Why do people want to clean
their counter tops and floors with chemicals?
This has perplexed me for
years. One day I thought about what I doing,
and said to myself, “this can not be good for me and my family”! Shortly after that I began using white vinegar
to clean, which worked well, but made the house smell like pickles and salad
dressing. I tried several “green”
products, none of which were ‘green’, and none of which cleaned well. Finally, when I began using Shaklee
supplements I decided to try Shaklee’s Basic H2.
Following the easy
directions I used it for my windows – only 2 drops in the 16 oz spray
bottle. I also made up counter cleaner –
¼ tsp in the Shaklee spray bottle.
Finally, we pulled in the big guns, and made up some de-greaser – 11/2
tsp.
Much to my amazement it
worked! It also cost much less than the vinegar and did not smell like pickles. The spray bottles amazed both my husband and
me because they did not break – ever! Ed
was able to clean the grill, use it on the car, and I used it all over the
house, including the dreaded toilet bowl.
I wondered if people would think
my house was not clean since there was no cleaning “odor”. However, the fact that my house really was
clean, with no chemicals on the surfaces where food is prepared, on the floor
where toddlers crawl or in the air that we all breathed made me happy I did not
have that smell in the air!
After this success we got
brave and ordered the Get Clean Kit.
Clean clothes! White clothes!
Clean clothes! White clothes!
No more running out of the
laundry room when the ammonia (for pre-soaking & spotting) fumes drove me
out! Seriously, my lungs were
compromised from all the ammonia used to remove blood, grass and dirt from
soccer uniforms for years. No more! My laundry cleaner is my pre-soaker for spotting
and rubbing. It is made from corn and
coconut. I have a safe substitute for
chlorine bleach and use a liquid softener.
Vegetable based, biodegradable softener sheets are in a box on my shelf
should I forget to put it in.
We went to Florida this winter remembering to take
laundry detergent and 2 bottles of Basic H2 because in other years we had to go
buy stuff we really did not like. I did
forget the dish detergent and was reminded anew of how much farther my Shaklee
dish detergent goes. A few drops of
Shaklee dish detergent and presto, a sink full of warm soapy cleaning
water. Not so with the provided (name
brand) dish detergent in Florida! Squirt, squirt and more squirt! We went thru a small bottle quickly and had
to buy another to leave behind.
I have since learned some
frightening facts about those chemicals that are in counter cleaners, soap scum
cleaners, bathroom and toilet bowl cleaners, floor cleaners, window cleaners,
dish detergents and laundry detergents.
Here are some of those facts:
Hydrochloric acid . May be in Odor eliminators and
Toilet bow bowl cleaners.
They can cause severe damage
to skin, and can be harmful to health if inhaled. They can be fatal if swallowed.
Butyl Cellosolve. May be found in All purpose cleaners,
Cleaning wipes, Degreasers, Floor polish, Rug shampoos, Toilet bowl cleaners,
Tub and tile cleaners, Window cleaners.
Can cause irritation and
tissue damage from inhalation – A person spending 15 min, cleaning scale off
shower walls could inhale 3x the acute exposure limit.
Lye/Sodium Hydroxide. Found in
Aveeno Baby Cream, Murphy’s oil soap, Crest Extra White and other toothpastes,
and in Dishwash cleaners.
Causes Esophogeal
irritation, Respiratory tract issues, Liver and kidney damage.
MEA Monoethanolamine. Found in
Dreft, Formula 409 Glass Surface Cleaner, is in many home Hair Color kits, Tide
Free Ultra Liquid and Ivory Snow Liquid Laundry Detergent.
Exposure to this is linked
to Asthma and Liver damage.
Get Clean products are safe. They do not
contain any of these harmful ingredients: Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), Kerosene,
Phenol, Cresol, Lye, Hydrochloric acid, Sulfuric acid, Sulfamic acid, Petroleum
distillates, Ammonia, Butyl cellosolve, Phosphoric acid, Formaldehyde, Chlorine
bleach or Morpholine.
Get Clean products are Earth-Friendly. They are Sustainable
ingredients from natural sources, Biodegradable surfactants, Recyclable
packaging, Recyclable wipes, Recyclable dryer sheets, Nor Chlorine bleach, No
phosphates, No nitrates, No VOCs, and No testing on animals.
Get Clean products are SMART for you wallet, your
family and for the planet. The Get Clean starter Kit contains $3400 in
equivalent cleaning power from major name brands! This also saves many plastic containers. It eliminates 108 lbs of packaging waste from
landfills, and 248 lbs of greenhouse gases, with the environmental equivalent
of Planting 10 Trees!
Educate yourself about what is in the products you
use and what effects they might have on you or your family.
After you read about them
you may want to dispose of them – safely.
Replace them with SAFE Get
Clean Products.
NOTE: If you choose to use a disinfectant, please
realize that after 10 minutes the surface is fully disinfected and a scum will
form on your counters etc. Please wipe
down all surfaces you have disinfected after 10 minutes – 4 Your Health.
Rose Buell
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