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Your home is your castle. We can help you make it sparkle! Get tips for a clean home and clean living, starting with the cleaning basics and moving on to cleaning solutions for surfaces, dishes, laundry and hands. Home Cleaning Basics What are the most important steps to keeping a home clean and healthy? This guide gets you what you need to know for cleaning, from the kitchen to the bathroom to…
Physical Properties of Glycerine HE extremely wide range of uses T for glycerine is due in large mea- sure not to a single property, but to its unique combination of properties. Nature made glycerol the most widely distributed of the polyhydric alcohols, as combined in fats and other lipids essential to life pro- cesses. Derivatives dependent on its chemical structure have now been extended to virtually every field…
The use of cleaning products, disinfectants and their chemistries contribute to public health in homes, schools, healthcare settings and communities every single day. But consumers might not understand this after reading some of the commentaries in news coverage of a review article summarizing previous research on a key chemistry used in many cleaning products and disinfectants. The news coverage and related headlines – some of…
Q: We have a wood cutting board that we use for everything. What's the best way to clean it? Would it be better to get a plastic one?  A: Wash your cutting board with dish soap and hot water after each use. Rinse with clear water. Air-dry or pat dry with clean paper towels. Note that some nonporous cutting boards, including acrylic, plastic or glass, can also be washed in the dishwasher. If the cutting board was used for uncooked meat, fish or…
Cleaning and disinfecting surfaces in your home after flooding is a major undertaking. It is important that it be done right to prevent further damage to the property and help prevent illness. Choosing and using the right cleaning product for the job is critical. Keeping cleaning products in a secure location after a flood and during cleaning is crucial. From torrential downpours to broken pipes to leaky roofs, when water invades your home, the damage can be swift and brutal…
f UANAG£RS V _ f ^ CtSiGftfaSCOKSULTANTS THE IMPACT OF DISPOSING HOUSEHOLD CLEANING PRODUCTS IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS Prepared for THE SOAP AND DETERGENT ASSOCIATION New York, New York 10016 26 March 1996 Daniel E. Edwards, Ph.D. Date Project Manager Prepared by ROY F. WESTON, INC. Fate and Effect Laboratory 254 Welsh Pool Road Lionville, Pennsylvania 19341-1345 Work Order Number 05821-005-001 TABLE OF
f UANAG£RS V _ f ^ CtSiGftfaSCOKSULTANTS THE IMPACT OF DISPOSING HOUSEHOLD CLEANING PRODUCTS IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS Prepared for THE SOAP AND DETERGENT ASSOCIATION New York, New York 10016 26 March 1996 Daniel E. Edwards, Ph.D. Date Project Manager Prepared by ROY F. WESTON, INC. Fate and Effect Laboratory 254 Welsh Pool Road Lionville, Pennsylvania 19341-1345 Work Order Number 05821-005-001 TABLE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL and HUMAN SAFETY of MAJOR SURFACTANTS Alcohol Ethoxylates and Alkylphenol Ethoxylates Sylvia S. Talmage Health Sciences Research Oi"sion Oak Ridge Nalion~ Laboratory Oak Ridge, Tennessee (SOA) The Soap and Detergent Association I ) Library orCongres.s Catuloging.ln.Publil:lllion DUlli Talmage. Sylvia S. Environmenlal and human sorely Ilf major surfaclants : ;IlcohoJ clhoxylmes nnd olkylphcDol clho;l;…
Clean-up doesn't have to be a chore! Fireplaces crackling, wine glasses tinkling, guests chuckling … don’t miss out on the sounds of the holidays because you’re stuck scrubbing the dishes in the kitchen. Here are some dishwashing tips so you can enjoy entertaining your guests without facing an enormous clean up job at the end of the night. Wash dishes as you use them during the preparation phase Get the kids to help Serve from the pan instead…
I I SURFACTANT EFFECTS ON HUMANS AND OTHER MAMMALS THE SOAP AND DETERGENT ASSOCIATION SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL REPORT NO.4 NOVEMBER, 1966 SURFACTANT EFFECTS ON HUMANS AND OTHER MAMMALS BY R. D. SWISHER, Ph.D. R . D. Swisher is a Senior Group Leader in the Research Department of the Inorganic Chemicals Division of Monsanto Company, where he is a practicing organic chemist. H1s major research interests have been in the…