Kind planet cleaning

Many people switch to natural cleaning due to the health risks associated with having toxic chemicals in their home. But the products we use have a much longer life span than just within our home, working their way through the water cycle and ending up in the environment.

The attached article from Junior magazine references a study undertaken by Birmingham and Warwick university in which soil contaminated with an ingredient used in many cleaning products also contained high concentrations of drug-resistant bacteria. The conclusion was that the growth of drug-resistant bacteria is triggered by chemicals used in houshold products, which has the knock-on effect of medicines no longer being able to treat dangerous diseases.

Using natural products is not only kinder on your home and cleaner, but on the planet too.

A good reason to go green

I prefer to use the carrot rather than stick when it comes to flying the flag for ecological cleaning, but sometimes highlighting the nasties in non-eco products has more impact than extolling the virtues of lemon, lavender and vinegar!

And so to this extract from Easy Living magazine. The three health and fertility experts all agree that household chemicals can have a harmful impact on fertility. Two of them refer to perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs), which are commonly found in food packaging and pesticides but can also be found in shampoo and household cleaners. To prevent exposure to PFCs avoid any products that contain fluoro or perfluoro in their ingredient list.