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Tread Lightly: All-Natural Cleaning Products

10.19.2010 / In Health / by Alliance Staff

Cleanliness is next to godliness, they say. So is protecting our health, our famillies' health, and the health of our environment. The toxic chemicals in big-brand cleaning products pollute our environment and our bodies, and some ingredients are even known to be cancer-causing. You can still have a clean house without doing damage. Try these brands or make your own all-natural cleaning solution at home and tread a little lighter on the earth.

Organic Kitchen Dish Soap and All-purpose Cleaner

Green-cleaning brand Organic Kitchen makes a range of household cleaning products made with all-natural borax and fruit extracts that are gentle on you and the environment. The grapefruit/patchouli dish soap is antibacterial and contains grapefruit seed extract to disinfect, and the nutmeg all-purpose cleaner cleans and disinfects all non-porous surfaces. Organic Kitchen products contain no animal ingredients.

SODASAN Organic Cleaning Products

For the last 25 years, SODASAN has been formulating alternative cleaning products for a cleaner world. Their household cleaning product range is 100 percent certified organic by Ecocert and is made with organically grown vegetable raw materials. Products include: Vinegar Cleaner, Heavy Duty Scrub, Orange Cleaner, Toilet Bowl Cleaner, Bath and Shower Cleaner and Glass Cleaner. SODASAN products are 100 percent vegan. They must be ordered online at www.cleaningchemfree.com.

Make Your Own

Often the best and most inexpensive way to get all-natural cleaning products is to make them at home using your own ingredients. White vinegar, lemon juice, baking soda and essential oils such as tea tree oil make very effective cleaning solutions to clean your whole house. You can make a simple yet effective surface cleaner by combining white vinegar, distilled or filtered water and several drops of tea tree or citrus oil to clean and disinfect kitchen and bathroom counter tops. You can make an organic scrub for removing grime and residue from the bathtub by combining baking soda and liquid castile soap made with organic olive oil.