Every Earth Day, we’re reminded to recycle more, drive less, and love the planet a little better. But one of the most powerful ways to protect our environment and our health starts right at home — under the kitchen sink — and is something we can easily do not just on Earth Day, but every day.
The Hidden Dangers in Your Spray Bottle
If you consider yourself health-conscious or “crunchy” and you read product labels like novels, you probably already know that many everyday cleaning products are anything but safe. But the truth is, the issue runs deeper than we think.
Conventional household cleaners often contain toxic ingredients like ammonia, bleach, phthalates, formaldehyde, and synthetic fragrances. These substances may help make your windows sparkle, but they can also wreak havoc on you and the planet in two significant ways:
- They pollute your indoor air. Many cleaning products release volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the air — chemicals that can trigger headaches, respiratory issues, hormone disruption, and long-term health concerns.
- They wash toxins down the drain. What goes down our sink and tub drains doesn’t just disappear. These chemicals end up in our waterways, disrupting aquatic life and eventually leaching into soil and even food systems.
The Health Impact on Women—It’s Not Equal
Here’s something even more concerning: these issues affect women more than men.
Recent data shows that American women spend about twice as much time as men do taking care of their households. Additionally, studies have found that women not only use cleaning products more frequently but also experience greater health impacts as a result of long-term exposure to cleaning-related chemicals, some of which have been linked to hormone disruption and reproductive harm, in addition to asthma, allergies, and more.
Translation? If you’re the one doing most of the scrubbing, wiping, spraying, and rinsing, your health is more at risk.
This is especially important for women who are pregnant or have small children at home. Those home cleaning product ingredients are not only affecting women, but also their infants and toddlers, who are even more sensitive to chemical exposure.
There’s a Better Way: Non-Toxic Cleaning for You and the Planet
Luckily, awareness is growing — and with it, the demand for safer, cleaner products that actually work.
Pure Haven is answering that demand, with a commitment to transparency and non-toxic formulations. Since it began in 2009, Pure Haven has enacted, refined, and adhered to strict sourcing and manufacturing guidelines for its made-in-the-United-States, non toxic products to ensure you and your family are safe from harmful ingredients. We go above and beyond by ensuring every single ingredient and sub-ingredient is safe, non toxic, and tested for both effectiveness and sustainability. They won’t pollute your air, your body, or your waterways. And yes, they still get the job done.
This Earth Day, Start at Home
Earth Day should be about protecting the planet, not quietly polluting it from our own homes. So, this Earth Day, let’s go beyond reusable bags and metal straws. Let’s look under our sinks.
Swap your toxin-laden cleaners for safe, effective alternatives that protect your health and the planet’s future. Shop with Pure Haven and you’ll not only be buying a product, you’ll be supporting a cleaner world and a healthier home.
Want to make the switch? Check out Pure Haven’s full line of non toxic, planet-loving products and start detoxing your home and body today.
Sources:
Miller, K. (13 Nov 2024). Household hazards like gas stoves and cleaning products disproportionately affect women’s health. How to make your environment safer.
Temkin, A. et al. (20 Sept 2023). Volatile organic compounds emitted by conventional and “green” cleaning products in the U.S. market – ScienceDirect.
Nicole, W. (12 Oct 2021). Youth in Action: Local Teens Help Assess Chemical Exposures from Household Cleaning Products | Environmental Health Perspectives | Vol. 129, No. 10.