919green cleaning

An earth friendly cleaning service that is

affordable for everyone, smart, and makes

for a safer happy healthier home

 

Having 919green clean your home will help to reduce chemicals in your home, body, and mind. We make an effort to ensure that you come home to a space that is clean, rejuvenating and stimulating to the senses.

Labels can (and often do) lie.

With awareness about potential health and environmental impacts on the rise, consumers have an increased desire to buy products that are safer. In order to profit from this desire, manufacturers have begun using all sorts of marketing tactics to get us to believe their products are better. Still, when it comes to conventional cleaners, manufacturers can make claims that are neither independently verified nor government regulated. According to Consumer Reports, some of the most common claims include:

• ”Nontoxic”. This implies that the product will cause no harm to the consumer or environment. However, there is currently no standard definition for the term “nontoxic”, and unless otherwise specified, there is no organization independently verifying the claim.
• ”Natural”. Though widely found on commercial cleaning products, the term “natural” doesn’t necessarily mean much. There’s no standard definition for this claim in industry, so manufacturers can use it as they please. What’s more, just because something is “natural” doesn’t mean it’s less toxic, or non-irritating. The word “natural” can be applied to just about anything - including plastic, which comes from naturally occurring petroleum.
• ”Environmentally friendly”. Again, while this label implies that the product or packaging has some kind of environmental benefit or that it causes no harm to the environment, there is currently no standard definition for term “Environmentally friendly”. Unless otherwise specified, there is also no organization independently verifying this claim.

Use the Consumer Reports web guide to eco-labels for help discerning fact from fiction.

Read More to find ways to save money while being earth friendly.

By Christopher Gavigan Posted Apr 30, 2009