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Pet Health and Chemical Cleaning Agents
05/25/2008 - By Robert Hart, Vice President of Vitality Science While chemical cleaning agents are popular, they can be quite toxic to your pets. This article offers easy to make alternatives
It is very important that the areas your pet roams in are clean and disinfected.
Commercial cleaners are potentially toxic, especially at floor level where your pets breathe and walk. Toxic chemicals can cause their pads to burn. In response, they lick their pads, thereby ingesting the toxins. This is often an unknown cause for diarrhea and vomiting.
You can make your pet areas a cleaner, safer place and fight bacteria, without exposing yourself and your family to toxic chemicals that also damage the environment. You can use a simple safe disinfecting spray that is more effective than any of the commercial cleaners in killing bacteria. As a bonus, it is inexpensive!
Susan Sumner, a food scientist at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, worked out the recipe for just such a sanitizing combo. All you need is three percent hydrogen peroxide, the same strength available at the drug store for gargling or disinfecting wounds, and plain white vinegar, and a pair of brand new spray bottles, like the kind you use to dampen laundry before ironing. This combination is also good for cleaning their food and water bowls, litter box, and to replace floor cleaners.
Additional Uses:
Countertops and other food preparation surfaces -- including wood cutting boards, sink areas, vegetables or fruit.
In the case of fruit, spritz well with both the vinegar and the hydrogen peroxide, leave it on for 1-2 minutes, and then rinse under running water. You can spray either the vinegar or the hydrogen peroxide first. You won't get any lingering taste of vinegar or hydrogen peroxide, and neither is toxic if a small amount remains on the produce.
In tests run at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, pairing the two mists killed virtually all Salmonella, Shigella, or E. coli bacteria on heavily contaminated food and surfaces when used in this fashion, making this spray combination more effective at killing these potentially lethal bacteria than chlorine bleach or any commercially available kitchen cleaner.
The best results came from using one mist right after the other - it is 10 times more effective than using either spray by itself and more effective than mixing the vinegar and hydrogen peroxide in one sprayer.
Author: Robert Hart, Vice President of Vitality Science. His articles have been published in Fido Friendly, Natural Awakenings, Ani-Med, Professors House, Pet Style, Mystic Pop, Barkley and Paws, Pet Guardian Angels, plus numerous pet websites and newsletters. Vitality Science formulates scientifically proven, yet all-natural, remedies, supplements and treatment resistant protocols for cats and dogs. To watch their videos or learn more visit www.vitalityscience.com