Healthy alternatives
Fragrance-free
Brand name | Product description |
Ecover | Zero All Purpose Cleaner |
Meliora Cleaning | All Purpose Home Cleaner, fragrance-free |
Nature Clean | All-Purpose Cleaning Lotion |
The Unscented Company | All Purpose |
With fragrances (essential oils)
Brand name | Product description |
AspenClean | Multipurpose cleaner |
Attitude | Multi-surface cleaner |
Biovert | Multipurpose Cleaner |
Common Good | All Purpose Cleaner |
Dapple Baby | All Purpose Cleaning Spray |
Earth Friendly Products ECOS | All-Purpose Cleaner |
Echoclean | All Purpose Cleaner |
Ecomax | Natural All Purpose Cleaner |
Greener Choice | All Purpose Cleaner |
Greenshield Organic Green | All-Purpose Cleaner |
MamaSuds | All-Purpose Cleaner |
Sun and Earth | All Purpose Cleaner |
DIY
The microfibre cloths allow for efficient cleaning without the use of chemicals.
You can also prepare this very effective and healthy mixture. You will need:
- 1 teaspoon of borax
- 1/2 teaspoon washing soda
- 2 tablespoons of vinegar or lemon juice
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of liquid soap based on vegetable oil
- 2 cups of very hot tap water
Mix borax, washing soda, vinegar and liquid soap in a spray bottle. Add very hot water and shake the bottle until completely dissolved. Spray the surfaces to be cleaned and wipe with a sponge, cloth or terry cloth.
Ingredients to avoid in products you choose
- Ammonia: irritant and corrosive to the skin, eyes and respiratory and digestive tract
- Butyl cellusolve: neurotoxic
- Dyes (coal tar): carcinogen, skin sensitizer, photosensitizer
- DEA (Diethanolamine): possible carcinogen (by production of nitrosamines)
- d-Limonene: irritant to skin and eyes, respiratory sensitizer
- Orthophenol: irritant
- Parabens: endocrine disruptors
- Synthetic fragrances: allergens
- TEA (triethanolamine): irritant to the skin, eyes and respiratory tract, respiratory and skin sensitizer