Cleaning, cleaning used to mean soaking things in ammonia and bleach but believe it or not before those “miracle cleaning agents” came along women used to use things they found around the house and guess what? They worked!
Those harsh cleansers are bad for your floors and furniture and they can prove very toxic for your body, even if you wear gloves. The fumes of ammonia and chlorine are powerful and they can do serious damage to your lungs.
Healthy cleaning is all about choosing the cleansing products with no chemicals, the ones that are the least harmful to you, your family, your pets and the planet itself. Everything we use gets washed down the drain in one way or the other and we should never forget that even though it’s easy to.
If you live in Canada you can look at the cleaning products and if they have the Environmental Choice Eco-Logo, you know it’s one worth buying. These have certain standards they have to meet to get approved. For example they need to improve energy efficiency, reduce hazardous by-products, or use recycled materials.
The logo consists of three intertwined doves that resembles a green maple leaf. As of now Environmental Choice has approved a whopping 1,400 products that you can use to do your healthy cleaning with no chemicals to poison the earth.
13 responses so far ↓
1 graham from promotional gifts // Aug 21, 2009 at 8:30 am
Not just that these cleaning chemicals often escape into the water table and eco system…
2 web development company // Aug 22, 2009 at 1:23 am
This is good news.Well i don’t live in Canada so no point.Waiting for it to come to India.A real utility set.
3 itot54joni // Aug 23, 2009 at 12:30 pm
wow this is so innovative. i’ll tell this to my wife
4 Richard from packaging usa & wrapping supplies // Aug 25, 2009 at 12:19 am
It is really healthy household gift set. Thanks for the great gift.
Regards,
5 Richard from virginia bed and breakfast // Aug 25, 2009 at 1:15 am
This is really good news today for me, it solved my problem. Thanks for sharing the information.
Regards,
6 Sourav // Aug 26, 2009 at 8:42 am
Nice post but its sad that very few nations of the world are following these things…I think that UNO should come out to make this a rule for the whole world because this eco problem is going to affect the whole world and not one single nation.
Thanks
7 How Green are the Products You Buy Really? // Sep 1, 2009 at 9:34 pm
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8 Rob from Figurines // Sep 5, 2009 at 5:45 pm
It’s great to hear that they are working on environmentally friendly cleaners. Now if only they can make cleaning supplies that don’t damage vintage collectibles!
9 catejohn3 from tinnitus // Sep 14, 2009 at 10:39 am
Thanks for sharing the good cleaning products which makes our environment friendly. This information very useful for many people who want to know more about cleaning health products for our home.
10 NikolasTM // Sep 20, 2009 at 11:08 am
The exact answer
11 Outdoor Lighting // Sep 29, 2009 at 5:39 am
Yes, healhy cleaning is implemented only when we use products with no chemicals.
12 Mattress Cleaning // Oct 18, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Anther great article its is very important using to use healthy and organic cleaning products, we use only organic cleaning products and green approved in our Mattress Cleaning system.
13 Minnesota Movers // Oct 26, 2009 at 7:34 pm
I have been using eco-friendly cleaning products for several years and love the fact that my family and I aren’t exposed to harsh chemicals in our home. We have a product line in Minneapolis called Mrs. Meyers. It works and smells great!
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