Earth Friendly Cleaners

Using earth friendly cleaners is a great way to keep harmful toxins out of your home. The environment also benefits from the reduction of chemicals that are dumped daily into our water and air. Children and pets can be especially susceptible to the damage caused by toxic chemicals in most everyday cleaning products. Toxin-free products are easy to find and use, so why take the risk?

Are you spraying toxins into your home?

Did you know that the law does not require manufacturers to list all the chemicals that they put in their products? Most of these undisclosed chemicals are cancer-causing toxins or poisons that cause other health issues like kidney or liver damage.

Children are especially susceptible to the dangers of these chemicals. Many of these toxins have been found to be carried through mother’s milk, putting children at risk starting right at birth. As they grow and develop, they are exposed to chemicals that have been shown to delay neurological development, as well as damaging their central nervous system. All of this results in learning problems, behavior issues, respiratory problems like asthma and a host of other serious illnesses. These are only a few of the environmental issues surrounding toxic cleaning products.

Finding earth friendly cleaners is becoming easier every day. What once was only available in specialty stores or on the Internet is now available almost anywhere that you care to shop. Walk into any Wal-mart and you can find “green” products including household cleaners and laundry products.

In fact, on their web site you can purchase a starter kit of kitchen cleaning products that are 100 percent natural for $18.88. A similar kit of laundry products is $14.88. This goes to show that using earth friendly cleaners is easy and affordable.

Many people prefer to shop online for their cleaning products. It’s easy to do and you don’t have to fight the crowds or traffic. Many top brands can be purchased online or in a retail outlet. Here are a few of the most popular brands:

• ECOS offers a wide range of earth friendly products for your kitchen, bathroom, laundry and general cleaning needs. They also have personal care and pet products. Use the store locator to find a retailer near you or just order online.

• Seventh Generation is probably the biggest manufacturer of earth friendly cleaning products. Besides just the usual kitchen, laundry and household products, Seventh Generation also manufactures women’s personal care products, baby products and paper products. They also offer printable coupons and a store locator to help you find the nearest retail location that carries their products.

• Shaklee Corporation has been offering environmentally safe products for over 50 years. Order their home care products online. You can also look in your phone book or use Shaklee’s distributor locator to find a distributor in your area.

• Nature Clean is another top manufacturer of natural cleaning products. You can shop online or use their store locator tool. Their products are biodegradable, hypoallergenic, cruelty-free and safe for septic and grey-water systems. They also run contests from time to time. A recent prize was an LG Electronics Steam Washing Machine!

Lemon juice, vinegar and baking soda all make effective household cleaners at a fraction of the price of commercially available products. You can find some great recipes at Greenpeace to make your own all-purpose cleaner, scouring powder, air fresheners and more.

With so many toxins in our environment today, it is our responsibility to look for the safest products for our family. Doing so will also be the safest choice for the planet. The average household uses about 40 pounds of toxic chemicals to clean their homes each year. Most of this goes down the drain to pollute our water system as well as our air and ultimately our food chain.

Toxins are regularly found in the bodies of aquatic and land animals that people use for food. Animals don’t use toxic chemicals, people do. These poisons are in the air we breathe, the water we drink and the soil our crops are grown in.

If we all do our part to use earth friendly, organic products, as well as following other earth friendly tips, we will be helping to create a safer world for everyone now and in the future.

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