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Carpet Cleaners

The Guide > Household > Cleaning > Carpet Cleaners 

    Industry Alert: Toxic Chemicals

Cleaning Products

Most cleaning products don't list ingredients. However, you can learn something about a product's hazards by reading its label. 'Danger/ Poison' - most hazardous; 'Warning' - moderately hazardous; 'Caution' - slightly toxic. Ingredients vary in the type of health hazard they pose. These include skin or respiratory irritation, watery eyes, or chemical burns, while others are associated with chronic, or long-term, effects such as cancer.  [EWG's Guide to Healthy Cleaning]
  • Avoid:
  • chlorine or ammonia, listed as active ingredients
  • formaldehyde, terpenes, phenols, chlorine, organic mercurials, balsams, aluminium complexes, chlorine, organic mercurials, balsams, and aluminium complexes. These are known to have carcinogenic effects.
  • detergents containing alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEs) - do not degrade completely and are known hormone disruptors.
  • detergents containing phosphates - cause algal blooms in water ways
  • Look for:
  • biodegradable to AS4351, or better still, an international standard
  • plant-based ingredients, instead of petroleum-based
  • concentrated form
  • specific ingredient information (such as solvent-free no petroleum-based ingredients solvent-free, no petroleum-based ingredients) rather than unregulated greenwash claims (such as natural and eco-friendly)
BRAND COMPANY OWNED RATING
Orange Power  Aware Environmental   Australian Owned  No rating3
Britex  Britex Carpet Care   Australian Owned  No rating3
Carpet Power  OzKleen   Australian Owned  No rating3
Cavalier Bremworth  Cavalier Bremworth   (Cavalier) NZL  No rating3
Glitz  Pascoe's   (Pact Group) Australian Owned  Praises, some criticism4
Long Life  Pascoe's   (Pact Group) Australian Owned  Praises, some criticism4
Bissell  Bissell Australia   (Bissell) USA  Praises, some criticism4
No Vac  WD-40 Australia   (WD-40 Company) USA  Praises, some criticism4
Air Wick  Reckitt Australia   (Reckitt) UK  Criticism, some praise5
Preen  Reckitt Australia   (Reckitt) UK  Criticism, some praise5
Vanish  Reckitt Australia   (Reckitt) UK  Criticism, some praise5
Freedom  SC Johnson Australia   (SC Johnson) USA  Criticism, some praise5



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