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May 21 The smell of cleanI have three teenage athletes at home. This blessing produces lots of extra things in our household, one of which is laundry. My laundry can only be described as explosive. There has been a handful of times when I've caught up with it, mainly when all three children are at camp. Of course on their return I have another explosion in the laundry room and I'm back to where I started.
Doing all this laundry requires a lot of products, but I never go in the laundry aisle in the grocery store. Years ago my daughter developed a terrible skin irritation. It turned out to be from our laundry products. A search helped me find some natural products that didn't cause problems. Then something else happened. When we started using the natural products and went to the grocery store, we were shocked by the overwheming chemical smell of the laundry aisle. It actually was so strong it made me feel ill.
Why is it that we've been conditioned to believe that the smell of chemicals is the smell of clean? Go out to a nice woods and breathe deeply. THAT is the smell of clean. It smells fresh and, well...... like nothing. Mountain fresh air doesn't really have an overwheming smell. April fresh usually smells like moist earth to me. Pine fresh should smell like a pine woods, not like a chemical factory. These smells we are conditioned to associate with clean are actually the smells of chemical contamination. Our reactions shouldn't be "ummmm", it should be "yikes!". Why, because when you smell chemicals it means they are getting into your blood stream via your lungs and skin. This is not a good thing.
What to do? Switch to non-toxic cleaners. Use baking soda and vinegar to scrub your shower and sink. If you need convenience, buy cleaners from a reputable, earth friendly company. If you need help with recipes or suggestions for altenative cleaners, just drop me an e-mail and I will help. Let's bring a real clean to our homes and our planet. TrackbacksThe trackback URL for this entry is: http://biggreenplanet.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2750EECCE3D2D2F6!315.trak Weblogs that reference this entry
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