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Don’t Fall into The Paper Towel Trap: Sanitizing a Sponge

I must be a really bad parent, at least according to the paper towel commercials. You know the ones that tell you that the average sponge has 500 million little germs that are just waiting to get you sick; germs with gleeful grins full of big pointy teeth? Or how instead of cleaning up the counter, my particular sponge may be spreading bacteria all over the place where it sits and waits for my child’s peanut butter and jelly sandwich? It is a scary tactic that is worthy of a small dictatorship. After all, it hits me in the gut, … Continue reading →

Guess I Should Have Read The Label First!

A while back I wrote a product review about the Clorox Anywhere Hard Surface spray. At the time it had just hit store shelves and being a sucker for new cleaning products I immediately ran out and bought it. It claimed to be gentle enough to use around kids and food, yet powerful enough to kill common household bacteria. In fact, its exact claim was that it was “as gentle as water.” But, as an astute Families.com member pointed out, it should be, since it contains 99% water and less than 1% Sodium Hypochlorite (the active ingredient in Clorox). ARGH! … Continue reading →