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Guides, Resources, & Information on Greening Your Home
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Housecleaner's Guide to Least-Toxic Cleaning- by Debra Lynn Dadd (2001)
(Spanish version)
Describes the health and environmental reasons for choosing to clean
with the least toxic products available. Includes WAGES' Product
Screen.
WAGES
EFC™ Product Screen- by Debra Lynn Dadd (2001) (Spanish
version)
Simple tool which can be used to screen cleaning products for their
health and environmental effects as well as their effectiveness.
Includes strict standards, as well as recommendations, and how and
where to find information needed to conduct product research.
Green Cleaning Tips, (also available in Spanish) including natural and least-toxic, commercial cleaning solutions
Eco-Friendly Cleaning (EFC™) Product Screen Check-list a check-list to help you evaluate off-the-shelf products
Eco-Friendly Cleaning (EFC™) Product Screen, the accompanying check-list document with criteria descriptions and a FAQ section
Top 20 hazardous chemicals to avoid a document listing the top 20 toxic ingredients in housecleaning products to avoid
Clean
House, Clean Air: Pollution Prevention in Professional Housecleaning-
by Azalea Aguilar, PE (2001) (Spanish
summary)
Comparison of two commonly used hazardous cleaning products with
their least-toxic substitutes that are used by WAGES' associated
cooperatives. Findings include annual pounds of pollution prevented
from these two products alone.
CITY OF SANTA MONICA Website includes a link to City of Santa Monica's cleaning product criteria.
E.P.A. INDOOR AIR QUALITY 1-800-438-4318 for detailed information on indoor air pollution. Spanish speakers call the National Hispanic Indoor Air Quality Hotline at 1-800-725-8312
E.P.A. JANITORIAL PRODUCTS POLLUTION PREVENTION PROJECT About EPA’s collaboration with several California cities to create less-toxic janitorial programs. Commentaries” button lists product-purchasing requirements established by a number of organizations.
GREEN SEAL 202-588-8400 Product certification organization with standards for safer cleaning products and lists of certified products.
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS ON THE INTERNET A full service site listing over 85 free Internet sources of MSDS sheets, along with background information. Includes an MSDS “Demystifier” in which you can enter your MSDS and it provides links to definitions of words in the MSDS.
Chemfinder Type in a chemical name or CAS# and get a wealth of information, including links to MSDS sheets, health and other information.
WASHINGTON TOXICS COALITION 206-632-1545 Excellent literature on cleaning product dangers and recommendations for specific safer products. See in particular their report "Troubling Bubbles", about alkylphenol ethoxylate surfactants.
WORLDWISE Contains much information on choosing safer cleaning and other household products, including details on terms found on product labels, written by Debra Lynn Dadd, author of Home Safe Home.
Home Safe Home: Protecting Yourself and Your Family from Everyday Toxics and Harmful Household Products, by Debra Lynn Dadd (Tarcher/Putnam 1997).
29-page chapter on cleaning products—health effects and safer alternatives, in addition to information on other toxic exposures in the home.
Clean and Green: The Complete Guide to Nontoxic and Environmentally Safe Housecleaning, by Annie Berthold-Bond (Ceres Press, 1990).
“485 Ways to Clean Disinfect, Deodorize…” focuses on do-it-yourself formulas for making cleaning solutions.
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