Cleaning Chemicals

The core problem Aajonus identified is that cleaning chemicals destroy the bacterial environment that manages every biological function. He described the intestinal bacterial colony as the foundation of digestion, immune response, neurological stability, and mood. Aerosol hairspray inhaled in a salon can disrupt the intestinal E. coli environment for three months. Nail polish and nail polish remover he described as the most toxic substances available in an industrial consumer context, so dangerous that opening a bottle on an airplane is illegal. In environments where both hairspray and nail polish permeate the air simultaneously, the combined damage to the body's bacterial environment is severe.

Chlorine in water forms chloroform gas. He was explicit that walking into a meat department that smells of Clorox means every customer and employee is inhaling chloroform. He called this "poisoning stupidity" rather than sanitation. The same problem applies to household and restaurant cleaning: scrubbing pots and pans with Clorox combined with scouring compounds produces chloroform and formaldehyde that the person cleaning breathes directly. He noted that restaurant dishwashers are being poisoned every day through this routine exposure.

The petroleum-derived compounds used to manufacture soap, including petroleum distillates, eulorates, and related substances, poison the body and destroy bacterial populations in the gut and on the skin. He rejected commercial shampoos, body soaps, and laundry detergents on these grounds.

Formaldehyde appears across a wide range of household products: urea-formaldehyde foam insulation, pressed wood and particle board, grocery bags, waxed paper, toilet tissue, facial tissue, paper towels, stiffeners, wrinkle resisters, water repellents, fire retardants, adhesive binders in carpet backings, floor coverings, and permanent-press clothes. Heating and cooking fuels including natural gas and kerosene also produce formaldehyde. The most widely reported symptoms are headaches and mucous membrane irritation in the eyes, nose, and throat.

Trichloroethylene (TCE) is found in printing inks, paints, lacquers, varnishes, and adhesives. The National Cancer Institute reported a high incidence of liver cancer associated with TCE exposure. Benzene and TCE both appear in indoor air from common sources.

Triclosan, the antibacterial compound marketed under the brand name Microban, is a toxic chemical present in an enormous range of household products including cutting boards, utensils, food containers, Tupperware, shoe insoles, refrigerators, mattress covers, mop heads, keyboards, mouse pads, humidifiers, hoses, furniture, ear plugs, helmets, carpets, paints, wall coverings, laminate floors, and blankets. Aajonus pointed to the cost and difficulty of independent chemical testing as a reason most people remain unaware of such pervasive contamination.

Plastic manufacturing since 1967 has introduced PCBs and dioxins into the environment at a scale he described as covering one-third of the entire land mass of the planet, not including the oceans. Plastic off-gasses dioxins above 100 degrees Fahrenheit and also at freezing temperatures. Freezing something in plastic, including making popsicles for children, introduces dioxins. Heating in plastic containers does the same.

Ionizers, which split air molecules, were addressed specifically. He found that running an ionizer in an enclosed room drove black toxic proteins deep into walls and furniture and into the body's tissue. He could not clean it out of the walls. Even though the newer machines do not produce the same visible effect, the principle holds: the poison is still being driven into tissue. He said if you are going to use an ionizer, it should not involve water, because that carries it directly into the body.

Municipal water was one of his primary examples of cleaning chemical exposure because water treatment uses chlorine, fluoride, chloramines, and related compounds as disinfectants. He was consistent and specific about the chemical load in various water supplies.

Los Angeles city water has been used twice by heavy industry before reaching residential taps: first in Saugus, then in the valley, then into the city. By the time it reaches Los Angeles city, he cited 192 to 197 chemicals, depending on the specific passage. The valley water has approximately 141 chemicals. The government's position that the water is "bacteria free" and therefore safe was something he found absurd, because the chemical contamination, not the bacterial content, is the actual danger.

When he first bathed in Los Angeles city water without any protective ingredients, within three minutes he was shaking as though he had consumed ten cups of coffee. His blood pressure went extremely high. It took hours to come down. Once he identified the cause as the chemicals in the water and began adding neutralizing ingredients, the reaction stopped entirely.

The compounds used in water softeners include saltpeter (potassium nitrate), which he identified as damaging to sexual hormones. It enters the body through bathing, showering, drinking, and handwashing.

Fluoride he described as toxic, with the claim that it reduces dental decay being a lie based on old and misread experiments.

Chlorine vapors (chloroform) from shower and bath water gradually weaken and damage the lungs, blood, thyroid, and brain, predisposing people to pneumonia, other respiratory conditions, and meningitis.

Showers are worse than baths in his view because they produce more chloroform vapor for inhalation. He stated that the concentration of fluoride and chlorine in some city water supplies is severe enough that he personally would be a shaking wreck if he took a shower in them.

The bath protocol Aajonus developed was a direct response to his experience with chemically contaminated municipal water. He experimented with different combinations and quantities until he found what he described as the least expensive and most effective formula.

The standard formula for city water bathing:

Three-quarters of a cup of raw milk, two to three tablespoons of raw apple cider vinegar, and two heaping tablespoons of sea salt or Epsom salt. These ingredients bind with the poisons in the water so they do not penetrate the cells.

He arrived at this by starting with two full cups of milk alone, which worked but was expensive. A half cup reduced symptoms by about 50 percent. One full cup was close but still not quite sufficient. Adding raw apple cider vinegar brought it to the effective threshold, because the amino acids in vinegar are excellent for chelating toxic metals. Adding salts improved perspiration during the bath, which is what draws poisons out through the skin; salt attracts water and helps pull fluids and their dissolved toxins out of the skin. The final combination of three-quarters cup milk, two to three tablespoons apple cider vinegar, and two tablespoons of sea salt or Epsom salt was his optimized formula.

For well water, he said neutralizing ingredients are not necessary, but he would still add Epsom salt to support perspiration. He acknowledged that well water can smell unpleasant depending on the mineral content.

He also described the option of adding small amounts of coconut cream or milk to prevent the skin from drying out during baths with salt.

For a hot tub setup, he put milk, vinegar, and sea salt in the water and circulated it through a sand filter to keep it clean on an ongoing basis. He said clay also neutralizes poisons in bath water but cannot be used with a heated system because it cakes onto the heater and destroys it.

For the Los Angeles formula specifically, he said three tablespoons of raw apple cider vinegar, one cup of raw milk, and sun-dried sea salt work to neutralize the 192 to 196 chemicals in that water. He noted that if fluoride concentration is higher in a particular water supply, the formula may need adjustment.

He also used his bath water preparation in a specific sequence: approximately a quarter cup of vinegar, a tablespoon to two tablespoons of sea salt, allowed to sit for about ten minutes, followed by two ounces of a strawberry mixture (or in-season fruit such as peaches or apricots) added to the water for an additional five minutes before getting in. He described this as fully neutralizing the chemicals before contact.

A Clorox bath was described to him as a detoxification method for chemical residues and radiation. He flatly rejected this: Clorox contains chloroform, and the gas it emits is a real problem, not a benefit.

Aajonus described the scale of filtration necessary to address the chemical load in Los Angeles water specifically: "it would take 12 filters to remove everything." He designed a four to five tier system.

The first stage is a paper filter to remove oil-soluble compounds that bind to paper. He noted that paper itself is a highly toxic substance due to industrial processing, so the filter paper must not leach into the water.

The second stage is a coconut shell charcoal filter. He specified coconut shell carbon rather than other charcoal types because other charcoal contains mercury and thallium. The coconut charcoal addresses heavy metals.

The third and fourth stages are sand filters. He described sand as an "incredible cleanser" and gave the example of a demonstration in which an Indian man poured old black motor oil into a container of sand and water, and the water passing through the sand came out crystal clear. He worked with sand filtration for twelve years on his own hot tub system.

For his hot tub, he used a 300-pound sand filter designed for a large swimming pool rather than a small hot tub. This kept 500 gallons of water crystal clear. It filtered every toxin and waste product. It also allowed algae to grow, which he welcomed because algae draws metals out of the body, eating rock and mineral deposits. Every three months he scraped the algae out and fed it to his plants.

He did not believe in reverse osmosis as sufficient alone or in combination with typical household filters, stating that no standard filter system addresses all 197 chemicals in Los Angeles water. He noted that the UV light used in some systems kills bacteria and algae, which he did not want. He specified that copper piping after filtration reintroduces toxic metal into the filtered water, and recommended PVC schedule 80 (grey, higher temperature rating) rather than schedule 40 (white) for piping after filtration.

For bathing as opposed to drinking, he used tap water with the neutralizing bath formula rather than filtered water, reserving filtered or natural water for food preparation.

Meat departments in commercial stores use bleach and formaldehyde and ammonia on surfaces and sometimes on the meat itself. The FDA ruling that any utensil touching raw meat must have an antiseptic on it means every cutting surface carries a residue of poison into the meat. His instruction was explicit: when buying meat cut at a counter, tell the vendor to rinse the utensils and cutting board with water only, no antiseptic, and if the hose itself has antiseptic residue, let it run long enough to flush it clear before rinsing the meat.

He did not rinse meat with water, because rinsing would wash surface chemicals deeper into the tissue. Instead he scraped the surface with a straight-edged knife and discarded the scraped material. He estimated losing about an ounce by weight per cut from commercial packages through this method.

When traveling in Asia or other countries, he specifically sought out meat from village markets with flies and insects present, because that indicated no chemical preservatives had been applied. He would not buy from commercial supermarkets in those countries because he knew they used formaldehyde, ammonia, and bleach on the food. The presence of flies was, for him, a positive indicator of a chemically clean product.

When he arrived home from a market in the United States, he scraped rather than rinsed all meats.

The Biokleen laundry liquid he had previously used began including sodium lauryl sulfate, which the manufacturer described as plant-based. His response was that it did not matter that the ingredient originated from a plant: the manufacturing process uses gasoline to dissolve the plant material and a chemical rendering process, so the end product is a petroleum-derived chemical regardless of origin.

For laundry he proposed fermented coconut cream as an alternative. The formula was one tablespoon of lemon juice added to one cup of coconut cream, allowed to ferment, then used in the wash.

For personal bathing, he replaced all commercial soaps and shampoos with a simple mixture of one ounce of coconut cream that had been left out at room temperature until it turned pink (indicating fermentation) combined with eight ounces of water. This served as soap, shampoo, and body wash.

For deodorant he used lemon or lime juice, with lemon being slightly more effective. He noted that commercial deodorants contain aluminum because aluminum holds the product on the skin and prevents it from perspiring away; this aluminum gets into the body and causes damage.

New construction, renovation, paint, and furnishings off-gas chemicals for extended periods. He described a protocol for curing a house or individual rooms:

Place two to three filament space heaters and one infrared generator in each room. Slightly open one or two windows in each room and hallway to allow ventilation. Remove all electronic equipment and furniture. Turn on the infrared generator and heaters to maximum heat and allow the rooms to cook for three to five days. Water-based paint requires only 24 hours; other paints and construction materials require the full three to five days.

After cooking the rooms, place fans in every room and hallway, open all windows and doors completely, and ventilate for two to three days with fans on high.

Rooms can be cured one at a time so normal occupation of the home can continue during the process.

For items such as curtains with opaque chemical-smelling backings, the simpler solution was to hang them outside for 30 days and let sun and cold exposure solidify and stabilize the material so it stops off-gassing.

Paper off-gasses. Plastic off-gasses dioxins above 100 degrees and also at freezing temperatures. Carpet is "highly toxic" in his words and can absorb and re-emit anything. He did not keep carpet in his home. Everything in a modern home is off-gassing some toxin continuously.

Fluorescent spiral light bulbs contain toxic mercury vapor and fluorescent vapors and aluminum. He described a decontamination process for rooms that had used such bulbs: wipe all ceilings, walls, and floors with a solution of BioClean (BIO-KLEEN) mixed with water. He estimated the cleanup for a room took him eight hours and the equipment cost between $4,000 and $6,000.

He referenced NASA research demonstrating that certain houseplants are highly effective at absorbing toxic vapors, including chemicals from off-gassing building materials and household products. Experiments placed plants in sealed chambers and injected specific chemicals.

Philodendron, spider plant, and golden pothos were the most effective at removing formaldehyde. Gerbera daisy and chrysanthemum were most effective at removing benzene. Peace lily and chrysanthemum were most effective at removing trichloroethylene. Dracaena Massangeana, Spathiphyllum, and golden pothos also performed well across multiple contaminants.

English ivy, Chinese evergreen, bamboo palm, snake plant (mother-in-law's tongue), Dracaena Marginata, corn plant, and Janet Craig are effective at removing low levels of carbon monoxide.

The general guideline was one large plant per 100 square feet in an average home or office. More heavily polluted environments require greater concentrations.

Plant roots and soil bacteria are both involved in removal, not only the leaves.

When Aajonus was exposed to forced injections that introduced metals and industrial chemicals into his body, and began noticing acrid chemical smells emitting from his skin, particularly from his hands, armpits, and under his fingernails, he developed a daily chelation smoothie.

The formula: three-quarters cup each of raw raspberries and raw blueberries, one-half cup raw cream, two ounces coconut cream, one to three tablespoons raw apple cider vinegar, four tablespoons fresh raw lime juice, one tablespoon fresh raw lemon juice, two ounces pineapple (whole, not juice), and three to four raw eggs, blended together to fill a one-quart jar. He sipped this throughout the day.

He explained that the amino acids in raw apple cider vinegar bond with toxic metals and that berries and the combination of other foods in the formula support this chelation process.

When industrial chemicals accumulate in cells to the point where bacteria, fungi, and parasites cannot survive to clean them, the body produces viruses. Viruses are not living organisms and do not self-replicate; the body manufactures them as solvents, chemical agents to dissolve contaminated dead and damaged cells that biological microbes cannot consume without dying. He compared this to using muriatic acid on a garage floor: it dissolves the target material but leaves an enormous volume of contaminated liquid waste that must then be further processed and eliminated.

The problem with viral (solvent-based) cleanup is scale. A parasite consuming 100 times its weight in 24 hours produces only one to five percent waste, meaning a massive volume of toxic material is reduced to a tiny fraction. Bacteria consumes 50 times its weight with a comparable waste reduction ratio. A solvent cleanup disperses the contamination throughout a much larger volume of fluid, creating a far greater waste burden for the body to process and eliminate through mucous membranes, skin, tear ducts, ear wax, gums, and tongue.

He noted that a hundred years ago, viral illness was rare except among people with heavy occupational chemical exposures such as blacksmiths and silversmiths, or those burning coal in enclosed spaces. The current prevalence of flu and other viral illness reflects the ubiquity of industrial chemical contamination that has overwhelmed the biological janitors.

In his framework, the industrial chemicals are always the original cause of the problem. Bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses are all responses to damage the chemicals have already done, and medicine's habit of pointing at the microbes as the cause misidentifies the janitors as the criminals.