Chemical Free Cleaning for health

emmiemac

Hi,

I'm really interested in giving up all my normal cleaning products and trying to use only chemical free ones. I suffer from M.E. and have heard that this could improve my health. Plus I worry about exposure to all the nasty stuff they put in them anyway. We've recently gone organic with all our food so would like this to be the next step.

My question is does anyone know the best way to go about this, could I get by on vinegar/lemon juice etc or are there products which I could buy which are chemical free, have heard of ecover, would that fit the bill? I'm also wondering how far to take it, should I be using special washing powder and even toiletries.

I know the question is a bit general but any advice at all would be great. Has anyone else tried doing this? Thanks

curlytoast

Hi there, i myself would like to go completely natural with everything- food, cleaning and beauty products- surely all these chemicals are doing something to us!
Anyway, i know that marks and spencers have got a new completely natural cleaning range out, and Ecovers really good. You can also use those ecoballs for washing, although ive never tried them.

Uniscots97

Remember your microfibre cloths. Even just damp with no extra cleaning agents they work wonders!

winnie81

I have gone all natural for products in the house and its very easy and sooo cheap

I have made bottle of my own cleaner using borax & essential oils for fragrance and its fab. Other than that I use vinegar, lemon juice with elbow grease and microfibre clothes.

There is a great kim & aggie book out with lots of tips in - the cleaning bible i think its called or do a search on here there lots of good tips

Claire x

kingmonkey

borax = Sodium borate
Vinegar = Ethanoic acid
Lemon Juice = Citric acid

Remember that all matter is made up of chemicals, so you need to be thinking about what particular chemicals you want to avoid.