Online - January 22, 2009

Clean Up, Everybody, Everywhere

Fields Organics Kid-Friendly Household Cleaners

Your floors have always been clean enough to eat off. But no one took you up on it until you had kids.

Seriously though, anything cleaned with a product that should be used in a well-ventilated area probably isn’t a good substitute for a plate.

For a clean slate, try Fields Organics, a nontoxic line of cleaners made of certified organic and food-grade products. That means Junior sucking face with the mirror is no cause for alarm. (Well, maybe for his ego.)

There’s something for every dirty nook in the house: multisurface cleaner, laundry detergent, and a stain and odor remover that made tough spit-up stains disappear before our eyes. Bottles are biodegradable, labels are printed with soy ink, and a percentage of profits support the Children’s Environmental Health Network.

That’s some productive housework.

Available online at everybodygreen.com. For more information, go to fieldsorganics.com.

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