Natural Home Cleaning Products – Make Your Office Eco-Friendly
Managers of buildings and other facilities where workers perform know that diseases can rapidly spread in an unclean environment. There are in place certain industry standards that require such things as daily cleaning of lunchrooms to guard against and prevent food contamination, and cleaning and sanitizing bathroom facilities to prevent the spread of E. coli and other pathogens. This would extend to the desks and meeting rooms where groups of people in various stages of health would gather, potentially spreading cold and flu germs in any season. While the term “sick building syndrome” is still making its way into the lexicon, the compromises to a worker’s health from such a building are becoming well known. Knowledgeable managers are beginning to consider and utilize products such as purifiers for water and air, carpeting and furniture that don’t emit toxic fumes, and low and no VOC paint. One step in the right direction is the use of non-toxic eco friendly multipurpose cleaning products. Some specifics about these products are provided for your information.
Avoid:
1. Volatile Organic Compounds – One of the things to avoid is something called Volatile Organic Compounds or VOCs. What this means exactly is that toxic fumes are released from certain liquids and solids. The ratio of this release is consistently higher indoors (with the EPA noting this can be up to ten times higher) than outdoors. Many would be surprised to know that some of the most common and popular cleaning supplies, as well as the paint on the walls, plywood or pressed board used in walls, and paint and paint removers emit these fumes. Even more surprising would be that dry cleaned clothing and even air fresheners can prove toxic indoors. Greatly contributing to this is that the air inside buidlings does not provide good enough ventilation to disapaite the fumes.
In learning about Volatile Organic Compounds, one also learns of the detrimental health effects, both long and short-term, of exposure. Some of the most common include eye irritation, headaches, flu-like symptoms, dizziness, and the triggering of asthma attacks. The most severe can be life threatening, such as cancer. Does your office use a spot cleaning for carpeting or fabric cleaning? How about a floor cleaner or bathroom and kitchen cleaners or glass and multi-purpose cleaners? If the answer is yes and they are not non-toxic cleaners, you are exposed to VOCs. Reduction of these Volatile Organic Compounds is important for everyone, but even more so for the elderly, people with lesser functioning immune systems, and pregnant and nursing women.
Perhaps your cleaning crew comes in after hours and therefore you think you are not exposed to these VOCs. After all, you aren’t in the immediate area, right? This is, unfortunately, not accurate as these fumes can and do stay in the air for hours after their use. Even sitting in a closet, the bottles emit gasses. Unless your building has been upgraded recently to include a purification and ventilation system that continuously cleans the air, your exposure is not mitigated.
2. Solvents – Solvents often contain corrosive chemical ingredients, such as alcohols, esters, Ethylene Glycol Ethers (EGEs), and Propylene Glycol Ethers (PGEs). These are carcinogenic and toxic to people & the environment. They would contribute to the VOCs in the air.
Look For:
1. Neutral pH – PH determines the reaction of a cleaning product with your skin, the surface being cleaned and the environment when it is washed into the water system. A compound with a pH value under 7.0 is acidic, more than 7.0 is alkali and a pH value of 7.0 is neutral, neither acidic nor alkaline. Liquids that are either too acidic, such as battery acid, or alkaline like bleach, are very corrosive. A neutral pH is non-reactive to the surface that it touches.
The great thing about using neutral pH natural cleaning products is that the surfaces that need the most cleaning, such as desks, conference tables, carpets and countertops, all avoid harmful residue that is so common with other cleaning products. Marble, one of the surfaces that require experience and the right product to clean, are never damaged by a neutral pH cleaner. Even more important, exposed skin is unharmed by such chemical free cleaners.
2. Biodegradable – We all know how important clean water is. There are whole industries dedicated to reclaiming water to meet growing needs. Considering the environment when choosing cleaning products is the planet-wise responsible decision to make. The most commonly used products are some of the biggest contributors to pollution, as they do not dissolve into non-toxic components. Washed down the drain they retain their harmful effects. You might be surprised to know that even among biodegradable products, there are different rates as to how quickly they reach full level. The EPA has standards for what truly constitutes biodegradable and you should look for products that do so with 28 days.
3. Plant-Based – The use of plants for medicinal and health purposes is a long-established fact. Add the cleansing properties and you have a complete arsenal, all non-toxic and organic. No synthetic chemical compound offers the non-toxic benefits of the plant-based products. Fortunately, the plant-based compounds clean as well as or better than their harmful counterparts, including less to no Volatile Organic Compounds in the work environment.
Removing harsh chemicals while maintaining the same standard of cleanliness is the goal of using eco friendly multipurpose cleaning products. Add in the reduction in environmental impacts with the use of natural cleaning products and you have one smart manager!!Making the best decision for the health of the workers is easy when it comes to replacing toxic chemical cleaners with green multipurpose cleaner. Healthier workers are more productive and using natural cleaning products can greatly contribute to this.
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