Cabin 2
“Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.”
— attributed to Edward R. Morrow
Everywhere Chemicals
There is a New York Times article today regarding chemicals in cleaning supplies that is well worth reading. Over-cleaners are the new normal. How much do we pay for this?
“My mother cleaned with vinegar, did yours?” is a generational divide question. Old people can remember what their mother cleaned with. Fels-Naptha anyone?
What did your mother clean with?
Natassa on Lesvos makes her own soap. Many people do. I will ask Natassa for her recipe.
In my memory with nine brothers and sisters we used store-bought cleaning agents sparingly. Now the new normal is a daily pollution of spray and scent. Each room a new recipe.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/well/live/consumer-products-toxic-chemicals.html
I became physically ill from the “over-sanitation as the new normal” – “over-cleaning” – from one night stay in a U.S. national chain hotel room. Underpaid cleaning staff use of cleaning supplies is aggressive. Spray bottles and cans are the uniform mask of not cleaning, yet always looking busy with spray bottle and selfie device – “spray, spray” – leaving pollution as their trail for our wake.
Management must be crying over the chemical bills? Is it the only way they know someone is working is by how many cans and bottles of chemical cleaners and sprays they discharge?
If you must buy supplies, Dr. Bonners is a safe place to start.
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