As with any investment, we have an instinctive desire to protect our homes. We clean them, decorate them, renovate them. Yet so many of us heedlessly pollute our personal spaces on a daily basis without the slightest awareness of the potential harm we are doing to ourselves. In the quest for a shiny, fragrant home we regularly apply a cocktail of

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chemicals and poisons to our household surfaces as well as releasing them into the air that we breathe.

While the message that stronger can mean harsher and more poisonous is definitely out there, there seems to be  general reluctance to acknowledge it fully. Somehow we assume that natural means ineffectual and gentle means weak. But there is a way to clean and maintain your home without turning it into a toxic battleground, a way that works for you and the environment. There is a whole arsenal of natural ingredients and techniques at your disposal that will enable you to keep your home squeaky clean and poison free.