Are you spraying your curtains with a fire accelerant?

In my first post, I talked about a Healthy Home party given in my home. Let me tell you about a particularly memorable incident.

When Karen, the demonstrator, first welcomed us she picked up a disposable pie tin and sprayed it with a leading germicidal spray. She explained that she would need the tin in a few minutes as part of the demonstration.

Karen proceeded to begin the demonstration, ignoring the tin. About 30 minutes later, she began to tell us about the biodegradable cleaners, their effectiveness and cost effectiveness. "Impressive" I thought.

She then picked up the pie tin and a pack of matches. "Have you seen commercials about spraying this germicide on curtains and upholstery to prevent mildew and to freshen?" she asked. Of course we all had. She then struck a match and touched it to the seemingly empty pie tin.

To my amazement it blazed into flame! She calmly picked up a bottle containing mixed Basic-G and spraying into the pan, doused the flames out. Karen then explained that the germicide left a flammable residue on surfaces. So, I thought, we are spraying a fire accelerant all over our house even in our kitchens! Amazing!!

I then learned that Basic-G is the safest and most effective germicide/cleaner. Basic-G is:

• bactericidal
• fungicidal
• virucidal
• Kills AIDS virus, protects against canine parvovirus and feline leukemia
• certified Kosher
  

Basic-G kills bad bacteria and viruses for up to 3 days on surfaces. Clorox kills these germs for only 1 hour. Lysol, Pine Sol, etc. do not kill the kinds of organisms Clorox or Basic-G do. The cost of Basic-G is much lower than competing products.

Costs less, highly effective, biodegradable and nonflammable. Why not switch today?

All the best to you and your family,

Jeff & Bonnie

It really kills me...

The big companies spend millions in advertising while spending as little as possible on the toxic cleaning products they sell. Basic-H, a plant based, non-toxic cleaner, is diluted in various strengths for different cleaning tasks. To make window cleaner (ie Windex), you put 3 drops of Basic-H in 16 ounces of water. So a one quart bottle makes 6,900 22 oz bottles of window cleaner! So what are the other companies selling you? Water.

How much gasoline is wasted by these other companies shipping water around the country. I guess they don't think we pollute the air enough and that we're not dependant on the middle east enough.

Do the environment, the country and your family a favor. Find some non-toxic means of cleaning your house. We'll all benefit.

Check the links at the side to see what they're introducing into your home. Don't think for a moment that you're not absorbing these toxins through your lungs and skin. Doctors deliver medication with skin patches all the time because they know just how easily it is to get chemicals through the skin.

Then something strange happened...

A short time after we changed cleaning products, my husband was emptying the dishwasher. No that's not what was strange! I have a wonderful, helpful husband. Well back to the point. He was out in the kitchen and I was in the living room and he called out "Bonnie come here!" Fearful the new dishwashing powder had done something awful to the dishes, I hurried out to the kitchen with fear in my heart.

To my surprise, Jeff whips a drinking glass from the dishwasher and sticks it over my nose saying "Smell that!" Hesitantly, I took a whiff, half expecting some hideous odor. I smell nothing and said as much. "I know. Usually they have a chemical smell that I really hate, but these don't" was his reply.

I never even knew that he didn't like the way the old dishwashing powder made the glasses smell, so this was rather surprising news to me. Thinking about it I realized that if we could smell the chemicals, then there had to be some residue on the dishes. That also meant we were ingesting those chemicals with our food! Yuk!! Reading the new powder's box I learned it is environmentally friendly because it contains no phosphates, chlorine, borates, or nitrates.

Take the time to smell one of your glasses the next time you empty the dishwasher. Can you smell a chemical residue? I this what you want your husband, boyfriend, wife, girlfriend or children to consume?

I want to note that we were using a very popular brand of dishwashing powder. Chances are that it's under your sink too. Look over at the "Link" section to the right to read more about common household toxins that are right in your home.

The other interesting thing is that the non-toxic cleaner is less expensive to use since it's very concentrated. You only use 2 teaspoons per cup instead of filling each cup. I later found out that other dishwashing powders have "fillers". This increases the amount of energy it takes to ship them and is what frequently causes scratching of glass wear.

So it's environmentally friendly, protects my family from harmful chemicals and less expensve to use. What's not to like?

In the beginning...

I suppose I should start out by telling you how I came to love these cleaners.

In 1993 my best friend began selling Shaklee products. Back then they did what were called “Healthy Home” parties. She explained that they only took one hour and that no one was even allowed to buy products that night no matter how much they might want to. Being the good friend, I agreed to let her give her first party at my house to our friends.

I must admit I was a little nervous. We’ve all heard horror stories of letting a multilevel marketing person in your house. Usually I don’t want those types to even know I exist! But being the good friend I am ;-), I swallowed hard and bravely hosted.

The night of the party, sure to her word, the demonstration only ran one hour, but in that hour I saw just how superior these cleaners are. It started a 12 year love affair with this company, its products and especially the cleaner line. To a product, they work as well, if not better, than what I used to buy from the super market, cost much less (in most cases), are very concentrated so you're not wasting money shipping water around and are environmentally friendly. All the products completely return to nature within 30 days.

So that’s how I came to love these cleaners knowing that I can have a sparkling clean home without taking my families life in my hands.