Grace in Small Things- Part 8 of 365

1.  Keeping my cool when Aiden annoyed the CRAP OUT OF ME today.  Hello, terrible twos (a few months early)!2 ... any type of hard flooring, including my hardwood, using only steam… no chemicals.  I never had so much fun cleaning my floor, and they look great with no elbow grease required. 5.  Smiling at strangers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 00:50:28

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Easy Clean for Thanksgiving's Dirtiest Dishes

It’s one of those things in life that just isn’t fair. You slave all day in the kitchen, but spend just an hour or so enjoying it ... use a really strong, chemical cocktail of a detergent to clean the dishes or throw them ... minutes to be strategic, you can make the worst of those dishes practically self-cleaning, even [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 20:54:24

11 Simple Ways to Strengthen Your Immune System Naturally

It is necessary to strengthen your immune system in order to meet the challenges that our body encounters on a daily basis ... in your environment. Air Pollution, smoking, cleaning products will stress your immune system with frequent exposure. Many common household cleaning products contains toxic and poisonous chemicals [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 17:15:48

Bathroom Safety Products: Safety First

When it comes to our son, hubby and I always think of his safety ... in which he will be in danger. Most of the products inside the bathroom are toxic and the chemicals use for cleaning is too dangerous for a little kid. Parents must look over it because not all the time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:51:14

Jett Travolta’s death swirls up old rumors of autism and Scientology

This sad event has brought back into the spotlight old rumors of Jett’s health ... of the arteries, including coronary arteries. Travolta and Preston blamed Jett’s condition on chemical cleaning agents, which some scientists have linked to the disease. In comes the controversy: Jett [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 04:49:21

Merry Christmas Eve! Updates on presents and carpets

Merry Christmas Eve to everyone! My presents are wrapped and ready to go, ... these :)Last week I made mention of some carpet cleaning concerns here at home. Yes, the carpets are about four ... in the cleaning, and avoid bringing bad chemicals into our home. What I decided, after looking [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 18:26:00

Greener skincare

After reading more and more about sustainable lifestyle I have to say a greener life is all about the small stuff ... d household cleaning chemicals green and are now working my way to my cosmetics and haircare products. I [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:01:41

Jett Travolta: It is time for the authorities to take Scientology’s quackery seriously

Jett Travolta (Picture: AP) ... condition known as Kawasaki syndrome, contracted from “carpet-cleaning chemicals”. According ... that it might be time for Child Protective Services to look into John Travolta and wife Kelly’s negligence [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 16:13:28

Jackson action

By Kate Sheppard Lisa Jackson, President-elect Obama's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, ... pollutants; addressing toxic chemicals; cleaning up hazardous-waste sites; and protecting water [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:40:46

Eliminating Household Toxins

Eliminating Household Toxins Posted By Angella Spinney on @ 1: ... chemicals that household cleaning agents can contain. Some of them are: ammonia, bleach, parabens ... the health of the home and family. Carpet cleaners can also contain an array of chemicals [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 01:25:11

Soap Up Safely with Natural Detergents

Laundry detergents—despite the harsh, chemical cleaning agents that make them work—are a household necessity. Clothes, sheets, curtains, and towels all need regular washes to keep them hygienic [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 23:51:08

Consumption leads to more consumption

Wow, so many interesting comments to yesterday's post! Follow-up posts are undoubtedly forthcoming ... it; the wrappings from any packaged food; the dishes that require heated water to clean; the chemicals [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 01:21:29

Refresh’n Dryer Towel review and giveaway

I am not a big fan of doing laundry. It isn’t that it’s difficult ... because it’s so time consuming to wash, dry and put it all away. I don’t mix different people’ ... provides similar results to steam cleaning. The all natural towel contains no chemicals or fabric [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 21:48:44

Green Cleaning Products?

Charing Ball researches what the household cleaner” Simple Green” is made of, and discovers that Simple Green is not that simple and contains a toxic chemical agent.  The first ... green household cleaning products may not be such a bad idea.Possibly related posts: (automatically [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:55:27

Novena Maternal Skincare: Lotions and Potions For Pregnant Mamas

  Taking good care of my skin has always been important to me ... in May and I feel so fortunate to have discovered Novena.Unlike other chemical-based maternity ... works wonders for deep cleaning and balancing. Tangerine Cocoa Butter Belly Cream is for preventing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 07:30:00

The positives of using Household cleaning products

Being able to sign the contract on a new home is a wonderful feeling ... remover can destroy rust without using toxic chemicals. Its pretty cool how a non acidic product ... Green remind you of something? most of these cleaning products are safe to use. Toxic chemicals [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 16:06:51

Travolta’s rumored gay lover found Jett’s body!

Gawker Did Travolta hire his unqualified gay lover to care for an ill child, who then died on the faux nanny’s watch? ... inflammation, after exposure to carpet-cleaning chemicals, and that he died after hitting his head after [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 03:18:01

A Carbon Filter UV Air Purifier is a Good Investment

If you work in a crowded office, or have a home with pets and smokers, then a small carbon filter UV air purifier is a good investment. These little carbon filter UV air purifier can do a wonderful job of cleaning the air ... light also starts a chemical reaction that makes hydroxyl, which will break down most organic material [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 17:50:57

Getting to know VermicompostingJanuary 7, 2009

Jill, another crafty, knitting, and blogging friend of mine, is guest posting today about Vermicomposting. “What’s that?!!!” you ask? ... , you are also reducing the use of chemical fertilizers, AND helping air-cleaning fruit-bearing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 10:21:26

Today In History: December 11

Aurora Borealis On December 11, 1719 - The first recorded sighting of the Aurora Borealis was in New England ... environmental “superfund” that would be used to pay for cleaning up chemical spills and toxic waste dumps [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 22:39:31

The Making of a Green Mom: Courteney Cox

Among my friends, I’m the "green" novice. I was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, which wasn’t as progressive a city as Los Angeles ... products—organic food, non-chemical shampoos, body lotions, and cleaning products. Don’t get me wrong [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 11:32:00

Personal Lubricants for Parents - Tis the season for making babies

If you’ve often wondered why there are so darn many September and October babies in your kids’ classes, it’s because the winter, ... % of lubes contain chemicals aimed at car and oven cleaning; probably not anything you’d want anywhere [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 14:52:32

U.S. Auto Giant Sued - New Jersey toxic dumping by JusticeNewsFlash.com News for serious personal injury lawyers

Residents sue Ford Motor Company for 40 years worth of toxic exposure. Ringwood, NJ (JusticeNewsFlash.com) ... dumping car parts, paint, battery acid and chemicals for several decades. Rusted chemical tubs, whole ... has gotten away with not cleaning up their 40 year old mess. Environmental experts, lawyers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:51:08

Chevron Field Trip in San Francisco

Chevron (the behemoth oil/fuel/energy company) ... , and provided us with some samples to try for ourselves. The chemical behind the cleaning is Polyether [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 05:42:33

Steam Cleaners that Uses Soap and Water

Do you know what’s the best way to clean without using chemicals? It’s the vapor steam cleaners. It can remove and eliminate dirt and stains, it kills dust mites, molds, bacteria, etc [more...]

Date: 2008-07-07 16:25:12

Happy New Year's Eve

I'm having a little trouble getting my breath (chemical pneumonitis from breathing cleaning solutions), and Dr. Gollum told me to take it easy tomorrow. I've been given inhalers, steroids [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 11:00:00

Choices, Choices, Always Choices!

Picture from http://www.wpclipart.com/I am one who doesn't like to use chemicals in or out of the house to clean, so, ... at a time. Gently rub polish mix over wood surfaces to give a clean non-toxic shine that smells ... I use all natural cleaning porducts. Needless to say, since switching over (its been about a year [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:15:00

Are Your Clothes Becoming Intolerable?

Chemical toxins are a growing problem for everyone - you, me, your family, people everywhere. Dr ... of causes such as the off-gassing of chemicals from a new carpet or new, fabric-covered office partitions, lawn pesticides, cleaning solvents, or clothing grown and manufactured with toxic chemicals [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 13:41:53

10 Ways to Stop Marine Debris

Ocean Conservancy is on a mission to promote healthy and diverse ocean ecosystems ... lemon juice, vinegar and baking soda for household cleaning. Avoid using fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides and harsh chemical cleaners that can wash into waterways. 7.Choose reusable items and use [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:33:51

Scientology, Autism and the Death of Jett Travolta

The 16-year old son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston, Jett Travolta, died today in the Bahamas ... ," specifically carpet cleaning chemicals. Rumors about Jett Travolta's disability have been floating [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 22:56:04

Twenty-Five More Frugal Things I Do

I wrote a post called 25 Things I Do shortly after starting this blog ... - as I go, with a minimum of fuss and expensive, (and chemical laden) cleaning products. What frugal things [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 10:00:34

Kawasaki Disease In The News

Kawasaki Disease awareness has earned a few big boosts in the news of late ... from Kawasaki Disease. Kelly Preston believed that it had been caused by a carpet cleaning chemical used [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 15:38:24

MRSA infections rapidly increasing in children

I have a number of articles at leaflady.org and 13 related articles about MRSA here at Natural Health News ... each and every time. I also have a resource for cleaning that goes beyond the standard chemical [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:04:00

The best Thanksgiving turkey you'll ever eat

I hope you all don't mind a re-post for last year. This is my secret to recipe for a delicious Thanksgiving turkey ... for one day, I decided that I owed him at least, one delightful last meal. So I finished cleaning ... some flavor, but most importantly provides a chemical method [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 18:47:00

Lauderhill (Broward County) Florida Day Care Center Under Investigation After Baby (Robert Porter) Was Scalded / Burned

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that an 8 month old baby, Robert Porter, ... . . ., chemical and cleaning products, medications, and other things that could potentially hard [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 11:00:38

Error Seen in E.P.A. Report on Contaminant

Here goes the FDA again. "Ooops, we did it again, hee hee, totally underestimated the health hazard from a horrible chemical." The chemical in question is perchlorate, a.k.a. perc, found in dry cleaning solvent and rocket ... from drinking water and other sources,” a rule setting nationwide maximum limits for the chemical [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 19:54:00

Eliminating Household Toxins For Good Health

By Angella SpinneyToxins are in many of the common household products that are found on the grocery store shelves ... cleaning agents can contain any number of toxic chemicals. Eliminating household toxins ... to be listed and/or require a consumer warning. Less than 80% of chemicals (used in household [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 01:32:00

Out: Crystal Meth Lab Fires, In:Homemade Biodiesel Explosions

In Surprise, Arizona, firefighters were dispatched to a private garage to extinguish a blaze that had been sparked by a chemical explosion ... reaction between heavy ethanol vapors and a cleaning solvent-soaked rag. After speaking ... for the blast were being used to concoct “bathtub” biodiesel. According to Pool, this is only [more...]

Date: 2008-08-26 13:29:00

Prevent Oily Skin With Skin Treatment Options

by James There are many different types of skins in the world and everyone has a distinct type ... with this kind of skin dont need to take any special care and basic cleaning and moisturizing is enough ... sometimes contain harmful chemicals. Oily skin type is inherently very sensitive and may react badly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 08:18:19

Cleaning Tips for a Healthy Home and Body

When spring cleaning time comes round, it’s important to remember these basic cleaning tips ... has a chemical smell. ... [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 17:00:03

The Necessity of Eliminating Household Toxins

The Necessity of Eliminating Household Toxins By Angella Spinney | December 17, ... to deaden the sense of smell. Household cleaning agents can contain any number of toxic chemicals ... and/or require a consumer warning. The National Research Council estimates that less than 80% of chemicals [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 23:22:01

3 Unconventional Ways to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain

I’m a realist. I know about all your family commitments over the holidays. I know about what goes on at the staff holiday party every year ... that has the same chemical make-up as a household cleaning [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 07:42:45

Having Oily Skin? Consider Skin Care Treatment

... of moisture. People with this kind of skin dont need to take any special care and basic cleaning ... as such products may sometimes contain harmful chemicals. Oily skin type is inherently very sensitive and may [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 08:16:58

Eliminating Household Toxins For Good Health

Eliminating Household Toxins For Good Health Posted By Angella Spinney on December 17, 2008 @ 11: ... the sense of smell. Household cleaning agents can contain any number of toxic chemicals. Eliminating ... ingredients are not required to be listed and/or require a consumer warning. Less than 80% of chemicals [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 23:19:42

Understanding Eco-Dry Cleaning

When you are attending events and functions, chances are you would get your best dress and suit to wear ... in the usual washing machine. You have to turn to the specialist cleaners for dry cleaning though their methods have been hit by the chemical they use. Perchloroethylene or Perc is applied to garments [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 22:26:41

Earth friendly disinfectant

Store bought disinfectants used in cleaning can contain all sorts of nasty chemicals. Making your own environmentally friendly disinfectant is very cheap and quick to do! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 14:57:22

kabul safer than wal-mart

dang. for the second time in a week or so, i'm reading about deaths at wal-mart. i knew that wal-mart was evil, but this is getting ridiculous ... . i liked that they were open 24 hours. you could go there at 1 a.m. to buy your cleaning products ... to go. something about breathing in the chemical smell and the reassuring whirr of the floor polisher [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 23:34:00

Eco Store December 6, 2008

Posted by Mistress B in Blogging stuff, Health, Housekeeping. Tags: cleaning products, Eco Store, product testing, soaptrackback A little while ago ... -based company that produces household cleaning and body products that contain no nasty chemicals” [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 00:29:25

It's Raining Willy Pete.....

The use of Willy Pete in the world's largest open-air prison.It's raining WP over gaza.ToxFAQs™forWhite Phosphorus(Fósforo Blanco) ... to produce phosphoric acid and other chemicals for use in fertilizers, food additives, and cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 17:21:00

Green Cleaning is Safer and Cheaper

Most commercial cleansers contain harsh chemicals, such as bleach and ammonia, which irritate the eyes, skin, and lungs ... recommended, use of vinegar on grout can weaken it. Use sparingly. Oven Cleaner: Earth Easy has a terrific recipe for an all-natural oven cleaner that uses nothing more than baking soda, salt, and [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 12:00:04

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