“Cleaning for a Reason” is a great cause and it helps numerous people with cancer maintain their homes while suffering from this killer. But, some of the cleaning services may be contributing to the problem and not helping.
I know…pretty harsh statement. But, one of the leading causes of cancer in stay at home mom’s is the toxic chemicals used in house cleaning.
One of the scariest things ever written is this excerpt from a Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons study:.jpg)
“Women who work at home have a 54% higher death rate from cancer than women working away from the home.” A 15 year study concluded that it is directly linked to the toxic household chemicals in the home.
Naturally, then you would think that the cleaning companies on the “Cleaning for a Reason” website would offer all non-toxic cleaning services, especially as these women are in a place where their health is suffering and will be more susceptible to the dangers of the toxic chemicals.
But, that is not the case. Some of the cleaning companies boast of the Clorox and Easyoff and all the other chemical cleaning sprays and potions they use to clean with. Here is a bit of advice. If you spray that stuff in your home, on your surfaces, in your shower etc. and it takes your breath away…it’s probably not good for you.
As a professional house cleaner I can tell you that chemical cleaning products are just not necessary. There are plenty of non-toxic alternatives and even quality microfiber cloths and water can do the job just as well.
Many times people ask us to use their bleach based cleaners to make sure the germs are killed and I simply cannot do it.
As soon as I smell or inhale that stuff I feel it going right to my lungs and I wonder what the long term effects would be.
Why would you continue to use these substances when you know of the damage that they can do?
To me it is like smoking. If you know cigarettes are bad for you…why do you keep smoking?
Okay…I get that you are addicted to the nicotine, but does that mean you are addicted to chemical cleaners, or is it just ignorance and apathy to the fact that you are causing harm to yourself?
Cleaning for a Reason should put restrictions on the companies they let participate in the program to make sure they use all natural products.
Many of these companies use “green” cleaning products, which doesn’t mean they are safe for you at all.
It doesn’t take much to get a “green” label on products in a highly non-regulated market.
In fact, the “Simple Green” multi-purpose cleaner that many cleaning companies use is among the MOST toxic of all the products on the market and it carries that green label and says it is safe for you.
Tests prove otherwise.
The only cleaning that should be considered for this project should be NON-TOXIC.
Cleaning for a Reason is a great and worthy cause and it has helped many women have the peace of mind of a clean house when they are going though a very difficult time, but let’s be sensible about this. We don’t want to make matters worse than they are by filling the house with toxic chemicals.
Rant over!
Sorry for the controversy. Just had to get it out there!
