Non-Toxic Disinfecting: Surviving Flu Season
On a day-to-day basis I’m perfectly satisfied with cleaning with vinegar and baking soda; it’s effective and reduces my family’s chemical exposure. When the flu virus rears its ugly head, however, my gut instinct is to pull out the the big guns: the Clorox bleach. I can’t help it. I’m looking for total annhilation. I want to keep my kids healthy; I hate to see them sick. I want those germs stopped in their tracks.
Don’t worry. Knowing bleach has no place in the home, I stopped buying it long ago.
What can you do when you want to avoid exposing your children to toxic chemicals like bleach, but still kill the germs that will make them sick?
It’s simple. Keep white vinegar in a spray bottle, and 3% hydrogen peroxide in another. (The bottle containing the hydrogen peroxide should be opaque, as it will degrade in a clear bottle.) Spray your contaminated surfaces with the vinegar and follow with the hyrogen peroxide.