Speaking of non-toxic cleaners. There are certain recipies that you can make up to creat your own natural cleaners. Does anyone know about this and if so, could I ahve the recipe? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Osmar" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 8:05 AM Subject: {dbilg} nontoxic cleaners
> > Hi Marcy and all, I am still looking out for a nontoxic toilet > bowl cleaner that you asked for. This one bleaches and > disinfects so it might work as well in the bathroom as the > kitchen. > > Carol > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > DisinfectionVinegar and Hydrogen Peroxide as Disinfectants > Copyright (c) March 1999 Judy Stouffer. All rights reserved. > This article may not be copied or published anywhere, including > in any electronic format, > without specific permission from Judy Stouffer, B.S., M.S., SFO. > You can make your kitchen a cleaner, safer place and fight > bacteria, without exposing yourself and your family to toxic > chemicals that also damage the environment. You can use a simple > safe disinfecting spray that is more effective than any of the > commercial cleaners in killing bacteria. As a bonus, it is > inexpensive! > Susan Sumner, a food scientist at Virginia Polytechnic > Institute and State University, worked out the recipe for just > such a sanitizing combo. All you need is three percent hydrogen > peroxide, the same strength available at the drug store for > gargling or disinfecting wounds, and plain white or apple cidar > vinegar, and a pair of brand new clean sprayers, like the kind > you use to dampen laundry before ironing. If you're cleaning > vegetables or fruit, just spritz them well first with both the > vinegar and the hydrogen peroxide, and then rinse them off under > running water. > It doesn't matter which you use first -- you can spray with the > vinegar then the hydrogen peroxide, or with the hydrogen peroxide > followed by the vinegar. You won't get any lingering taste of > vinegar or hydrogen peroxide, and neither is toxic to you if a > small amount remains on the produce. As a bonus: The paired > sprays work exceptionally well in sanitizing counters and other > food preparation surfaces -- including wood cutting boards. In > tests run at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, > pairing the two mists killed virtually all Salmonella, Shigella, > or E. coli bacteria on heavily contaminated food and surfaces > when used in this fashion, making this spray combination more > effective at killing these potentially lethal bacteria than > chlorine bleach or any commercially available kitchen cleaner. > > > The best results came from using one mist right after the other > -- it is 10 times more effective than using either spray by > itself and more effective than mixing the vinegar and hydrogen > peroxide in one sprayer. > Reference note: Articles on Dr. Sumner's original research > work appeared in the scientific news journal, "Science News," in > the issues that were published on August 29, 1996, and on August > 8, 1998. > Author's note, updated February 2008: The question I get asked > most by readers is, "Can I mix the hydrogen peroxide and vinegar > into one sprayer?" The short answer is: EEK -- No! The longer > answer is: never mix hydrogen peroxide and vinegar together in > one container. The resulting chemical, peracetic acid, can harm > you when mixed together this way if you accidentally create a > strong concentration in this fashion. Peracetic acid also has > entirely different characteristics and properties than either > hydrogen peroxide or vinegar. Additionally, we don't know if > peracetic acid kills the same group of pathogenic food-borne > bacteria when used this way as a spray -- it very well may not. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.15/1924 - Release Date: 1/29/2009 5:57 PM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
