Soon it will be Earth Day when we focus on doing good for our environment. Earth Day does not have to be an annual event; it can be Earth Day every day with green cleaning choices we now have to make a difference. We can make a tremendous impact with more families choosing green products to clean our homes.

Many popular cleaning products contain chemicals and toxins that are not earth friendly and have been associated with serious illness and even deadly diseases. These toxins have been associated with illnesses like allergies and asthma, and more serious diseases including cancer. These cleaning products have not been animal tested, but many have not been tested for effects on the earth or long term exposure to humans. These products may clean our homes and clothes, but do we really want to take the chance of the long term exposure and the health hazards they may cause?

If we become aware of the devastation cleaning products have the potential to cause, would it have us look closer at alternative earth day every day cleaning solutions? With the rise of allergies and asthma among children and adults, we look to the environment as a cause if there is not genetic association. If there is the potential that something like a popular brand cleaning product can make us sick, most of us would not want to take that risk.

There are many choices of natural, green cleaning products available for purchase now. The green movement has resulted in many more products being developed and used. We can also consider every day products that we have in our homes that will clean effectively and without making our homes unhealthy to breathe.

Lemons ” Many commercial cleaners use lemons or lemon essential oil in their products. You can use them straight at home. Fresh squeezed lemon can clean copper, brass and Tupperware. It can take rust stains out of cloths. Lemon will take stains out of laminate and cutting boards. If you want to whiten your fingernails put your finger tips in a lemon for a minute. Make cleaning the microwave a snap by boiling a half a cup of lemon juice and a half a cup of water for a few minutes. You can then easily wipe the microwave clean with a cloth.

Products like these that we find already in our homes do not contain the harmful chemicals, toxins, and fumes that are present in popular store brand cleaners. We are familiar with brands we have known forever and many people trust the products because they associate them with a familiar brand that is advertised heavily in regard to how well they clean. What they dont tell you about is the ingredients in their products, and how the chemicals and toxins can be dangerous to our health.

While it is convenient to use everyday products we have at home, many people prefer to clean their homes with cleaning products designed for specific tasks. There are a multitude of earth day everyday green cleaning choices available to us now. These cleaners have been designed to clean very effectively, and some brands have gone to the expense of testing them against popular toxic store brands. In those cases, the green cleaners worked as well or better than the brands loaded with harmful chemicals.

An important feature of green cleaning products is that they are very concentrated. You mix them with water before you clean, and this can be a huge impact on our environment. For example, one bottle of concentrated cleaner can make thousands of bottles of window cleaner. That is just one cleaning job and we keep all those bottles out of landfills, not to mention the transportation to ship all of those products which has pollution effects on our planet. The other feature, even more important to us as individual families at this tough economic time, is the cost savings. One bottle of cleaner at around ten dollars compared to thousands of bottles at two to three dollars each is a huge money savings. If we can clean our homes better with earth day clean everyday green cleaning products, and save tremendous amounts of money, I would think most of us would make this smart choice.