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Green This! Volume 1: Greening Your Cleaning (Green This!) | 
| Author: Deirdre Imus
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  55 reviews
Sales Rank: 5657
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 1416540555
Dewey Decimal Number: 648.5
EAN: 9781416540557
ASIN: 1416540555
Publication Date: April 10, 2007
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Condition: Multiple Copies. May have slight shelf wear and/or a small remainder mark.
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Product Description
Change the way you clean and keep your family's home wholesome and healthy with the help of expert and activist Deirdre Imus. We all grew up thinking chemical smells like bleach and ammonia signaled "clean." But as Deirdre Imus reveals, some of the chemicals we use to maintain our homes are doing us and our families much more harm than good. In Greening Your Cleaning, the first in her Green This! series, Deirdre shows how cleaning house the environmentally responsible way can be as effective and often cheaper than the more traditional, toxic, means. This volume includes: - Simple, efficient cleaning methods for every room of the house
- Spotlights on everyday products (all purpose cleaner, glass/window cleaner, laundry detergent) and the toxic ingredients you should be wary of
- Summaries of the latest research on the toxic effects of ordinary chemicals
- Resource lists of widely available "green cleaning" products and retailers
Filled with tips and testimonials, Greening Your Cleaning will show you how to streamline your cleaning products and practices, and how easy it is to make "living green" your way of life.
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 No recipes; just talk and suggestions May 13, 2008
I picked this book up today at my local supermarket. I was disappointed because I was expecting recipes for creating your own cleaning products. Instead, there were only suggestions, such as "add essential oil to your wash cycle." Yes, but how much. There were absolutely NO recipes for creating anything to clean with, and references were made to buy Premade cleaning products that are Green. I think there are better books that provide the same introduction to Green cleaning AND they provide the recipes to make the products yourself. I think this book was a plug for her IMUS cleaning products (although she does list other companies in her Resources Section). Instead of buying the book, just donate your money to The Imus Cattle Ranch for Kids with Cancer (which the proceeds of this book benefits). If she was trying to find a way to earn money for this cause, then writing this book was a smart idea. The downfall is that it's not useful, cause there are no recipes. I'll be buying another book.
 GREAT! April 28, 2008
This book is a MUST have for anyone interested in green cleaning. RAVE, RAVE, review!
Loved it February 1, 2008
I checked this book out of the library b/c it looked interesting and am now going to purchase a copy for reference. Deirdre gives many recipes for cleaners in the book- I'm not sure why so many reviewers say there are none in there. I have already tried some and have had great results. I got rid of all the toxic cleaners in my home and feel a lot more knowledgeable about what to look out for after reading this book. I have told all my friends about it and thing it will be especially helpful for those who have small children with health issues. There is no sense in using harmful chemicals in your home when there is another way to clean.
Green This is the greatest book ive ever purchased!! January 22, 2008
GREEN THIS has changed the way I look at cleaning. It is the most informative book on green cleaning that I have ever read! By the time I read about 20 pages I was getting rid of my toxic cleaners and switching to eco friendly cleaners. And since I have done that my house has never smelled better than it does now and WOW... NO more headaches from smelling those toxic cleaners that we are so used to using. I highly recommend this book to everyone. Well worth the money! And I will save alot of money overtime on cleaners as well. Thank you Deirdre Imus!! Cant wait for your next book to come out!!
Disappointed... bad investment December 4, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I purchased this book thinking that there may be cleaning recipes/formulas in this book... Nope, no recipes of any sort. Ms. Imus just give you tips of what products you can use to clean your house. This book was a bad investment and I was fairly disappointed because not only does the author failed to add some cleaning formulas, this book also reads like a thesis paper. Like the other reviewers, I couldn't finish the book and considered this a bad investment. For those looking for cleaning recipes, I would recommend any Haley cleaning book by Graham Haley and Rosemary Haley.
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