| One of the most dangerous activities you can do in | | | | are depleted. These are toxic chemicals and your city |
| your home is to clean your toilet bowl! Over 10,000 | | | | or town likely has toxic chemical disposal sites that |
| people, many of them children, were poisoned in | | | | will accept them. |
| 2005. The chemical culprits most responsible are the | | | | You can make you own non-toxic cleaners from |
| chlorine and hydrochloric acid in most toilet bowl | | | | commonly available ingredients, even fruit and |
| cleaners found on store shelves. These products are | | | | vegetables! These are effective and all natural, but, |
| even harmful to breathe and can cause serious | | | | while probably the most "green" solution, it is time |
| discomfort and even asthma in you and your children | | | | consuming to learn how to combine the ingredients |
| and death to your dog. | | | | before cleaning your home; when was the last time |
| The toilet bowl cleaner you use is just one of the | | | | you baked a cake from scratch? It has become |
| many poisons that you use to keep your home | | | | easier, lately, to buy less toxic and even non-toxic |
| "clean": | | | | household cleaners without disrupting our shopping |
| - Chlorine bleach in your washing machine to make | | | | routines. |
| your family's clothes bright | | | | The same companies that have for so many years |
| - Window cleaners that contain ammonia | | | | been happily selling poisonous cleaners are now |
| - Air fresheners that contain volatile organic | | | | offering "green" products, as if they truly had a |
| compounds (VOC) that have a pleasant odor but | | | | conversion to the movement! But, they still sell the |
| give off formaldehyde and other regulated toxic air | | | | poisonous products and provide no information on |
| pollutants in your home's air | | | | how "green" their products truly are! |
| - Automatic dish washing powders can also release | | | | You can continue to support these companies, or |
| chlorine into the air | | | | you can look at alternative companies that have |
| We all want a clean home for our family's health and | | | | never produced toxic cleaners and who are |
| comfort and a welcoming atmosphere for visitors, so | | | | committed to a safe, clean and healthy home |
| must we entirely give up these cleaning aids? No, | | | | environment for you and your family. Yes, there are |
| there are better choices in your store and with the | | | | some and they are becoming more attractive as we |
| products you currently use, if you make some | | | | all spend more time indoors. |
| adjustments to your cleaning regimen: | | | | So, do you really want to continue to pollute your |
| - If you continue to use the products you have in | | | | home with the toxic industrial chemicals that are |
| your home, make your children, pets and anyone else | | | | poisoning your family, or do you want to learn how |
| not involved in cleaning go outside your home | | | | to have a clean home without the danger? |
| - Wear a breathing mask, eye protection, cover your | | | | Follow the link below for resources and references |
| skin and wear heavy gloves as you handle and use | | | | about how to minimize the dangers of toxic cleaners |
| the cleaners | | | | in your home and learn about your alternatives to a |
| - Dispose of all of the cleaners properly when they | | | | safer, green and clean home. |