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Green Cleaning
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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - Green Seal and EnviroMedia Social Marketing release 2009 National Green Buying research.
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should examine whether combined exposures to chemicals known as phthalates could cause adverse health effects in humans, says a new report from the National Research Council.
- Green Seal has developed the GS-49 standard to define environmental performance criteria for residential cleaning services.
- GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI) announced in November 2008 the initiation of a comprehensive product emissions standard for indoor products.
- EPA allows safer products to carry the Design for the Environment (DfE) label. This mark allows consumers to quickly identify and choose products that can help protect the environment and are safer for families.
- Should you only choose “all-natural” products? It might seem like the right thing to do.
- Use baking soda to soften your laundry water.
- Cleaning and maintaining your car using less harmful alternatives.
- NSF works with DfE to help consumers identify products that are safer for the environment and their health.
- The Green Home Guide offers tips for a better, greener life.
- A University of Washington study of top-selling laundry products and air fresheners found the products emitted dozens of different chemicals. All six products tested gave off at least one chemical regulated as toxic or hazardous under federal laws, but none of those chemicals was listed on the product labels.
- For someone wishing to pursue the known, documented health effects of various materials, a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) is the best place to start.
- One of the greatest difficulties in estimating the toxicity of household products is the fact that most of the ingredients are not disclosed on product labels or other documents.
- Anyone who has washed or worn white clothes knows that white shirts stop looking white after a few washes and start to turn a shade of gray. A new laundry-detergent enzyme helps prevent this from happening, without the use of bleach.
- Chemists are creating a new generation of laundry detergents that work well in cold water, save energy, and have healthier ingredients.
- Using household cleaning sprays and air fresheners as little as once a week can raise the risk of developing asthma in adults, say researchers in Europe.
- Green Seal's GS-8 standard can help you select environmentally-preferable cleaning products.
- Find out how to tell whether a product or action is \"green\" or not.
- Cleaning your home is essential for maintaining a sanitary and pleasant environment. So the last thing you want to do is to introduce harmful chemicals in a place you are trying to make safer.
- Do they work? Are they affordable?
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