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mkultra321

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3. So far I have focused mostly on personal hygiene products
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 11:08 PM
Sep 2012

I figure if I'm using them directly on my skin I should know what they contain. I've also gone mostly organic with food this year.
For cleaning I've made the following changes:

Sulfate free dish soap and dishwasher detergent from Trader Joes with a little sugar-free lemonade in the wash cycle and a vinegar rinse cycle.

Charlie's Soap for the laundry with vinegar (again) in the rinse cycle instead of fabric softener. I use dryer balls in the dryer instead of fabric sheets. I have not had a problem at all with static. I make stain treatments with Baking soda, hydrogen peroxide and a dab of Bronners soap. For an oxyclean-like prewash I mix in Arm and Hammer washing soap with hydrogen peroxide and let laundry soak in it. For spray starch I put a tablespoon of corn starch in my spray bottle and fill it up with warm water--this works great!

I've cleaned the wood floors for years with vinegar and water and now clean the sink out with baking soda in a little shaker I keep by the sink. Like you, I'm also finishing up some old products but plan to come up with better solutions as they get used up. It's about convenience so I print out the "recipe" and label it onto reusable bottles.

Where are you finding the "scores" on the EWG website? I haven't seen those yet.

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Excellent site! mkultra321 Sep 2012 #1
I was shocked by some of the products that I use. Curmudgeoness Sep 2012 #2
So far I have focused mostly on personal hygiene products mkultra321 Sep 2012 #3
The scores can be found Curmudgeoness Sep 2012 #5
Hydrogen Peroxide for prewash mkultra321 Sep 2012 #7
Disregard my final question mkultra321 Sep 2012 #4
This has been my experience too. Curmudgeoness Sep 2012 #6
Charlie's Soap Laundry Detergent mkultra321 Sep 2012 #8
That seems to be the case with several products. Curmudgeoness Sep 2012 #9
Spam deleted by hlthe2b (MIR Team) peterbobby Sep 2012 #10
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