The Green Baby Guide is teaming up with Green and Clean Mom for our first ever product giveaway! Sommer, the founder and resident blogger at Green and Clean Mom, began worrying about the effects of her conventional cleaners when she had children. “I’ve always wondered if the chemicals I’ve used to clean my bathroom were being rinsed down the drain when my three year old was in the tub,” she states on her website. “I worried about the germs on the counters but feared the chemical I was spraying just as much.” When she saw that there was an eco-friendly, family-friendly alternative to mainstream products on the market, she went for it. Sommer got rid of all the toxic cleaners in her house and began using Shaklee products, eventually becoming a Shaklee distributor.

You may be feeling a bit leery about your own household cleaners. Many of them may not be safe for your family and can have harmful effects on the environment. To see for yourself which cleaners are the most dangerous, go to this list of harmful everyday products. You can check off the ones you have under your sink and learn more about them by following that link.

Natural nontoxic disinfecting wipes

If you have realized that you have a biohazard in your cleaning closet, fear not! You can actually use those items to help you score some healthier cleaners by entering our contest. Let us know what toxic products you have in your home that you’re considering replacing and we’ll enter you in our giveaway. Here’s what you could win just by spilling the contents of your cupboards (simply post a comment and you will be entered to win):

Germ Off Disinfecting Wipes

Scour Off Heavy Duty Paste

We’ll choose a winner (don’t forget to post your comment!) by next Tuesday, April 1, and send these prizes your way. (U.S. Nontoxic oven cleaneraddresses only, please.) If you don’t want to wait for the contest results to make a change, try making your own homemade cleaners with recipes that use eco-friendly ingredients. Joy wrote about safe cleaners last month and her post includes a link to several simple recipes you can try.

Okay, I’ll start with my own “toxic confessions.” I have to admit I haven’t converted to all-organic-natural-non-toxic cleaners. I use plain old white vinegar on everything from the kitchen floor to mirrors and windows, but if you check under my sink you’ll find some bright yellow generic “all purpose cleaner” I’ve had for at least four years now. I promise to replace it with something better for our health and the environment once it’s empty!

Now leave your own toxic confession and you’ll be entered to win our wonderful Shaklee prizes!

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