Guest guest Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Detergents, bleach, cleaners, and other chemicals are usually stored under the sink in a cabinet in the house. Every container will leach the smell even if never opened. All the products you store in your home are in the air. Put them in a big plastic container box and store them outside out of the sun or just get rid of all the extras and keep what you mainly use in the bathroom in a plastic container box and keep the window open. It really is that much of a hazard to one's health to breathe these things in when you are home and when you are sleeping. There should be no carpet deodorizers, room deodorizers, potpourri, toilet bowl deodorizers used ever. Your nostrils are coated with the synthetic oils in these products. They don't clean the air. Real lavender and other herbs are safe and much more pleasant if you want to use something. Roach and ant traps and apartment pest control service should never be used. Boric acid will work and is not harmful to smell. Use old methods like putting down pepper, and just sealing cracks and holes. Put a screen up in vents. Fertilizers, oil, gasoline, and sprays should not be stored in a home basement. Chemical smells go through ceilings. An open window and a plastic container box helps if there is nowhere else to keep them. When I first removed everything, I was amazed at how much clearer the air was. If you park your car in your garage attached to the house or under your house, the house will pull in the exhaust fumes from the car. Leave the garage door open a bit or keep the car outside for awhile if it is safe to do so. A good quality Ionizer will work if you can`t get to fresh air at work or at home. But still remove what you can. They emit ions that attach to chemicals in the air and pull them down. Aranizers are subject to power surges. You can use an ionizer at a desk or at home or in your car. New furniture and new mattresses have Formeldehyde and other chemical odors and they take a long time to deodorize. Carpeting chemicals have changed but are still toxic. New clothes have never smelled worse. If you use a small amount of bleach in your laundry, it will eventually remove the " sizing " chemicals. Never use it on expensive clothes. Vanessa I use plain bleach in the bathroom and I put it in a spray bottle so I use less. Keep the window open. Tie a scarf over your mouth and nose. Wear gloves. I wash the inside of the gloves with dish detergent mixed with a little bleach before using them for the first time. Lysol comes in a spray bottle and can be used instead of bleach as an anti-bacterial and degreaser. You can use it on tile, wood, linoleum, the stove, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 I don't understand how using bleach and Lysol can clean up the air in a home. Chlorine is toxic (why else would one need to cover the mouth and nose with a scarf when using it?), and the odor left behind can linger for hours! Lysol has harmful synthetic fragrance as well. The two products might kill the germs, but so will plain white vinegar. Just My $0.02, Samantha > I use plain bleach in the bathroom and I put it in a > spray bottle so > I use less. Keep the window open. Tie a scarf over > your mouth and > nose. Wear gloves. I wash the inside of the gloves > with dish > detergent mixed with a little bleach before using > them for the first > time. > > Lysol comes in a spray bottle and can be used > instead of bleach as an > anti-bacterial and degreaser. You can use it on > tile, wood, > linoleum, the stove, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 That is why we got a rainbow vac it cleans the air as you clean your floors, no chemicals. or vinegar smell. not advertising just saying there is another way. Stuck - ypoonS1123 herbal remedies Tuesday, May 23, 2006 1:12 AM [lists] Re: Herbal Remedies - Cleaning up the air in your home I don't understand how using bleach and Lysol canclean up the air in a home. Chlorine is toxic (whyelse would one need to cover the mouth and nose with ascarf when using it?), and the odor left behind canlinger for hours! Lysol has harmful syntheticfragrance as well. The two products might kill the germs, but so willplain white vinegar.Just My $0.02,Samantha> I use plain bleach in the bathroom and I put it in a> spray bottle so > I use less. Keep the window open. Tie a scarf over> your mouth and > nose. Wear gloves. I wash the inside of the gloves> with dish > detergent mixed with a little bleach before using> them for the first > time.> > Lysol comes in a spray bottle and can be used> instead of bleach as an > anti-bacterial and degreaser. You can use it on> tile, wood, > linoleum, the stove, etc. avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0621-4, 05/26/2006Tested on: 5/26/2006 12:25:05 PMavast! - copyright © 2000-2006 ALWIL Software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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