| Why Do Green Friendly Cleaning Products Protect Your Family? |
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| Life and Society - Green, Eco and Ethical Living |
| Written by David J S Baker |
| Sunday, 21 September 2008 07:49 |
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Outline Green Cleaning is a healthy process you can apply to clean your home without effecting the environment in any adverse way. This type of cleaning is a major shift from conventional cleaning methods. In conventional cleaning, the agents we use are in most cases, chemically reactive and toxic. Almost all of these products exude Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), which are fairly damaging for your lungs and skin, besides other having undesirable effects. The use of the term "green" or "green friendly" on an industrial or residential cleaning product depends on certain factors, like the procedures followed in its manufacture, packaging and distribution. The term "green" becomes applicable only when the manufacturing process adopted by the company is eco-friendly and the products are bio-degradable. According to a report published by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), your indoor air can be 100 times more polluted than your outdoors. This happens mainly due to the Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) that trickle out of all conventional cleaning products. You can go through various green cleaning programs that will tell about the importance of clean indoor air, discarding and recycling of poisonous stuff. Now, let me tell you about the advantages you get by using green friendly cleaning products at your home The help it does to your home and environment: Put a stop to illness Remember, the traditional cleaning supplies are full of chemical sensitivities, allergens and contaminants like bacteria. The green friendly cleaning products are 100% health friendly. Hence, the chances of health hazards are almost nil. Keeps the air clean According to reports published by the US EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), one of the most crucial environmental health problems is your indoor air pollution. In another sensational revelation, the agency informs that the traditional household cleaners are 3 times more accountable in causing cancer compared to air pollution. You can experience the strong toxic odors of the synthetic cleaning agents even when they are in a tightly sealed package. Remember, these vapors remain in your well sealed home. Through another survey done through a span of 15 years the EPA found that the death rate from cancer was 54% higher for women who stayed at home. The reason was the regular exposure those women had to the toxic chemicals found in conventional household cleaning products. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has linked 150 chemicals that are usually found in homes with ailments like allergies, birth defects, breast cancer, prostate cancer, declining sperm counts, and psychological abnormalities. Therefore, green cleaning assures you that the air you breathe in is safe and hygienic. Protects your children The reported incidents of household poisoning are more than 5 million in a year. Many of these cases turn out to be fatal. And, it's quite shocking that the majority of victims are innocent children. Accidental intake of the poisonous stuff found in almost all common household cleaners is found to be the most important reason. Apart from this, children can also get affected their everyday breathing of toxic effluents. Other damages that your cleaning supplies can do is blinding, blistering of skins and even brain damage. Saves our eco-system Do you know how much of household cleaning stuff is drained down everyday? The nationwide figure is 32 million pounds! Most of these products are toxic in nature that the sewage system plants fail to process and remove. As a result, these poisonous chemicals steadily enter the ecosystem. This in turn leads to many ecological disorders like accrual of toxins in fish and wildlife and also results in harmful algae bloom. Not only this, the household wastes seep through the ground and end up polluting lakes and streams. Shields your pets Your pets remain indoors in most time of the day. So, they are quite easy victims to the poisonous seepages of your conventional cleaning supplies. If you have cats, remember, they are the most vulnerable ones as they don't have an efficient system of metabolizing of foreign elements. To sum it up, green cleaning is friendly to your living space as well as your environment. About the Author: The above article about green cleaning was created to bring your attention to the value in green cleaning your home. Go to BeGreenFriendly.com and get good advice about green cleaning. |