I try to avoid toxic chemicals in my home and clean mostly with vinegar and hot water, castille soap and borax (not related to boric acid at all, it's a naturally derived cleaner). My mother thinks that bleach is a wonder product which should be used on every surface in the house. I think it's a nasty toxic liquid that causes respiratory illness.
I read on a package of disinfecting wipes that you don't get the disinfecting properties unless you keep the surface wet for something like 15 seconds. Well nobody does that. Usually you just run your hand over it a couple of times and it dries.
Anyway, I've been searching the internet long and hard trying to find some real data on the germ killing properties of various cleaning products and also on the dangers of various products. Does anyone know of a good website with real data (not anecdotal evidence)?
Many thanks!
You can boil rosemary in water, strain the water, and use it to disinfect your bathroom and kitchen. I have several books on herbs and herbal medicine. You might want to check herbal and holistic healing sites.
There is not a lot of real data, the FDA has blocked the information.
That's a really good question! You can try searching for scholarly and medical research studies on Google Scholar. I'll start looking too because I'm curious.
I went to a Green Clean party recently for essential oils and the woman that owns the site seems to answer all sorts of questions in a timely manner via her website - maybe try her?
http://www.greencleanchic.com/product.asp?s_UPC=705105969...
There is a household product database that provides information about different chemicals. Just enter what you want information about in the search box, choose whether it's a product name or type or whatever, and search. The results are detailed, and the data is real.
Here's the link
http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/se...
You can try PubMed - www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed but it is very scientific oriented and sometimes difficult to comprehend even for someone like me who works in the scientific industry. I would also look up WebMD.com many of the articles on there are very helpful.
good luck
C.
I know that Shaklee had studies done about bleach and kids - HORRIBLE!! Not sure where you can get them other than a Shaklee rep.
