ACCEPTABLE HOUSEKEEPING & LAUNDRY PRODUCTS
Ecology House
San Rafael, California
HOUSEKEEPING & LAUNDRY PRODUCTS - ACCEPTABLE and UNACCEPTABLE (examples)
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Acceptable Housekeeping Products
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baking soda - food grade
Bon Ami
Boric Acid
Castile soap - pure
Earth Wise
Ecover Dish Detergent
Ecover Laundry Powder
Granny's E-Z Maid
Granny's Laundry Liquid
Granny's Power Plus
hydrogen peroxide
lemon juice
Lifeline
Seventh Generation's products
Trader Joe's products
Roach Prufe
vegetable oil
white vinegar
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baking soda - food grade
Castile soap - pure
Ecover Laundry Powder
Granny's Laundry Liquid
Granny's Power Plus
Seventh Generation's products
Trader Joe's products
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Aerosol sprays
Air "Fresheners"
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Air "fresheners" are even acknowledged by Dean Edell, MD to be
air polluters. See Air Fresheners Really Air Polluters; July 01, 1998 -- barb
http://www.healthcentral.com/DrDean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=1192
Ammonia
Bleach
Car care products used on site
Chlorine
Dyes or Shoe Polish
Fertilizers
General Cleaning Products
Home pesticides
Lysol, Pinesol and other such products
Mothballs
Waxes and Polishes
*Visit the FDA's site (http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-safe.html)
for information regarding the misleading words "fragrance-free" or "unscented"
on labels of products containing masking scents. The FDA states:
"... products so labeled may still contain small amounts of fragrances
to mask the fatty odor of soap or other unpleasant odors ..."
Evaluation and List of Building Materials, Ecology House
http://www.ehnca.org/www/ecologyh/bldg.htm
Defining Disabling MCS, Ecology House
http://www.ehnca.org/www/ecologyh/ecohmcs.htm
Defining Fragrance-Free, Ecology House
http://www.ehnca.org/www/ecologyh/ecohsrul.htm
Question and Answer, Ecology House
http://www.ehnca.org/www/ecologyh/ecohsqa.htm
Ecology House has its own site:
http://www.ecologyhouse.org
- Healthy By Design: Building and Remodeling Solutions
for Creating Healthy Homes
By David Rousseau & James Wasley
CASE STUDY #9: New Low-income Apartment Building for People with
Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
http://www.consultclarity.com/eh/hbd.html
Return to EHN Home Page
http://www.ehnca.org
Visit EHN's FDA Petition, Docket Number 99P - 1340, which asks that the FDA
follow its regulations already on its books and require warning labels on synthetic
fragrances released to market without adequate testing.
http://www.ehnca.org/www/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm
Read Not "Junk Science" but "Junk Journalism"
by Albert Donnay, MCS Referral & Resources
Number 11 includes info about Ecology House. -- barb
http://ehnca.org/ehnmcsrr.htm
Return to EHN's General Meetings information (http://www.ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/genmeet.htm)
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