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- Mixing bleach and ammonia \u2013 It isn\u2019t just an old wives\u2019 tale. Mix these two cleansers and you\u2019ll make a deadly gas. It is so deadly that it was actually used in warfare. Read every cleanser bottle before you use it and be careful not to use one that lists bleach and one that lists ammonia at the same time. (Even people who should know better sometimes forget about the danger of mixing the different cleaners. A friend of mine saved her unconscious housekeeper\u2019s life when the housekeeper mixed the two. She glanced into the bathroom as she was walking by and saw the housekeeper collapsed on the floor. She covered her face with a towel, dragged the unconscious housekeeper from the bathroom and called 911.)<\/li>\n
- Cleaning the toaster or any other appliance while it is plugged in – Some people think that if you haven\u2019t hit the on switch, there\u2019s no power going to the appliance. That is simply not always true. Play it safe and pull the plug.<\/li>\n
- Cleaning things by hand without gloves \u2013 I didn\u2019t really think about how important it is to avoid handling all the cleansers without gloves until I caught an episode of a tv talk show that had a dying woman on there who had an obsessive compulsive disorder with a cleaning problem. She was literally killing herself with all the constant scrubbing and scouring because the cleaners were getting into her body. So, wear those plastic yellow gloves and use tools that help you avoid coming in contact with chemicals. (Or go green, which is what I prefer to do. I have to use more elbow grease to get the results I want, but vinegar, baking soda, lemon juice and other natural products can make things sparkle just as much as toxic chemicals do.)<\/li>\n
- Keeping rooms closed up after you\u2019ve cleaned with non-green cleansers – If new research shows that using air fresheners can be unhealthy for us, imagine what ammonia or bleach does for our air quality. Air out you rooms. <\/li>\n
- Leave cleansers and other chemicals out unattended or leave them sitting in sinks or toilets \u2013 If you have kids or pets, you should always be sure to put containers away with the lids securely on and should make sure you don\u2019t leave cleaners in sinks and toilets. No matter how hard we try to prevent it, cats and dogs drink out of toilets. Kids splash in \u201cpretty\u201d sink water. People knock over containers. Stay safe and keep your family safe by putting stuff away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Do you have any tips for things you should avoid when you are cleaning your house?<\/p>\n
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