83 Reasons and Ways To Use pHour Salts For Increased Energy

A combination of four powerful bicarbonate
mineral salts (sodium bicarbonate, magnesium
bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, and calcium
bicarbonate) for the purpose of anti-oxidant, anti-
aging and maintaining the alkaline design of the
body from both the inside out and the outside in.

These four antioxidant/anti-aging mineral salts
are naturally occurring in all fluids of the body.
Specifically, they may aid in the reduction of dietary
and metabolic acidity helping to maintain the alkaline
design of the human, animal or plant body and slow
down or reverse the aging or decay process.

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Dr. Tullio Simmoncini, an oncologist with a cancer
clinic in Rome, Italy has been treating and destroying
cancerous tumors with mineral salts of bicarbonate
for years. Dr. Simmoncini states, "sodium bicarbonate
is safe, extremely inexpensive and unstoppably
effective when it comes to cancerous tissues.
It's an irresistible chemical, cyanide to cancerous
cells for it hits the cancerous cells with a
shock wave of alkalinity, which allows much more
oxygen into the acidic cells than they can tolerate.
Cancerous cells cannot survive in the presence of
high levels of oxygen. Sodium bicarbonate is,
for all intent and purposes, an instant killer
of tumors."

According to Dr. Young, "the use of the Young
pHorever pHour mineral salts is the ultimate
protection against all illness, sickness and
dis-ease, including any aging or cancerous
condition. The pHour salts can not only
improve health and energy but atheletic
performance!"

"All enervation, under-performance, aging and
cancerous conditions are caused by a four letter
word - ACID, which is an acronym which stands for:

A = acidic food and drink, attitudes and activities,
C = compromised internal acidic environment,
I = illness and dis-ease, and,
D = desire for more acidic foods, drinks, attitudes
and activities, and the cycle repeats itself. We
ingest acidic medicines to lessen the symptoms of our
illness. We stimulate the body with unhealthy forms
of energy providing quick, often temporary relief from
our symptoms which begins the cycle all over again
creating a very powerful pattern of poor health and
dis-ease," states Dr. Young.

"During the Olympics in Athens, Greece and now in
Beijing, China several top athletes have improved
their athletic performance and even broke world
records using sodium bicarbonate," states Dr. Young.

A recent London Times article and scientific
research substantiates Dr. Young's claims,
"some athletes relied on more rudimentary -
and legal - means to boost their race times,
including using a substance tucked away in a
kitchen cupboard or in the back of a refrigerator."
This substance is, sodium bicarbonate or baking soda.

"Athletes for years have sworn that taking a spoonful
of bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) helps them to
keep going for longer. For years, experts doubted
that there was anything other than a placebo effect
to these claims until they subjected the substance
to rigorous examination. Most exercise scientists
investigating the trend for “soda-doping” among
athletes and gym-goers have shown that it offers
significant benefits for endurance and speed."

At Loughborough University, for instance,
physiologists reporting in the June issue of
the International Journal of Sports Medicine
showed that swimmers who took baking soda about
one hour before a 200m event were able to shave
a significant time off their usual performances.
Dr Jonathan Folland, who led the study, says that
it is not uncommon for top swimmers to take
sodium bicarbonate (another name for the substance)
before a competition to give them an edge. Indeed,
he showed that of nine swimmers tested, eight
recorded their fastest times after ingesting a
supplement of the common baking ingredient - sodium
bicarbonate.

Another small study by Dr Ronald Deitrick,of the
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), showed
that competitive runners also benefited. Dr Deitrick,
who presented his findings at the ACSM annual
conference, gave 800m runners either a placebo or
a sodium bicarbonate capsule, which they took with
water. Although a few of the runners had minor
gastrointestinal problems after swallowing the
capsules, a greater number benefited significantly.

Just last week, an Australian sports scientist said
that the use of legal performance-enhancing substances
could become a major issue of the Beijing Olympics.
“Beijing will probably be remembered for the abuse
of legal aids,” said Robin Parisotto on Australian
radio.

And Dr Deitrick believes that bicarbonate of soda
can significantly improve performance. “If you took
out the participants who experienced negative side-
effects... you'd see an average improvement in running
times of about 2.2 seconds,” Dr Deitrick says. “For a
relatively short running distance, that's very
significant.”

But how does something so seemingly innocuous have
such a dramatic effect? During prolonged or intense
exercise muscles produce large amounts of acidic
waste products, such as lactic acid, that lead to
soreness, stiffness and fatigue. Because sodium
bicarbonate naturally reduces acids, it acts as a
buffer against these performance-limiting by-products.

Current research suggests that it is particularly
helpful in speed-based events, including sprints,
football and other fast-moving games, and middle-
distance (up to 10km) running, swimming and cycling.
“Essentially, sodium bicarbonate is an alkaline
substance that increases the pH of the blood,”
Dr Folland says. “This seems to reduce and offset
the acidity produced in the muscles during intense,
anaerobic exercise that produces lactic acid most
quickly, such as fast running or swimming.”

In Dr Folland's study, swimmers who took the sodium
bicarbonate knocked 1.5 seconds off their time for
200m, a difference that may seem insignificant to
recreational swimmers but which is substantial at
elite level.

“At the last Olympics, the top four swimmers in the
men's 200m freestyle were separated by just 1.4
seconds,” Dr Folland says. “So, in theory, it could
be the difference between winning a medal and not.”

Anyone can try it, he says, but only those who are
serious enough to monitor their times and progress
in sports such as running, swimming or cycling may
notice the few seconds advantage it might provide.
“The increments of improvement are relatively small
to the average person, although significant to
someone who competes,” Dr Folland says.

The following list is 83 ways of using Dr. Youngs',
Young pHorever pHour Salts, antioxidant/anti-aging
athletic enhancing formula in the prevention and/or
reversal of all pain, fatigue, enervation, illness,
sickness, and dis-ease:

1. Protection against ALL cancerous conditions!
Take 1 Tbs. of pHour salts in 1 liter of alkaline
water and drink 3 to 4 times a day.

2. The alkalizing of acidic cancerous tissues
and tumors. Take 1 Tbs. of pHour salts in 1
liter of alkaline water and drink 3 to 4 times
a day.

3. The alkalizing of the blood and tissues to
maintain the alkaline design of the body and
to prevent ALL sickness and dis-ease! Take
1 Tbs. of pHour salts in 1 liter of alkaline
water and drink 3 to 4 times a day.

4. Protection against acids that may cause
nephropathy. According to Dr. Michael Metro,
"patients receiving sodium bicarbonate achieved
urine pH's of 6.5 as opposed to 5.6 with those
receiving sodium chloride. The alkalization
is theorized to have a protective effect
against the formation of acids that may cause
nephropathy." Take 1 Tbs. of pHour salts in
1 liter of alkaline water and drink 3 to 4 times
a day.

5. In the prevention and/or reversal of autism.
According to Dr. William Shaw, "an extremely
simple therapy used by physicians to treat autism
is to supply a mild antidote that neutralizes the
excess acids." Take 1 Tbs. of pHour salts in
1 liter of water and drink 3 to 4 times a day.

6. To prevent dis-ease and disease of the kidneys.
The kidneys are usually the first organs to show
acidic damage where the mineral salts of bicarbonate
help to promote excretion of acidic toxins from
the tissues. According to Dr. Thomas P. Kennedy,
of the American Medical Association, "substituting
a sodium bicarbonate solution for saline infusion
prior to administration of radio-contrast material
seems to reduce the incidence of nephropathy."
Take 1 Tbs. of pHour salts in 1 liter of alkaline
water and drink 3 to 4 times a day.

7. The removal of heavy metals, dioxins and furans.
Comparison of cancerous tissue with healthy tissues
from the same person shows that the cancerous
tissue has a much higher concentration of toxic
chemicals, acidic hormones and pesticides.
Take 1 Tbs. of pHour salts in 1 liter of alkaline
water and drink 3 to 4 times a day.

8. To eliminate or reduce titers of bacteria or
fungi from the biological transformation of
body cells. The mineral salts of bicarbonate
are an excellent anti-bacterial and anti-fungal
that is very diffusible and thus very effective
with no negative side-effects. Take 1 Tbs.
of pHour salts in 1 liter of alkaline water
and drink 3 to 4 times a day.

9. To help reverse pulmonary neoplasm of the lung use
1 Tbs. of pHour salts in l liter of alkaline water
and drink 3 t 4 times a day.

10. To help reverse the acidic condition
pneumonia of the lungs mist or nebulize 10 ml
of alkaline water with 2 drops of liquid
sodium and/or potassium bicarbonate 2 to 3 times
a day.

11. To help reverse the acidic condition of
asthma mist or nebulize 10 ml of alkaline
water with 2 drops of liquid sodium and/or
potassium bicarbonate 2 to 3 times a day.

12. To help reverse the acidic condition of
sinusitis mist or nebulize 10 ml of alkaline
water with 2 drops of liquid sodium and/or
potassium bicarbonate 2 to 3 times a day.

13. According to Dr. Tullio Simoncini, "the most
effective measure to treat RT-induced mucosititis
in patients with head and neck cancer is frequent
oral rinsing with pHour salts to reduce the amount
of oral microbial flora." Take 1 Tbs. of pHours
salts in 1 liter of alkaline water and drink
3 to 4 times a day.

14. "For uncontrolled diabetes and circulatory
insufficiency due to shock or severe dehydration,
extracorporeal circulation of blood, cardiac arrest,
and severe primary lactic acidosis, take sodium
bicarbonate," states Dr. Tullio Simoncini. Take
1 Tbs. of pHour salts in 1 liter of alkaline water
and drink 3 to 4 times a day.

15. Keep a jar of pHour Salts in your fridge for
smelling fresh and reducing acidic gaseous residues
from spoiling foods.

16. A pinch of pHour Salts in a gallon of freshly
brewed iced tea takes out the bad tasting acidic
tannins and prevents cloudiness and acidic effect.

17. When soaking dried beans or cooking cabbage,
add a dash to the water to make them less gaseous.

18. The pHour Salts will reduce or eliminate the
flatulence caused by the beans.

19. To keep tomato soup from curdling, sprinkle some
pHour Salts on the simmering tomatoes and skim off
the white foam before adding soy, almond or hazel
nut milk.

20. Two tablespoons of pHour Salts added to hot water
to broccoli and cauliflower keeps the veggies crisp and
preserves the electrical potential of the cooked
veggies.

21. Pet care: Sprinkle pHour Salts onto his/her coat
and brush or comb through for dry acidic odor
protection between baths.

22. Give plastic and rubber toys a bath in a solution
of 4 Tb. of pHour Salts dissolved in 1 quart warm
water. Sprinkle fabric toys with pHour Salts brushed
off after 15 minutes.

23. Brush teeth with a teaspoon of pHour Salts on a damp
toothbrush to avoid acidic plaque and keep breath fresh.

24. Soak retainers, mouth guards, and dentures in
pHour Salts and warm water solution (2 tsp to a
drinking glass full).

25. Rinse mouth with a teaspoon of pHour Salts and
1 drop of essential peppermint oil for an incredible
mouth wash and freshener.

26. Make a paste of 3 parts pHour Salts to one part
water for an effective and inexpensive skin exfoliant.
Just apply it to your skin with fingertips or a
washcloth in a gentle, circular motion and rinse.

27. Mix a little pHour Salts into your shampoo to
strip out product buildup, or add it into your
conditioner for extra-healthy, non-split ends.

28. Apply a paste of pHour Salts and water to take
the ouch out of bug bites, bee stings, sunburns,
rashes, poison ivy, or pour in bathwater for relief
from the itch of chicken pox and measles.

29. Drink 1 to 3 teaspoon of pHour Salts in ½ a glass
of water to relieve acid indigestion and heartburn.

30. Use pHour Salts as a mouthwash for bad breath or to
soothe canker sore pain. Add a 1/2 tsp to water
a swish your mouth and then discard or drink.

31. Run pHour Salts and water solution through your
coffee maker, followed by two fresh water brew
cycles to keep your java tasting tip top. Of course,
the best solution is not to drink acidic java.

32. Add a pinch of pHour Salts to your cup of java
to reduce the acidic effects of the caffeine. The
best recommendation is not drink beverages that
are acidic.

33. Zap nasty cutting board tastes and smells by
scrubbing them with a mixture of pHour Salts and water.

34. pHour salts will cut grease, wont' dry out the
wood, and will also take garlic and onion smells
off your skin.

35. Use a damp paper towel and a sprinkling of
pHour Salts to remove tea and punch stains from
china and plastic. Especially chlorophyll stains
in your water drinking bottle.

36. Neutralize spilled battery acid in a flash with
a handful of pHour Salts.

37. pHour Salts and a wet wash cloth makes an excellent
bumper buffer when little scuffs appear. It also shines
up bike chrome.

38. pHour Salts is a natural fire-stopper. Keep a jar
close at hand when you are working with live fire of
any kind. A handful can put out grease, electrical,
wood, and fuel fires.

39. Sprinkle pHour Salts on an outdoor grill or make
a paste with water, and scrub grit off the grill
without the danger of adding nasty cleaning chemicals
to your food.

40. Rub pHour Salts directly on a baby spit up to nix
the smell quickly.

41. Soak sweat-drenched headbands, hats and gloves or
smoky clothes in a pHour Salts solution before they hit
the washing machine. Or if you're pressed for time,
sprinkle it on clothing for a quick odor mask.

42. Gardening Mildew! Keep fungus, black spots and
powdery mildew off your precious plants by mixing
pHour Salts, horticultural oil and soap and applying
it to affected leaves. Just add 1 tsp of pHour Salts
and a few drops of dish washing soap to a gallon of
water, and spray once a week, and after it rains.

43. Make a paste of pHour salts by mixing 1/2 tsp of
pHour Salts in some alkaline water and apply to the
armpits for eliminating acidic body dietary and/or
metabolic odors.

44. Drink an 8 ounce glass of pHour salts just
before an acidic meal to buffer or chelate
food acids. Use 1 Tbs. of pHour Salts per
8 ounces of alkaline water.

45. Drink an 8 ounce glass of alkaline water with
1 to 2 Tbs. of pHour Salts upon rising to flush
and clean the alimentary canal.

46. Add 3 tsp. of pHour Salts to your colonic
bag to pull acids and bile from the liver.

47. For a hang offer drink an 8 ounce glass of
alkaline water with 2 Tbs. of pHour salts to
help eliminate the acidic alcohol residues. This
mixture will also reduce blood alcohol when one
has had too much to drink. Of course, I strongly
recommend you eliminate all alcohol consumption
to maintain health and energy.

48. For motion sickness on a boat or plane drink
a 8 to 12 ounce glass of alkaline water with 1
Tbs. of pHour Salts.

49. For morning sickness during pregnancy drink
an 8 ounce glass of alkaline water with 1 Tbs.
of pHour Salts.

50. For restless leg syndrome drink 1 liter or
quart of alkaline water with 2 Tbs. of pHour Salts.

51. For muscle soreness or inflammation drink 1
liter or quart of alkaline water with 2 Tbs.
of pHour Salts.

52. For acne make a paste of pHour salts with
alkaline water and cover the face. Leave on
the face for at least 30 minutes.

53. For sore feet or athlete's feet soak your
feet in warm alkaline water with 2 to 3 Tbs of
pHour Salts.

54. For air born micro-organisms in a closed area,
such as in a plane, drink an 8 ounce glass of alkaline
water with 1 Tbs. of pHour Salts before and after
your flight.

55. Reduce vaginal odor or yeast douche with warm
alkaline water and 1 to 2 tsp. of pHour salts.

56. For an alkaline enema and to help relieve bowel
congestion insert 6 to 8 ounces of warm alkaline
water with 1 Tbs. of pHour Salts.

57. For relaxing after a hard day at work take
an alkalizing hot bath with 5 to 6 Tbs. of
pHour Salts.

58. To maintain a healthy urine and saliva pH at
7.2 or above drink 1 liter/quart of alkaline
water with 1 Tbs of pHour Salts 3 times a day.

59. If you feel like you have a sore throat developing
or if you have a sore throat gargle with a mixture of
1 Tbs of pHour salts in 4 t 6 ounces of water.

60. For acid reflux, nausea, or indigestion drink
4 to 6 ounces of alkaline water with 1 Tbs of pHour
salts to buffer excess hydrochloric acid and dietary
acid.

61. For constipation drink 1 liter of pHour salts with
1 to 2 Tbs of pHour salts on an empty stomach an first
thing in the morning.

62. For muscle or bone soreness drink 1 liter of
pHour salts with 1 to 2 Tbs at least once a day.

63. After any physical or emotional activity or
event drink 1 liter of pHour salts with 1 Tbs.
to reduce irritation or inflammation.

64. For sore hands or feet soak in alkaline
war, water with 3 to 4 Tbs. of pHour salts.

65. For detoxing the skin when there is irritation
or inflammation use one tub of pHour salts in
a warm to hot bath to pull acids from the skin.

66. For high blood sugar take 1 Tbs. of pHour
salts in 1 liter of alkaline water to lower the
acidic levels of sugar in the blood.

67. For high blood cholesterol take 1 Tbs. of
pHour salts in 1 liter of alkaline water to
buffer metabolic or dietary acids that is
causing the high bleed cholesterol.

68. For emotional stress or anxiety take
1 Tbs. in 1 liter of alkaline water and drink
2 to 3 times a day.

69. To raise the pH and total alkalinity of the
water for pools and spas add several Tbs. of
pHour salts to restore the pH balance of the
water that has a high level of chlorine.

70. Add a tub of pHour salts to your septic
tank to control the pH, bacteria and yeast.

71. Long term acidity causes acid blood, which
is like acid rain, causes the calcium from the
bones to be leached out as a result. Take 1
tsp. of pHour salts in 3 t 4 ounces of alkaline
water and drink 3 to 4 times a day to prevent
the symptoms of bone wasting and acidic blood.

72. Dr. Simoncini states, "earlier and more
frequent use of sodium bicarbonate was
associated with higher early resuscitability
rates and with better long-term neurological
outcome. Sodium bicarbonate is beneficial
for CPR."

73. "Sodium bicarbonate is useful in prevention
and reversal of neurological disorders," states
Dr. Simoncini.

74. Make a paste of pHour salts and place it
any where on the body to relieve irritation,
and/or inflammation of the skin.

75. To maintain health, energy, vitality and
the alkaline design of the body take 1 tsp of
pHour salts in 3 to 4 ounces of water and drink
3 to 4 times a day.

76. To hyper-alkalinize the tissues in the
prevention and reversal of an ulceration or
degeneration take 1 tsp of pHour salts in
3 to 4 ounces of alkaline water and
drink 3 to 4 times a day. To determine if
the body tissues are in a state of hyper-
alkalinization the urine pH will be over
an 8.0 pH.

77. To increase energy take 1 tsp of pHour
salts in 3 to 4 ounces of water and drink.

78. To reduce fatigue take 1 tsp of pHour
salts in 3 to 4 ounces of water and drink.

79. To increase stamina take 3 tsp of pHour
salts in 1 liter of water and drink 1 hour
before exercise or athletic event.

80. To increase endurance and speed take 3 tsp
of pHour salts in 1 liter of water and drink
1 hour before exercise or athletic event.

81. For running or swimming sprints take 3 tsp
of pHour salts in 6 to 8 ounces of water 1 hour
before the event to increase speed.

82. During marathons, or athletic events that
last longer then a few minutes take 1 to 3 tsp
of pHour salts in 6 to 8 ounces of water every
hour.

83. To reduce pain and swelling due to injury
or lactic acid build-up take 3 tsp of pHour
salts in 1 liter of water and drink.

It is important of remember that the human body
is alkaline by design and acidic by function.
To maintain that healthy ageless, athletic
alkaline design of your body may I suggest using
Young pHorever pHour Salts everyday.

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According to Dr. Robert O. Young, "if the body's
blood and tissues remain alkaline at 7.365 to
7.4 it is susceptible to NO illness, sickness or
dis-ease. This is what I refer to as true immunity
and true prevention!"

Please let us know how you are using your pHour
Salts and how it is working for you. We would
love to share your testimony of the pHour
Salts with others.

The Healing Power of pH Miracle Water

The following is a pH Miracle story and how drinking
pH Miracle water may make a difference in reversing
a serious health challenge like lung cancer.

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Dear Dr. Young,

No one ever wants to know the depths of despair
one feels when their doctor tells them they only
have a year to live. That is what I experienced
on May 1st 2008 when a 4.5 cm tumor was found
in my liver and ten 5mm nodules in both my lungs.
Previously, in 2007 I had chemo, radiation &
extensive surgery to remove a leiomyosarcoma that
had invaded my pancreas and although they said they
'got it all', it was obviously not the case.

Our family was desperately seeking alternative
treatment options, when we were referred to you,
through my daughter, Terri. It was as though you
dropped right out of heaven. You gave me hope when
my oncologist gave me hopelessness. I started
drinking 4 liters a day of your pH Miracle water
and adjusted my diet to eliminate highly acidic
foods the end of May. I had already had one chemo
treatment (May 24) by then and drinking the pH Miracle
water eased the terrible after effects. I had one
more treatment after that (mid June) and decided to
stop. The Oncologist wanted me to have 6 treatments
(to try and buy me a few more months). I am sorry
now that I did any chemo treatments at all and my
family doctor does not believe that the two treatments
were at all effective.

As I continued drinking the high pH, pH Miracle water,
I felt my strength and energy coming back. In mid
July I had a chest Xray and an abdominal ultrasound.
This was after approximately 45 days on the pH Miracle
water. The results showed the tumor in the liver to
be 4.3cm and considering that I had tests done in
Jan 2008 and it showed nothing there, the tumor was
growing at a rate of over a cm a month, so we know
it grew at least another cm during the month of May,
before chemo or the pH Miracle water. My Dr. agreed
in actuality that the tumor had shrunk over one cm.
The Chest Xray showed 'nothing'. No nodules at all...
which my Dr. said meant regression or 'gone'. Words
cannot express the relief I felt.

Your pH Miracle water has been my life line and I
continue to feel better and stronger every day and
I look forward to my next tests in Sept. I know this
is working and I know that because of this pH Miracle
water, I WILL be cancer free.

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Dr. Young, there are just no words.....you are a true
gift from God, pure and honest and crystal clear just
like your pH Miracle water.

With much love and immense gratitude,

Linda Clark

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All Top Selling Cosmetics, Perfumes

A University of Washington study of top-selling
laundry products and air fresheners found the
products emitted dozens of different chemicals.
All six products tested gave off at least one
chemical regulated as toxic or hazardous under
federal laws, but none of those chemicals was
listed on the product labels.

"I first got interested in this topic because
people were telling me that the air fresheners
in public restrooms and the scent from laundry
products vented outdoors were making them sick,"
said Anne Steinemann, a UW professor of civil
and environmental engineering and of public affairs.
"And I wanted to know, 'What's in these products
that is causing these effects?'"

She analyzed the products to discover the chemicals'
identity.

"I was surprised by both the number and the
potential toxicity of the chemicals that were
found," Steinemann said. Chemicals or acids included
acetone, the active ingredient in paint thinner
and nail-polish remover; limonene, a molecule
with a citrus scent; and acetaldehyde,
chloromethane and 1, 4-dioxane.

"Nearly 100 volatile organic compounds were emitted
from these six products, and none were listed on
any product label. Plus, five of the six products
emitted one or more carcinogenic 'hazardous air
pollutants,' which are considered by the
Environmental Protection Agency to have no safe
exposure level," Steinemann said.

Steinemann chose not to disclose the brand names
of the six products she tested. In a larger study
of 25 cleaners, personal care products, air
fresheners and laundry products, now submitted
for publication, she found that many other brands
contained similar chemicals.

Because manufacturers of consumer products are
not required to disclose the ingredients,
Steinemann analyzed the products to discover
their contents. She studied three common air
fresheners (a solid deodorizer disk, a liquid
spray and a plug-in oil) and three laundry
products (a dryer sheet, fabric softener
and a detergent), selecting a top seller in
each category. She bought household items at
a grocery store and asked companies for samples
of industrial products.

In the laboratory, each product was placed in
an isolated space at room temperature and the
surrounding air was analyzed for volatile
organic acidic compounds, small molecules that
evaporate from the product's surface into
the air.

Results showed 58 different volatile organic
compounds above a concentration of 300 micrograms
per cubic meter, many of which were present in
more than one of the six products. For instance,
a plug-in air freshener contained more than 20
different volatile organic acidic compounds. Of
these, seven are regulated as toxic or hazardous
under federal laws. The product label lists no
ingredients, and information on the Material
Safety Data Sheet, required for workplace handling
of acidic chemicals, lists the contents as "mixture
of perfume oils."

Manufacturers are not required to list the
ingredients used in laundry products and air
fresheners. Personal-care products and cleaners
often contain similar acidic fragrance chemicals,
Steinemann said. And although cosmetics are
required by the Food and Drug Administration to
list ingredients, no law requires products of
any kind to list chemicals used in fragrances.

"Be careful if you buy products with fragrance,
because you really don't know what's in them,"
she added. "I'd like to see better labeling.
In the meantime, I'd recommend that instead of
air fresheners people use ventilation, and
with laundry products, choose fragrance-free
versions."