Why Is It Important to Read the Labels?

When you go in the store to buy cleaning products what do you look at? The price? Yes, it is important, but it is also important to read the labels where you can find out that the product consist of. Why do you need to know that, you may ask. The answer is: because there are some very dangerous ingredients you should avoid. Here they are.

If you need a floor cleaning product and you didn't ask your domestic cleaners London to tell you which one is better to take, then you should pay attention and avoid supplies containing petroleum solvents and diethylene glycol. These two chemicals are mostly avoided because they can cause problems with the nervous system. The second one is easily flammable and some researches even connect it with lung cancer. If you want to prevent health problems, you can use baking soda and vinegar to make a green cleaning solution instead.

In the oven and the furniture cleaners, you can find sodium hydroxide and petroleum distillates as well as mineral spirits. They both can irritate your skin and eyes. The distillate that contains in the furniture polish can irritate your lungs, nose, throat and it is even connected with skin cancer. Despite that it is easily flammable, which makes it even more dangerous, so when you do the upholstery cleaning next time, you can exchange these toxic products with something more eco-friendly ones such as home-made fabric cleaner with soap.