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[17 Dec 2008 | No Comment | ]
Harmful Chemicals in Carpet Cleaners

It’s a fact that all carpets will get dirty over time. Carpets and rugs take a lot of abuse from children and pets, spills, dirt tracked in on people’s feet and countless other ways. It is inevitable that carpets have to be cleaned. Like other cleaners, carpet cleaners may contain toxic ingredients, some of which are not listed on labels. Spot cleaners seem to have the most harmful chemicals of all the carpet cleaners. When using carpet cleaners and other chemicals always wear gloves, goggles and other safety equipment. Open …

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[15 Dec 2008 | No Comment | ]
Fresh Wave Eco Friendly Air Freshening Producst, Air Fresheners, Kitchen Candles

Have you got some absolutely horrible odours that you just must get rid of?? There is a nifty line of products available to defeat those nasty odours in an eco friendly fashion!
Fresh Wave, located in Chicago Illinois has been developing products with OMI Industries, a world leader in odor control. OMI has been solving a multitude of industrial odor problems for over twenty years.
While clearing the air in some of the world’s smelliest factories, processing plants and landfills, our team realized the same technology would have a place in …

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[4 Nov 2008 | 2 Comments | ]
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[9 Sep 2008 | 4 Comments | ]
Homemade Household Cleaning Recipes and Environmentally Friendly Products

Its hard to imagine the number of harsh, toxic chemicals that go into most over the counter cleaning products. The risks to your health are many, and the risks to the environment are just as bad.  Sadly, much of the wasted product is either flushed down the toilet, dumped down the drain, or even worse……some people actually dump these things into sewer drains on the side of the road.  Those drains head straight to river and other waterways without the benefit of going to a waste water treatment plant.  …

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[9 Aug 2008 | 4 Comments | ]

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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[9 Aug 2008 | 2 Comments | ]

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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[9 Aug 2008 | One Comment | ]

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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[9 Aug 2008 | No Comment | ]

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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