Spring cleaning is a centuries old tradition, but one that in recent years has been undertaken with toxic cleaning products. Did you know that many common household cleaners haven’t been approved by the EPA (environmental protection agency)? And many of these can cause health issues ranging from dermatitis (dry skin on the hands and beyond), asthma and even cancer. Long after you’ve wiped down your countertops and disinfected your bathroom, cleaning chemicals like PBDEs, Petroleum, Phosphorus, Ethoxylates, Ammonia, Alkylphenols, Perfluorooactanoic Acid (PFOA), Triclosan and Aromatic Amines linger in your home for days, polluting household air and possibly entering your food if used in the kitchen.
And it’s not just your home you’re contaminating: toxic household cleaning agents get sent back into the water system every time you wash your clothes, do the dishes or even flush toilet bowl. Not only could these chemicals make their way back into your drinking water, but they harm wildlife and the environment too.
But worry not: we’ve put on our thinking caps, done our research and asked a few mothers and grandmothers for “old but gold” tips, resulting in a sturdy list of all natural non-toxic methods to clean your house naturally this spring.
