47 Smart Uses for Salt (a series): Cleaning

Here are just a few of the many ways you can put salt to good use in your homeHow many ways can you use salt? According to the Salt Institute, about 14,000! I can’t think of another more versatile mineral. The use of salt to preserve food was one of the early cornerstones of civilization (preservation lessened the dependence [...]

By |2014-06-18T18:08:07-05:00June 18th, 2014|Best Practices, Chemical Free Cleaning, Cleaning Tips|

GREENWASHING: AIN’T IT A SIN!

The seven ways allegedly eco-friendly products are taking you, and the environment, for a ride!The seven ways allegedly eco-friendly products are taking you, and the environment, for a ride! The way it is It’s not easy being green, or so says TerraChoice Environmental Marketing. The nation’s premiere environmental marketing research organization says that’s why the [...]

By |2014-06-18T17:51:08-05:00June 18th, 2014|Chemical Free Cleaning, Cleaning Tips|

Non-toxic Home Cleaning: You can do it, too!

Today's modern home is loaded with toxic and polluting substances designed to make domestic life easier. Today's modern home is loaded with toxic and polluting substances designed to make domestic life easier.     The cost of these commercial, chemical-based products can be high -- long term health concerns for the family, and environmental pollution [...]

Tough Questions about DISINFECTANTS Answered: FAQs about an often misunderstood product category

In an era of H1N1 (swine flu), MRSA and other contagious illnesses that can be transmitted environmentally, and directly or indirectly by surfaces, disinfectants clearly have a place in our clean-for-health toolbox.Tough Questions About Disinfectants Answered  FAQs about an often misunderstood product category.  By Allen Rathey, Healthy House Institute In an era of H1N1 (swine flu), [...]

The Health and Wellness Benefits of Housework

There's more to housework than just keeping your home clean. As it turns out, housework may benefit your physical health in a variety of ways ... excellent motivation to tidy up!There's more to housework than just keeping your home clean. As it turns out, housework may benefit your physical health in a variety of ways [...]

Cleaning For a (Four-Legged) Reason!

Sparky and Fluffy aren’t the only ones hip to the offerings of ‘Chez-Floor’; chemical residue is also a frequent, and potentially fatal, guest. An Introduction to an Issue To your pet, your household floor is the place to be! In their four-legged mind, the floor is not just the stuff of hardwood, laminate, and tiles, [...]

The Evolution of Cleaning Products

Today's cleaning products not only are safer for public use, but also for the natural environment. Up to date chemical research has led to the development of modern detergents and cleaners used in janitorial and cleaning services worldwide.The earliest cleaning product was plain water, back in prehistoric times. The history of cleaning products began to [...]

Cleaning products linked to breast cancer

One in eight American women will get breast cancer, giving the United States the dubious honor of the highest rates in the world. It’s hard not to associate that high risk with our disinclination to regulate chemicals.One in eight American women will get breast cancer, giving the United States the dubious honor of the highest [...]

Cleaning products linked to breast cancer

One in eight American women will get breast cancer, giving the United States the dubious honor of the highest rates in the world. It’s hard not to associate that high risk with our disinclination to regulate chemicals.One in eight American women will get breast cancer, giving the United States the dubious honor of the highest [...]

By |2014-06-18T17:11:14-05:00June 18th, 2014|Chemical Free Cleaning, Cleaning Tips, Community, Health|

Cleaning products linked to breast cancer

One in eight American women will get breast cancer, giving the United States the dubious honor of the highest rates in the world. It’s hard not to associate that high risk with our disinclination to regulate chemicals.One in eight American women will get breast cancer, giving the United States the dubious honor of the highest [...]

By |2014-06-18T17:11:14-05:00June 18th, 2014|Chemical Free Cleaning, Cleaning Tips, Community, Health|
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