Too Clean

Yeah, sure you need to keep your home clean, but making it too clean can put you and your family at risk.


Info from "The Doctors" www.thedoctorstv.com

Chemicals like ammonia, formaldehyde and bleach can do more harm than good. A child is accidentally poisoned every 30 seconds, and more than 50 percent of all poisonings occur at homes with children under 5 years of age. The chemicals can cause eye, skin and respiratory irritations, kidney and liver damage and even cancer and death.

“If you use bleach to clean something, yeah, you’ll rinse it off afterwards, but there’s a lot of residue, chlorine residue, that will stay on the floor, in the bathtub or even on your dishes,” Dr. Jim from "The Doctors" says. “If your baby goes crawling on the floor, they’re going to be getting exposed to that chlorine, and I’d be really careful with that.”

Ridding your home of all germs may even hurt your immune system. “Pediatric literature has studied this,” Dr. Ordon says. “You need a certain [number] of germs and natural things in the environment to stimulate your immune system. And if you don’t get it, you’re going to start getting sick.”

You can still keep your house clean without using harmful chemicals. A vinegar, water and rubbing alcohol mixture makes a useful window cleaner, while combining olive oil and lemon makes a substitute for furniture cleaner!

“A little bit of cleaning, being sanitary, is important,” Dr. Jim says. “But cleaning all day long, you don’t want to be doing that.”




So next time you clean your house, reach for some more natural cleaners that won't harm your health. Me personally, I really like "greenworks" cleaners from Clorox. They clean well and leave a fresh scent without the harmful chemicals. For more info on natural cleaners feel free to e-mail me.