Fwd: Healthy Home Tips: Another reason to wash your hands

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Good article on safe soaps to use.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Cyndi,

 

You've probably been told to wash your hands since you were a kid: before you eat, after you use the restroom, when you're sick. It's such a simple, well-known and effective way to prevent the spread of germs.

 

So why are we writing about something you already do?

 

Because hand washing with safer soaps can reduce toxic exposures, too.

 

Hand washing is an effective -- but often overlooked -- way to reduce our exposures to toxic chemicals. Chemicals can migrate onto our hands from the many toxic products we use everyday -- and the simple act of washing our hands can help reduce our exposure. This is especially important for young children, whose hands are so frequently in their mouths.

 

Choose a safer soap.

Ironically, some soaps contain chemicals you should avoid (like triclosan). Choosing a safer soap is an important part of reducing your toxic exposures.

 

To help you choose safer soaps to suds up with, EWG put together this month's Healthy Home Tip: Wash those hands -- with a safer soap.

 

Visit our Healthy Home Tips page to learn:

How hand washing reduces toxic exposures.

Why you should skip anti-bacterial soap.

How to identify safer soaps.Wouldn't it be nice if the products we handle every day didn't transfer toxic chemicals onto our hands? But they do. EWG is working hard to provide you with the information you need to make smart choices. Contributions from supporters like you help EWG produce this important, but costly, work. Please click here to make a contribution today.

 

Talk to you in a month when we discuss our next Healthy Home Tip: Skip the non-stick.

 

Thanks for reading!

 

Environmental Working Group

 

P.S. This tip is part of our Healthy Home Tips Series. You can find our first four tips and sign up to get the rest right here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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