Why use eco-friendly products?
Using eco -friendly cleaning products is safer, especially where children could inhale fumes or where they are in direct contact with surfaces. Making your home eco friendly will reduce their chances of ingesting and being affected by harmful chemicals. Children will often put things in their mouths and they spend more time on floors and carpets. So by ensuring they are protected from harmful cleaning products it is easy to make the choice to go more eco- friendly.
Other suggestions to make home safer for children
Clean and sanitise children's toys and other areas play by using a safe toy wash made from natural ingredients from edible natural food sources. For safe cleaning and sanitizing of any surfaces that children come in contact with eg: soft and hard toys, furniture, car seats, table tops and cots. Leaves no harmful residues.
No Phosphates * EDTA's *No Colour added * Biodegradable
Household chemicals in direct link to asthma rise;
A study by Dr Andrea Sherriff - Bristol University UK has shown that asthma is directly linked to the increased use of chemicals in cleaning chemicals used in the home such as bleach, disinfectant and cleaning fluid. Find out more
TIPS for a clean green home:
- Where possible avoid carpeting the home or clean only with eco friendly carpet cleaning products
- Rid your home of toxic cleaning products
- Avoid antibacterial products. Antibacterial soap and cleaners are registered pesticides (in the UK) and can do more harm than good.
- Avoid string and sponge mops they harbor bacteria
