Clean Out Your Cleaners

Mother doesn’t necessarily know best. Most of us clean our houses with the products that we remember from childhood—if it was good enough for mom, it’s good enough for us. But the chemicals in cleaning products introduced since the 1950s have been linked to illnesses like asthma and allergies, among other nasties too numerous to mention. Try simple, chemical-free formulas based on tried-and-true cleaners like baking soda and vinegar. You can even make your own for pennies, and add essential oils for a more pleasantly scented experience. These are the cleaners your grandmother probably used. Maybe Mom should have listened to her!

This entry was posted on Monday, May 19th, 2014 at 10:15 am. It is filed under Sustainability and tagged with chemicals, cleaners, cleaning products, toxic chemicals. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.