Comments on: Safe Household Cleaners

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:13:02 +0000

One thing to keep in mind, though… baking soda can be toxic to young children if they consume too much – a condition known as baking soda poisoning. So you want to keep it out of their reach.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:44:31 +0000

Yes Elizabeth…cleaners are just one concern among many. BTW I love the eau de gasoline line!

By: Elizabeth Reid

Elizabeth Reid — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:19:41 +0000

It’s not just the household cleaners: Our shampoos, conditioners, hair products, hand soaps, laundry and softeners as well as deodorizers predominantly consist of petrol-chemicals along with some nasty poisonous aldehydes including formaldehyde. I was shocked when my newborn grandaughter was washed in the hospital with Johnson’s baby shampoo which is loaded with petroleum products and formaldehyde. — And let’s not forget about fragrance. Many scientific articles point out that 100% of commercial fragrance is 96% petroleum plus aldehyde with little to nothing to do with flowers and spices. What’s more it’s supposed to “gas
off” – leaving in its wake a plume of toxic gas for all of us – ugh – to share. The next time you’re going out on the town – spare all of us – and don’t wear the “eau de gasoline”!

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By: Walter Jeffries

Walter Jeffries — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 16:35:16 +0000

Aye, that is a big concern for us. We stick with the simpler things like you mention. Our worst ones are bleach and laundry detergent. The bleach is in a bottle with a child safe cap and then kept up on a very high shelf and we talk about how bad it is to them from a young age teaching them safe handling. For the laundry detergent we buy that in a 5 gallon pail (lasts a year or two) with a snap on lid that children can’t open. Heck, it’s hard for adults to open. Then a small amount is measured out and put in a container when we go in town to do laundry.