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Laundry Products, Air Fresheners Don’t Pass the Smell Test

What you can do: Buy fragrance-free laundry detergent and avoid air fresheners, fabric softeners, and dryer sheets.

Detergent Makers Forced to Come Clean

What you can do: Mix your own cleaners; support companies that disclose what’s in their products and use simple ingredients, not harsh chemicals.

Don’t Clean with a Cancer Causer

What you can do: Pick plant-based detergents that list all their ingredients.

The Nickel Pincher: Spring-Cleaning, Naturally (and Affordably)

What you can do: Make your own cleaners to save money and avoid filling your home with toxins.

5 Household Toxins You Should Banish from Your Home

What you can do: Identify and eject these noxious offenders and replace them with safer alternatives.

Have the Healthiest Home on the Block, Part 2: The Bathroom

What you can do: Choose unscented, organic castile soap for cleaning your body and bathroom, and use simple homemade cleaners for stubborn soap scum.

What to Do If Your Detergent Is Outlawed

What you can do: Buy phosphate-free powders, rather than liquids, and add some vinegar to the rinse cycle.

8 Nifty Uses for Vinegar

What you can do: Keep a healthy stock of white vinegar on hand for cleaning, and some apple cider vinegar to cure what ails you.

Simple Remedies for 7 Strange Smells

What you can do: Fight offending odors with vinegar, lemon peels, and hygienic habits.

This or That: Bleach vs. Vinegar to Kill Germs

What you can do: Match the disinfectant solution you use to the cleaning you need to do.