When most people think about pollutants or contaminants, they don’t consider that such compounds could be right there in their own homes. And yet, many common household items that people don’t even think twice about contains many toxins that can have a strongly negative impact on your health, particularly with long-term exposure. Worse yet, these toxins may be in items you never even thought of as being unhealthy. Ten such items are discussed below.

Oil-Based Paints

Oil-based paints may last longer and be protective of the surfaces they are covering, but they also contain around 300 toxic chemicals, about half of which …read more