Naturally Clean: The Seventh Generation Guide to Safe & Healthy, Non-Toxic Cleaning

Naturally Clean: The Seventh Generation Guide to Safe & Healthy, Non-Toxic Cleaning

Naturally Clean: The Seventh Generation Guide to Safe & Healthy, Non-Toxic Cleaning Compelling evidence links the chemicals in household products to cancer, asthma, allergies, multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome—also known as environmental illness—hormonal disruption, reproductive and developmental disorders, and other conditions. Yet cleaning products are exempt from the full ingredient disclosure on product labels as required for food and personal care products and enter the marketplace with little or no testing for potential health risks. Naturally Clean explains the dangers of traditional cleaners and provides illuminating statistics that illustrate how the chemicals found in almost every home are known or likely to cause a host … [Read more...]

The Naturally Clean Home: 150 Super-Easy Herbal Formulas for Green Cleaning

The Naturally Clean Home: 150 Super-Easy Herbal Formulas for Green Cleaning

The Naturally Clean Home: 150 Super-Easy Herbal Formulas for Green Cleaning It's time to "green" that cleaning routine! Millions of Americans are replacing harsh chemical cleansers with eco-friendly alternatives. Unfortunately, most commercial green cleaners are expensive, and they often come with dubious environmental claims. Effective, nontoxic alternatives can be mixed up easily from kitchen staples — baking soda, vinegar, lemon juice, herbs, and borax — plus a handful of easy-to-find essential oils. In the second edition of The Naturally Clean Home, Karyn Siegel-Maier offers 150 all-natural recipes for cleaning every area of the home — from bathrooms to bedding, and from carpets to cabinetry. Siegel-Maier, a writer specializing … [Read more...]