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		<description><![CDATA[Household Cleaners Causing Health Problems
A Boston news channel produced the following report on the link between cleaning products and health problems. Asthma, reproductive health, and health at school are all mentioned.
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		<title>Works for Me Wednesday: Cleaning my cans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Trash cans. Nobody really wants to mess with them. But a nasty trash can can make for a nasty room. So I try to clean mine (i.e., wash them, inside and out) about every 3 months. It&#8217;s not as bad as it may seem. Take the cans outside, spray &#8216;em down inside and out with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=broomhuggers.wordpress.com&blog=778704&post=90&subd=broomhuggers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://broomhuggers.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/works-for-me-wednesday-cleaning-my-cans/</link>
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		<title>Essential oils: Lavender</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lavender actually gets its name from Latin lavare, meaning, to wash. It was actually used in WWII to disinfect hospital walls and floors &#8211; I&#8217;d say that&#8217;s pretty potent, with what was going on in those hospitals! As fas as the essential oils go, it&#8217;s pretty popular for its clean, pure aroma. It promotes nervous [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=broomhuggers.wordpress.com&blog=778704&post=87&subd=broomhuggers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://broomhuggers.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/essential-oils-lavender/</link>
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		<title>Autism &amp; vaccines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week an Arizona mom&#8217;s case went before the court as she claimed that her daughter&#8217;s severe autism is the result of her childhood MMR vaccine (that&#8217;s Measles, mumps, and rubella). The MMR vaccine contains thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative. Many parents, and some doctors suspect a causal relationship between thimerosal and autism, but the Institute [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=broomhuggers.wordpress.com&blog=778704&post=86&subd=broomhuggers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thursday&#8217;s tip becomes WFMW: Aloe for asthma</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here at Broom Huggers we&#8217;ve been doing a cleaning or health tip every Thursday. Starting this week, we&#8217;re switching our tips to Wednesdays to participate in Works for Me Wednesday at Rocks in my Dryer.
As it turns out, fresh gel from the aloe vera plant can help asthma sufferers. Clip a leaf, slice it lengthwise, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=broomhuggers.wordpress.com&blog=778704&post=84&subd=broomhuggers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://broomhuggers.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/thursdays-tip-becomes-wfmw-aloe-for-asthma/</link>
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		<title>Bleach alternatives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A full 50% of the searches that lead people here have to do with bleach. I have a feeling there are people out there who are bothered by bleach (for health or ecological reasons) but don&#8217;t know how to clean without it. So, here are some suggestions. The main purposes for bleach are to whiten [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=broomhuggers.wordpress.com&blog=778704&post=83&subd=broomhuggers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://broomhuggers.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/bleach-alternatives/</link>
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		<title>Wart removal?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love checking my blog stats for how people got to this blog. Sometimes it makes me laugh, other times I come across truly worrisome search terms. Like one I found today &#8211; &#8220;kill warts with bleach.&#8221; Please be aware that bleach is meant to be used with gloves. It is an acute skin irritant, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=broomhuggers.wordpress.com&blog=778704&post=81&subd=broomhuggers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://broomhuggers.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/wart-removal/</link>
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		<title>The Green Book featured on the Today Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Today show featured a new book on the market that you may be interested in. The Green Book by Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas Kostigen gives consumers simple ways to conserve energy, conserve water, and generally green your life. Tip come from the authors&#8217; lives, general news, and celebrities too!
Tips include unplugging appliances when you&#8217;re [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=broomhuggers.wordpress.com&blog=778704&post=82&subd=broomhuggers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://broomhuggers.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/the-green-book-featured-on-the-today-show/</link>
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		<title>Great idea&#8230; Foiled</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was brilliant. The problem: I have to wait to sweep my tile floors until the kids are in bed so they won&#8217;t track through my swept-up-crumbs pile and kick it all over the kitchen. BUT (eurkea!) if I had one of those cool non-electric dirt-grabber-sweeper things they use in restaurants I could actually have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=broomhuggers.wordpress.com&blog=778704&post=80&subd=broomhuggers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://broomhuggers.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/great-idea-foiled/</link>
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		<title>Green searching!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interested in finding out what the world wide web can offer you in terms of Green services and products? Now it&#8217;s easier to find out! Green Maven is a great search tool, and even has its own plug-in for Firefox browser! (If you haven&#8217;t used Firefox, you should try it.)

 So, go try Green Maven. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=broomhuggers.wordpress.com&blog=778704&post=79&subd=broomhuggers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://broomhuggers.wordpress.com/2007/06/17/green-searching/</link>
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