Getting To Know The Chemical Cleaners

All of the chemical cleaners are hazardous to our health and our environment and yet, we are still willing to compromised that for comfort of using these cleaners. We expect our cleaners to do miracle, we demand a huge deal from them, lift the dirt with minimum scrubbing, cut the grease without scratching the precious stainless-steel door fridge and kill the germs without smelling strongly of chemicals.

But they do not affect only our homes, already during manufacture workers are being exposed to them, and waste product is being released into the air, land or water. When we use these products we expose our self's to them without knowing what they might do to us, we breath them and our skin soaks them in our bodies and our bloodstream.

And every time we throw either empty or unused bottle away, chemicals end up in our environment one way or another...waste water, garbage or storm drains.

Here are some common chemicals which would be best if avoid completely for they health and environmental risks:


alkyphenol ethoxylates (AEPs)

antibacterials

ammonia

butyl cellosolve also know as ethanol

butyl glycol

monobutyl

chlorine bleach

d-limonene

diethanolamine (DEA)

and triethanolamine (TEA)

disinfectants

fragrances

hydrochlorid acids

naphtha

petroleum-based ingredients and surfactants

phosphates

lye also known as sodium hydroxide

and sulfuric acid

The "Skinny" On Cleaning Products

There are so many producers and too many of products in the market now, that it might get little confusing and complicated to pick the right cleaner to do the job.
It seams almost impossible to think that once people used very little to clean their homes. Think lemons, baking soda, vinegar, borax.
With all our new materials used to build homes come all the unwanted chemical based cleaners.
But it does not need to be complicated at all.
We can, once again, come back and reinvent, reuse and rethink what was once so helpful and simple.
With a little knowledge about the cleaning products you can make a big difference on how you will make your next choice of your future cleaners, polishes and ways of cleaning.