One day, I used a kitchen cleaner to clean my keyboard which is supposed to be sparkling white in color, but now grey-ish. After cleaning it and inhaling the chemical residue from the cleanser, I suffered from migraine for the next few hours. From then on, I knew I needed something less chemical, something greener. I started finding out more about green products.
Products we’re using to clean our home and clothes have quietly become more chemical-based over the past-century; many ingredients have a detrimental effect on our health and our world.
Can that be the reason why more kids are suffering from allergies nowadays?
Many of our favorite cleaning products contain benzene, which is toxic to inhale and a carcinogen phosphates, which damage river and marine life and naphtha, which a is CNS (central nervous system) depressant. Now, run to your kitchen or your toilet to check the cleaning agent to see how many chemical ingredients it contains.
Living in the metropolitan city of KL gave me more options in terms of greener cleaner. Green products clean just as well but rely on natural, old-fashioned ingredients.
Look for those
- with no artificial perfumes or colors, which might itch your skin,
- not tested on animals,
- packaged in recyclable containers,
- sold in large-refillable packs.
In future, you'll be able to find more green cleaners at Just Health, Sandakan.
ReplyDeleteFind more product info at our home site http://www.justhealthsandakan.com , under product 'Home & Living'.