There are two main chemicals which worry parents when speaking of babies’ dummies, or items which have been designed for very young children to put in their mouths. Phthalates Bisphenol A Both chemicals have been around for the last 5 decades but in recent years have hit the headlines due [...]
Gone are the days when the maid would take the rugs outdoors and beat them. Now, with our central heating, double glazing and busy lives our rugs rarely get an airing. But maybe we should think again… What’s Wrong With Our Rugs? Rugs can also be hard to keep clean [...]
Dust mites are everywhere, munching their way through our left-over’s. And I don’t mean the food we drop. It’s the bits that we shed each day - we provide about 1g of delicious gourmet skin scales for them each day. So what are they, and how do we get rid [...]
Doing the dusting is probably something that most of us would rather put off. And some might think, what’s the point of it anyway? – It just gathers again a few hours later. Yes, it’s true, that we can’t bust dust - but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to [...]
Years of prime-time laundry ads have lead us to believe we should get very excited about finding a wonder-working whitener for our wash – and then tell all our friends so they can share in our discovery. Well, perhaps not. Because there’s no real good reason to use bleach in [...]
We all use soaps and detergents every day and are conditioned by the advertising world of smiling mums and youthful models, to keep our clothes clean with them, watch dirt disappear with them and wallow luxuriously in the bubbles they produce. But bubbles can’t be trouble – right? Wrong! Well, [...]
Children should be able to freely learn through play, exploring a variety of stimulating toys. But what if your toddler was putting toxic toys into their mouth and ingesting chemicals that could affect his or her long-term health? Well, this is exactly what has happened. Until very recently, a large [...]
Every so often we all get nasty odours permeating our house. Whether we’ve been cooking fish, someone’s been smoking, or maybe just left their old trainers under the bed, there are times when we want to get rid of a bad odour quickly and freshen the air. But don’t be [...]
All furniture and bedding has – by law – to be protected with flame retardants and for good reason; we have all heard tragic stories of deaths due to bedclothes or sofa covers catching light from a forgotten candle, dropped cigarette or stray spark from a fire. But there is [...]
We all use a fair amount of electrical goods each day – indeed, it is hard to see how we could ever do without them. But although they make our lives more comfortable, entertaining and fast, they also cause huge amounts of damage to the environment. Polluting Our Homes With [...]
We all use cleaning products on a daily basis and probably harbour a whole battalion of various sprays, polishes, unctions, gumptions and miracle powders. But have we ever considered the damage they might do, either to us, wildlife or the environment? What Are Green Cleaning Products? Green cleaning products are [...]
Despite the rise in popularity of laying wooden floors in modern homes, the majority of floor covering still tends to be carpet. However, there are many reasons why carpets are not a good choice in terms of their environmental impact, both in the way they are produced and also with [...]
I’m sure none of us wash our curtains, carpets and sofa as much as we feel we should, but if you’re anything like me, every so often you look askance at the state of the soft furnishings and resolve to shake and vac… Well before you do anything drastic, read [...]
As we clean and polish our homes, buffing up and dusting down, we could be coating every surface in a fine layer of toxins. In fact studies have shown that the air we breathe inside the average home can be up to 10 times more polluted than that outside. This [...]
We all buy cleaning products to make our home cleaner, fresher, brighter – but at what price? Many common cleaning products contain chemicals and pollutants to make your blood go cold – literally. Check out the list below to find out which chemical culprits could be lurking under your kitchen [...]
