Years ago I gave up using toxic smelly cleaners and instead began using safe non-toxic ones. Especially around children and animals. It doesn't take much to poison them because of their size and the fact that everything ends up being ingested (animals clean themselves and children put their hands in their mouths).
For most cleaning, I really like to use white vinegar in place of bleach. It has the same acidic level and sanitizes just as well without that gosh awful eye burning odor. There are so many ways vinegar can be used; windows, floors, laundry, and bathroom/kitchen surfaces. Here is a great article detailing its many uses around the house. https://www.bhg.com/homekeeping/house-cleaning/tips/cleaning-with-vinegar/
Another need for green cleaning is around rescue animals. They are often times already compromised when they come to us, so using something toxic around them is not a wise idea. However, that being said, we also want to clean and sanitize any areas or items they use. Vinegar can be used for bedding, floors, litter boxes, bowls (dishwater), to clean up accidents, and disinfecting cages.
Every once in a while, however, you have a surface that requires a hospital strength disinfectant, thus insuring that all bacteria is gone. One day, I was in search of a cleaner that would be safe around children and animals, much to my dismay, I only found ones with warning labels. I did not want to use something that required me to wear gloves, face mask, and a gown.
I almost gave up, but much to my surprise I came across an awesome product that fit all of my criteria.
1) Able to clean multiple surfaces in multiple environments.
2) Must be safe to use around children and animals.
3) Needs to be very cost effective-a little goes a long way.
4) Is hospital strength, must kill multiple strains of bacteria.
5) Safe enough to use without rinsing.
6) As a bonus, be applied directly to an animals body.
Did I mention this product kills odor too? Spray it in the air and the odor disappears. It even works on skunk!
I would not be without this cleaner! In fact, I panicked when it was out of stock because of a label change. This amazing product is SNiPER® Nok-Out.
You can read all about it here.
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