Ten Ways to Create a Natural, Green Clean Home and Life

Article contributed by Shayla. According to the Environmental Working Group, adults have up to 455 chemicals polluting their bodies. What is even worse, babies are being born with up to 300 chemicals in their little bodies. Sadly, these chemicals have been linked to ADHD, to autism, childhood cancer, infertility, learning deficits, and birth defects. Believe it or not, these chemicals are coming from the most obvious of all places. Drinking water, in-organic food, cleaning products, bath and body products just to name a few. In my article, Petrochemicals, Free Radicals, and Essential Oils, I wrote of how chemical products can cause disease by contaminating the body and throwing the endocrine system out of balance. Once upon a time, words like “green” “eco-friendly” and “natural lifestyle” were only important to hippies and health nuts. Times are changing though, and as people become more educated the “green” and “all-natural” wave continues to grow.

Until the laws are changed and chemicals that have not been assessed for safety are removed from products, it only makes sense to quit using, and promoting these products. Below are 10 easy steps we can all take in creating a safer, natural, and green clean home!

1. Don’t use chemical air fresheners, such as sprays, plug-in’s and so on. They contain toxic chemicals that can wreak havoc on the brain, aggravate allergies, as well as other things (see links below). Aromatherapy with therapeutic grade oils is a much wiser, and actually a beneficial choice! To learn how to deodorize your home naturally, read this article on chemical air fresheners and/or visit Essential Oil Air Fresheners.
2. You can effectively clean your whole home with Vinegar, Baking Soda, and a little Thieves Household Cleaner and essential oils. I have gotten my floors sparkling clean before with just water and one drop of Purification essential oil from Young Living. Thieves household cleaner can be used from everything to sanitizing your bathroom and kitchen to dusting your furniture.
3. Make your own chemical free homemade laundry detergent and fabric softener!
4. Do you have a regular mattress? Did you know that normal mattresses are soaked in chemicals that emit fumes, especially when you sleep on them and that these chemicals are found in newborn babies umbilical cords and mothers milk? Read more here.
5. Get rid of chemical bath and body products!!!! The skin is the largest organ, and absorbs everything you put on it. Would you eat your shampoo, body lotion, and hair products? If not, you shouldn’t put them on your body! Click here to learn about healthy, chemical free body products, and click here to learn about natural hair care.
6. Get rid of plastics. Don’t drink out of them, and especially don’t put hot food in them! Putting hot food in plastic containers causes them to leak petrochemicals into your food. Glass jars are a safe alternative, and they provide a clear view of what’s inside!
7. Go organic! It is best to find food from a local grower, if possible. This way you will insure freshness of the food, and have a better idea of what you are getting in addition to supporting your local community. Don’t get food from other countries as other countries still use products like DDT and pesticides that are illegal in the U.S.A. Foods grown in other countries are also subjected to sprays as they cross the border into America.
8. When it comes time to repaint, or purchase new furniture,  get non toxic paint, and furniture that is painted with non-toxic paint. Even though paints do not contain lead anymore, they still contain chemicals which can emit fumes for years after they are applied. If all else fails, and you must use regular paint, the fumes can be drastically improved upon and even possibly neutralized by adding a bottle of Purification essential oil (or other therapeutic grade oil) per gallon of paint. We have found that Purification works the best, and can help eliminate headache symptoms that are sometimes acquired while applying paints. Non-toxic paint can be found at Eartheasy.com and furniture made with non toxic paint can be found at Wildwood Custom Furnishings/Furniture.
9. Use Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) in place of bleach to whiten and brighten! It can be used in small amounts in laundry, and for sinks. It is not toxic, but be careful, it irritates the skin temporarily. It can also be used to disinfect cutting boards and other kitchen items without leaving a residue that would get onto food and alter taste.
10. To de-mineralize hard water build up, try vinegar! I like to put some vinegar in a spray bottle along with a few drops of essential oils to help with the smell. It make take a few treatments of spraying the vinegar on and letting it sit for a few minutes, and it might take a little scrubbing with a brush, but it works and it is not harmful for you to breathe and touch like the harsh chemical cleaners.

Click here to take action to have the laws changed, and view the video at the EWG entitled Chemical Pollution in People, 10 Americans

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