Enjoying a healthy, clean environment is one of life’s simple pleasures. While cleaning is something that few people enjoy doing, living in a clean home or coming home to a clean indoor environment at the end of a long day provides a relaxed and comfortable space to be in. It helps to relieve some of the stress from a busy day and gives you peace of mind, knowing you’ve done a good job of reducing contaminants and toxins for you and your family.
Before you can enjoy this “peace of mind,” you need to know some of what you may be currently living with. I have listed some common cleaning products and the kinds of harmful chemicals and toxins contained within them:
Aerosols
Many cleaning products come in this form. These include ones like window cleaners, air fresheners deodorants, furniture polishes, and counter cleaners. Often propelled by butane (a highly flammable gas), these products can include phenols, phthalates, and formaldehyde. These can cause irritation to your eyes, throat and skin because you come in direct contact with these after you spray them into the air.
All Purpose Cleaners
These cleaners often contain solvents and surfactants that are suspected of causing or aggravating asthma symptoms like wheezing and shortness of breath. Many contain formaldehyde and phthalates as well. Additionally, some contain morpholine that has been known to cause kidney and liver damage. Finally some contain butyl cellosove that is a neutotoxin.
To have your home naturally cleaned you can either use green cleaning products or hire a domestic cleaning company London that uses such cleaners. Either ways, your home will be toxic-free and you will be able to enjoy a safer and healthier indoor environment.
