Breathing outdoor air in Australia kills more people than the road toll and indoor air is estimated to be at least five times more polluted than outdoor air (BITRE, 2017; OECD, 2014)
Most of the indoor air quality problems in a home, comes from the products you buy
There are over 130 million chemicals registered for use on the world’s largest database – the Chemical Abstract Service, and most of the man-made portion have never been tested for their impact on human health
1 in 3 Australian children are diagnosed with autism and 75% of autistic adults end up on a disability pension (Australian Institute of Health & Welfare, 2017)
20% of Australians have allergies, and most of the triggers are in your home
Most countries around the world have never fluoridated their drinking water
The radiation from mobile phones and wireless technologies are classified as a possible human carcinogen (World Health Organisation, 2011)
A Parkinson’s disease cluster was found in farmers in northwest Victoria (Ayton, 2016)
Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s & Lou Gehrig’s Syndrome have correlated with increased exposures to pesticides (Genuis & Kelln, 2015; Freire & Koifman, 2012)
In the past 35 years, new cancer diagnoses in Australia tripled which means one in two people will have cancer before the age of 85 (Australian Institute of Health & Welfare, 2017)
Genetics loads the gun, but the environmental pulls the trigger (Dr Francis Collins, Director of the US National Institutes of Health