Hi Kim, this info is cut and pasted from an article i wrote recently about this. (I don't think the footnotes will come through, but I can send them to you separately if you want them) the Basic H2 product is organic, and cleans just about everything - but there are other cleaners in the kit that are good for a wide variety of surfaces. Good luck!
Pollutants, found in many common cleaners and even air fresheners, are 2 to 5 times higher inside your home than outside of it, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. And a person who spends 15 minutes cleaning scale off shower walls could inhale three times the "acute one-hour exposure limit" set by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment for glycol ether-containing products.[13] All of these toxic exposures can eventually be measured in health-related expenses for humans and their planet.
Shaklee’s Basic H organic household cleaner, an Official Earth Day product, was America’s first, nontoxic, fully biodegradable household cleaner. The Shaklee Corporation has completely offset its CO2 emissions, resulting in a net zero impact on the environment, and was the first in the world to be certified as a climate neutral company by The Climate Neutral Network. In addition, the Shaklee Corporation partnered with 2004 Nobel Peace laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai, in planting over 320,000 trees, to date.
In 2007, the Shaklee Corporation added another "first" to its list of environmental achievements, when it became the first consumer products company to offset 100 percent of its U.S. CO2 emissions, through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Climate Leaders program. Shaklee buys 100 percent green or renewable power to meet its purchased electricity needs.
Bill Wehrum, acting assistant administrator for EPA’s office of Air and Radiation said, “EPA applauds Shaklee for its environmental efforts through our Climate Leaders and Green Power Partnership programs. By committing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and purchase renewable energy, they are leading by example.”[14]
I like a company like that, and Oprah does, too. She recommends their ecologically sound Get Clean Kit of household cleaners,[15] which she has featured five times on her show. Shaklee products have also been featured in Time Magazine,[16] Woman’s Day,[17] O at Home, [18] Better Homes and Gardens, [19] Family Circle,[20] Natural Health,[21] and others.
I figured that Oprah and all those magazines couldn’t be wrong, so I got myself a Get Clean Kit to try for about $150.[22] The Shaklee Corporation says this kit takes the place of over $3,400[23] worth of the ready-to-use, supermarket variety cleaners we are all familiar with! That’s not a typo. Three thousand, four hundred dollars. Wow! This is partly due to the fact that, when buying ready-to-use, supermarket cleaners, consumers are paying for the high content of water in the product to be both packaged and shipped.
Replacing the standard household fare with the Get Clean Kit of highly concentrated products keeps 108 pounds of packaging waste from entering the landfill, and it also eliminates 248 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions. What a win-win solution: easy on the pocketbook, effective products (lots of national brands are out-cleaned by Get Clean Products),[24] and what a gift for the planet. And the products actually work: I was even successful with using the Basic H2 product to remove an old bloodstain from fabric!
Shaklee products are not available in stores, only from independent Shaklee dealers. I live in LA, so I got my Get Clean Kit from the Shaklee Products Store at 3701 Cahuenga Boulevard in Studio City, CA. They ship anywhere. Toll free: 1-800-530-3305. Locally, call ###-###-####. Or email: ____@____.com You can purchase products at retail prices, or sign up to get member prices.
