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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

My biggest environmental pet peeve are all the recent disposable cleaning cloths - Swiffer, Clorox wipes, etc. Not only are you throwing away tons of fabric but those things are loaded with chemicals. I use rags when I can and save paper towels for truly nasty jobs.

The wipes also enforce the idea that every surface in the house should be sanitized. The commercials I'm seeing for these products frighten me - wiping children's toys, wiping the baby's play area, wiping every piece of food... I do not want an absolutely sanitary life for my kids, I want their bodies to be able to fight disease by themselves. I think this ties in to what Alex was talking about: overkill. Not to mention OCD.

I totally agree. Especially when they show them wiping toys with the bleach cloths. We don't want our kids to get sick, so let's wipe pesticides on their toys! Good idea. Soap does a fine job of cleaning most things. If you compare disinfectant soap to regular soap there is only a miniscule amount of difference as far as germ elimination.

The paper towel thing I totally need to work on. They are hard to give up.