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Environmentally friendly cleaning services are comparable in price to companies that use chemical cleaners. Good for you, good for workers, good for the planet!
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The average six room house accumulates 40 pounds of dust in a year.
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Looking for a house cleaning service that won't knock you out with noxious fumes?
The Bite
Instead of leaving things truly clean as promised, chemical cleaning products can actually add pollutants to your home and empty hazardous substances down the drain. If you can afford the luxury of a house cleaner, seek out an environmentally responsible one and you’ll breathe a little easier. Literally.The Benefits
- Protect yourself from fumes and potential health risks. Children regularly exposed to “acceptable levels” of cleaning solvents and volatile organic compounds are found to be 4 times more likely to develop asthma as those who are not.
- Reduce pollution. Approximately 500,000 tons of liquid cleaners go down U.S. drains each year and pollute our waters.
- Support healthier working conditions. A 2003 study found that women with domestic cleaning professions had asthma-related conditions at more than twice the rate of the average person.
Personally Speaking
We dream of the day where having a cleaning service come in once a week is the norm. But if that day comes we’re gonna load them up on citrus cleaners and essential oil wipes instead of bleach and ammonia.Wanna Try?
- Nancy’s Natural Cleaning Services Directory - check to see if you are one of the lucky ones with an independent local service.
- Maids Home Services Franchises - try one of their “Healthy Touch” cleaning systems described as “nontoxic and environmentally preferable.”
- Hire cleaners who are willing to use your own green cleaning supplies. Maybe they’ll discover they prefer the non-dizzying products!
Nov 07,2005
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Would somebody PLEASE tell me how to get mold out of my shower without using Tilex?
Biters, I swear... I am trying to be green here. I scrub with oxygenated-hydrogen-scrubby stuff. I douse with white vinegar. I spray down with tea tree oil in water...
And mold/mildew persists.
Maybe it is just the humid NY climate or the fact that I inherited other people's mold underneath the putty in the tub... but try as I might, I cannot keep the blasted bathroom mold-free. (However, the vinegar and tea tree oil do make me feel like I am A- making salad; and B - in a spa; so that is interesting, at least).
So I'm about to capitulate and grab a bottle of Tilex in mad frustration (and because it needs to be clean before my mom comes to visit).Help. Anyone got a foolproof mold-buster? We've tried them all, but I just know that one of you has to have a magic method.
-Heather... off for another crazy day at Green Fest SF...
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Posted by: Kerrie | November 07, 2005 at 03:17 PM