Carpet & Upholstery
Information Covered on This Page
New Carpet
The compounds potentially in any new carpet purchased can cause a massive array of toxic-load warning symptoms in a being’s body, and of course, this extends to your animals.
Potential symptoms from your carpet:
- Headaches (your cat or dog may be rubbing their head against things / you)
- Coughing at night
- Vomiting ***
- Dizziness
- Nausea
- Flu like symptoms
- Allergies (cat and dog, skin and facial area)
- Seizures
- Neuro Issues / Damage
- Developmental issues – thyroid, immune, and brain
- Eye issues, navigation issues
All these symptoms are signs of poisoning, overloading the organs, placing the kidney and liver under enormous strain, and damaging them.
or any one of you?
How These Toxins are Absorbed by You, and Your Animal, Even Birds and Reptiles
Through smell and the skin. This is very problematic for all animals and birds. These are carcinogens. Is your animal lying on these products consistently? Toxic.
Chemicals / Compounds, Carcinogens
New carpet outgassing compounds, include the following, to name a few:
- Petroleum by-products
- Synthetics – polypropylene, nylon, acrylic
- Vinyl
- PVC
- Urethane
- Benzene
- Formaldehyde
- Ethyl benzene
- Styrene
- Acetone
- Antistatic sprays
- Artificial dyes
- Antimicrobial treatments
- P-Dichlorobenzene – known carcinogen
- 4-PC – the “new carpet smell” compound; this is the latex backingon most carpets
- Naphthalene, used for moth-proofing (affects young bodies)
- Fire retardants containing PBDE’s
About Older Carpet
The older the carpet, the more toxic. As a lot of chemicals used prior have since been banned. Some are known to contain Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s). And have accumulated toxins over time.
Remove Shoes Before Entering the Home
In many countries around the world, shoes are removed, they are always left at the door. They do not travel inside the house. The reason for this is dirt, heavy mucky winters, but also contamination inside the home. What is worn outside, stays outside. This is becoming a big deal now with the change in the pesticides and herbicides formulas which are more lethal and easily tracked as they now have a sticky component to them called neonicotinoids, making sure they cover ever surface of the planet – no matter the species.
Your Purchasing Power Matters. What is Good for You and Your Animals?
Natural Fibers
The following fibers are amazing in the home. Look good and smell good and are very easy to clean naturally. I know from personal experience.
- Hemp
- Sisal
- Seagrass
- Jute
- Coir (Coconut husk fiber)
- Wool
- Wood flooring with hemp and seagrass area rugs for comfort and traction for your dog and / or cat
Green Label Plus Certification
Look or ask for this certification so you know you are not contaminating your home with highly toxic chemicals. And please make sure you look at the ingredient list regardless, as some companies will say they are “green” and are not.
Staple Carpet to the Floor Versus Glue
The glue is also highly toxic in most cases. It is reported that stapling makes much more sense when it comes to toxic load.
Carpet Cleaning
Everything we use in our home we may potentially absorb. When hiring any professional cleaner always ask what they are planning to clean with. Ask for green certifications, so the products they use will not cause cancer in you and your animals! This is a great blog on this website, which explains what to look for and the questions to ask:
Blog: Are Carpet Cleaning Chemicals Safe for You and Your Carpet?
https://dpmcare.com/are-carpet-cleaning-chemicals-safe-for-you-and-your-carpet/#.X3Yzsy0ZPig
Cat Urine Cleaning Products
Both these products, and products like them, are damaging to all cat’s biological systems. They also hurt their blueprint on their physical body. Extremely damaging. Do not ever use. If you have a cat peeing in odd places, they are calling for help, not for toxic products to be sprayed around their home.
Jackson Galaxy Stain and Odor Removal
Ingredients on bottle: Baking Soda, Citric Acid, Oxidizers, Cleaning Surfactants.
When I reached out to Jackson Galaxy, 2024 June 4, the company explained the following;
“The primary surfactants are called linear alcohol ethoxylates. These materials make up less than 5% of the total tablet formula. The largest percentage of the tablet formula is comprised of the materials that make the product dissolve in water (citric acid, sodium carbonate, and sodium bicarbonate).
Here is some more specific information on the ingredient content of the tablet:
citric acid (≥30%)
sodium carbonate (≥15% <30%)
sodium bicarbonate (≥15% <30%)
perboric acid (≥5% <15%)
alcohol ethoxylates (<5%)”
However, when I test the above regarding “dangerous to a cat’s well-being as the formula is designed” – the two highlighted in yellow are coming up not okay, and these are the two ingredients generalized on the product label. The issue is humans are not taking into account I feel the animal’s sense of smell. The nose can smell these ingredients, and it is 100% toxic to the animal.
Bissell 74R7 Pet Stain & Odor Portable Machine Formula
This product is showing on Amazon with the following information provided. Everything in red is toxic to the carbon-based body.
Material Feature: Biodegradable Warning
Ingredients: water, sodium citrate, alcohol alkoxylate, fragrance, linear alcohol ethoxylate, sodium caprylyl sulfonate, alkyl polyglucoside, sodium polyacrylate, silicone defoamer, methylisothiazolone, benzisothiazolone
Bissell’s Material Data Safety Sheet is also provided on Amazon. While it fails to show the symbols of how toxic this is, these notes give the reader a good an idea copied from the pdf linked above.
“Fire Fighting Equipment: Fire fighters should wear self-contained breathing apparatus and protective clothing.
Handling: Use only as directed. Avoid contact with eyes. Wash hands before eating.”
And here we have testing on beautiful sentient beings: rats, and rabbits. While the reader may not like either, it does not give us, our species, the right to test harmful ingredients on their body parts to see how much they are hurt. Humans are putting carpet cleaner in rabbit’s eyes to sell to you, the consumer.
“11. Toxocological Information
Ingestion: The oral LD50 is greater than 5 g/ kg in rats.
Inhalation: The inhalation LC50 is greater than 20 mg/ L for one-hour exposure for laboratory animals.
Skin: Not a primary dermal irritant (rabbit).
Eye: An ocular irritant (rabbit).”
However, on the international MSDS the symbols are shown as poison. If it is poisonous to the eye, it is poisonous to ALL the cells of the body.
https://supplier.bissell.com/MSDS_International/Pet%20Stain%20and%20Odor%20SDS.pdf
At least this company is being transparent. All of it is highly toxic to ALL carbon-based beings, not just your cat, and should not be used anywhere on this planet especially not in your home.
Furniture Cleaning
Real-Life Experience | Dog & Kidneys
I had a client whose dog was constantly coughing at night. We had done everything to help her heal, yet the coughing would come up again. It made no sense, this had to be environmental. Drilling down via my muscles testing, asking the dog’s system, I asked the pet parent about the furniture being cleaned? I was getting through muscle testing that the chemicals on the furniture were hurting the dog’s kidneys. Sure enough, Chem-Dry was being used. I called the company for the ingredient list, as nothing is listed on their products, and this is what they sent me for their Purt II product, the MSDS sheet. This is what it says:
And this product is all over their furniture, and off-gassing in their house. The dog is absorbing it through smell and touch, as she is little and sleeps on the couch.
In addition to the above product, this is Chem-Dry’s MSDS sheet for the spot remover, and the dust mite remover. Both very dangerous for all planet life to be exposed to.
About Carpet Emissions
The air we breathe needs to be clean. Not full of emissions from products which are sitting in our homes off-gassing. Always open your windows, to get new air in. If this is not possible due to where you live, or your windows do not open, please invest in an air purifier. You will be amazed at how different you feel, how many symptoms will disappear as far as grogginess, congestion etc. And your animals? they will be so happy too!
https://www.airdoctorpro.com
https://www.blueair.com/us/air-purifiers(Can be found in most countries via Amazon)
https://www.dysoncanada.ca/en/air-treatment/purifiers
Resources
Books
Clean Mama’s Guide to a Healthy Home: The Simple, Room-by-Room Plan for a Natural Home by Becky Rapinchuk
Natural Solutions for Cleaning & Wellness: Health Remedies and Green Cleaning Solutions Without Toxins or Chemicals by Halle Cottis
Websites and Links
Shuai, J., Kim, S., Ryu, H., Park, J., Lee, C. K., Kim, G. B., Ultra, V. U., Jr, & Yang, W. (2018). Health risk assessment of volatile organic compounds exposure near Daegu dyeing industrial complex in South Korea. BMC public health, 18(1), 528.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5454-1
http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/05/03/22/the-toxic-dangers-of-carpetingare-the-carpets-in-your-home-or-office-a-health-hazard.htm
https://www.greenandhealthy.info/toxiccarpeting.html
https://www.ecomall.com/greenshopping/abscarpet.htm
https://www.epa.gov/greenerproducts/identifying-greener-carpet
Great article about toxicity:
https://www.today.com/health/dirty-truth-about-cleaning-products-wbna26903507
