells us aluminium is safe but reality shows us not that it isn't safe but that we don't know. Not knowing is not a reason for assuming safety."

Studies reveal a direct association between the level of aluminum in municipal drinking water and the peril of Alzheimer's Disease and dementia. And, the older the person is, the more the accumulation of Aluminum in your blood (serum level). It is unclear whether we humans are more susceptible to Aluminum as we age or it is simply our storage tank has filled to capacity.

Dr Melvyn R. Werbach suggests Alzheimer’s alone should be reason enough to purposefully avoid Aluminum products.

Regardless of what your knowledge of Aluminum was, let’s in short, write the list in simple form to note your source of daily, unobserved Aluminum.

Aluminum:

• Shelved as your grocery store Antiperspirants ,
• Holding your carbonated beverage (Soda, Colas),
• Camped in Outdoor Cooking Gear,
• Heating your Barbeque'd Picnic foods as Foil,
• On your lips as you swig your Ale,
• Swallowed whole in your Meds (all cute and fuzzy being termed “buffered/buffered Asprins"),
• Unseen in utensils,
• Slipped inside coffee pots,
• Biting mad in old Metal/Silver Fillings,
• Caked-in to most Baking Powder”!

Whereas it is totally unnecessary to ADD Aluminum to Baking Powder, most typical companies add it. Health Food/Natural Company lines of Baking Powder are much more expensive, so what’s a person to do? On a positive note, you have a clearly affordable choice over Aluminum laced Baking Powder: BAKING SODA. When using BAKING SODA... decrease/omit additional salt.

Baking Soda is my Secret Love, next to Vinegar for cleaning!




Aluminum is absorbed through the skin (your largest organ) and your intestines, in addition to your lungs!



Let’s use the readily available options over Aluminum and just “play on the safe side”, if you do not care to study fact, logic, and reason. There are natural and readily available alternatives!

*Shaving underarm hair and washing the underarm area a few times a day

will greatly reduce bacteria

and therefore body odor*

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PAINTING With Asthma and Allergies

PAINTING
With Asthma and Allergies

Having Medical Conditions and being somewhat of an Environmentalist, I can personally recommend DUNN-EDWARDS ECOSHIELD PAINTS (www.dunnedwards.com). Ethylene Glycol Free!

So, I chose FROSTY FOG Semi-Gloss for Living Room, Hall, and Master Bath!

The sheen of your paint will be an esthetic and practical decision. I personally like immaculate walls, with no food residue, finger prints, or scuff marks. Choosing Semi-Gloss allows for both the ability to the wash walls and for oils and stains to not penetrate in the first place!

DUNN-EDWARDS “ECOSHIELD” Paints are available in the following:
Primer
Flat
Low Sheen
Semi-Gloss



DESCRIPTION:

ECOSHIELD™ Semi-Gloss is a premium interior acrylic semi-gloss paint that has very low odor and no added solvents.

ECOSHIELD™ Semi-Gloss provides a durable, washable film and has excellent hide, block resistance, and adhesion.

ECOSHIELD™ Semi-Gloss applies easily and its low odor formulation makes it ideal for commercial office buildings, schools, hospitals, and other closed ventilated buildings.

ECOSHIELD™ Semi-Gloss is also recommended for residential use.

SOLVENT TYPE: Waterborne
RESIN TYPE: 100% acrylic


AVERAGE DRY TIME AT 77°F/25°C (ASTM D 1640)
To touch: 1-2 hours
Recoat: 4-6 hours

APPLICATION EQUIPMENT
Brush, roller, airless spray

PACKAGING
One-gallon, five-gallon containers

CONFORMS TO:
Master Painters Institute (MPI) #147
Green Seal’s Standard GS-11 & LEED requirements
Section 01350/CHPS requirements

My experience with DUNN-EDWARDS “Ecoshield Semi-Gloss Paint”

Primered walls required more paint and retouching, whereas painting over existing Semi-Gloss (base color “off white”) Paint was virtually effortless!

If walls are only Primered or painted with older paint, I suggest using DUNN-EDWARDS Ecoshield Paints firstly (Ecoshield Primer Paint if needed), or two coats of ECOSHIELD Paint.

I used hand held rollers, rollers with extensions, two sizes of brushes (which included a medium and extra small brush about the size of a highlighter pen), and “Shur-Line Edger” (with guided wheels for ceiling lines, around doors, and windows) that I hand-held at times and other times placed on extension pole.

Being concerned with toxic fumes, skin sensitivity, latex allergy, and asthma… I am very pleased with my painting experience.









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Preparing To Paint: Interior

Preparing To Paint:

Interior Walls/Surfaces

Unless your structure is New and Freshly Primered, you will have as much Prep Work as you will have Painting! As a consequence, this is the reasoning behind most homeowners choosing to Pay Professional Painters when requiring Home Interior Painting! Exterior (Building) Painting is a World of Its Own, which I won’t detail here.

Your Prep Work will include:
Removing all Furniture
Removing all non-essential and non-industrial light sources, such as chandeliers, ornate light fixtures, ceiling fans (if you are painting ceiling), etc.
Removing all switch plates/outlet plates (turn off Power firstly)
Dusting walls by sweeping with clean/”like-new”, stiff broom
Possibly sanding uneven surfaces
Patching and curing holes
Sealing cracks

Failure to remove debris on walls, uneven surfaces, and brushes/sprayer with remains of old paint and dirt are the main causes for paint peeling.

Now that half of your Prep Work is Complete:

It is time to wash your walls.

Firstly, spot check your wall for any stains or smudges. A dampened “paste of Baking Soda and Water” on a clean lint-free cotton cloth will remove most marks. Do not rub too roughly, that you remove paint to the bare wall. Anything that cannot simply be rubbed off of your wall should probably be primmered or spot primmered prior to project.

Washing the Wall really entails wiping the wall down (from top to bottom) with a damp (natural material) cloth- Not soaking your walls! The point is to remove any debris that your broom did not pick-up yet, keeping your wall relatively dry.

After “Washing The Walls” you are now ready to mask off your windows, door frames, baseboards, sconces, and any other detailed item that will not be painted –or- will be painted at a later time. Remember to have ceiling somewhat clean irregardless of whether or not ceiling is to be painted, as dust, cobwebs, and particles can drift down onto your freshly painted walls.

Follow this step with the covering of the Floor, unless you have pulled-up old carpet or tile before hand. Paint will follow gravity and drip onto flooring (either from walls, brushes, or the unfortunate spilling of paint buckets). Knowing that you are painting over a drop cloth is much more settling to your mind than worrying about your flooring.

Drop Cloths:

Any Furniture, Appliance, Carpet, or Flooring must be covered with some sort of Drop Cloth prior to Painting!

You will have an array of choices in this area. I like to think in term of the type of Paint, when considering drop cloths. Additionally, budget is a factor as well as the color of paint also playing a part in your drop cloth purchase. How often are you to paint? Can you pass-on the painting accessories to a neighbour, relative, or charity home remodeling group? Or, should you simply avoid purchasing a professional drop cloth in light of using something already in your possession?

Being concerned with the environment, I rather avoid using plastic, whenever possible. Canvas drop cloths are more expensive yet can last nearly a lifetime, with proper care.

• 1st Canvas
• 2nd Assorted Cloth
• 3rd Paper

*The last two I would suggest: Paper/Poly, and finally Plastic





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