Creating a Cleaner Healthier Living Environment

Regularly maintaining a clean safe home is conducive to help create an overall healthier living environment. You can do this without going overboard! One might consider having a shoeless, non smoking household. Or perhaps embracing the idea of wearing house slippers inside only. Especially if anyone has asthma or allergies! The majority of dust and dirt that enters the home is tracked in. It then settles in the carpet, flooring and upholstered furnishings. Think of all the places your feet tred in a course of a day outside. Well guess what a large portion of that dirt deposits on the sole of your shoes or boots and guess where it ends up?

I have a shoeless home. My relatives and friends are quite accustomed to this. I ask repair or maintenance persons to wear shoe covers whenever they enter. They usually have them handy; you only need to ask them to please use them. You can also request at the time of scheduling their appointment to please bring them along. It really makes for a more comfortable and cleaner environment when the outside dirt is not tracked in. I also provide and have readily available footsies for my guests when desired! I have found over the years they are really quite comfortable and many have adopted the idea as well!

One need not to be paranoid or obsessive about cleanliness but practical! Washing your hands frequently as well as teaching your children to do the same is helpful. Smoking is also a definite No No! It adds to the pollutions in the air. The fact that you cannot go without smoking for a while should tell you that the cigarettes have you! Addiction to tobacco and nicotine is at an all time high. So is cancer. It also makes your hair, hands and clothing smell. Have you looked at your fireplace lately the only thing it does is smokes! Have you noticed the residual soot that coats the walls! Just think of what smoking does to your body? You may enjoy how it makes you feel. But you're essentially internally polluting your body as well as the air! Think about it! Each puff takes away precious time and shortens your life span! Is it really worth it?

Regular vacuuming and dusting is helpful to keeping a clean environment as well. I think your floors should be at least, clean enough that it's okay for a toddler to crawl around. When children are at play they often come in and out frequently. Having them to remove their shoes helps to limit the dirt and dust tracked in. Make sure they thoroughly wash their hands as well! It is necessary to keep a balance in the amount of outdoor air circulating inside as well to maintain a healthy environment. If there is not sufficient air circulating invisible pollutants can accumulate that pose health threats. Lysol is an excellent recommended disinfectant it kills 99.9% of germs that cause illnesses and viruses! It is wonderful for many surfaces! It also prevents molds and mildew and is recommended by The Asthma And Allergy Foundation of America! Did you know that the Flu virus can travel up to twelve feet through the air at 100 mph? A major cause of the common cold is a virus known as Rhinovirus. Flu viruses live on surfaces up to (48) forty eight hours!

Using an Ionizer is beneficial as well! It is a good source to help further purify the air! Air is full of pollutants and chemicals. Air has positively charged molecules or should I say positive ions as well as negative ions. Your computer, television , appliances and air conditioning add surplus ions to your environment. An ionizer will also help to improve the quality of your overall healthy air environment.

Researchers say as much as 60% of the inborn dirt and dust is tracked in! Be mindful of the products you use to clean your home as well. Vinegar is a great natural cleaning product with multiple uses. There are many biodegradable environmentally safe non toxic products that are available on the market today! In a time where there are so many unfounded reasons for many viruses and illnesses one needs to be conscious of ways to create and the maintaining of a safe healthier living environment! Please feel free to add any additional suggestions along with your comments!