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Clean and Green Review

Clean and Green
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This book is good. BUT...there are way too many recipes with no explanations for the beginning green cleaner.
I was a little lost in the vast forest of different ways to clean everything. Also, there are no detailed instructions on just how to mix together the ingredients. As Karen Noonan Logan points out in "Clean House, Clean Planet," there are times (especially when mixing baking soda and vinegar) when you must put the ingredients in a specific order for the cleanser to work.
Don't get me wrong, this *is* a very good book! Chemically sensitive people and those who already make their own cleansers will find it a valuable source. But, for the beginner, it would probably be better to get "Clean House, Clean Planet" first because it has detailed instructions, some chemistry lessons and effectiveness ratings.
After you become more familiar with how green cleaning works, this book would be an excellent addition for more recipes and ideas.

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485 ways to clean, polish, disinfect, deodorize, launder,remove stains, even wash your car, without harming yourself or theenvironment. Recipes based on harmless, nonpolluting, renewableingredients.160 pages, recycled paper/vegetable ink, paperback.

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Clean Your House Safely & Effectively: Without Harmful Chemicals Review

Clean Your House Safely and Effectively: Without Harmful Chemicals
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This is a great book - not a new one - published some time ago, but it has great, simple to follow "recipes" for making non-toxic cleaners for your home.

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A guide for non-toxic and safe housecleaning using from-the-cupboard ingredients: baking soda, salt, white vinegar, cornstarach, vegetable oil, and lemon juice. Using these safer ingredients can help you avoid: respiratory distress, allergies, rashes, headaches, and fatigue that can come from using dangerous chemicals.

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How the Queen Cleans Everything : Handy Advice for a Clean House, Cleaner Laundry, and a Year of Timely Tips Review

How the Queen Cleans Everything : Handy Advice for a Clean House, Cleaner Laundry, and a Year of Timely Tips
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Wow - Straightforward info from spot cleaning laundry to cleaning your house with basic (and less expensive) ingredients you have around the house. No more expensive cleaners! Plus a guide on how to clean everything and how often - and even advice on cleaning things you probably never thought of cleaning or wondered how to clean properly (like rust spots on your concrete driveway). For a mom with a toddler, this was a big help. Also look for Linda Cobb on the DIY channel.

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A how-to manual for housekeeping amateurs and pros alike, How the Queen Cleans Everything is a collection of fast and ingenious tips from #1 New York Times bestselling author -- and housekeeping's royal lady -- Linda Cobb, the Queen of Clean®. It's all here. All of the Queen's miraculous tips and surprising shortcuts on how to solve hundreds of cleaning challenges -- inside and out. Let the Queen show you how to turn your home into a sparkling palace in no time at all. Learn how to put an end to washday drudgery with her collection of nifty and natural solutions for stress-free washing and ironing -- and enjoy a year's worth of tips, tricks, and picks for a cleaner house and a more organized life. But most of all, discover how the Queen's no-nonsense "tips and hints" method of housekeeping means less time cleaning your home, and more time enjoying it! Let the Queen show you:the best way to clean your kitchen and bathroom the multitude of natural stain removers that are hiding in your cupboard how to garden the natural waywhat to do for spots, stains, scorch marks, and odorswhy you shouldn't clean your windows with newspaper how to clean your carpet and bare floors the right way to allergy-proof your home what those care labels really mean how to treat troublesome stains and delicate fabrics...and much more! At last...all the Queen of Clean's® famous advice for a clean house, cleaner laundry, and a year of timely tips -- right at your fingertips! Don't be home without it!

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Naturally Clean: The Seventh Generation Guide to Safe & Healthy, Non-Toxic Cleaning Review

Naturally Clean: The Seventh Generation Guide to Safe and Healthy, Non-Toxic Cleaning
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Naturally Clean is stock full of useful information about chemicals to avoid in the home. It is truly a must-have for every household, written by the crew at Seventh Generation, people who know their stuff. I now take it along with me when I go shopping and review labels for ingredients with a new-found appreciation for the hazards that are out there on supermarket shelves. I especially appreciate the Resource Guide at the end.
I own a green bed & breakfast and plan to make Naturally Clean part of our new Honeymoon Special. It is the type of book I wish I had owned thirty-five years ago when my children were small. Clean up your act. Get yourself a copy today!

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Compelling evidence links the chemicals in household products to cancer, asthma, allergies, multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome—also known as environmental illness—hormonal disruption, reproductive and developmental disorders, and other conditions. Yet cleaning products are exempt from the full ingredient disclosure on product labels as required for food and personal care products and enter the marketplace with little or no testing for potential health risks.

Naturally Clean explains the dangers of traditional cleaners and provides illuminating statistics that illustrate how the chemicals found in almost every home are known or likely to cause a host of serious health problems. The book's easy-to-understand introduction discusses basic household chemistry, concepts of toxicity and types of toxic exposure, and the difference between natural, organic, and synthetic chemicals.

A room-by-room guide provides tips for:

• A healthier kitchen• Keeping your bedrooms safe• Mold, mildew, and soap scum: spotless bathrooms• Special precautions for cleaning children's rooms

Naturally Clean also features a comprehensive product selection guide that analyzes over 300 natural and traditional cleaners: everything from laundry products through oven cleaners, disinfectants, spot removers, carpet cleaners, and bathroom cleaners. This handy, easy-to-use reference rates the household cleaning products found on the shelves of natural food and grocery stores, providing Seventh Generation's pick of your healthiest and safest options. A resource guide tells readers where to find additional information, and an at-a-glance glossary helps understand key terms.

Royalties from the sale of Naturally Clean will benefit the Children's Health Environmental Coalition (www.checnet.org) in their efforts to educate parents about environmental toxins that can affect children's health.

Jeffrey Hollender is president of Seventh Generation, Inc., the leading brand of natural household products, and author of the bestseller How To Make the World a Better Place. He speaks on social and environmental responsibility worldwide.

Geoff Davis is a freelance writer and editor of Seventh Generation's consumer newsletter Non-Toxic Times.

Meika Hollender is an author who specializes in personal care products.


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The Healthy Home: An Attic-To-Basement Guide To Toxin-Free Living Review

The Healthy Home: An Attic-To-Basement Guide To Toxin-Free Living
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If you ever wanted to learn what those environmental problems in your home are then this is the book. This book will help you make your home healthy. This should be a must have book for every homeowner.

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The Naturally Clean Home: 100 Safe and Easy Herbal Formulas for Non-Toxic Cleansers Review

The Naturally Clean Home: 100 Safe and Easy Herbal Formulas for Non-Toxic Cleansers
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I borrowed this book from my local library and followed up by purchasing a copy of my own. My main concerns were to have a safer environment for my two young children and to housekeep in a way that's as kind to the environment as possible. But it doesn't hurt that the recipes are both effective and smell wonderful! I love the "lavender soft scrubber", the "country spice scrubber" and the "cedarwood duster aid". The "fleas-be-gone carpet treatment" didn't hurt either, since I have two cats. I highly recommend this book.
For people who are also interested in making their own face and body care products, Better Basics for the Home by Annie Berthold-Bond and Rosemary Gladstar's Herbs for Natural Beauty are also wonderful.
One hint: Several of the recipes use baking soda, which can leave a residue. I've found that it rinses off very cleanly if you use a combination of water and white vinegar to rinse after cleaning.

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Readers will learn how to use the antiseptic and antiviral properties of herbs and essential oils in safer, more economical alternatives to commercial cleaning products. Recipes include laundry and dishwashing detergent; bathroom cleaners; wood, glass, and metal cleaners; air and carpet fresheners; car and pet care products; and insect repellents.

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Heloise from A to Z Updated Review

Heloise from A to Z Updated
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This book is a good resource for uncommon (but viable) methods of cleaning while also focusing on ways to save the earth, such as using non-toxic cleaning elements (alcohol, vinegar, baking soda, etc.) rather than chemical products that can harm children and pets. This is a great guide book when you have exhausted (or even before you have exhausted) your options and/or your wallet.

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From Abrasive Cleaners (what's safe, what scratches, what's sensitive) to Zzzzs (seven tips for getting enough sleep) this comprehensive home companion includes brand new hints, time-honored solutions, new twists on old favorites, and peerless advice on: Removing stains from clothing € Unstopping drains € Fixing squeaky floors Saving supermarket dollars € Child-proofing your home € Energy conservation Recycling € Removing static cling € Inexpensive skin moisturizers € Using and caring for high-tech equipment Featuring time- and money-saving checklists... Avoiding allergens € Preventing income tax mistakes € Selling a house Winterizing a car € Running a garage sale € Shopping for every purchase from groceries to clothes

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All-New Hints from Heloise Updated (Perigee) Review

All-New Hints from Heloise Updated (Perigee)
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This book is a must-have if you have kids or pets. A good friend has this book and I called her so often about stain removal I finally bought the book myself. The day after I received this book, it paid for itself after I got chocolate and then gum out of 2 of my son's outfits. It also includes many helpful hints on everyday household problems. The only thing I would change about the book is the organization - now and then it can be hard to find specific things. I always find the item, it just takes a few minutes. Overall, I highly recommend this book.

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Hundreds of quick, economical, and simple solutions for hundreds of household problems-----at the touch of a fingertip. From one of America's most trusted names, a home reference that will be used again and again, featuring tried-and-true, money-saving, stress-reducing, time-saving advice on: €Organizing, cleaning, and repairing everything in the home €Setting up and running a home office €First aid and safety €Household budgeting €Stain removal €Entertaining for special and everyday occasions €Traveling for fun or work

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Clean House Clean Planet Review

Clean House Clean Planet
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Karen Noonan Logan has put together an extremely useful, honest recipe book for green cleaning products.
It is honest in that she rates the effectiveness of each formula provided, and not all of them are 95s or 100s (comparable to commercial cleaners). In fact, there are several in the book that aren't that effective, but at least they don't poison you.
However, the majority of her recipes *are* effective and very easy to make. Logan writes matter-of-factly, but with a positive style. It's not like reading a textbook or cookbook at all; you are entertained as you read.
There is a broad enough range of recipes that you can clean nearly anything, but not so many that you can't figure out which recipe to make for which cleaning job.
In contrast, I found that Annie Berthold-Bond's book "Clean and Green" was too cluttered by a confusing array of recipes, some of which are so specialized many people will probably never use them. Also, her writing style is far too dry to really be enjoyable.
If you really, really need a weird stain out of your clothes and don't want to reach for the bleach or stain stick, you may want to pick up "Clean and Green." But for just cleaning floors, tile, windows, etc. it is *much* easier to use the simple, multi-purpose recipes in "Clean House, Clean Planet."

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Provides simple recipes for non-toxic cleaners made from inexpensive, common ingredients, and offers tips on how to clean a home safely.

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