Imikhiqizo Engcono Kakhulu Yokuhlanza Yemvelo Eyisi-9, Ngokusho Kochwepheshe

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• Yini Echaza Umkhiqizo Wokuhlanza Kwemvelo?
• Imikhiqizo Yesiko vs. Yemvelo Yokuhlanza
• Izinzuzo Zokusebenzisa Imikhiqizo Yokuhlanza Yemvelo
• Ngabe Imikhiqizo Yokuhlanza Yemvelo Iyaphumelela Yini Ekulweni Namagciwane Namagciwane?
• Okufanele Ukufune Kumkhiqizo
• Eminye Imikhiqizo Yokuhlanza Ngokuphepha Ongayizama:
• Buyekeza kwe-

Umhlaba wamanje we-COVID-19 ubeke ukugxila kakhulu ekuhlanzeni kunanini ngaphambili. (Ukhumbula ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule lapho ungazitholanga izinto zokusula zokubulala amagciwane noma kuphi?) Kodwa ukuhlanza—ngisho naphakathi nobhadane—akusho ngaso sonke isikhathi ukusebenzisa imikhiqizo egcwele amakhemikhali. Phambili, ochwepheshe bachaza ukuthi abahlanzayo "bemvelo" (ngaphezulu kulokho ngomzuzwana) bahluka kanjani kozakwabo bendabuko, ukuthi yini okufanele bayibheke lapho bekhetha okokuhlanza kwemvelo noma kwendalo, futhi babelane ngemikhiqizo yabo abayithandayo. (Kuhlobene: Ingabe Izibulala-magciwane Ziwasula Amagciwane?)

Yini Echaza Umkhiqizo Wokuhlanza Kwemvelo?

Okokuqala, ake silungise imibono eyiphutha. Njengoba kwenzeka embonini yobuhle, amagama ahlukene atholakala kuwo wonke amalebula emikhiqizo emhlabeni wokuhlanza ikhaya awalawulwa futhi awachazwa. Kufana ncamashí nezasendle, zasendle zasentshonalanga lapho, ezinemikhiqizo enhle kakhulu ekhululekile ukusebenzisa ulimi oluthile noma ngabe luthandeka kanjani. Izibonelo ezimbalwa ezivamile:

Ngokwemvelo: "Azikho izinkombandlela ezicacile zokusebenzisa igama elithi 'ngokwemvelo' encazelweni yomkhiqizo. Ngokuqinisekile akusho ukuthi umkhiqizo wenziwe ngezithako zemvelo ezingamaphesenti ayi-100," ngokusho kukaSarah Paiji Yoo, oyi-CEO nomsunguli we-Blueland. (Ngakho-ke ukubhekisela kubo njengemikhiqizo "yemvelo", enezingcaphuno, ngezinhloso zale ndaba.) Futhi khumbula, okwemvelo akusho ukuthi kuphephile njalo. I-Arsenic, i-mercury, ne-formaldehyde yimvelo—futhi inobuthi, uveza uJessica Peatross, M.D., umholi wezokwelapha ofundela umsebenzi wangaphakathi nosebenza e-Nourish Medical Center e-San Diego.

Ayinabuthi: Ngokufanayo, nakuba imikhiqizo eminingi yokuhlanza "eluhlaza" laphaya ngokuvamile ibizwa ngokuthi ayinabo ubuthi (futhi yebo, mancane kakhulu amathuba okuba ibe nemiphumela elimazayo kubantu nasezifuyweni ezifuywayo), leli gama liyigama elingelona iqiniso. . Yonke into ingaba nobuthi kumthamo othile, kuchaza uDkt Peatross, ngisho nezinto ezinjengamanzi, umoya-mpilo, nosawoti. UMelissa Maker, umphathi we I-CleanMySpace Isiteshi se-YouTube, siyavuma: "Okungenabo ubuthi kuyitemu lokumaketha kunanoma yini enye."

Eco-Friendly: Leli yigama elichazwe kancane embonini, ngokusho kukaJenna Arkin, usekela mongameli wezinto ezintsha e-ECOS, umkhiqizo womkhiqizo wokuhlanza osuselwa ezitshalweni. "Awukho umthethonqubo noma umthetho ocacisa ukuthi kusho ukuthini," uyaphawula.

Okuphilayo: Ngokungafani neminye imigomo, lena kuyinto kulawulwa kakhulu. "Ukuze usebenzise igama elithi 'organic' ku noma yikuphi ilebula yangaphambili, umkhiqizo kufanele uqukathe ubuncane bamaphesenti angama-75 okuqukethwe kwemvelo. Ukuze ube ngumkhiqizo 'oqinisekisiwe' wezithako, izithako ezisetshenzisiwe kumele zenze ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-95 ukwakheka konke, ngaphandle kokuqukethwe kwamanzi, "kusho u-Arkin." UMnyango wezoLimo wase-US uqinisekisa okuqukethwe okuphilayo futhi ucwaninga kokubili ukuthengiselana nokukhiqiza izinqubo zokuqinisekisa ukuhambisana. "Lokho okushiwoyo, lokho akusho ukuthi kupenda isithombe sonke ngoba izithako eziningi azitholakali njenge-organic, unezela uJennifer Parnell, ongumsunguli we-Humble Suds. Imvamisa, kusetshenziswa ilebula" organic " ukuze nje banxenxe abathengi.” U-Yoo uyavuma: “Indawo yonke yemikhiqizo yokuhlanza izinto eziphilayo eqinisekisiwe incane kakhulu, futhi kunezihlanzi eziningi ezingenazo izitifiketi nazo ezibhekwa njengeziphephile ngochwepheshe bezimboni.” (Okuhlobene: Indlela Yokugcina Uwakho. Ikhaya Lihlanzekile Futhi Linempilo Uma Uzihlalele Wedwa Ngenxa YeCoronavirus)

Imikhiqizo Yesiko vs. Yemvelo Yokuhlanza

Yize kuneqiniso lokuthi kunenani elihle le- "greenwashing" embonini, kunomehluko omkhulu ekwakhiweni kwemikhiqizo yokuhlanza. Ezendabuko zisebenzisa amakhemikhali asuselwa ekwakhiweni aklanyelwe ukwenza amagwebu, abe mhlophe, asuse amafutha futhi aphathe nephunga, kuchaza uDanny Seo, uchwepheshe wempilo yezemvelo futhi ophethe Ngokwemvelo, uDanny Seo. Imikhiqizo ebhekwa “njengeluhlaza” iphuma ngaphandle ukuze igweme la makhemikhali—izinto ezinjenge-triclosan, ammonia, chlorine, ne-phthalates, uthi. Le mikhiqizo yokuhlanza yemvelo iphinde yakhelwe ukuthi iphephe ukusetshenziswa eduze kwezingane nezilwane ezifuywayo, ezingaba lula ukungenwa ubuthi, kunezela u-Arkin. (Okwengeziwe ngalokhu kamuva.)

Izinzuzo Zokusebenzisa Imikhiqizo Yokuhlanza Yemvelo

Kepha okokuqala, iseshini eyodwa yokuhlanza indlu 101-kulokhu ngezinkinga eziningana (ezesabekayo, ezifakazelwe) ezihambisana nabahlanza izindlu. "Amakhemikhali amaningi asetshenziswa emikhiqizweni yokuhlanza ngokwesiko ayaziwa ukuthi anomthelela emzimbeni, athinta i-hormone, i-endocrine, amasosha okuphefumula, kanye namasosha omzimba," kusho uChristian Gonzalez, N.D., ongudokotela we-naturopathic kanye nochwepheshe wokuphila ongenabo ubuthi. "Kungaba ukuvuvukala, kanye / noma kuthinte izakhi zakho zofuzo, kanye / noma kukwenze ube nomdlavuza."

Izinkinga zokuphefumula zibaluleke kakhulu — kangangoba ucwaningo lweminyaka engama-20 luthole ukuthi ukusetshenziswa isikhathi eside kwemikhiqizo ethile yokuhlanza kungaba yingozi njengokubhema osikilidi abangama-20 ngosuku. Sola yonke intuthu ephuma kulawo makhemikhali okukhulunywe ngawo ngenhla, angakheka endlini yakho ngokuhamba kwesikhathi futhi adale indawo yomoya engaphakathi engenampilo, kusho uSeo. Sekuvele kwaziwa ukuthi ukuhlanza umusi womkhiqizo kungadala ukuhlaselwa kubantu abane-asthma, kepha futhi kungadala ukukhula kwesifuba somoya nezinye izinkinga zokuphefumula kwabanye abantu abaphilile, kunezela uDkt Peatross. (Okuhlobene: Ngabe Le Coronavirus Breathing Technique Legit?)

Ukushintsha imikhiqizo yakho yokuhlanza yendabuko akuyona into engalungile—futhi ngisho nemikhiqizo “eluhlaza” kufanele isetshenziswe ngendlela yokuqapha efanayo naleyo obungenza ngayo kunoma yimuphi umkhiqizo wokuhlanza, kweluleka u-Seo. "Qiniseka ukuthi ufunda iziyalezo bese usebenzisa umkhiqizo ngendlela okufanele usetshenziswe ngayo nasezindaweni okubonwa ukuthi ziphephile," kusho uMenzi. Noma kunjalo, ochwepheshe bathi imikhiqizo yokuhlanza yemvelo iyindlela ephephe kakhulu, ikakhulukazi uma unezingane noma izilwane ezifuywayo ekhaya lakho.

Khumbula iphuzu mayelana nokuthi izingane zingenwa kalula ubuthi? "Izingane zisengozini enkulu yobuthi bamakhemikhali, njengoba imizimba yazo isakhiwa futhi ikhula. Kunenani elikhulayo lezifo zezingane ezilandelela imvelaphi yazo kumakhemikhali acasulayo," kuchaza uDiann Pert, Ph.D., umsunguli weTruce, a brand yokuhlanza engeyona enobuthi. Izilwane ezifuywayo nazo zisengozini; lapho behamba endaweni esanda kuwashwa ehlanzwe ngamakhemikhali, cishe bathola uketshezi ezidladleni zabo bese beya ngqo ohlelweni lwabo, uma—futhi, masikhulume iqiniso, lapho—bezikhotha, uyanezela.

TL; DR — Inzuzo yokusebenzisa imikhiqizo ephephile yokuhlanza ukuthi awuzivezi izingane zakho, izilwane ezifuywayo, kanye nawe emakhemikhali angaphazamisa izinhlelo eziningi emzimbeni wonke futhi abe nemiphumela emibi yezempilo, kusho uDkt. Gonzalez. (Related: Izindlela Eziyisi-6 Zokuhlanza Ikhaya Lakho Njengochwepheshe Begciwane)

Ngabe Imikhiqizo Yokuhlanza Yemvelo Iyaphumelela Yini Ekulweni Namagciwane Namagciwane?

Ngamagama, yebo, noma kungelula kangako. Okokuqala, khumbula ukuthi ukuhlanza nokubulala amagciwane (nemikhiqizo ekhonjwe njengalezi zenzo) yizinto ezimbili ezihlukene. “Izihlanzi zikhipha amagciwane phezulu, kuyilapho izibulala-magciwane ziwabulala,” kuchaza uParnell.

Ngaphambi kokuba ngisho nendawo ingafakwa igciwane, noma kunjalo, idinga ukuhlanzwa, ngokusho kweCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Nakuba kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi i-CDC incoma kuphela le nqubo yezinyathelo ezimbili ezindaweni ezithintwa njalo noma lapho othile ekhaya egula, kusho u-Marilee Nelson, umsunguli we-Branch Basics, uhlobo lokuhlanza oluzinzile nongenabo ubuthi. Uma kungenjalo, i-CDC iphakamisa ukuthi izihlanzi—ngisho nezemvelo—ziyisikhali esisebenza kahle kakhulu sokulwa namagciwane futhi kufanele zisetshenziselwe ukuhlanza ikhaya okuvamile. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi asusa ukungcola, amafutha nenkungu, kanye namagciwane, amagciwane namagciwane, unezela.

Manje ake sikhulume ngendlovu ekamelweni: noma ngabe imikhiqizo yokuhlanza noma cha ungakwenzi inamakhemikhali ashaya kanzima ayasebenza ngokumelene ne-coronavirus. Uma kubhekwa ukuthi leli gciwane lilisha kangakanani nokuthi kuncane kangakanani okwaziwayo ngalo, i-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) isanquma ukuthi yiziphi izithako nemikhiqizo—“engokwemvelo” noma ngenye indlela—ebulala i-COVID-19. Uhlu lwalabo abaziwa ukuthi banqobe i-coronavirus luhlala luguquka, yize okwamanje lufaka i-thymol yokuhlanza yemvelo (ingxenye kawoyela we-thyme), kuphawula uDkt. Gonzalez. I-Hypochlorous acid nayo ihlukile. Kodwa i-FYI, i-hydrogen peroxide neviniga — kuyilapho izithako zemvelo ezinhle — kungathathwa njengezibulala-magciwane ezisebenza ngempumelelo ngokumelene ne-coronavirus, ngokusho kwe-EPA. (Okuhlobene: I-Hypochlorous Acid Isithako Sokunakekela Isikhumba Ofuna Ukusisebenzisa Lezi Zinsuku)

Okufanele Ukufune Kumkhiqizo

Lokhu kungaba yinto ekhohlisayo kancane, uma unikezwa ukuthi imigomo kumalebula empeleni ayisho okuningi, futhi, ngokungafani nokudla, amalebula ezithako ahlala etholakala ngaso sonke isikhathi. Kuze kube muva nje, abakhiqizi bebengadingeki ukuthi badalule izithako ezikumikhiqizo yabo yokuhlanza noma kuphi, okuncane kakhulu kulebula, kuchaza u-Kara Armstrong, M.P.H, uchwepheshe wokuhlanza ophephile futhi ongenabo ubuthi kanye nomsunguli we-The Conscious Merchant. Ngo-2017, iCalifornia yaphasisa umthetho odinga ukuthi imikhiqizo ibhale izithako zemikhiqizo kwiwebhusayithi yayo ngo-2020 nakumaphakethe abo ngo-2021, uyanezela — kepha lokho kumayelana nakho.

Uma kushiwo lokho, iningi lemikhiqizo yemikhiqizo yokuhlanza yemvelo ivame ukwenza uhlu lwezithako zayo, kusho uNelson. (Futhi uma bengakwenzi noma ungakwazi ukuthola kalula ulwazi ku-inthanethi, lokho kungaba inkomba enhle yokuthi umkhiqizo ungase ungaphepheki ngendlela ovela ngayo.) U-Yoo uncoma nokuhlola ukuthi yiluphi olunye ulwazi uhlobo olunikezayo mayelana nemikhiqizo yalo. online, njengemiphumela yanoma yikuphi ukuhlolwa komuntu wesithathu.

"Uma ufuna ukusebenzisa umkhiqizo ophephile kuwe nakwezemvelo, ukubheja kwakho okuhle ukuthembela kumuntu wesithathu," kweluleka uMenzi. Uphakamisa ukufuna imikhiqizo ethinta ilebula ye-EPA Safer Choice noma ukuthembela ohlwini lwemikhiqizo yokuhlanza enempilo evela ku-Environmental Working Group (EWG).Futhi izinketho ezinhle, ngokusho kukaNelson? Ukusebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Think Dirty, olukuvumela ukuthi uskene ibhakhodi emkhiqizweni futhi uthole ulwazi oluqondakala kalula mayelana nezithako, kanye nokubheka imikhiqizo egunyazwe i-Made Safe, inhlangano eyaziwa ngokuba nezinye zezinto eziqinile. indlela yokuphepha.

Ekupheleni kosuku, kubalulekile ukwazi ukuthi ukuphepha nokusebenza akusiyo i-tradeoffs, kusho u-Arkin: "I-chemistry eluhlaza isebenzisa izindlela ezintsha zokusebenzisa amandla emvelo ukuhlanza kahle ikhaya lakho, ngaphandle kwezingozi ezinobuthi ezihambisana nemikhiqizo yendabuko yokuhlanza ." Ngakho-ke, kulelo nothi, hlola imikhiqizo eyisishiyagalolunye enconywa ochwepheshe abaphezulu. (Okuhlobene: Ingabe Isandlulisi Sesandla Singayibulala Ngempela i-Coronavirus?)

Eminye Imikhiqizo Yokuhlanza Ngokuphepha Ongayizama:

I-Bon Ami Powder Cleanser (Yithenge, $9 ngo-2, amazon.com): "Lesi isihlanzi esiyimpushane esihle esingasetshenziswa endlini yonke ebesikhona kusukela ngo-1886. kanye nokusebenzisa engilazini," kusho uMenzi. Futhi, inezinga eliphezulu kusuka ku-EWG.

UDkt Bronner's Castille Liquid Soap (Thenga It, $ 35 for 2, amazon.com): Cishe bonke ochwepheshe bahlaba umkhosi ngale mega multitasker. "Okuqinisekisiwe ngezinto eziphilayo futhi okubolayo, okuncane kuhamba ibanga elide," kusho u-Seo, ophakamisa ukuyihlanganisa namanzi ashisayo ukuhlanza phansi. Umenzi uyihlanganisa nesoda yokubhaka ukudala i-degreasing paste (yize ikukhomba lokho akunjalo hlanganisa kahle neviniga); UGonzalez uyakuncoma ukuthi kungabizi futhi akunabuthi; UDkt. Peatross uyibiza njengomunye wabahlanzeli bakhe bezinhloso zonke. (Bheka futhi: Yini I-Deal with Castile Soap?)

I-Puracy Green Tea & Lime Natural Multi-Surface Cleaner (Buy It, $7, target.com): "Yenziwe ngezitshalo namanzi kuphela, lesi sifutho esithambile, esisebenza yonke inhloso sinikeza ukuhlanzeka okuphephile nokusebenzayo," kusho uMenzi. Kuyo yonke inhloso, ingasetshenziswa ezindaweni ezingaphezu kuka-250 ekhaya lakho, ngokusho komkhiqizo.

I-Concrobium Mold Control Spray (Ithenge, $ 10, homedepot.com): Ukubhekana nesikhunta noma isikhutha? Finyelela ekuhambeni kukaMenzi. "Bengilokhu ngisebenzisa futhi ngincoma lo mkhiqizo iminyaka ngezindawo ezinjenge-shower caulking, imishini yokuwasha ama-gaskets, nama-windows sills. Into engiyithanda kakhulu ngayo? Ayikho iphunga!"

I-Branch Basics I-Concentrate (Thenga It, $ 49, branchbasics.com): "Lokhu kusebenzisa izithako eziphephile ezisekelwe ezitshalweni, ezingahlolwa ezilwaneni, futhi ziphephile ezinganeni. Kuyintandokazi yami," kusho uDkt Peatross. Enye i-multitasker esebenzayo, ingasetshenziswa kunoma yini kusuka engilazini nakuma-counters kuya ezindlini zangasese nokuwashwa—futhi ngisho nomzimba wakho, kuya ngokuthi ungakanani amanzi owuthambisa ngawo. "Lo mkhiqizo we-All-in-one usebenza kahle kakhulu futhi Wenziwe Ngokuphephile Ukuqinisekisa. Ukhipha iwayini kukhaphethi wami!" ama-raves u-Armstrong.

UNkk Meyer's Clean Day Vinegar Gel No-Rinse Cleaner (Thenga yona, $ 20 for 3, amazon.com): "Lezi zingubo zejeli ezijiyile, ezisuselwa uviniga futhi zidiliza amaminerali okwakha kanye namabala wamanzi aqinile endlini yokugezela nasekhishini, "kusho u-Seo ngesinye sezinqumo zakhe. Ibhonasi: Akukho ukugeza okudingekayo.

I-Seventh Generation Disinfecting Multi-Surface Cleaner Lemongrass Citrus (Yithenge, $5, vitacost.com): Nansi inketho yokukhetha kulabo abafuna umkhiqizo ozokhipha i-coronavirus, ngoba i-EPA-igunyazwe leyo njongo. "Ngicabanga lokhu njengomkhiqizo wami 'ophephe kakhulu' engiwukhethayo kulezi zikhathi zamanje," kusho u-Armstrong.

I-ECOSnext Liquidless Laundry Detergent Mahhala & Clear (Buy It, $26 for 2, amazon.com): I-Seo ithanda lesi sihlanzi sempahla hhayi nje ngoba siphephile, kodwa futhi ngoba sihlala siqinile. "Amashidi afakwe nge-enzyme adiliza amabala kanye nephunga. Awekho ngokoqobo amanzi, isithako esiyinhloko ku-detergents eminingi yokuwasha, okuwukuchithwa okuphelele kwezinsiza, futhi akukho mfucumfucu wepulasitiki noma uphethiloli odingekayo ukuze kuthunyelwe amabhodlela anzima, "uyachaza. Uncoma ukwahluka okungenamakha, noma kukhona nephunga elihlukile.

Iviniga Yokuhlanza I-Heinz (Thenga It, $ 13, amazon.com): "Ayitholi eyisisekelo kakhulu kunoviniga, futhi lolu uhlobo olunamandla amakhulu ngenxa yephesenti eliphezulu le-acetic acid," kuchaza uMenzi. Uthi, "upakisha isibhakela esibi" sokuqeda umgqomo wensipho eminyango yeshawa yengilazi, yize eqaphela ukuthi afake amagilavu, agweme ukuthintana namehlo akho, futhi aqinisekise ukuthi indawo inomoya omuhle ngenxa yokuthi inamandla kangakanani.

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