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| - All the following ingredients can be bought inexpensively from your local supermarket:
* Bicarbonate of Soda (Baking Soda) - cleans, deodorises, softens water and is a good scouring powder.
* Borax - is a naturally occurring mineral salt. It cleans, deodorises, bleaches and disinfects. Borax is also used to control pests such as ants and cockroaches.
* Lemon Juice - is a mild bleach, a deodorant and a cleaning agent.
* Pure Soap - is a general purpose cleaner that biodegrades completely.
* Washing Soda - cuts grease and remove stains
* White Vinegar - cuts crease and is a deodoriser and mild disinfectant.
- UNDERGOING EDIT Green cleaning is a term that has been coined to describe a growing trend in favor of using environmentally-friendly ingredients and chemicals for household, manufacturing and industrial cleaning. Green cleaning techniques and products avoid the use of chemically-reactive and toxic cleaning products which contain various toxic chemicals, some of which emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) causing respiratory and dermatological problems among other adverse effects. Green cleaning can also describe the way residential and industrial cleaning products are manufactured, packaged and distributed. If the manufacturing process is environmentally-friendly and the products are biodegradable, then the term "green" or "eco-friendly" may apply. [1]
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| - All the following ingredients can be bought inexpensively from your local supermarket:
* Bicarbonate of Soda (Baking Soda) - cleans, deodorises, softens water and is a good scouring powder.
* Borax - is a naturally occurring mineral salt. It cleans, deodorises, bleaches and disinfects. Borax is also used to control pests such as ants and cockroaches.
* Lemon Juice - is a mild bleach, a deodorant and a cleaning agent.
* Pure Soap - is a general purpose cleaner that biodegrades completely.
* Washing Soda - cuts grease and remove stains
* White Vinegar - cuts crease and is a deodoriser and mild disinfectant.
- UNDERGOING EDIT Green cleaning is a term that has been coined to describe a growing trend in favor of using environmentally-friendly ingredients and chemicals for household, manufacturing and industrial cleaning. Green cleaning techniques and products avoid the use of chemically-reactive and toxic cleaning products which contain various toxic chemicals, some of which emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) causing respiratory and dermatological problems among other adverse effects. Green cleaning can also describe the way residential and industrial cleaning products are manufactured, packaged and distributed. If the manufacturing process is environmentally-friendly and the products are biodegradable, then the term "green" or "eco-friendly" may apply. [1] Standards set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) limit human exposure and the release into the environmental of toxic chemicals but do not entirely eliminate them in general due to the political nature of law-making and review as well as uneven compliance. Reading the small print on labels is the only way to verify the components of a product but manufacturing, packaging and distribution may all contribute to environmental degradation. Green cleaning companies are held to higher standards, in general, than federal or state-mandated 'green' cleaning rules.[2] The purpose of 'going green' is to address human illnesses that arise from exposure as well as damage to the environment (water, soil, air) from disposal of these products. The role chemical exposure has in creating allergic sensitivities, reducing immunity, and contributing to cancer and other diseases, is a long-respected field of research in medicine. For example, research on human and animal exposure to formaldehyde (formalin), benzene and other solvents has resulted in legislation to limit exposure but has not completely banned these products.[3] The 'science' behind 'green' or non-toxic, eco-friendly cleaning is no different than the history of the use of tobacco products. Similarly, both tobacco and volatile organic compounds contained in some cleaning products, affect the body's lungs especially as well as the entire physiology. Current research links chronic, long-term exposure to multiple sources of toxins from air, water, injestion, to the incidence of disease. See [4] Green cleaning companies already using eco-friendly products also commonly pursue Sustainable business practices.
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