The bathroom in most homes is often the most hazardous of any room in the house but not for the reasons you might be thinking. Cleaning that bathroom is vital, but most bathroom cleaning products are among the most toxic threats to human health to which people are routinely exposed in their own home. Unless you actually wear hazmat gear while cleaning, and install high powered ventilation to exhaust the toxins before opening the door to the rest of the house, you would be shocked at the collateral damage caused just to achieve your shiny, clean bathroom.
Part of the problem is we’ve been successfully conditioned to expect effective bathroom cleaners to assault our senses in order to work. Our natural instinct would be to run away yet even the cryptic warning labels are largely ignored because decades of conventional thinking have taught us that it’s the price to be paid when engaging in combat against the bathroom baddies. So we allow the assault to our well being thinking it is necessary in the war against unwanted forces of nature.
If you’re even remotely familiar with the content on this site you know to expect a non toxic solution. You don’t need to slowly kill yourself to kill germs, bacteria, mold and mildew, and wipe out hard water stains, soap scum, dirt and grime, and achieve a sparkling polish on glass, porcelain, fixtures, and other shiny surfaces. Not only does that totally non toxic solution rely on natural citric acid (lemons and other citrus), it works better and faster than the highly toxic products sold in stores, and, it’s even less expensive…significantly less expensive.
The 8 oz. concentrate bottle shown above fills the 16 oz. mixing/spray bottle six times!! That’s 96 oz. of powerful foaming bathroom cleaner that smells like, and is made from, citrus. The Melaleuca member price is only $5.69 for 3 quarts worth of safe cleaner. Compare that with the caustic cleaners in the store that make you pay to offend your senses, bring tears to your eyes, and shorten your life. You’ll need to find an alternative use for gloves and other protective equipment; you won’t need them to clean your bathroom any more.
Melaleuca’s EcoSense Tub & Tile Bathroom Cleaner can be used for your entire bathroom cleaning. But I personally would not want to be without their glass cleaner (microfiber cleaning cloths from Melaleuca highly recommended) and their toilet bowl cleaner made with citrus and thyme oil. Back in August I featured Sol-U-Guard Botanical® disinfectant which lends itself perfectly to bathroom use.