When you consider the health of people and pets, it is important to look at a wide spectrum of issues that contribute to indoor environmental quality. Indoor air quality is something that can make a huge impact on our health, and there are many things that put that at risk.
There are certainly many natural enemies of healthy indoor air, such as mold, bacteria, dust mites, etc., but an ever increasing number of household chemicals are also significant factors. The Environmental Working Group has a lot of helpful information on cleaning solutions and other chemicals. You can explore their website at www.ewg.org. Commonly used laundry chemicals can be significant tax on our immune systems. Chemically sensitive individuals are rising in number and are a type of “canary in the coal mine.” For many of them, the artificial fragrances in laundry products can be devastating.
I’ve found just a few good, scent-free products for doing laundry, but what I really love is the Laundry Pure from Green Health Technologies. It not only allows us to do laundry with NO detergent, bleach, softener or HOT WATER, but without any other chemicals as well. So no more laundry chemical outgassing in your home, and you save a lot of money too. There is a FOX News video clip on our site and YouTube channel where the Laundry Pure was put to the test on the uniforms of the University of Tampa Spartans. Take a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA76aF-SAjE
Doing laundry the traditional way is wasteful, polluting, expensive and quite often bad for health. There are a few things you can do to reduce the negative impact your laundry practices have on your indoor air quality. What are you doing differently?
Tags: Green Health Technologies, IAQ, Indoor Air Quality, Laundry Chemicals, Laundry Pure
