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meg832
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with cats and 4 dogs....it can get a little ripe at times...'specially on bath day
If you can get your animals on a more natural diet, you will find that they don't have a bad smell, even when wet. As for the litter pan, I like Swheat Scoop. It is made from wheat. Not only does it clump, it contains natural enzymes that eat the odor-causing bacteria. It is also flushable!
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What if you made your own scents and stuff....by using stuff like rose petals (if they're safe), apples, cinnamon, oranges, lemons...etc. and boil them?
That's the way! Look in some herb books for a moist potpourri recipe. Potpourri means "rotten pot". The ingredients rot together to make something with a fragrance that will last for years. This is the time of year to collect your rose petals!
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If you start cutting out every single thing that's supposedly toxic, you'll basically have to stop living.
This has already happened to thousands of perfectly ordinary people who, through no fault of thir own, can no longer tolerate the tiniest levels of everyday chemicals. Their bodies reached the limit of what they could tolerate, and they finally must become hermits in order to survive. They end up losing friends and family because so few people believe that smells can hurt them or the friends just won't give up wearing fragrances, fabric softeners, etc around these chemically sensitive people. Every exposure worsens the disease, and the worst victims may finally become so sensitive that they can't even eat food-- they starve to death. Others die of cancers, heart damage, brain damage, lung damage.... For a tip-of-the-iceburg look, see
Who is Looking After Our Kids? CHAPTER 12. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Causes, Mechanisms and Treatment.
www.oneflesh.org/Child-chap%2012.html
We all have been exposed to these chemicals. What you don't know is how close your own body is to its limit. |
Saturday May 26, 2007 7:46 pm |
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shirin
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The statistics in that article are really low, and I bet that 1% of people who do suffer the extreme end of the disease are probably people who are exposed to toxic chemicals and fumes on a daily basis because of their jobs, like fire fighters for example. Personally, I've never been allergic to anything, whether it be a soap, or food, so I find it hard to believe that my body could be close to its limit and one day I'll wake up and have to live in a bubble. It's extremely unlikely  |
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Saturday May 26, 2007 8:21 pm |
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meg832
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Neither humans nor other animals have had the centuries needed to adapt to these chemicals, of which roughly 6000 are new to the environment in the last 50 years. Although some people view chemical sensitivity as an allergy, it is really a build- up of toxic chemicals that our bodies have no way to eliminate. That is why it doesn’t take a dramatic exposure (like at work) for people to end up sick. They just used ordinary items, like you can buy at any shopping center, for several years. Their disease came on gradually.
Human lungs are much better equipped to filter out pollution than a bird’s, yet the number of people in the United States who are made ill by volatile organic compounds is already 11% – 16% of the population. Wild animals are also suffering the effects of these chemicals, even in remote areas. The point isn’t how likely it is that you will wake up and have to live in a bubble. The point is that an alarming number of once-healthy people are now chronically ill from these chemicals, and that birds are even more vulnerable to airborne chemicals than people are. |
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Friday June 15, 2007 11:20 pm |
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shirin
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I know that birds are more vulnerable to airborne chemicals than people, did I ever say they aren't? If you read my first post in this thread, I think it's pretty clear that I am strongly against the use of chemicals and scents around birds.
I thought we were discussing synthetic fragrances being damaging to humans. |
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Saturday June 16, 2007 12:14 am |
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Sue
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Originally posted by shirin
If you read my first post in this thread, I think it's pretty clear that I am strongly against the use of chemicals and scents around birds.
I think it can be hard at times to remember the whole thread.. At least I have problems with it. (Perhaps the language barrier?) |
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