Carpet & Upholstery

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New Carpet
How These Toxins are Absorbed by You, and Your Animal, Even Birds and Reptiles
Your Purchasing Power Matters. What is Good for You and Your Animals?
Carpet Cleaning
Real-Life Experience | Furniture Cleaning | Dog & Kidneys
About Carpet Emissions
Resources

These products are affecting animals KIDNEYS, and will most definitely be impacting all the human’s organs in the house.

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.

Only 7 percent, this is 210 chemicals of 3,000 of the top selling chemicals has a full toxicity report. Nothing is mandated, it is all optional to the manufacturer. Therefore, no one is protecting you or your family. It is up to you, the purchaser, to become educated about what these chemicals do to the organic body. Just because it is packaged, and on the shelf, does not translate into “safe” whatsoever.

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

All these symptoms are signs of poisoning, overloading the organs, placing the kidney and liver under enormous strain, and damaging them.

Is your animal experiencing any of these symptoms?
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.

The EPA has reported 80% of exposure to pesticides is INSIDE the home.

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

Please when purchasing, double check they have not been chemically treated, are 100% organic.

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 Floor
The glue is also highly toxic in most cases. It is reported that stapling makes much more sense when it comes to toxic load.

Remove your shoes before entering the home
In Canada and Japan, shoes are removed, they are left at the door. The reason for this is dirt, heavy mucky winters, but also contamination inside the home. What is worn outside, stays outside.

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

Real-Life Experience | Furniture Cleaning | 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