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Why Being A Green Cleaner Or Green Cleaning Company Is Better Than Being A Cleaner Or Company That Uses Hazardous Chemicals"

17 May 2020 10:49 AM | Deleted user

Why Being A Green Cleaner Or Green Cleaning Company Is Better Than Being A Cleaner Or Company That Uses Hazardous Chemicals"

Persons who worked as professional cleaners using hazardous chemicals often suffered the most, incurring as much lung damage as would be expected in someone smoking 20 cigarettes every day, a study revealed. This is enough encouragement to be a Green Cleaning Certified Company.

Many of the strong chemical ingredients in today’s cleaning products were put there specifically for their antimicrobial properties. However most of these harmful ingredients, such as parabens, ammonia, chlorine bleach, QUATS, Triclosan, and triclocarban, are absorbed directly through the skin in varying degrees—and once inside the body, they may upset delicate microbial balance. But many of the manufacturers do not say that on the bottles nor do they give this information in their advertisements. Harmful chemicals in window cleaners, oven cleaners, disinfectants, hand-soaps, toilet bowl cleaners, and deodorizers have harmful effects on the human body and can, particularly if mixed, severely affect the lungs and ability for a person to breathe.

It is no secret and the records are there to prove it, that chemicals such as Triclosan and triclocarban have turn up in human blood, mucus, and even breast milk—and they’re so prevalent that it’s estimated the odds are about 40% are in our body, too. The fact that these dangerous ingredients get into breast milk is particularly disturbing: one study found that the gut microbiomes of both nursing moms and babies were affected by Triclosan exposure, driving home how important it is to protect our guts by being mindful not only of what goes into our mouths, but also what we interact with in our environment. What is frightening is these harmful effects show up in folks that uses hazardous chemicals and/or work for companies or in environments where these chemicals are used.

When compared with persons that work without the uses of hazardous chemicals or who work with green companies and with green chemicals, the effects are different. There is no doubt that the uses of green chemicals are better to human health and the health of the environment. The good thing is more and more chemical manufacturers are switching over to making environmentally friendly chemicals that are have little or no effects to humans and to the environment. Green Cleaning is becoming the order of the day and more and more customers will demand a green approach to both residential and commercial cleaning.

Conclusively, there are sufficient evidence to support the claims that occupational diseases are linked to the uses of many of these cleaning products sitting on the shelves in our stores. Whether it is North America, Europe, South and Central America or in the Caribbean, the harmful effects are the same. Thankfully, the earth is taking steps to preserve itself by raising up conscious and environmentally friendly partners to join the army of green cleaning soldiers which can be found lodged in the database of the International Janitorial Cleaning Services Association (IJCSA). The uses of green chemicals have little or no harmful effects on the human body and nature as a whole when compared with the effects of hazardous chemicals. The list of conscious and ready-to-go green cleaning companies can be found here: https://www.ijcsa.org/Green-Cleaning-Services


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