Environmental Toxins: Project Seeks to Eliminate Day Care Toxins

Vicki Zerbee , from Earth Day Clean Everyday, has announced an Earth Day Cleaner Kit Project on www.EarthDayCleanEveryday.com where families can make a contribution to make their child's day care center more environmentally friendly. Because young children often spend 10 or more hours a day at day care and research shows that young children are especially susceptible to the health effects of environmental toxin exposure, it is especially important that day care centers be environmentally safe.

$1.00 Earth Day Investment Can Eliminate Toxics in Day Care Centers

Each Cleaner Kit can reduce 108 pounds of packaging waste from landfills, eliminating 248 pounds of greenhouse gases, and planting 10 trees. Zerbee says, "This is a measurable donation, and when you multiply it out by lots of kits distributed, the environment benefits that much more, and children benefit in a healthier, safer personal environment."