Spring Cleaning Tips: 3M Scotchgard Fabric Protector Now Environmentally Friendly
3M Scotchgard is a fabric spray protector. Scotchgard was a household name when I was a kid. To 'Scotchgard' became a verb meaning to spray with Scotchgard to protect the fabric. Scotchgard is now made with environmenally friendly formula.
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Cat Skin Conditons and Allergies from Flea Collar
I've owned (or been owned by) cats all of my life. All my cats are happy, healthy indoor-outdoor cats. I have used flea collars on the cats. All the cats, except one responded well. Our youngest cat developed a rash while wearing a flea collar.
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EPA Bans Chemical Dispersant Corexit in BP Gulf Oil Spill
On April 20, a BP oil rig exploded leaving 11 dead, an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico of 4 milion barrels and an on-going daily spewing of 5,000-70,000 barrels. BP uses Corexit chemical dispersants, but the EPA has banned them as too toxic.
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Green Living and Doing the Dishes
I know what you're thinking. Dish washing. She's writing about how to do the dishes. Why? Because there a safer, greener, healthier ways to do dishes. And washing dishes in a dishwasher is necessarily the most environmentally friendly method.
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Boxed Water is Better than Bottled Water in Plastic
Last year, when my family attended Festival of the Arts in Grand Rapids we discovered a nifty green alternative to disposable plastic water bottles: boxed water. Boxed Water is Better packages drinking water in paper cartons.
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Safe, Natural Healthy Green Spring Cleaning Kit
Spring cleaning=green. Or it should. Often, spring cleaning puts a drain on the environment with the use of toxic chemicals, cleansers and products. Want to create your own healthy, safe, green, eco-friendly cleaning kit? Here's an inexpensive recipe.
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Green Spring Cleaning: Eco-Friendly Stain Prevention and Removal
The best way to treat stains is to prevent stains from taking hold in fabric. Green, eco-friendly stain prevention and removal involves using less earth-invasive techniques. Here are green tips for blood, chocolate, tomato sauce, wine and grass stains.
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Green Household Maintenance: 3M Scotchgard Product Review
3M Scotchgard is a fabric spray protector. Scotchgard was a household name when I was a kid. To 'Scotchgard' became a verb meaning to spray with Scotchgard to protect the fabric. Scotchgard is now made with environmenally friendly formula.
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Green Health and Nutrition Tip: Sprouts and Seed Sprouter
Lady Greenwise's healthy green tip of the day: grow your own sprouts and add them to soups, salads, sandwiches and slaws for a crunchy, healthy, burst of nutrition. Recipes and sprouting suggestions included.
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The Complete Home-owners Guide to Recycle, Reuse, Reduce, Repair, Re-Sell and Remove
Eco-friendly ways to clean your home, purge your things and help the environments. Green tips for complete household purge and clean-up
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