[__] Window Treatments
Replace with natural fibers like cotton, linen, silk, and wool
Avoid petroleum-based synthetics like polyester, nylon, and rayon

[__] Household Cleaners
Use natural mixtures, like 1/8cp white vinegar, 1/8cp baking soda, and 1 gal hot water.
Avoid Phthalates, Perchloroethylene or “PERC”, Triclosan, Quarternary Ammonium, Butoxyethanol, Ammonia,Chlorine,Sodium Hydroxide

[__] Mattresses
Replace with a certified organic mattress, wool mattress, or obtain a prescription for chemical free mattress
Avoid toxic flame retardants like Boric acid, Rayon treated with silica, Melamine resin, and PCDE’s (polybrominated diphenyl ethers).

[__] Shampoo/Conditioner
Replace with a natural organic brand or make your own with natural ingredients and herbal scents
Avoid Sulfates Parabens Fragrance Triclosan Polyethylene Glycol

[__] Body Wash
Replace with organic natural soaps and essential oils or other natural scents
Avoid Triclosan, Dioxane, Sodium laurel sulfate (SLS), Diethanolamine (or DEA), Formaldehyde, Parabens, unnatural Fragrances,PEG-6

[__] Toothpaste
Use natural toothpaste recipes with ingredients like coconut oil and baking soda, or purchase organic
Avoid Triclosan, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), Artificial Sweeteners, Fluoride, Propylene Glycol, Diethanolamine(DEA),Microbeads

[__] Shower Curtains
Replace with organic materials like nylon, hemp or organic cotton
Avoid Vinal (PVC),Phthalates, and Vinyl Chloride

[__] Topical Beauty Supplies
Replace with organic, natural products or make your own DIY natural alternatives
Avoid most commercial brands- way to many chemicals to list! Your best options are to replace any commercial brand beauty products with organic or 100% natural products, or make your own!

[__] Air fresheners
Replace with natural essential oils or all natural products
Avoid all manufactured air fresheners if you can! A 2007 study tested 74 common air freshening products and reported that a total of more than 350 dangerous chemicals and allergens were detected

[__] Laundry Detergent
Replace with all natural brands or make your own
Avoid synthetic fragrances, brighteners like benzoxazolyl, and diaminostilbene disulfonate, stabilizers like (EDTA) & petroleum distillates.

[__] Plastics
Replace with re-usable options
Avoid plastics as much as possible. Not only can contain chemicals harmful to our bodies like Bisphenol A or BPA, Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate or DEHP, but it is not biodegradable and can cause major environmental concerns as it continues to pile up in our oceans and our earth.