It is completely unbelievable how toxic most all cleaners are! Don’t they have to be that way to kill germs though? Absolutely not! There are numerous non-toxic cleaning agents that kill germs quite well, simple white vinegar and baking soda being two of them. Most of the ingredients in cleaning products are full of VOC’s and are carcinogens as well. And yes, this does include your laundry detergent, fabric softener and dryer sheets. The latter two are simply chemical coatings (very carcinogenic) that are put on clothing to keep them soft, anti-static and less wrinkly.
http://www.scorecard.org/health-effects/chemicals.tcl?short_hazard_name=cancer&all_p=t This link will give you a list of 500 common ingredients that are carcinogenic.
Alternatives: This is one of the easiest, cheapest and most beneficial areas to change.
You can buy non-toxic commercial brands such as 7′th Generation, Ecover and many more, or you can use handy dandy google to find recipes for making your own, very inexpensive cleaning agents with ingredients you probably already have in your pantry.
While your at it, check out this link for some more info on the harms of conventional cleaning products: http://www.health-report.co.uk/toxic_household_chemicals.htm
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It is so easy to make your own laundry detergent, costs tons less than what the normal consumer spends and leaves clothing clean - and even with a nice freshly washed aroma if one adds a wee bit of essential oil to the laundry soap.
A bonus - depending on which essential oil one adds to the laundry soap, you can even kill off some of those yucky dust mites that abound in our bedding!
Thanks! That's one of my "new year's resolutions" - to start making my own detergent. Along with sour dough bread, homemade kimchee and kefir. :)
I love sour dough bread - haven't made it in years, but used to make it along with my own starter. Yummy. Have fun!
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