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I work as a home health aide in a private home. My boss wants us to use the same dish towel for potty and for drying dishes. The nurse and I feel this is not sanitary. Any comments?

Um, thanks for trying to be green, but your boss is entirely off the point. Use two different ones. I hardly think your boss will notice the difference but certainly the person in your care will...if not now, then eventually when they're still alive!

The "germacidal detergent" sounded wonderful until I checked out the phrase online. I did not read all results, as there were too many; however, check it out yourself so you'll see what I saw: Product: DYNIDE CONCENTRATED GERMACIDAL DETERGENT EPA Registration Number: 00988500001 This PESTICIDE is used as a: DISINFECTANT This pesticide is registered for unrestricted use. This pesticide's toxicity code is 3, which corresponds to a toxicity category of Caution. Active Ingredients in this Product Percentage by Mass ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL 12% ORTHO-BENZYL-P-CHLOROPHENOL 5.4% 2-PHENYLPHENOL 5% I think I'll pass on using a pesticide product - like I pass on buying foods sprayed with pesticides (most unorganics). It is a nasty world, but I can't see further contaminating my home with something that eventually kills - particularly if you have allergies or immune system problems.

I have to ask you to seek a tad deeper than "the first Dynide" product you find.. in fact, here is the name of one which you may find to be more to you liking, Vesphene® IIse Germicidal Detergent, but even if the product has pesticides-I am certain you are okay. If you ignore the directions for dilution, pour it over ice-with a water back chaser-or elect to use it in a form not suggested, then there is bound to be problems with most products of any nature. However, when the directions specifically followed in detail, using measure guides-harnessed with common sense-you may discover in certain situations-this product fills the bill. Reading labels is good-however, to forgo keeping some areas in a home extremely clean (around toilets, in diaper pails, freshing up empty kitty litter boxes) and holding on to "pure, organic and natural is safe" philo-means mercury, unprocessed water for drinking, hemlock, boric acid and cyanide are A-OK to ingest or clean homes with-as populations have done in the past. Oh wait-a few of those items I mentioned ARE in use-today and are ingested-by millions of people. EX: boric acid to kill ants inside and outside your home and listerene. Common product factor: boric acid (this is why you can use Listeren Gold spray in your cabinets-and be ant and worry free. EX: unprocessed water (without clorine to santize) in drinking water-Oh wait, have you ever visited any 3rd World Countries? They all are drinking bottled water-for a good health reason. I could go on and on, but this discussion focus is addressing paper towels vs terry cloth/cotton/micro fiber-pros and cons. The side issue is to ponder about other ways to keep our families healthier-and our world greener by using these products. To choose one germicide and write off all other germicide products based on one label-without using common sense, purpose of use and function-is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. "Organically grown" means it was grown without the use of certain products. It does not always (keyword ALWAYS) translate to "nature" freshwater bath, throw it in the back of a farm truck-to your store. Farms generally fall short being located next to a fresh water glacier for watering crops-this is why not all countries "natural" crops are allowed to be sold in the US. Organic term can host deadly results-when not carefully researched. I am sorry. I love fresh too-but am careful what I am selecting-just like reading the back of a "germacidal detergent" bottle. Some are okay-some are deadly.

Wigglesnort, I appreciate your comments. I've been a litigation paralegal for over 20 years and do a lot of research - much of which is relative to things that toxify our environments. Because I have a failing immune system and have become allergic to everything imaginable (recently developed a latex allergy - imagine no more cheap bandaids or rubber gloves - and imagine trying to find ladies' underwear with no elastic anywhere - nothing but cotton next to my skin, etc. I've thrown out 2/3 of my cleaning products because of 1 ingredient that is on the toxic list, and almost all my "beauty" products and scented lotions, candles, etc. after learning their ingredients. I'm very well aware of everything you said, but you're wrong when you believe that people with compromised immune systems can go ahead and use toxics of any kind of quantity; they cause terrible, scary reactions and even minute quantities can cause your respiratory system to shut down or your throat to swell shut. Once your body has absorbed sufficient amounts of toxins/poisons of any kind, as you age, your body begins to start reacting to chemicals and your immune system begins to be unable to deal with all of the stuff that's become stored in your tissues and/or cells. I know not so many people have these problems, but as you mentioned, reading labels helps. Although many manufacturers do not list most or all of their ingredients, so one must go on-line to one of the websites that list every ingredient in things like makeup, cleaning products, etc. just to make sure the company doesn't use undisclosed toxins. Most do. Even the ones sold by health stores as organic.

*Off Topic response warning* Er, okay. Somehow, someway we were headed down this narrow topical forum called "Sanctimonious Dishcloth Rant" and it has mistakenly transformed into-Planet Earth no longer has a safe haven because "insert troubled concern here". I did not intend for such a simple topic as "paper towels vs cotton cloth"-develop into this form-but I certainly have been a ring leader in causing the confusion. For this I am sorry. Now, just for giggles, I have a question-within topic-which I have been doing some mild "looking into"-without too much information return-from my main sources-so, I enter this wonderment-with hopes of decent hands on "experiances" in reply. The question is: Has anyone tried, owned or had any true to life "mop time" with the newer "Steam Vapor mop-tile, hardwood or whatever flooring cleaner?" I believe these steam machines such as the Haan steam floor cleaner or the Monster Floor Steam Mop may be a great way to clean tile/whatever floors. Has anyone tried one?

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