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Vinegar. A natural product that poses no chemical or toxic harm to your family, vinegar is a natural cleaning solution that can be used as an all-purpose cleaner for most any household cleaning jobs.

(NOTE: Always test a small area if you have any doubt or concern about the surface you plan to apply vinegar/water to.)

With an equal mix of vinegar to water, it's a great cleaner for floors, kitchen cabinets, countertops, sinks, appliances and the inside of your refrigerator.

Vinegar is also an effective natural cleaner for the bathroom. It's great for cleaning through soap scum and stubborn hard water stains in sinks and toilets. Again, test on tile and/or grout areas before use. You can also use to achieve a streak-free cleaning on all mirrors and glass surfaces.

Of course, organic produce is always the best choice, but when it's not an option, vinegar can help. That's right! A few tablespoons of vinegar to a sink or bucket full of water, washes away pesticides, chemicals and germs from non-organic fruits and vegetables. Soak the produce for 15-30 minutes before using.

Baking Soda. Another all natural product that's inexpensive yet an effective all natural cleaner and deodorizer. Mixed with a small amount of water the baking soda paste can be used to scrub stubborn stains from most any surfaces. It's also a great natural teeth cleaner and whitener as well as a natural deodorizer in closets, refrigerators and freezers.

And the third natural cleaning solution I found many household cleaning tasks for is lemon. It's natural, smells great and combined with baking soda is a very effective cleaner.

Cut a lemon in half, sprinkle it with baking soda and you have an all natural scrubbing solution for dishes, countertops, stubborn stains and soap scums. Lemon also cleans brass and copper and when combined with olive oil can be used on wood as an all natural furniture cleaner.

So there you have 3 very simple, inexpensive and effective all natural cleaning solutions. Vinegar, Baking Soda and Lemons.

Chances are, you already have these items in your home so the next time you reach for a toxic cleaning solution, think twice, and try going all natural!

The use of chemical products can be seen in almost every household today. The use of chemical products from cleaning to deodorizing is common to every household since we use them for day-to-day living, but now, the use of natural products as cleaning agents is gaining grounds. Why the use of natural over chemicals?

Chemical products have some kind of warning label on their packages. These warning labels either requires you to wear a pair of glove to something that requires you to have adequate ventilation since inhalation can cause damage, but chemical products are good in removing stubborn stains than the natural products. Chemical products leave some kind of residue that might still be harmful, while natural based products are safe.

The use of chemical products also means more hard work for the environment to clean it up since it either needs to be broken down or at least neutralized. Consider the fact that almost all households are still using chemical products just to get rid of the stain or any other to clean their house means more work for the environment since not all countries are implementing a waste treatment plant facility, for example, sewage treatment facilities.

Today, caring for our environment has become synonymous with using natural products. The use of chemicals can leave a long term side-effect to the environment since our natural resources are beginning to dwindle and the use of natural products is one way of trying to conserve what's left of our resources.

Natural products are safe both in the environment and household use. Price factor is also an issue. Natural products are cheaper than chemical products, perhaps, costs nothing at all. Exposure to natural products is less harmful than using a chemical one. The risks and benefits are more favorable to using natural-based products than using chemical-based products.

Natural products like vinegar, lemon and salt are often overlooked as ingredients but they are now being introduced also as cleaning agents as seen on TV or any other type of media. Vinegar for example is being used for removing mineral deposits and as a deodorizer. Vinegar is also used together either with borax or baking soda for removing stains.

Lemon is also used as a deodorizer. The acidity of lemon can also be used to remove some mineral build-up and oil stains. Salt can also be used to remove stains and other deposits. Baking soda, often used in pastries, can also be used as an abrasive cleaner. It also deodorizes, put it in a container inside the refrigerator and it absorbs odor.

Making people educated about substituting chemical products to natural products in order to make a difference in both household and the environment is one way of helping the future generations enjoy a healthy living and protect our resources.

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