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  • Indoor Environment

    Environmental agents

    Environmental agents are conditions such as humidity extremes, drafts, lack of ventilation, and overcrowding that cause stress, discomfort, or health problems.
  • Solvents

    Solvent safety

    Use carefully to protect yourself, your family and the environment.
  • Dusting

    Dust, dusting

    It's everywhere, all the time. Here's how to keep it to a tolerable minimum.

  • Radiator heating system

    Cleaning is straightforward when you think safety first.
  • Germs

    Microbes

    The scientific name for what many people call germs or bugs. Microbes contribute to foul smelling bathrooms, but also function as nature's cleaning agents.

  • Sterilizer

    Agents or methods used to kill everything that can cause infection or disease.

  • Surfactant

    It makes water wetter!
  • Green Cleaning

    Green cleaning

    Safer product purchases and methods that may help spare the environment.
  • Flooring

    Flooring

    Formal floor covering over a subfloor, which can include carpet, hardwood, laminate, vinyl, and tile.
  • Comforter

    Comforter

    Care is fairly easy for inexpensive comforters. Protect expensive down comforters with a duvet cover.

  • Sanitizer

    These agents kill most — but not all — bacteria, viruses, fungi and spores.
  • Green Cleaning

    Biodegradable

    A substance is biodegradable when natural biological decay processes can break it down into simple molecules.
  • Filter

    Fabric filter

    Any fabric that captures dust particles from a stream of moving air.
  • Hazardous Waste

    Hazardous waste

    These products can threaten your family’s health and the environment.

  • Trisodium phosphate (TSP)

    An old standby that is still useful for cleaning walls and other surfaces.
  • Alkaline

    Alkalies

    Best for removing grease and oil.
  • Builders

    Chelating agent

    A "builder" that gets dissolved minerals out of the way of laundry detergent.
  • Biofilm

    Biofilm

    More than just gross, that slime is a bacterial fortress.

  • Lead paint

    If it’s in good shape, it just needs regular cleaning to avoid hazards.
  • Fire

    Fire alarm

    Professionally monitored systems are most often found in commercial settings.

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