By now I am sure that most of you know that bleach is incredibly toxic to both you and the environment around you. As I have mentioned before, chlorine bleach releases dioxin, furans and other organochlorines into the air, can cause sore throats, coughs, wheezing, shortness of breath, fluid in the lungs and studies have [...]
*Update – Soap In A Nutshell is now giving 10% off any orders if you mention The Good Human. So if you are interested in ordering any, just be sure to mention that when you are checking out. A few weeks ago, the people from Soap In A Nutshell contacted me to see if I [...]
Last year, I wrote a series of posts about Spring Cleaning…and since it is just about getting to be that time, I thought I would revisit some of them for both new and old visitors alike. And after yesterday’s post about toxic ingredients, I figured that if you are starting to think about spring cleaning, [...]
A reader emailed me about the best way to clean something in her house, and I pointed her to one of my posts about natural cleaning. But then I though I maybe should create a single post with all the natural cleaning information I had collected and written about, so you can bookmark this one [...]
By now I am sure that most of you know that bleach is incredibly toxic to both you and the environment around you. As I have mentioned before, chlorine bleach releases dioxin, furans and other organochlorines into the air, can cause sore throats, coughs, wheezing, shortness of breath, fluid in the lungs and studies have [...]
A reader wrote me yesterday asking how they could clean their coffee maker without buying one of those boxes of “clean your coffee maker” solutions. Well, turns out you can clean it rather well using just two ingredients…vinegar and water. In fact, I just did it this morning. So how do you do it? Fill [...]
Ever have a candle drip wax right on to your carpet? Ever wondered how to get it up? Sure, there are (of course) companies ready to sell you chemicals to help you get it off, but you really only need 2 things that are probably already in your house – a newspaper and an iron. [...]
