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Window and glass cleaners such as windex contain harmful chemicals such as ammonia. Ammonia is a severe respiratory tract irritant. It is known to cause sore throats, induce asthma like symptoms and is generally a chemical you want to avoid using in your home where children and pets especially are around.
Why not try out a homemade glass cleaner recipe. This recipe is completely safe, non-toxic and can be used on any type of glass. It can be used as an auto glass cleaner, it …
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Yep, clearing clogged drains……horrible thing to deal with. Believe it or not, there is a giant industry that is dedicated to nothing but clearing clogged drains. Somewhere around $150,000,000 is spent each year on extremely toxic chemical products like Drano, Liquid Plumr and many more.
Here’s the scoop on chemical drain cleaners…..If you’ve got a problem with a clogged drain that is jammed up with lard, soap, hair, toothpaste or other oily substances, most chemical drain cleaners won’t be too effective. Tests have shown that …
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Wooden furniture tends to collect quite a bit of dust, and constant cleaning is necessary to maintain that great shine you love to see. Unfortunately, most furniture cleaners and polishes are full of unhealthy chemicals and come in spray cans that are quite damaging to the atmosphere. There is a simple alternative to replace those lemon scented furniture polishes that you can buy.
Alternative Furniture Polish
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup vinegar
2 tsp lemon juice
Simply mix up these items in a spray bottle and shake it up. Squirt this …
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Lets face it, toilets need to be cleaned…..often. Most of the toilet cleaning products available consist of some pretty harsh, and very environmentally damaging chemicals. Those chemicals flow through the sewage system to a treatment plant, after which the water is expelled back into the water system. Not a good thing. Luckily there is a very safe alternative that you can use for toilet bowl cleaning.
Alternative Toilet Bowl Cleaner
1 cup vinegar
1/2 cup baking soda
The very simple procedure that goes along with this recipe is……Put the vinegar …
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You know how the old saying goes…..”An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” That holds true for keeping something else away….sort of. Gerd, indigestion, acid reflux….We all get it from time to time, and it can be one of the most unbearable feelings known to humans! But….just how do you deal with such a thing in a way that doesn’t involve shoving various pills and other forms of medication down your throat? Apples of course!! Well, Apple Cider Vinegar to be exact!
Lets start at the …
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Organic Weed Control
Chemical herbicides are very poisonous, and contain many known carcinogens and other toxic ingredients. Before chemicals herbicides were used in such a widespread fashion, natural and organic controls were used. Mechanical control including pulling weeds by hand was used to control weeds.
One way to selectively control weeds, especially those growing in cracks and rocks, is the use of vinegar and water. The solution is sprayed on individual weeds and has a definite effect in just a couple of days. Heres what you will need:
Vinegar
Spray Bottle
Water
Create …






