The Real Dirt on Clean
You know that good feeling you get when you've just cleaned your house? Sorry to spoil it, but you may have just made your home dirtier. Think of it this way. You wouldn't let your kids play with toxic chemicals, so why would you let the baby crawl over a floor that's just been wiped with them? How dangerous are these conventional cleaning products? Just take a look at these statistics: � Over 90% of poison exposures happen at home. � Common chlorine bleach is the #1 household chemical involved in poisoning. � Organic pollutants, found in many common cleaners and even air fresheners, are found at levels 2 to 5 times higher inside your home than out. � A person who spends 15 minutes cleaning scale off shower walls could inhale three times the �acute one-hour exposure limit� for glycol ether-containing products set by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. � Common cleaners give off fumes that can potentially increase the risk of kids developi