Our master bathroom shower is all white tile. It was a cost-effective choice when building our home, but man is it a pain to keep clean! The minerals in our water supply leave a pink residue in the shower and black mildew is very obvious on the white tile and light grout. I’m ashamed to [...]
Filed under: Chemicals, Cleaning on April 28th, 2010 | No Comments »
The EWG has a great article about cleaning supplies in schools. They have a form letter you can send to your child’s school to encourage the school to look into safer, green certified cleaning supplies. I emailed my son’s preschool to look into this more (something I already did in 2007, but feel the need [...]
Filed under: Children, Cleaning on November 4th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I switched to natural laundry detergents many years ago. I’ve tried several and have found one I can highly recommend. I’ve been using it for over a year now and am really happy with it. The thing I like best is that unlike most natural detergents, it is scented (the final scent on your clothing [...]
Filed under: Cleaning on March 6th, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’d like to highlight a product I stumbled across in the grocery store a couple months ago and have completely fallen in love with. It is a sponge cloth made by Twist. It’s a 7×8″ white cloth that’s about 1/4 of an inch thick. It’s supposed to function like a paper towel in the kitchen, [...]
Filed under: Cleaning on January 12th, 2009 | No Comments »
Most chemicals in cleaning products have never been tested for safety, manufacturers aren’t required to fully disclose ingredients in their products, and research is now beginning to show that traditional cleaning products may be dangerous to your health (see my Green Cleaning post). The best thing you can do for yourself, your family, and [...]
Filed under: Cleaning on March 16th, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s not very often that I rave about a product, but I have to mention this one. We stopped using traditional carpet stain removers several months ago and our carpet started showing it. I had been looking for a natural cleaner but was having trouble finding one. But I’ve recently tried BioKleen’s [...]
Filed under: Cleaning on November 29th, 2007 | No Comments »
by Siobhan
My husband had always been more environmentally minded and health conscious than I was. I used to get annoyed when he wanted me to recycle even small scraps of aluminum foil – I drew the line at plastic bottles. And I tuned out whenever he ranted about the [...]
Filed under: Chemicals, Cleaning, Environment, Personal Care Products on October 29th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I have discussed the hazards of traditional window cleaners before, particularly their use of the ingredient ammonia. So what alternatives do you have? I propose trying a solution of one part distilled white vinegar with five parts water. It cleans windows surprisingly well and since the vinegar is so diluted, the smell [...]
Filed under: Cleaning on October 26th, 2007 | No Comments »
It never hurts to speak up about things that matter to you. You could make a difference.
I recently found out that my son’s school was using a chlorine bleach solution to clean tables that the children used for snack time. Surprisingly, the bleach was sprayed while the children were in the room and [...]
Filed under: Children, Cleaning on October 1st, 2007 | No Comments »
How do you go about choosing which cleaning products to buy? Do you pick what your mother used when you were growing up? Do you reach for whatever is on sale? Do you choose your laundry detergent because you like the scent? Have you ever turned over the bottle of a cleaning product and looked [...]
Filed under: Chemicals, Cleaning, Environment on September 12th, 2007 | 4 Comments »