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Most people don’t know that cleaning products can contain harmful, irritating chemicals in them. These are products we use on a daily or weekly basis!  Exposure to these chemicals can take a toll on our health, from skin rashes, lung and eye irritation to buildup of chemicals in our bodies.

There are many benefits to cleaning with healthier household products, like Nature Clean® products!

Benefit #1: Keep your family safe & protected

Children have a tendency to put their hands, toys, and other objects in their mouths. This makes them more susceptible to the toxins used in everyday household cleaning products. Babies crawl around on the floor all the time. It’s important to make sure floors are clean and free of harmful chemicals.

Pets are part of our families too! They’re constantly licking their paws and the floor.  It’s important to keep surfaces that they come into contact with free of irritating or harmful chemicals.

Clean your floors with our Floor Cleaner, it’s non-toxic, made from safe natural ingredients, easy to use, and effective.

Clean your children’s toys with our Household Disinfectant; it’s made from powerful natural ingredients to kill those nasty germs! It’s been tested & proven to kill 99.99% of bacteria, viruses like Influenza A, H1N1, mold and mildew.

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Benefit #2: Keep your eyes, lungs and skin safe

Many products contain ingredients that are synthetic and others that have been derived from other chemicals like petroleum.  Some examples of these ingredients include Sulphonates, Ethylene Oxide, Sulphates, Parabens, Chlorine, Synthetic Perfumes. Many petroleum derived ingredients can cause severe allergic reactions to lungs, skin and eyes. 

For more information on these chemicals and products that contain them, check out our Non-Ingredient blogs for February, March, April, and May.

Switch to products that don’t use these ingredients. They work just as effectively without causing all the sneezing, itching and headache.

Extra tip – try using products that are scent free.

Benefit #3: Reduce your chemical body burden

Some traditional cleaners also use ingredients that are carcinogens, meaning that they have been tested and shown to be a cancer causing agent.

Some examples of carcinogens include, Formaldehyde, Ethylene Oxide and Coal Tar.

There are also ingredients that are suspected carcinogens, meaning that some studies have shown they are a cancer causing agent and some studies don’t.

Some examples of suspected carcinogens include, Diethanolamine, Triethanolamine and 1,4-Dioxane.

At Nature Clean® we simply do not use any carcinogens or suspected carcinogens. 

There are also chemicals that are bio-accumulative – this means that when we inhale or ingest them, they accumulate in our bodies.  Our system is not able to remove them, they become stored.  No one is quite sure what happens when different chemicals accumulate in our system and react with one another.  Let’s just not use them!  They’re not needed to keep our homes and ourselves clean.  Stick to natural cleaners and you’ll avoid these types of ingredients.

Benefit #4: Protect the planet!

Do your part in keeping our environment green! Look for products that use biodegradable ingredients and look for products that carry a 3^rd party certified environmental seal or logo – such as the EcoLogo™.  It’s an easy way to tell that the product you’re using won’t harm the environment.

Usually what’s non-toxic for us is non-toxic for the Earth.  Natural, safe and gentle ingredients keep our waterways safe & healthy!

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Benefit #5: Keep yourself healthy

This is our utmost priority. When you use everyday household cleaning products, you are inhaling the fumes of chemicals, which are absorbed into your system and become you!

Your skin is also coming into contact with these toxins, and is absorbed.  Chemicals can also cause dryness and irritation.

We need to make sure we’re using the healthiest products to keep ourselves and our homes clean. 

Nature Clean® products are just as effective as the traditional cleaners (we have efficacy testing done at independent laboratories) - why not clean healthy and reduce the risk altogether?

Happy Cleaning!
From the Nature Clean® team