TIP'S HEALTHY KITCHEN KNOW-HOW QUIZ
(From Toxics Information Project (TIP),
P.O. Box 40572, Providence, RI 02940,
Tel. 401-351-9193,
E-Mail: TIP@toxicsinfo.org, Website: www.toxicsinfo.org )
2. What do some folks have in their kitchen that:
a. Is a nerve-deadening agent?
b. Coats a part of your body with oil?
c. May emit toxic chemicals such as denaphthalene,
phenol, cresol, ethanol, xylene, formaldehyde?
3. True or false? All commonly-sold commercial
scouring powders contain chlorine?
4. What's a warning that should be on scouring
powder, but isn't?
5. Which of the following are true of drain cleaning?
a. Chemical cleaners can form a solid mass, creating
their own blockage.
b. Biological treatments can be combined with chemical
ones for greater effectiveness.
c. Pouring boiling water down the drain is a futile effort
in trying to keep a drain clear.
6. What common and immensely popular food took the grand prize for
most pesticide-saturated food in the American diet as of the 1986
FDA Total Diet Study?
7. In the early 1980s, premature puberty in children under the age of eight reached epidemic levels in Puerto Rico. Which of these answers is true?
Researchers found that:
a. Removing chicken and milk from the kids’ diet reduced symptoms.
b. Some supermarket meats indicated very high estrogen levels.
c. Synthetic hormones were circulating in the children’s blood.
8. Which of the following natural substances have proved competitive with commercial window cleaners?
a. Lemon juice and water
b. Plain water
c. Oil and vinegar
