Having a healthy home is as important as having a healthy body. With the daily mundane activities even a house gets polluted and becomes hazardous to our health. If you are wondering how to detox your home, here are a few easy and simple steps which you can adopt to detoxify your home sweet home.
Using green products: the conventional household cleaner contain harmful chemicals. The air fresheners used in the bedroom living room, the floor cleaner used in the kitchen or bathroom all could contain volatile organic compounds (VOC). Hence the first step is to replace theses cleaners with some green cleaners which are VOC free.
Change the furniture: if you are using furniture which are made of substances like formaldehyde, then it could be harming your body to great extent. Furniture made of treated wood or plastic mostly contain formaldehyde the chemical which is generally used as a preservative at funeral homes. It is better to use furniture made of untreated wood, fabrics made of natural material, rugs and mats without synthetic.
Bed: the mattress which are generally used contain some amount of chemical and synthetic based foams, plastics and artificial fibers which surely does not make a healthy place to sleep at. It can be replaced by mattresses made of nature fibers and fabrics. Also the sheets and covers used must be of natural fabrics.
House paint: the paints used in your house mostly contain VOCs as well, which are used to increase the paint’s durability. But do you know under room temperature the VOCs starts evaporating which can cause serious healthy problem to kidney, liver and nervous system. If you are worrying how to detox the paint, then the only solution is using paints which have VOC levels of 150 grams per liter or below it.
These were a few simple tips on how to detox your home by bringing simple changes at home, which not only is healthy for you and your family but also for the ecosystem.
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by on 08. Apr, 2010 in how to lists
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