It’s supposed to help us keep things and ourselves clean. It is found in almost every household cleaning product from soaps to mouthwash, from toothpaste to deodorant, and from kitchen detergent to toilet cleaners. Yet this wide-spectrum anti-bacterial, anti-fungal agent may actually pose some health and environmental risks. I am talking about triclosan, a rather [...]
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Moms who use more cleaning products when pregnancy have a greater change of having a child with asthma. 7-year-old children were up to 41% more likely to have wheezing or asthma if their moms used a lot of products like bleach or air freshener while pregnant.
It’s hard to resist the nesting urge, and the [...]
Tags: asthma, bleach, chemicals, cleaning products, Green, nesting instinct, nesting urge
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Vinegar can be a useful cleaning product. It cleans and disinfects and is 100% non-toxic. Not only is it a safer method for cleaning everything from windows to the toilet bowl, but it’s[...]
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