Comments on: Bleach alternatives

By: Mark Buban

Mark Buban — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:18:19 +0000

I have used Shaklee products since 1994 and am now a distributor. These products are economical, safe, non-toxic and really do the job. I use Basic-D to disinfect almost everything in my home. Basic-H2 is great for cleaning fruit and vegetables. Check out my site at http://www.shaklee.net/naturalplanet and if you have any questions, I will do my best to help find an answer. This is a great site, keep up the great work.

Mark Buban

By: Roy

Roy — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:00:15 +0000

No so sure you have your facts right about bleach exposure. Often people confuse laundry bleach with the “Chlorine”. There is a big difference. I can not find any data supporting your bleach statement as it relates to household bleach.

By: Sarasota Home Healthcare

Sarasota Home Healthcare — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:42:03 +0000

Since many time searching alternative or option of bleach but not get any proper one, your post seems quire helpful sure i’ll tried as mentioned, only one question, having question my skin little sensitive so is Borax right ??

By: Organic

Organic — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:34:17 +0000

This is the way things should be, get off what we are on now

By: mudlark

mudlark — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:41:02 +0000

Wow, Teresa. 3-4 hours every day? That’s an awful lot! I suppose your employer isn’t very concerned about the effect bleach has on the animals either. My advice for what to change starting tomorrow would be to get one of those surgical masks, wear it, and make sure you’re wearing gloves too. My second piece of advice would be to find out how much your employer spends on bleach and go the financial way. Everyone is looking to save money right now. Show your boss that a highly concentrated germicide – like Shaklee’s Basic G – would be cheaper than bleach and it kills more pathogens. You can also head over to greenseal.org to find a list of green seal cleaners for your purposes. Your goal would be to find something highly concentrated that would be cheaper than bleach once diluted.

Also, if your animal shelter is supported by public funds, or if it’s a non-profit, I’d check with your local city or county’s green initiatives (most of them are through the waste or water treatment programs). They may have incentives or ways to help local institutions make green initiatives. It’s worth a shot!

By: Teresa

Teresa — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:55:06 +0000

I too have a question about bleach. I use bleach to clean the kennels in our animal shelter. I spend about 3-4 hours each day surrounded by the fumes. what can i do to help with this matter? my job is not very concerned about my being around it all the time.

By: Jill

Jill — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:30:45 +0000

Can you use Borax on colored clothes? Or will it turn them white? I’d like to use a soap that also disinfects, but not if it’s going to bleach them.

By: kingly

kingly — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:55:57 +0000

This product is safe to use anywhere?

By: mudlark

mudlark — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:17:58 +0000

Teresa and Kateri, I’m afraid I haven’t found anything that I would confidently recommend. A big part of that is because of the bureaucracy involved. I’m afraid school systems and sanitation departments have pretty strict testing and tons of red tape. It’s hard to get changes made. I’m a little surprised that they would use bleach (toxic if swallowed, even in small amounts) with anything from the kitchen, but I don’t have the ‘golden ticket’ for changes to be made. I would recommend checking out Green Seal to see if they’ve certified anything for this purpose. Their certification is highly recognized and would help push changes through the red tape. I’d also check into California school systems and sanitation departments – whatever they use goes through more strict health and environmental requirements than what we use in the rest of the US. I’ll try to look into it some more, but so far I’ve had no luck in finding information.

By: Kateri

Kateri — Sun, 11 May 2008 03:55:10 +0000

can you reply to Teresa – while I am not pregnant I do also want to find an alternative to sanitizing with Bleacn yet also appease the local Sanitation Inspector.