YOU NEED TO BE USING LILLY'S ECO CLEAN PRODUCTS BECAUSE

1. They are 100% natural and contain no chemicals that can damage you or the environment

2. It is the highly effective Essential Oils that give our products their anti-bacterial, disinfectant qualities and make them a joy to use. The Essential Oils used are of the highest quality - sourced only from fair-trade cultivation projects.

3. Dangerous chemicals are not needed to remove household dirt and although an individual may not be able to change the world, you can control what goes on in your own home.
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YOUR HEALTH… YOUR WORLD… YOUR CHOICE…

Women who work at home have 54 percent higher death rate from cancer than those who work outside the home. Read on and you'll understand why…

FACTS:
Many toxic chemicals are quick to enter the body, but slow to leave. Over the years levels can slowly build up in the body, weakening or damaging major organs such as liver, kidneys, lungs and thyroid. Our emotional, physical and biochemical make-ups, our lifestyles, daily habits, living and working environments all combine to contribute to our unique response to toxins.

HAZARDOUS WASTE IS USED TO WASH AWAY SIMPLE DIRT

All-purpose cleaners can contain individual chemicals that are known to be carcinogens or they may contain a mixture of chemicals that interact with other chemicals to form carcinogens.
While the health effects of some chemicals, e.g. headaches and skin rashes, are direct, others are indirect.

EDTA, for example, can be irritating to the skin but it also binds with toxic metals in environment and remobilizes them, carrying them back into our drinking water supplies and food, especially fish and shellfish. Ingredients in conventional all-purpose cleaners are known central nervous system depressants that can cause headaches, drunkenness, nausea and damage to internal tissues and organs such as the liver and kidneys.

Liquid toilet cleaners contain many dangerous, highly toxic ingredients and it is a known fact that most household chemical accidents and poisonings occur in the bathroom. Their ingredients can be irritating to the eyes, respiratory tract, and damage kidneys and liver.

Floor cleaners are generally made from either petroleum distillates and solvents or water-based detergents. The mixture makes a cocktail that is dangerous to inhale and can irritate the skin. Prolonged and repeated skin exposure and exposure to the vapors from floor cleaners can result in central nervous system depression, liver and kidney problems, birth defects and cancer.
Phosphates used in them are devastating for the environment, causing algae blooms that choke rivers and other waterways.

Typical glass and window cleaner contains ingredients that have been associated with liver and kidney problems, birth defects and nervous system disorders. Products with ammonia should not be used around children or elderly people with respiratory problems such as asthma since ammonia can aggravate these conditions.

A recent report by eminent UK scientists confirmed the need for a fundamental reform of chemicals policy, with one of its authors stating: "Given our understanding of the way chemicals interact with the environment, you could say we are running a gigantic experiment with humans and all other living things as the subject."

ABOUT NATURAL INGREDIENTS

Essential oils

Essential oils are highly concentrated volatile aromatic substances extracted by distillation or expression from a single plant part. They contain anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-microbial, anti-viral and antiseptic properties. In this polluted world, essential oils offer a effective way to use remedies which have been in existence since ancient times, through the tools supplied from Mother Nature herself. They allow you to be in control of the substances you put into and onto your own body.

Essential oils purify in the house by removing toxins from the air. They increase atmospheric oxygen, inhibit bacteria growth and destroy odors.

Baking Soda

Baking soda, a sodium bicarbonate, is natural substance that will not harm you, your family or the environment. It is a compound that is found through out nature, in the ocean, in the soil, in our foods and in our bodies: it helps living things maintain the pH balance necessary for life.

Baking Soda is made from soda ash, also known as sodium carbonate. The soda ash is obtained in one of two ways: it can be manufactured by passing carbon dioxide and ammonia through a concentrated solution of sodium chloride (table salt) or it can be mined.

Baking Soda acts a cleaning agent because it is a mild alkali and can cause dirt and grease to dissolve easily in water for effective removal. It also neutralizes odors. Since it's gentle, Baking Soda is safe and effective as a cleaner for glass, chrome, steel, enamel and plastic natural product that is also a food, it is non-toxic. It is safe to use around children and pets and is ideal for cleaning food preparation surfaces, sinks, tubs, tile, microwaves, plastic containers without scratching.

Baking soda is also a safe and natural way to maintain appropriate pH levels in septic tanks where stable pH provides a healthy environment for beneficial bacteria that break down wastes.

Vinegar

Vinegar was discovered more than 10,000 years ago. From ancient times to date it's been used as a condiment, a preservative, a medicine, an anti-biotic and a detergent. Vinegar is produced by fermentation of natural sugars -it can be made from any fruit, or from any material containing sugar- to alcohol and then secondary fermentation to vinegar. Hippocrates extolled its medicinal qualities and, it was probably one of our earliest remedies. Biblical references show how it was widely used for its soothing and healing properties.

As a sanitizer vinegar is effective against a broad range of bacteria, yeasts and moulds. It is biodegradable mild organic acid, which is safe to use around food and stainless steel.