Fwd: Kitchen Consequential - Spring Cleaning Week

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> Monday, April 10, 2006

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> Today's Daily Tip: Kitchen Consequential - Spring

> Cleaning Week

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> Are you preparing your famous chocolate soufflé in a

> chemistry lab?

>

> The Bite:

> Many kitchen cleaners, particularly oven cleaners,

> are laden with

> harsh chemicals that can irritate your eyes and

> skin, not to mention

> Mother Nature. Natural cleaning products leave the

> kitchen clean and

> your health in check.

>

>

> The Benefits:

> - Natural alternatives exist for nearly every

> kitchen cleaning task,

> eliminating the need for chemical-heavy cleaners.

> - Limit exposure to harsh chemicals. The average

> home today contains

> over sixty-two chemicals – that’s more than a

> circa-1900 chemistry

> lab.

> - You know what you’re getting, and you can even

> pronounce the

> ingredients. More than 72,000 synthetic chemicals

> have been invented

> since World War II.

> - Americans spend 90% of their time indoors. Using

> natural cleaning

> products helps to create a safer environment in your

> kitchen, your

> home or your workplace.

>

>

>

> Personally Speaking

> Heather feels like she’s in a garden when she cleans

> the kitchen sink

> with her Mrs. Meyers Geranium powdered scrub. Jen’s

> been a Shaklee

> aficionado for years after her Shaklee’d cousin

> cornered her one

> Christmas in a daze of cookie comatose.

> (http://www.shaklee.com)

>

>

> Wanna Try?

> - Restore Non-Toxic Oven Cleaner - removes soot and

> grease from ovens

> and grills ($7).

>

(http://www.planetnatural.com/cgi-bin/planetnatural/natural-oven-cleaner?brand=R\

estore)

> - BioKleen Automatic Dish Powder - free of

> phosphates ($7).

>

(http://www.planetnatural.com/site/automatic-dish-powder)

> - Mrs. Meyers Geranium Surface Scrub -

> heaven-scented and works like a

> charm ($4.99).

>

(http://www.mrsmeyers.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=38)

> - Seventh Generation Citrus Kitchen Cleaner -

> non-toxic,

> biodegradable, petroleum and chlorine-free ($5).

>

(http://seventhgeneration.com/our_products/household/natural_citrus_kitchen_clea\

ner.html)

> - EPA Non-Toxic Home Products List - natural home

> cleaning products

> and tips.

> (http://es.epa.gov/techinfo/facts/safe-fs.html)

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>

> Bang for the Bite Rating: 4 Apples (out of 5)

> If every U.S. household replaced one 32 oz. bottle

> of kitchen cleaner

> containing chlorine bleach with one that was

> hydrogen peroxide-based,

> we’d save enough chlorine to disinfect 16,500 pools

> for a summer.

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>

> Cocktail Tip

> Pre-1900, the cancer rate was 1 in 8,000 people.

> Chemicals introduced

> during the Industrial Revolution “helped” increase

> this number to 1 in

> 3.

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