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• Top 10 Ways To Combat Allergies Through Better Housekeeping

  Dr. Berger shares his tips for healthier housekeeping.

• I Want to Get Organized, But I Don't Know Where to Start!

  Frozen by a task that seems too large? Here's how to bust immobilizing thinking.

• Self-Cleaning Carpeting?

  Not quite, but promicrobial technology enables carpet makers to build in a tiny labor force to keep carpets cleaner.

• How to Find a Clean and Healthy Hotel

  Be choosy about your temporary home away from home.

• Don't Sneeze and Drive

  Ban sniffling and sneezing behind the wheel. Make your car an allergen-free zone!

• Backpack vacuum cleaner

  Pros use this machine all day, avoiding back strain and repetitive stress injury.

• CRI

  An acronym for the Carpet and Rug Institute, an industry association.

• Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

  What they are, and how you can stay safe while using them.

• Carpet and Rug Institute

  The Carpet and Rug Institute, headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, is the national trade association for the carpet and rug industry.

• Personal protective equipment

  It sounds like a big term, but it’s not. Personal safety is easy and inexpensive to ensure.

• Windex®

  Ho-hum? Not really. Though this product is almost as old as dirt, it's proof that you don't really need a lot of cleaning supplies - just a few good all-purpose ones.

• Stain-X All In 1 Polish

  This furniture polish isn't intimidated to find that not all furniture is made of wood.

• Swiffer Duster

  The Swiffer Duster® traps dust with a fluffy, elongated, fabric-fiber head.

• Stain-X Ultra Extraction Carpet Shampoo

  Multi-talented carpet shampoo performs well for housekeeping service.

• Slide-Lok Slat-Wall

  Slat-Wall looks just like wooden siding, complete with a “natural” wood grain. But its grooves firmly hold steel baskets and hooks that neatly provide a place for everything.

• Stain-X Stain Remover

  An all-purpose stain remover that works on multiple stain types and multiple fabric types.

• TECH® PETPURE™

  A cleaner that quickly removes pet stains and odors without the use of harsh chemicals.

• Natural Cleaning with Lavender

  Fragrant Homekeeping

• AstroTurf® Door Mats

  This one item will stop 80% of the dirt that comes into your home through the doors. That cuts cleaning time — you don’t need to clean up dirt that isn’t there.

• The Big Vac™

  Tough on dirt but easy on you.

• The Complete Household Handbook

  A comprehensive guide to cleaning, maintaining and organizing your home.

• Green Housekeeping

  A book on how to detox your entire home.

• Home Comforts

  A comprehensive, classic work on housekeeping.

• Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean®

  Here comes the Queen of Clean®, and her down-to-earth housekeeping guide for those of us who live in the real world.

• Green Clean

  Step-by-step guide to ecological housekeeping.

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