air purifier (household cleaners & health - must read)

August 26, 2004

Sharper Image Ionic Breeze is good, but it sucks too little air into it, and it produce a low ozone. I have seen Orec on TV, and it looks like it does suck more air, so it will have more air circulation in the room or house. However, I personally don't know anyone who purchased Orec. Some of my friends got Ionic Breeze too. At least you can purchase Ionic Breeze and give it a try for 30 days. If you don't like it, just bring it back to the store.

If you have kids, I would like to share a story with you below. It is a true story which occurred few days ago. Here you go:

Wow this is so sad.. here's a copy/paste, I got it from her directly so I could open it... Please read this entire story. It could save a life of someone you know, perhaps even your own child.

-Email Starts-Saturday, August 21, 2004On Thursday morning I received a call. This call was from someone with whom I hadn't spoken with in a while. I used to work with her and I've known her for years. We have been through a lot together; marriages, deaths, illnesses, births, family issues, etc..Her name is Megan. Ironically, as you'll see, shewas also the first person I had shared Melaleuca with after I became a customer last August.When she called me, I knew something was wrong. She proceeded to tell me that her son Dylan had been rushed to the ER and then Life Flighted to a Hospital in Pittsburgh. The reason? He swallowed Resolve Carpet Cleaner. She was cleaning a spot of Kool-Aid from the carpet, and had the bottle setting rightnext to her. Her son, Dylan, who had just turned 2 in July, was playing behind her. In the minute that she had her back turned, he grabbed the Resolve and squirted it in his mouth. By the time

she turned around, he had already begun to convulse.I want you to know that is a day I will never forget. They let little Dylan go at about 2 am. Less than 18 hours after he drunk the Resolve. The cleaner burned and corroded everything it touched on its way through his digestive tract. Theydid have him sedated, and on life support. She did say he opened his eyes one time, and in those eyes, she said she could hear him saying "Mommy, let me go. Let me die, I hurt, I'm in pain." I could never imagine losing a child. But I do know that there is no reason why this child's life should have been taken. Hedied because of thoughtless manufacturers who don't have enough responsibility to make safe products.Some of you may say she was negligent. Not so, she was sitting two feet from him. She set the bottle down for a second. I don't believe she was negligent at all. All of us, when we are cleaning our windows or bathtub or whatever, set the cleaner down next to

us, while we wipe up or clean up the mess. We don't put it away in between wiping something down. We do it every day.We never think that it could be us. I know there are those of you who think, it will never happen to me, I have it up in a cabinet, it's locked up, whatever. That mentality - it won't happen to me - is fine and dandy until it does.There is only one way to prevent this type of tragedy from occurring. GET THE TOXIC CHEMICALS OUT OF YOUR HOME. Your child's like is not worth the risk you take by having them there. There are safer, less toxic alternatives. Melaleucamakes safe products; they are an extremely caring and responsible manufacturer. Their products are safe.Here is something Frank VanderSloot, our President and CEO mentioned just two weeks ago at convention: "30 million bottles of EcoSense products have been sold. Over 200 cases reported of children drinking from a product. ZERO serious injuries and ZERO

hospitalized!"This is real, people! I held this child in my arms when he was born, I was at his baptism and his birthdays..now he is gone. And there is no excuse! These products from store shelves are dangerous! His mother now has to deal with the guilt for the rest of her life. As I had mentioned, I did share Melaleuca withher. She knew there were safer alternatives. She knew. Her excuse.it's that "Amway thing", my cousin is "in that", I know all about it and I'm just not interested. She knew. She thought, never in a million years will that happen to me, I'm careful. The guilt and pain have to be unbearable. She has to pick out acasket for her son. A tiny, child size casket. She will bury her son on Monday. She will never see her son start Kindergarten, graduate high school and college, she will never see him get married or have grandchildren for her to dote over. She is going to have to deal with stress in her marriage. And his younger sister will never

see him again. (She is four, almost five months old).I am horrified to think of what that family is going through. The only good that can come of this is for us to prevent this from happening to anyone else. Don't let Dylan's death be in vain. It is up to us to educate people. Every life youtouch is potentially a life saved. You can never underestimate the power of one.

Don't take no for an answer - you may save a life.I know there are those of you out there who have chosen not to join Melaleuca as a preferred customer; I know there are those of you who are thinking of canceling your memberships. Let me ask you - What is your child's life worth? If the problem is that you think you can't afford it.skip going out for pizza!Don't get that manicure. Don't stop at Starbuck's for that double mocha latte. You don't really need those new shoes, you probably have several pairs too many. Buy safer products instead. Your child's life may at some point in time dependon it. If you do this now, you can help to ensure that your children will not suffer the same painful death that little Dylan did. There is no excuse.What if this happened to YOU and you knew you could have prevented it, just by having safer products in your home? How would you feel if your child died as a result of something you chose not to do because

you didn't have the money, or didn't understand the concept behind Melaleuca?Most people say no because they just don't understand. They think we are a pyramid or MLM. I can guarantee you - we are not either. Melaleuca has in fact won many numerous accolades and awards because of their upstanding and outstanding business ethics. They think 35 points is too much. Let me tell youif you can't spend 35 points a month - you are still buying something from the grocery store. If you totally switch stores, 35 points is easy. You would actually have to try to go below it! Why wouldn't you switch stores?

Our products work better, they are better quality, they are less expensive in many cases, and they are SAFE! What other excuse have I heard? Oh, the backup order - the back up order is there to protect YOU! It ensures you get your products if you forget to order, it ensures you will still get your check if you forget to order, it ensures your preferred customers status and the great prices and perks you get just for being a customer. There are more, but ask questions if you don't understand. Melaleuca is not out to rip anyone off - their policies are in place to help us and to protect us. Ignorance is no excuse.I have to go to his funeral on Monday. I will have to say goodbye to an innocent child. Because of a manufacturers irresponsibility to provide safe products to their consumers. It is inexcusable. I have never been to a funeral of a child. Ihave never even known a child who died. I don't ever want to go to another one. I do not ever want to get

another phone call from anyone saying that their child is dying or died because they drank one cleaner or another. Dylan is not a statistic, he was a child. He was my friend's son. He was a vibrant 2 year old, little boy, who had just gotten to be a big brother. He loved Blues Clues and ice cream. He especially liked his trucks. He had many of those! He liked macaroni and cheese. He loved his dog and their cats. He loved his parent and his baby sister. He loved his grandparents and everyone else he knew.I know some of you are saying you don't have any children. Well, perhaps you have grandchildren, or nieces and nephews. The point is at some point in time, more than likely, you will have a small child in your home. It is your responsibility to be sure you provide a safe environment. Imagine how she feels having lost her son, imagine if it had been someone else's child, in her home.This could have been prevented. If she had only listened, and not had the "it'll never

happen to me" mentality. It did happen. And it could happen to anyone at anytime. It is up to us as adults to provide the safest environment we can for ourselves and our children and even our pets. Several thousand children are poisoned every year!! What are the odds it could be your child, or someone you know? How long can you outrun the odds? Don't take a chance - these are children's lives we are talking about. So I ask you - What is your child's life worth.For those of you who are faithful Melaleuca customers, thank you! You could be saving your child's life.For those of you who are business builders and share Melaleuca with others, thank you, you could be saving someone else's child and family from having to go through this terrible child.For those of you who are thinking of canceling, DON'T! Think of the potential consequences. The fact is you never think it will happen to you - why take that chance??!!For those of you who have chosen not to be

a Melaleuca customer, for one reason or another, PLEASE, reconsider, your child's life could depend on you making this responsible decision.I don't ever want to choose a casket for one of my children. I hope that you don't either.Karen -Story Ends-

I'm so glad my house switched over to Melaleuca products, for our health, pets' health, and children's health. Best of all, I save so much time from going to the grocery stories.

Below are some sites that I gathered. Some of them are from the U.S. and Canadian government as well. You just wonder... if they know those household chemicals are bad, why do they still allow the manufactures to produce them?!

Learn about chemicals around your house:

http://www.epa.gov/kidshometour/

A Toxic Brew: Household Cleaners (special report)

http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/markethome/cleaners/index.html

http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/markethome/cleaners/index2.html

Children and Toxic Chemicals in the House:

http://www.rmbarry.com/research/toxics_children.html

Best regards,

David

"Enhancing lives one person at a time!"

judy <ramcd wrote:

I would like to know more about this topic. I want to get an air purifier, but I don't want to waste my money if they are not all that I hear they are. I am having my granddaughter here in the house in a few months and I thought it might be a good thing.

Judy

August 26, 2004

Karen, Thank you for sharing this story with all of us. I will forward it to all I know who have small children in their homes. I will be baby-proofing my house soon, because my second granddaughter is due in December.

I remember when this baby's daddy was 18 months old. We had just moved into a new home and a neighbor brought over a dieffenbachia-or dumb cane. I set it next to the fireplace on the raised hearth. Next morning Ryan had his breakfast of oatmeal, and I got him out of the high chair and went to my room to make the bed. Within about a minute I heard retching and ran to the living room. I could tell immediately that he had bitten into the stem of the plant. He had NEVER fooled with plants before. I call for an ambulance-don't think 911 was around that far back. Right around his eyes it turned red and he looked like a raccoon. They said his tongue could swell-mouth goes numb-hence the name dumb cane. They kept him all day for observation. He was fine. I was thankful that he had just eaten, so he had something in his stomach to dilute the effects.

Judy

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David C

Thursday, August 26, 2004 6:45 AM

Re: air purifier (household cleaners & health - must read)

Sharper Image Ionic Breeze is good, but it sucks too little air into it, and it produce a low ozone. I have seen Orec on TV, and it looks like it does suck more air, so it will have more air circulation in the room or house. However, I personally don't know anyone who purchased Orec. Some of my friends got Ionic Breeze too. At least you can purchase Ionic Breeze and give it a try for 30 days. If you don't like it, just bring it back to the store.

If you have kids, I would like to share a story with you below. It is a true story which occurred few days ago. Here you go:

Wow this is so sad.. here's a copy/paste, I got it from her directly so I could open it... Please read this entire story. It could save a life of someone you know, perhaps even your own child.

-Email Starts-Saturday, August 21, 2004On Thursday morning I received a call. This call was from someone with whom I hadn't spoken with in a while. I used to work with her and I've known her for years. We have been through a lot together; marriages, deaths, illnesses, births, family issues, etc..Her name is Megan. Ironically, as you'll see, shewas also the first person I had shared Melaleuca with after I became a customer last August.When she called me, I knew something was wrong. She proceeded to tell me that her son Dylan had been rushed to the ER and then Life Flighted to a Hospital in Pittsburgh. The reason? He swallowed Resolve Carpet Cleaner. She was cleaning a spot of Kool-Aid from the carpet, and had the bottle setting rightnext to her. Her son, Dylan, who had just turned 2 in July, was playing behind her. In the minute that she had her back turned, he grabbed the Resolve and squirted it in his mouth. By the time she turned around, he had already begun to convulse.I want you to know that is a day I will never forget. They let little Dylan go at about 2 am. Less than 18 hours after he drunk the Resolve. The cleaner burned and corroded everything it touched on its way through his digestive tract. Theydid have him sedated, and on life support. She did say he opened his eyes one time, and in those eyes, she said she could hear him saying "Mommy, let me go. Let me die, I hurt, I'm in pain." I could never imagine losing a child. But I do know that there is no reason why this child's life should have been taken. Hedied because of thoughtless manufacturers who don't have enough responsibility to make safe products.Some of you may say she was negligent. Not so, she was sitting two feet from him. She set the bottle down for a second. I don't believe she was negligent at all. All of us, when we are cleaning our windows or bathtub or whatever, set the cleaner down next to us, while we wipe up or clean up the mess. We don't put it away in between wiping something down. We do it every day.We never think that it could be us. I know there are those of you who think, it will never happen to me, I have it up in a cabinet, it's locked up, whatever. That mentality - it won't happen to me - is fine and dandy until it does.There is only one way to prevent this type of tragedy from occurring. GET THE TOXIC CHEMICALS OUT OF YOUR HOME. Your child's like is not worth the risk you take by having them there. There are safer, less toxic alternatives. Melaleucamakes safe products; they are an extremely caring and responsible manufacturer. Their products are safe.Here is something Frank VanderSloot, our President and CEO mentioned just two weeks ago at convention: "30 million bottles of EcoSense products have been sold. Over 200 cases reported of children drinking from a product. ZERO serious injuries and ZERO hospitalized!"This is real, people! I held this child in my arms when he was born, I was at his baptism and his birthdays..now he is gone. And there is no excuse! These products from store shelves are dangerous! His mother now has to deal with the guilt for the rest of her life. As I had mentioned, I did share Melaleuca withher. She knew there were safer alternatives. She knew. Her excuse.it's that "Amway thing", my cousin is "in that", I know all about it and I'm just not interested. She knew. She thought, never in a million years will that happen to me, I'm careful. The guilt and pain have to be unbearable. She has to pick out acasket for her son. A tiny, child size casket. She will bury her son on Monday. She will never see her son start Kindergarten, graduate high school and college, she will never see him get married or have grandchildren for her to dote over. She is going to have to deal with stress in her marriage. And his younger sister will never see him again. (She is four, almost five months old).I am horrified to think of what that family is going through. The only good that can come of this is for us to prevent this from happening to anyone else. Don't let Dylan's death be in vain. It is up to us to educate people. Every life youtouch is potentially a life saved. You can never underestimate the power of one.

Don't take no for an answer - you may save a life.I know there are those of you out there who have chosen not to join Melaleuca as a preferred customer; I know there are those of you who are thinking of canceling your memberships. Let me ask you - What is your child's life worth? If the problem is that you think you can't afford it.skip going out for pizza!Don't get that manicure. Don't stop at Starbuck's for that double mocha latte. You don't really need those new shoes, you probably have several pairs too many. Buy safer products instead. Your child's life may at some point in time dependon it. If you do this now, you can help to ensure that your children will not suffer the same painful death that little Dylan did. There is no excuse.What if this happened to YOU and you knew you could have prevented it, just by having safer products in your home? How would you feel if your child died as a result of something you chose not to do because you didn't have the money, or didn't understand the concept behind Melaleuca?Most people say no because they just don't understand. They think we are a pyramid or MLM. I can guarantee you - we are not either. Melaleuca has in fact won many numerous accolades and awards because of their upstanding and outstanding business ethics. They think 35 points is too much. Let me tell youif you can't spend 35 points a month - you are still buying something from the grocery store. If you totally switch stores, 35 points is easy. You would actually have to try to go below it! Why wouldn't you switch stores?

Our products work better, they are better quality, they are less expensive in many cases, and they are SAFE! What other excuse have I heard? Oh, the backup order - the back up order is there to protect YOU! It ensures you get your products if you forget to order, it ensures you will still get your check if you forget to order, it ensures your preferred customers status and the great prices and perks you get just for being a customer. There are more, but ask questions if you don't understand. Melaleuca is not out to rip anyone off - their policies are in place to help us and to protect us. Ignorance is no excuse.I have to go to his funeral on Monday. I will have to say goodbye to an innocent child. Because of a manufacturers irresponsibility to provide safe products to their consumers. It is inexcusable. I have never been to a funeral of a child. Ihave never even known a child who died. I don't ever want to go to another one. I do not ever want to get another phone call from anyone saying that their child is dying or died because they drank one cleaner or another. Dylan is not a statistic, he was a child. He was my friend's son. He was a vibrant 2 year old, little boy, who had just gotten to be a big brother. He loved Blues Clues and ice cream. He especially liked his trucks. He had many of those! He liked macaroni and cheese. He loved his dog and their cats. He loved his parent and his baby sister. He loved his grandparents and everyone else he knew.I know some of you are saying you don't have any children. Well, perhaps you have grandchildren, or nieces and nephews. The point is at some point in time, more than likely, you will have a small child in your home. It is your responsibility to be sure you provide a safe environment. Imagine how she feels having lost her son, imagine if it had been someone else's child, in her home.This could have been prevented. If she had only listened, and not had the "it'll never happen to me" mentality. It did happen. And it could happen to anyone at anytime. It is up to us as adults to provide the safest environment we can for ourselves and our children and even our pets. Several thousand children are poisoned every year!! What are the odds it could be your child, or someone you know? How long can you outrun the odds? Don't take a chance - these are children's lives we are talking about. So I ask you - What is your child's life worth.For those of you who are faithful Melaleuca customers, thank you! You could be saving your child's life.For those of you who are business builders and share Melaleuca with others, thank you, you could be saving someone else's child and family from having to go through this terrible child.For those of you who are thinking of canceling, DON'T! Think of the potential consequences. The fact is you never think it will happen to you - why take that chance??!!For those of you who have chosen not to be a Melaleuca customer, for one reason or another, PLEASE, reconsider, your child's life could depend on you making this responsible decision.I don't ever want to choose a casket for one of my children. I hope that you don't either.Karen -Story Ends-

I'm so glad my house switched over to Melaleuca products, for our health, pets' health, and children's health. Best of all, I save so much time from going to the grocery stories.

Below are some sites that I gathered. Some of them are from the U.S. and Canadian government as well. You just wonder... if they know those household chemicals are bad, why do they still allow the manufactures to produce them?!

Learn about chemicals around your house:

http://www.epa.gov/kidshometour/

A Toxic Brew: Household Cleaners (special report)

http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/markethome/cleaners/index.html

http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/markethome/cleaners/index2.html

Children and Toxic Chemicals in the House:

http://www.rmbarry.com/research/toxics_children.html

Best regards,

David

"Enhancing lives one person at a time!"

judy <ramcd wrote:

I would like to know more about this topic. I want to get an air purifier, but I don't want to waste my money if they are not all that I hear they are. I am having my granddaughter here in the house in a few months and I thought it might be a good thing.

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