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"Non-Toxic All-Purpose Cleaner" is quite a mouthful. What it means isn't way too hard to guess - or possibly it's.
Soap and detergent have been the universal "all purpose cleaners" since they were invented. They are utilised to wash the body, scrub our utensils, rinse our clothes and even mop the floors - where applicable. What's stand out about this?
In terms of "non-toxic", we somehow think that the products we use within everyday life are "safe". We do not be prepared to be slow poisoned by our food, our cosmetics or our household cleaners.
Sadly, the reality is completely different.
Most cleaners are surfactant-based, and they contain either soap or detergent. While soap is organic in origin and mostly safe, it foams less and refuses to lather at all in hard water, which makes it an inconvenient universal standard. Detergent, however, is laboratory manufactured, and designed to sacrifice quality and versatile. In the process, certain compounds are introduced that are less than friendly towards the body. Any store-bought cleaner is likely to contain a minumum of one of these ingredients:
Ammonia - Gives off fumes that irritate the eyes and lung membranes, leading to asthma, blindness, eye inflammation, bronchitis, and respiratory failure.
Ethoxylated nonyl phenols (NPEs) - They are called "gender benders", as they possibly can cause male fish to demonstrate female characteristics. Though banned in Europe, these NPEs continue to be used in the united states.
SLS (Sodium Lauryl Sulfate)/SLES (Sodium Laureth Sulfate) - SLS, present in most shampoos and the body washes, may cause irritation in the scalp and skin. When absorbed through skin into the bloodstream, it can behave like the feminine hormone estrogen and cause secondary sexual characteristics. SLES' effects are milder than SLS, but it cannot be divided as SLS can, so stays in your body longer.
PEG, or polyethylene glycol - while PEG is not dangerous in itself, it may get contaminated by a few highly toxic and potentially carcinogenic compounds - 1,4-dioxane and ethylene oxide, for instance - in the manufacturing process.
This really is only the tip from the iceberg. Only recently have people grown conscious about the harmful toxins they get to see daily, and much research is needed before declaring any product a "safe" one. These studies is just undertaken by companies taking a get up on ethics as well as profit, and make items that do their job without unfortunate side effects.
Non-toxic all-purpose cleaners eliminate the harmful compounds in many commercial cleaners, and employ simple and biodegradable ingredients instead. Many of them are also pH balanced to prevent skin corrosion, but are as efficient just like any of the toxin-laden cleaners popular in today's market.
While most non-toxic all purpose cleaners are laboratory-synthesized, they draw their raw materials from plants - a sustainable source, as opposed to petroleum products. The emphasis is on making certain these products do not harm anyone - with the idea to the consumer for the short term, or our planet in the long run.
