How to Keep Your Home Clean Naturally

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lisa2loo2 — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:59:54 GMT

"Beware that many cleaning products are now saying they are “Green” or “Eco Friendly,” and are now on the Green bandwagon. This is called Green Wash, but make sure you read labels and research all product claims. " from above article.

This goes for essential oils too. I've found a company that offers the purest (E.O.B.B.D. certified) oils and I'm thankful I was told about them since I like using essential oils.

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sekoplen — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:27:59 GMT

Ok but HOW do you use the baking soda as a fabric softner? I make all my own homemade laundry soap etc so this would be great. as for the vidka I can't use it HIGHLY allergic. I ended upin emergancy room due to it bing in a drink that I had. Oh I also saw the comment about the melaulka(i spelled that wrong), It is not 100% natural. But nieether is shaklee, herbalife and many others. there was a huge articl written about the truth of so called natural foods etc. I was pretty shocked. I have worked in this field for over four years and I still learn something new. But we turned our house into a green clean house with recycling, composting, and all homemade cleaners! We haven't felt this great in years!!!

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Lovedoll — Sun, 25 May 2008 16:40:00 GMT

I've been using baking soda and vinegar for years, so I was really interested in the comment that someone made re.: some vinegars are distilled with hazardous petrolatum. I was really wondering about that, thank you. Anyway, when watching a couple of these videos, I was horrified at how some people "clean". It's as if these people never, EVER cleaned before. In the one video with Andrea and Randy?, one of them put their gloved hand back into the Measuring cup that looks like it's going back into the kitchen. This was after she smears chocolate sauce inside the toilet bowl. Then after this, she holds the bottle of cleaner with one gloved hand (the same one she used to smear the inside of the toilet). Why not just wash your dishes in the toilet? I don't think I'd ever eat @ their house, or touch anything they touch.

The other one was worse. She didn't even use gloves or a toilet brush, just her bare hands and a little scrubby thing that she uses on her sink and bathtub. She's saying, "Well I guess I should use gloves, but the vinegar won't hurt my hands". Maybe someone should tell her that toilet water also permeates pores and she may get terribly sick (including a terrible rash) from this, as well.

No wonder people are dying from staph infections and salmonella poisoning. People need to use some common sense when cleaning: Don't Cross Contaminate! Use gloves. Keep them in the bathroom. Don't use the same gloves to clean/touch your kitchen and kitchen utensils. Wash your hands after you're done cleaning the bathroom. Don't stick your hands in the toilet water. You know, stuff like that.

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acuelalem mama — Sun, 25 May 2008 01:59:11 GMT

It seems that our best defense is education. When my family and I became educated on the dangers of household products we were shocked, worried, and decided that we have to make a change. We started shopping with a wellness store and we were able to get rid of all of our commercial products and switch over to healthier, safer, and more effective items. This changed our life, it brought us peace of mind knowing we were not poisoning our family everytime we bathed and cleaned our house. We also are minimizing our environmental impact as well. The power of switching stores has changed our life for the better.

It was not costly to do this, we didn't spend any new money, all we did was spend our money at a different store and got a safer environment in return. We really belive that there is a true value in doing this and we want to share with everybody what we know and how we did it. Feel free to contact us. You will find our phone number on our website.

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acuelalem mama — Sun, 25 May 2008 01:48:55 GMT

www.toxinfreeisthewaytobe.com

www.goinggoinggonegreen.org

www.iworkfromhomeyoucantoo.com

re: How to Keep Your Home Clean Naturally

Julieanne — Sat, 24 May 2008 08:14:30 GMT

Dr Mercola says to 'use a micro fabric cloth, not newspaper, which contains toxic dyes.' This info is so out of date - toxic dyes haven't been used for years in printing newspapers. Printers use mostly vegetable-based inks.

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Janette727 — Sat, 24 May 2008 05:23:07 GMT

I've had a cleaning business for the last 3 years and when I started it I used the regular chemical cleaners, I found instantly that I started to get headaches and just an overall feeling of blah after cleaning. I have since switched to all natural products such as the baking soda, vinegar, hydrogen peroxide and the alcohol. However, the video said that hydrogen peroxide will whiten clothes in the wash, which is something new I didn't know. Dr. Mercola, I just want to thank you for all that you do in helping to improve our lives and environment with your educaitonal materials and products. It is vital that we keep spreading your message along with other like minded health practioners. Keep up the incredible work you are doing. You are very much appreciated!!!

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AudreyM_203 — Sat, 24 May 2008 04:58:05 GMT

Does anyone have a recipe for automatic dishwashing detergent?

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greeneyes — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:29:36 GMT

have been using vinegar and baking soda foryears happy to learn about the other products in this article s

spreading the word about your great newsletter gbc

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TruthAspirant — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:55:16 GMT

Seventh Generation advertising says "naturally derived cleaning agents (corn and/or coconut-based surfactants)" See www.seventhgeneration.com/.../free_and_clear.php

The MSDS on the same page indicate that the major ingredients include Sodium Laureth Sulfate and (Cocamide) MEA. This website contains scientific info on the health effects of these ingredients: www.lindachae.com/untouchables.htm

I used to use Ecover brand detergent several years ago until I learned about SLS and SLES and noticed that one of these was on the label (don't remember which one). Looking at http://www.ecover.com today, I don't see disclosure of ingredients or MSDS.

As U.S. consumers, we do not have the right to see the actual ingredients on the product. But, OSHA requires that this info is made available to employees in a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) on request. Therefore, I recommend requesting an MSDS for any chemical that comes in contact with the body (including automatic dish washing detergent that leaves a residue that we eat and laundry detergent that leaves a residue that absorbs into the skin). The manufacturer legally must comply if the product is sold to companies with employees.

Once you have the ingredients from the MSDS, look them up at www.lindachae.com/untouchables.htm or www.cdc.gov/.../neng0000.html to decide for yourself if they are safe for you. As consumers living in an industrialized society, it is worth learning about these chemical ingredients all around us. Survival means learning to read labels like a lawyer and hunting down those MSDS.

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merginglight — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:55:50 GMT

For about five years now I've noticed a increase in my own health issues and seeing as how my family history has little history of genetic disease I decided that my own environment has been the culprit. Seven months ago I changed my life, I quit smoking, I stopped using all household chemicles, stopped using all beauty products, stopped eating 99% boxed and processed foods, began to recycle...the list goes on and on. I traded alot of my daily habits for healthier habits, traded a lot of products for organic or natural products or committed myself to finding natural and organic items that I need. I am amazed at how much my life has changed and sometimes, if i allow myself to be, overwhelmed at how much I still need to learn. However, it's one day at a time and when my husband's daughter sent us this video with Jeanne McLaughlin, it felt good. I already do most of the things she suggested and also learned a few better choices - like the baking soda and apple cider vinegar trick...I love that and plan to use it in my bath soon. Too, I've been using Chlorine bleach sparingly because I couldn't find a better way to whiten my clothes...but in this video she suggests using Hydorgen Peroxide, of which I plan to do in my next load of whites. I'm a cashier at Walmart and noticed that since I changed my whole lifestyle, it's seriously very hard for me to be a chasier with all these toxic chemicles passing through my hands. I find that my sence of smell is very strong and especially with dryer sheets...egads! Anyway...I use liquid Castille soap to do my laundry with and to wash my hands. I also use it to clean my house with and did anyoone know that Liquid Castille is also very good for cleaning your fruits and vegi's? Most fruits and vegi's have a wax coating on them, which in itself is not a bad thing, but, the pesticides that were sprayed on that food and then the food having been covered with wax, caused the pesticieds to be cemented to the fruits. Wash your food! San

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mercolatyedesign.uk — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:38:20 GMT

Dear Dr Mercola,

I admire your site, up to now you seem to have thoroughly investigated things before recommending them. In your message about clean homes you mention ECOVER products. There was a report recently in Sweden, unfortunately only in Swedish where the Swedish Water Authority is very critical and worried and say ECOVER results in really bad toxins entering the waterways. They say that ECOVER really do not have ECO credentials. ECOVER have been contacted by the Swedish authorities concerned about this pollution, they say that ECOVER is unresponsive, they have no intention of removing the toxins.

If you wish me to email you a copy of the report, in Swedish, please send me a message to

mercola@tyedesign.co.uk.

Very sincerely,

Alan Tye Architect and Royal Designer for Industry UK

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Beccadog — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:16:47 GMT

Baking soda also gets the chlorine and chlorine damage from your hair after swimming. It was recommended by my hair dresser, whom I will only allow to cut, not wash or style my hair.

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Beccadog — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:14:05 GMT

**Public agency scientists, particularly at the federal level, are under growing political pressure to alter, dilute or suppress their findings on issues of economic impact or controversy. When scientists find themselves in the political crosshairs, with their careers threatened, they call PEER.**

PEER is the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. Amongst other things, PEER has: Exposed scientific fraud and manipulation by political managers. PEER sought to hold the science manipulators accountable; and

pioneered new legal paths to debunk political science substituting for real science. For example, PEER has turned one of industry’s own tools, the Data Quality Act into a powerful mechanism to challenge alterations of agency science for non-scientific reasons.. www.peer.org/.../index.php

Check out the U.S. Department of Labor at: www.peer.org/.../federal_info.php

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Beccadog — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:47:21 GMT

DizzyLizzi is from the United Kingdom. She may or may not have the same laws as we once had in the USA.

But, on the other hand, while some of our laws are still on the books, the re-written regulations under the Bush-Cheney Administration no longer protect workers rights. In fact, there are no longer any protections in the USA. The studies that were available to the general public in the various libraries at the US EPA are no longer available to the general public. They are only available to heads of various departments.

Magic Bill wrote: **The Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) provisions help increase the public's knowledge and access to information on chemicals at individual facilities, their uses, and releases into the environment. States and communities, working with facilities, can use the information to improve chemical safety and protect public health and the environment. Part of the Community Right to Know Act requires employers to issue Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) to their employees. The MSDS sheets must be kept for each chemical stored at the facility, including "household" cleaners. The MSDS sheets outline the hazardous chemicals associated with the materials, proper handling, storage, etc. This is a Federal law.**

It may be a federal law, but the regulations have been rewritten that eliminate the public's right to know.

Prove me wrong. Request data yourself and you may find the information is woefully lacking, thanks to the corporations with lobbyists, which are part of the Bush Administration.

For more about the closure of the US EPA libraries, see: www.peer.org/.../index.php