Why You Should Make Your Own Homemade Cleaners #3

It is much better for the environment

Most household store bought cleaners have toxic chemicals that are not only bad for our bodies but are terrible for the environment. When you are using things like drain cleaner,  bathroom tub cleaner and laundry soap you are just pouring these chemicals down your drain.  They end up in the sewers and are sent back into our environment and sometimes end up in our clean drinking water supply.

Phthalates, are also known as "plasticizers" a group of the most dangerous toxins and are found in most fragrant cleaners and home fragrances. Phthalates have been known to cause a whole host of reproductive problems in test animals. Besides phthalates, cleaners are typically added with other chemicals agents. For example, antibacterial products contain pesticides; automatic dish detergents have phosphates; abrasive cleaners include butyl cellosolve, a neurotoxin; and other all-purpose cleaners contain a number of carcinogenic toxins.  These are just a few of the most toxic chemical found in our home cleaners but not all of them by a long shot. There is no regulation that requires companies to list and label what chemicals are present in their products.  So, we as consumers are left to wonder what exactly we are cleaning with. You can try to request an ingredients list but good luck...I didn't have much.

So, just remember that when you are cleaning your house with toxic chemicals you are not only possibly damaging your health and the heath of your family but the environment that we live in and depend on.