Is cleaning your home making you sick?

Did you know the air inside an average American home is more polluted than the air outdoors?! 😷

As a mom trying to take care of my family, this is more than a bit frustrating.

What in the world is making my home's air so dirty?

Actually...household cleaners are a big culprit of our homes' polluted air.

A lot of these chemicals are released into the air when you use them and according to the American Lung Association, they contribute to chronic respiratory problems, allergic reactions and headaches.

Moreover, a recent study found that women responsible for cleaning at home or professionally suffered a more rapid decline in lung function than women who did not clean on a regular basis.

In fact, cleaning only once a week had the same effects as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day! 😱

So what are you to do??

DETOX YOUR CLEANING CABINET…start getting rid of the conventional cleaners you have in your cleaning cabinet. You can do a one-day purge or start more slowly by using up what you have, then throwing it away.

START USING ALL NATURAL CLEANERS…you can buy them or simply make your own. If you buy one, make sure you know every ingredient in that cleaner, so that you know what's going into the air in your home every time you spray down your countertops

BE AWARE....even so-called “green” cleaners can contain not-so-green ingredients, which is called “green washing.” So make sure to read the label on any store-bought cleaner. If there’s an ingredient you can’t pronounce or have never heard of, google it. Or visit the EWG’s Healthy Guide to Cleaning for more information on ingredients and cleaners.