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It may be the holiday season, but it’s also cold and flu season. Keep illnesses from spreading through holidays into the New Year with these tips, for a cleaner and healthier for you and everyone around you.
Get a Flu Shot. While flu season starts to peak in November, the heaviest months for flu are December through March. It takes about two weeks after vaccination for the antibodies that provide protection against influenza infection to…
Front load washing machines are efficient and stylish, but as with anything in our homes, should be cared for to get optimal performance.
Set a good example
by washing your
own hands often
and properly.
Teach kids to wash
their hands for at
least 20 seconds,
rinsing and drying
completely.
Tell kids when to wash,
such as after using the
bathroom, before eating
and after touching
animals, blowing your
nose, coughing and
sneezing.
Keep alcohol-based
hand sanitizers, gels or
antibacterial wipes on
hand when soap and
water are unavailable.
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Q. How often, if ever, do you or someone in your household engage in spring cleaning?
76% Every year (among Millennials 73%)
8% Every other year (among Millennials 10%)
7% Every few years (among Millennials 9%)
3% Less often than every few years (among Millennials 5%)
6% I never spring clean (among Millennials 4%)
91 percent of Americans and 96 percent of Millennials engage in spring cleaning, with 76 percent of the…
Automatic dishwashers represent a tremendous saving in time and effort; they minimize breakage through reduced handling of dishes; they help keep the kitchen neater and more clutter-free; and cleanup after entertaining is simplified. These are benefits that have much appeal to consumers.
In order to ensure that public health standards are maintained, hospitals and many other food service institutions are required by law to clean…
Understand the language of soaps and detergents.
ALCOHOL: A class of organic compounds containing one or more hydroxyl groups. The alcohols used in light duty and liquid laundry detergents are isopropanol or ethanol (ethyl alcohol). These alcohols are used at low levels in liquid detergent formulations to control viscosity, to act as a solvent for other ingredients, and to provide resistance to low and…
If you take public transportation, this is a place where germs can spread quickly, especially during cold and flu season. Washing your hands before and after your commute can help.
If you bike to work, be sure to wash any grease off your hands when you get to work. If you’ve gotten grease on your clothes, take care of the stain until you have a chance to go home and do laundry (always following the fabric care label). Dab a…
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) launched a redesigned and updated CleaningInstitute.org website, offering its audiences a modern resource for easier access to information on the value cleaning products bring to all facets of life.
“The products and chemistries our industry creates are leading us to a clean and vibrant future,” said Melissa Hockstad, ACI President & CEO…
This monograph summarizes: 1) critical fate and effects data required for an
environmental risk assessment on boron; and 2) conclusions drawn from a
risk assessment of boron in the United States. The monograph addresses the
environmental exposures to boron resulting from consumer use and disposal
of the ingredient as a result of its presence in cleaning products. The monograph
is written for a technical audience, but not necessarily one familiar with…
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Wisconsin Lakes Study (I): A Multiple Lake Method to Analyze Temporal
Variations
Robert Clifford, Jr., Michael A. Meyer, Richard 1. Sedlak, Jr. and Nicholas
L. Clesceri
January 1985
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ABSTRACT
A study was conducted to monitor the water quality of ten inland
Wisconsin takes during a period encompassing the imposition of a detergent
phosphorus ban. Statistical analysis of the database sought to detect changes
in water quality…