Household cleaners on the market today are harmful to your health, potentially deadly to children if ingested, expensive, and pollute ground water. Why waste money on these dangerous products if you don’t have to? Make your own instead!
What’s wrong with all those cleaners you have crowding the cabinets under your sink and in your bathroom? Aside from the expense, these cleaners can be bad for you in so many different ways. Often the fumes or extended exposure to the chemicals in these products can make you very sick, even more so than the dirt, grease, and germs that you’re killing when you use them.
Less than 1000 of the chemicals included in these cleaning products have been tested for health effects, which means that you and your family are at risk for rash, asthma, and allergies even if you are careful. The combinations of these chemicals have not been tested either. Those that are safe alone may be deadly in combination.
Symptoms
If you are concerned that you or a family member is having an adverse reaction to a household product or a cleaner, call poison control immediately or 911. Some of the symptoms include:
Headache
Nausea
Allergic reactions
Depression
Dizziness
Rash
Insomnia
Development and behavior problems in children
Alternatives
You are not at the mercy of products on the grocery store or drugstore shelf. What did people do 100 years ago? Certainly they did laundry and mopped the floors back then. With a handful of inexpensive and easy to find ingredients, you too can create safe cleaning products to keep you and your family safe. Below are some common household cleaning issues with some recipes that you can easily create to combat them without putting anyone’s house at risk.