The untimely death of John Travolta & Kelly Preston’s 16-year-old son Jett (who hit his head and suffered a concussion while having a seizure) raises many questions about the contribution of environmental triggers to autoimmune diseases.
Although there is no clear consensus as to what exactly Jett suffered from (some say Kawasaki disease while others say autism) or what made him sick in the first place (some say carpet cleaning toxins while others say genetics), what we do know is that there is a definite correlation between the increase in autoimmune diseases and the use of chemicals and vaccines (the side effects many of which are completely unknown).
I think the greatest lesson we can learn from this tragedy is the importance of following the precautionary principle – the notion that until we know for certain that a product or practice is not harmful, we should err on the side of caution and steer clear off it. To our detriment, as a society, we have completely thrown this principle to the wind. This tragedy should act as a wake-up call; the catalyst that springs us into action in terms of ridding our homes of harmful household cleaning chemicals (many of which have been shown, repeatedly, to contribute to health issues such as “increase[d] susceptibility to allergies, respiratory trouble and other concerns” (http://www.thedailygreen.com/green-homes/eco-friendly/carpet-cleaning-john-travolta-son-460109).
Better safe than sorry, and better late than never…
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