Mercury content in common household cleaners!

October 30, 2007

While I cannot doubt that some small degree of mercury

can contaminate final products made from components of

the mercury cell process (which involves electrifying

a pool of saline solution over a layer of conductive

mercury, thereby releasing chlorine and leaving sodium

hydroxide as a by-product), an even more significant

problem of this process is the mercury vapor released

into the atmosphere. In fact, it has been reported

that sum-total, the chlorine industry releases almost

half as much mercury into the environment as the

coal-fired power industry, and there are 10 times as

many power plants in this country as chlorine plants.

While I firmly believe that injecting thimerosal is

the single most significant trigger in autism, I also

believe that mercury in all exposures is contributing

to our general decline in mental health, and we as a

nation and a world need to immediately take steps to

end mercury pollution in all forms and find ways to

remediate the environment. Failure to do so will

eventually kill us all (although I am not sure that is

necessarily a bad thing if you look from other

species' point of view).

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January 10, 2008

Mercury as a contaminant in Cleaners and Degreasers

The mercury-cell process is one of the processes that may be used to

manufacture common ingredients of cleaners and degreasers: sodium hydroxide

(caustic soda), potassium hydroxide, chlorine and hydrochloric acid

(muriatic acid). When these chemicals are used to make other products, such

as bleach or soaps, mercury contamination can be introduced into the final

product. The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) and Medical,

Academic and Scientific Community Organization, Inc. (MASCO), through a

public-private partnership called the MWRA/MASCO Mercury Work Group,

performed laboratory analyses on some of these products.

Mercury Content of Selected Cleaners *

Product Mercury Content (ppb)

Ajax Powder 0.17

Alconox Soap 0.004 mg/kg, 0.005 mg/kg, <0.0025 mg/kg (3 tests)

Boraxo Pads

Comet Cleaner 0.15

Derma Scrub <5.0, <2.5 (2 tests)

Dove Soap 0.0027

Ivory Dishwashing Liquid 0.061

Joy Dishwashing Liquid <0.01

Lysol Direct <0.011

's Oil Soap <0.012

Soft Cide Soap (Baxter) 8.1

Soft Scrub <0.013

Sparkleen Detergent 0.0086

Sunlight Dishwashing Detergent <0.011

* Testing on cleaning products has been limited and many common cleaning

products have not been tested. The data should not be used as a substitute

for testing specific products/chemicals

Alternatives for mercury-containing cleaners and degreasers

To learn the mercury content of the cleaners and degreasers used by

hospitals, request Certificates of Analysis from all suppliers when

purchasing materials. Choose mercury-free products, if possible. If there

are no mercury-free products that meet the needs of the hospital, choose

those that are the lowest in mercury concentration.

The Certificate of Analysis should list mercury content in parts per

billion (ppb), not as a percentage. A Material Safety Data Sheet is not

equivalent to a Certificate of Analysis.

http://www.tacanow.com/containingmercury.htm

http://www.sustainablehospitals.org/HTMLSrc/IP_Merc_BMP_Cleaners.html

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Sheri Nakken, former R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath

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January 12, 2008

Sheri,

I was given a big bottle of s Baby Shampoo when my son was born.What

kind of bad chemicals are in it.I can barely pronounce these chemicals and

wouldn't be able to figure out exactly what they are.I just switched Brendon to

California Baby shampoo,condintioner and lotion.I feel better knowing that

California Baby's ingrediants are all natural.I will probably start using it

myself.LOL!!Smells good.MMM.Any info you have on the s would be great

thanks.Lori-love that baby Brendon

Sheri Nakken <vaccineinfo@...> wrote: