Natural disinfectants for your kitchen counter

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Natural disinfectants for your kitchen counter

by Patricia Mayville-Cox (Subscribe to Patricia Mayville-Cox's posts)
Dec 29th 2007 @ 1:02PM

Filed under: Food, Home, Tips

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Natural cleaners are all fine and dandy. But what about when you have to clean something like a kitchen counter after you've been preparing raw meat, a reader asks The Green Guide.

Mary Logan Barmeyer cites a study that showed that a safe way to get rid of salmonella, shigella and E. coli bacteria is using 3 percent hydrogen peroxide (which is the strength that is sold at the drugstore) and undiluted apple cider or white vinegar. Put each in a separate spray bottle, and spray one immediately after the other. Rinse and wipe.

Sounds easy enough. And it must smell better than some of those kitchen disinfectants out there.

For more tips on natural disinfectants and kitchen sanitation, see the Green Guide article here.

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1-02-2008 @ 4:50PM

Jacqueline said...

That's a useful tip - and I think it is important to remember that people have been cooking and eating meat for ages, but the harsh chemical disenfectants are a much more recent innovation and pretty unnecessary for home use.

That said, there are a lot of natural cleaning products out there now too, like the products by Organic and Nature (they've gotten some good reviews - http://www.3luxe.com/best_ofs/Floor_Cleaners/Organic_and_Nature_Floor_Cleaner) and others (http://www.3luxe.com/category/Housekeeping/Kitchen_Cleaners).

Of course, the hydrogen peroxide and vinegar method is probably the overall "greenest" choice.

1-08-2008 @ 7:53AM

Miss Dee said...

check out www.norwexgreenclean.citymax.com They sell an all natural silver based anti-bac microfiber that is FDA and EPA approved to remove and destroy everything from E.Coli to MRSA, Salmonella, even Bird Flu and everything in between. The cloth is activated using only water! I have been using them ( as well as nearly everything else they sell ) for over a year now in my housecleaning business and LOVE THEM!! They are very affordable and can be washed hundreds of times. Their mops are really great as well. They work better than anything I have ever tried.

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