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Household Cleaning Products in the News
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| Living Green
Deirdre Imus talks about her award-winning green cleaning products and other simple ways to eliminate toxins in your environment and start living green. (FoxBusiness - April 22, 2010) More TV Appearances: Green Cleaning and Green Living
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GTC Household Products In the News
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The award-winning Imus' GTC Citrus Sage Laundry
Detergent from the award-winning Greening the Cleaning® line of household cleaning products is featured in Body & Soul magazine and National Geographic's Green Guide. The GTC Laundry Detergent won a New Product Award.
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Greening the Cleaning® Laundry Detergent Wins Quick & Simple Product Award
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Greening the Cleaning®
Laundry Detergent
Wins Quick & Simple
New Product Award
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American Academy of Pediatrics Report:
Household Cleaning Products Pose a Danger to Kids
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| National rates
of injuries to children from household cleaning products have dropped
significantly, but the number of injuries remains high, according to a
study in the September 2010 print issue of Pediatrics. The
study, “Household Cleaning Product-Related Injuries Treated in US
Emergency Departments in 1990-2006,” published online August 2,
examined cases in the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System
database of children treated for injuries related to a variety of
cleaning products, including drain cleaners, ammonia, dishwasher
detergents, swimming pool chemicals, laundry soap, bleach, toilet bowl
products, abrasive cleaners, room deodorizers and general-purpose
cleaners. ...more |
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Facts About Common Household Cleaners
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Cleaning chemicals can cause headaches,
asthma, burns, permanent eye damage, major
organ damage, and even cancer. Click for our Fact Sheet about the potential health effects of ingredients found in many common glass cleaners, all-purpose cleaners and laundry detergents.
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Common Cleaning Products May Do More Harm than Good
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| A recent study from researchers at the University of Michigan found that certain household cleaning products pose serious human
health hazards. Amid concerns about
antibiotic resistance, the study found that widely-available household cleaners
are key contributors. |
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Safer Household Cleaners
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| Many conventional household
cleaning products contain potentially
dangerous chemicals. We don’t know if small amounts of these
chemicals damage our health, but there
are effective cleaners made from nontoxic
vegetable-based ingredients that pose no
threat… Click for the full article by Deirdre Imus in Bottom
Line. |
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Your Workplace May Be Hazardous To Your Health
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| Employment is viewed by most Americans as a means to secure a happy lifestyle and a promising future. Ironically, environmental hazards that exist in many workplaces can have the reverse effect... |
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Ideas for Environmentally Friendly Cleaning
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By Kimberly Jackson
If you think you're too small to have an impact, try sleeping in a room with a mosquito.
...That's one of those African proverbs that's become an inspiration
for activists and others who believe that even determined singular
efforts can change the world. ...Click for more about green cleaning. (Star Ledger - NJ.com- April 18, 2008) |
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The Deirdre Imus Environmental Center
Leads the Way in Educating the Public
About Greening - Starting with Cleaning
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| The tide is changing as the public learns more about the potential hazards of traditional cleaning agents and embraces green cleaners in increasing numbers -- and The Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology® is at the vanguard in spreading the word... |
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