Go Green At Home!

Talk about mind boggling value!

So if you buy Windex ® - which hopefully you do not and KNOW the dangers of .. you need to buy 5,824 26 ounce bottles to get the same uses of ONE BOTTLE of Basic H.

These two #'s are so far apart (found in the Current 2010 Shaklee Catalog page 110) that I had to LAUGH and then do math.

So if you shop as a guest with Shaklee and pay full retail that is $12.15
and let us say you get the Windex on a really, really great sale and pay $1.79 a bottle.

Shaklee is $12.15 and Windex is $10,424.96 - that is a HUGE savings and value!

Now be fair - you would have to buy more than one spray bottle I am sure, I mean come on one spray bottle versus 5,824 of them - but imagine how much less plastic is created and disposed of, and how much you save!

I ♥ Shaklee and it comes right to my door!

How serious are the health and environmental risks posed by persistent toxic chemicals? Many scientists and government agencies have concluded that levels of persistent toxic pollution in the environment, in wildlife, and in our bodies can cause health problems including reproductive failure, hormone disruption, cancer, birth defects, as well as learning and behavioral disorders.

Consider the following:

• According to the National Academy of Sciences, 60,000 children each year may suffer brain problems as a result of exposure to mercury in the womb, affecting their ability to learn, remember, and pay attention.

• The Environmental Protection Agency has stated that as many as one in one thousand people in the United States will develop cancer from exposure to dioxin, with the current average daily intake of dioxin at more than 200 times the amount considered safe by the agency.

• Puget Sound’s declining orca whales have become one of the most contaminated marine mammals in the world, in part because of PCBs found in the Puget Sound food chain. PCBs are known endocrine disruptors, which become highly concentrated in the fatty tissues of top predators.

For these reasons and many others, persistent toxic chemicals are among the most dangerous substances on the planet.

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Persistent Toxic Chemicals Persistent toxic chemicals (sometimes referred to as persistent bioaccumulative toxics or PBTs) include dioxin, mercury, PCBs, lead, PBDEs, and many others.

They represent a specific class of chemicals which are:

• Persistent — they are long lasting in the environment, wildlife and in peoples’ bodies.
• Bioaccumulative — they increase in concentration as they move up the food chain.
• Toxic — these chemicals are extremely toxic, even in tiny amounts, and they cause health problems in humans and wildlife, such as birth defects and cancer.

Because these chemicals are very persistent and break down very slowly, they are found virtually everywhere in our environment. They are circulated through our food chain, our oceans, and our atmosphere, so that they are even found in wildlife and people living in remote Arctic regions. Persistent toxic chemicals are passed to children in the womb and through breastfeeding, impacting them at the most vulnerable time of their lives.

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"Shaklee has been a leader in making environmental well-being an essential part of their business since the company began. American Forests is proud to be a partner and appreciates their efforts to support global reforestation."

Jeff Olson
VP, Marketing and Development, American Forests

American Forests is a world leader in planting trees for environmental restoration, a pioneer in the science and practice of urban forestry, and a primary communicator of the benefits of trees and forests.

American Forests (americanforests.org) is the nation's oldest nonprofit citizens' conservation organization. Citizens concerned about the waste and abuse of the nation's forests founded American Forests in 1875.

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Shaklee is a proud partner of Healthy Child Healthy World, a leading non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the health and well being of children from harmful environmental exposures. Creating Healthy Environments for Children is a new DVD video designed to help share information with parents, teachers, administrators and child care professionals that will create healthy environments for children.

This went a long way for me when I was choosing to partner with Shaklee!  You see Healthy Child Healthy World has always been a great resource and many folks reference them - but to know that they CHOSE
Shaklee for this project gave Shaklee an extra gold star in my book.

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Shaklee is a supporter of the Wild Dolphin Project and Healthier Oceans and it is something they have done for 22 years!  

How You Can Help
“We all impact the health of the ocean by our own behavior,” says Dr. Denise Herzing, WDP founder. “We need to be conscious of our footprint on a personal and global level. Shaklee helps in a big way by making it easy for people to choose products that are OK for the environment.”

Here are some recommendations for simple ways to help care for our environment:

• Reduce garbage production -- Try to reuse or recycle first, and consider throwing items away as a last resort. For example, donate old books to a local library or friends. Purchase goods with less or recycled packaging. Bring your own bags to the grocery store.
• Think before you throw/let go -- Old balloons and plastic bottles are some of the most common items WDP researchers find floating in the ocean, especially after holidays. When you release a helium balloon or drop a soda bottle on the street, where does it go? Hold tight and dispose of these items properly.
• Educate others -- Encourage your friends and coworkers to adopt a more environmentally responsible lifestyle.
• Clean Up Your Act -- Use nontoxic, concentrated cleaners. Try Get Clean® the new natural line of cleaners from Shaklee that’s safe for you, your home and the planet™. Switching from conventional cleaners to a Get Clean Starter Kit is the environmental equivalent to planting 10 trees.

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