We all want our homes to be clean. You probably have been doing that by using the same harsh products for several years or maybe you buy the brands that are on sale. However, many of the products on the market today contain harmful and toxic ingredients. You can keep your house clean and your family safe by using a few basic ingredients that are easy to find in your home. Just make your own chemical free cleaning solutions.
Most of the products currently on the market, are dangerous and carry a label warning the user to not mix with other cleansers. The result of mixing certain chemicals with ammonia is that it produces chlorine gas, which is deadly. There are other unpleasant symptoms a person can suffer. These are dizziness, coughing, burning eyes or nose, and even fainting.
In addition to the warning labels, the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, have included household cleaning supplies as an indoor pollutant. The items all contain either dangerous chemicals, toxic solvents, and/or pesticides. When using them, symptoms such as fatigue, irritation of the nose, throat, and eyes, and headaches can be experienced immediately. They are short term but there can be long term effects that include respiratory disease, heart disease, and even cancer.
One company based in San Francisco has been built around the idea of using only ingredients that are not harmful or irritating to humans or the planet. Their success has led to older and established companies to begin offering the public cleaners using natural ingredients.
You can even make your own cleansers, just as many of our grandmothers and their mothers before. All you need are a few basic items you probably already have in the home. It is easy and simple to have a sparkling, clean and fresh smelling home. All you need are baking soda and white vinegar. Lemons and Orange peel are also great cleaning tools. Also salt is wonderful for all types of cleaning, polishing, and removal of stains, grit, and grime.
The entire family can help. Make it a project for your kids. One easy and all purpose item is Orange Cleaner and here is how to make it. Save your orange peels and add them to a glass jar that has been filled with white vinegar. Let it stand for a few days, just so the vinegar will absorb the orange smell. Then strain or pour liquid into a spray bottle. You can dilute it if you wish or leave it at full strength. Wa-la, easy, cleans great, and smells wonderful.
For the bathroom, using just baking soda and vinegar, you can have it sparkling and clean without using harsh chemicals. Let one cup baking soda and two cups vinegar fizz in your toilet. When the bubbles are gone, scrub with a brush and there you have a clean toilet bowel. Wipe down your shower by spraying two cups water mixed with one cup vinegar. If the vinegar smell bothers you, just add a few drops of essential oil.
The recipes above are a very small portion of the many ways you can clean your home safely and naturally. By using the items recommended, you can include the children when cleaning and never worry they will come to harm from contact with them.
Most of the products currently on the market, are dangerous and carry a label warning the user to not mix with other cleansers. The result of mixing certain chemicals with ammonia is that it produces chlorine gas, which is deadly. There are other unpleasant symptoms a person can suffer. These are dizziness, coughing, burning eyes or nose, and even fainting.
In addition to the warning labels, the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, have included household cleaning supplies as an indoor pollutant. The items all contain either dangerous chemicals, toxic solvents, and/or pesticides. When using them, symptoms such as fatigue, irritation of the nose, throat, and eyes, and headaches can be experienced immediately. They are short term but there can be long term effects that include respiratory disease, heart disease, and even cancer.
One company based in San Francisco has been built around the idea of using only ingredients that are not harmful or irritating to humans or the planet. Their success has led to older and established companies to begin offering the public cleaners using natural ingredients.
You can even make your own cleansers, just as many of our grandmothers and their mothers before. All you need are a few basic items you probably already have in the home. It is easy and simple to have a sparkling, clean and fresh smelling home. All you need are baking soda and white vinegar. Lemons and Orange peel are also great cleaning tools. Also salt is wonderful for all types of cleaning, polishing, and removal of stains, grit, and grime.
The entire family can help. Make it a project for your kids. One easy and all purpose item is Orange Cleaner and here is how to make it. Save your orange peels and add them to a glass jar that has been filled with white vinegar. Let it stand for a few days, just so the vinegar will absorb the orange smell. Then strain or pour liquid into a spray bottle. You can dilute it if you wish or leave it at full strength. Wa-la, easy, cleans great, and smells wonderful.
For the bathroom, using just baking soda and vinegar, you can have it sparkling and clean without using harsh chemicals. Let one cup baking soda and two cups vinegar fizz in your toilet. When the bubbles are gone, scrub with a brush and there you have a clean toilet bowel. Wipe down your shower by spraying two cups water mixed with one cup vinegar. If the vinegar smell bothers you, just add a few drops of essential oil.
The recipes above are a very small portion of the many ways you can clean your home safely and naturally. By using the items recommended, you can include the children when cleaning and never worry they will come to harm from contact with them.
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