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Archive for June, 2007

Essential oils: Lavender

Lavender actually gets its name from Latin lavare, meaning, to wash. It was actually used in WWII to disinfect hospital walls and floors – I’d say that’s pretty potent, with what was going on in those hospitals! As fas as the essential oils go, it’s pretty popular for its clean, pure aroma. It promotes nervous [...]

Autism & vaccines

This week an Arizona mom’s case went before the court as she claimed that her daughter’s severe autism is the result of her childhood MMR vaccine (that’s Measles, mumps, and rubella). The MMR vaccine contains thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative. Many parents, and some doctors suspect a causal relationship between thimerosal and autism, but the Institute [...]

Thursday’s tip becomes WFMW: Aloe for asthma

Here at Broom Huggers we’ve been doing a cleaning or health tip every Thursday. Starting this week, we’re switching our tips to Wednesdays to participate in Works for Me Wednesday at Rocks in my Dryer.
As it turns out, fresh gel from the aloe vera plant can help asthma sufferers. Clip a leaf, slice it lengthwise, [...]

Bleach alternatives

A full 50% of the searches that lead people here have to do with bleach. I have a feeling there are people out there who are bothered by bleach (for health or ecological reasons) but don’t know how to clean without it. So, here are some suggestions. The main purposes for bleach are to whiten [...]

Wart removal?

I love checking my blog stats for how people got to this blog. Sometimes it makes me laugh, other times I come across truly worrisome search terms. Like one I found today – “kill warts with bleach.” Please be aware that bleach is meant to be used with gloves. It is an acute skin irritant, [...]

The Green Book featured on the Today Show

The Today show featured a new book on the market that you may be interested in. The Green Book by Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas Kostigen gives consumers simple ways to conserve energy, conserve water, and generally green your life. Tip come from the authors’ lives, general news, and celebrities too!
Tips include unplugging appliances when you’re [...]

Great idea . . . Foiled

It was brilliant. The problem: I have to wait to sweep my tile floors until the kids are in bed so they won’t track through my swept-up-crumbs pile and kick it all over the kitchen. BUT (eurkea!) if I had one of those cool non-electric dirt-grabber-sweeper things they use in restaurants I could actually have [...]

Green searching!

Interested in finding out what the world wide web can offer you in terms of Green services and products? Now it’s easier to find out! Green Maven is a great search tool, and even has its own plug-in for Firefox browser! (If you haven’t used Firefox, you should try it.)

So, go try Green Maven. [...]

Does it matter?

“If it’s someone else’s job, why should I worry about how they do it?” … “If they sell it at Publix it must be safe!” … “If it was really dangerous, it would be banned.”
These are some of the attitudes out there about cleaning products. If we believe conventional wisdom, Formula 409 is perfectly safe [...]

Thursday’s tip: Bring in some greenery

No one would every mistake me for Mrs. Green Thumb. In fact, most of the plants I keep inside my house are silk (gasp!). That’s because I can’t keep the growing kind alive – outside or in. But… I just read another reason to keep (live) plants in your house – deodorize!
That’s right. We all [...]