Natural Cleaning Products

Most household cleaning products contain toxic chemicals that are known to cause serious diseases like cancer. Because we use these products to clean, they are washed down our sink drains, flushed down our toilets, and thrown info landfills or incinerated upon disposal every day. This results in the release of their toxins into the environment which contributes to depletion of the ozone layer and global warming, pollutes our groundwater, contaminates our soil, and harms our plant and animal life.

Below is list of some of common household cleaning ingredients and the risks they pose:

Chlorine bleach (sodium hypochlorite):

• FOUND IN: Detergents and other cleaning products. Also available for purchase alone for laundry purposes.
• RISK: It is toxic to fish and can bind with organic compounds in water to form “organochlorines”, which breaks down slowly in the environment and accumulates in the fatty tissues of our wildlife. Chlorine is especially toxic to organisms that live in water and soil.

Phosphates:

• FOUND IN: Laundry and dishwasher detergents
• RISK: Causes “algae bloom”, which kills fish and aquatic plants and produces chemicals that are toxic to animals and people who drink the water.

Formaldehyde:

• FOUND IN: Furniture polish and various cleaning products. Interestingly enough, this is also found automobile exhaust and tobacco smoke.
• RISK: It’s a potential human carcinogen and a known cancer-causing agent in animals.

Trisodium nitrilotriacetate:

• FOUND IN: Laundry detergents
• RISK: Possible carcinogen and can disrupt the elimination of metals in wastewater treatment facilities.

Napthas and mineral spirits:

• FOUND IN: Furniture polishes
• RISK: These are known neurotoxins and considered hazardous waste. Mineral spirits break down very slowly and contaminate air and water.

Phthalates:

• FOUDN IN: Furniture polish
• RISK: Known to disrupt hormone function and can cause genetic defects in both animals and humans.

Sulfuric acid:

• FOUND IN: Drain cleaners
• RISK: Can change the pH of water and kill fish.

Sodium hydroxide:

• FOUND IN: Drain cleaners
• RISK: Can change the pH of water and kill fish.

Methylene chloride:

• FOUND IN: Oven cleaners
• RISK: These are hazardous waste and can contaminate the air, water, and soil.

Butyl cellosive:

• FOUND IN: Oven cleaners
• RISK: These are hazardous waste and can contaminate the air, water, and soil.

Ether-type solvents:

• FOUND IN: Oven cleaners
• RISK: These are hazardous waste and can contaminate the air, water, and soil.

Petroleum distillates:

• FOUND IN: Oven cleaners
• RISK: These are hazardous waste and can contaminate the air, water, and soil.

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