Green Mothers Digest

To completely eradicate VOCs is a tough task, though it can be done.  At least a drastic reduction is feasible when you are really motivated.  Having children in the house can provide quite a powerful motivation.

Think of this: a child breathes 3 times as quickly as an adult – whatever contaminents are present in the air will be absorbed into the child’s lungs much more quickly than into an adult’s.

A child’s metabolic rate is also faster. 

A child’s immune system is still in development until the age of 12.

Toxins are attracted to certain “materials” like fat.  The brain, including the growing brain of a child, is very fatty, and contains a vast blood supply both of which are perfect vehicles for toxic chemicals.