Tub & Tile Cleaner, Cypress & Fir 32oz

Aqua (water), polyglucose, coceth-4 and deceth-5 (plant-derived cleaning agents), lactic acid (soap scum and lime scale remover), sodium hydroxide (adjusts pH), essential oils and botanical extracts* (citrus aurantifolia (lime), abies balsamea (balsam fir), calilistris columellaris (cypress)). *d-limonene is a naturally occurring component of these ingredients.

Tub and tile cleaners tend to be particularly harsh and toxic, with harmful fumes that remain in an enclosed bathroom for days. Finally, here is an effective tub and tile cleaner that is non-toxic, biodegradable, free of chlorine, free of petroleum based solvents, free of glycol ethers, free of phosphates, free of strong acids, free of caustics, free of dyes, and made in the U.S.A. Do yourself and your environment a favor.

This tub and tile cleaner is designed to reduce and prevent soap-scum build-up in the bath, shower, and on tiled surfaces.

Here is a little more about the benefits of switching to Seventh Generation's Tub & Tile cleaner, taken from their website:

f every household in the U.S. replaced just one 32 oz. bottle of bathroom cleaner containing chlorine bleach with our hydrogen peroxide based bathroom cleaner, we could prevent 1.1 million pounds of chlorine from entering our environment.

 

STARS: 4 out of 5 stars for naturalness
COMMENTS: Hydrogen peroxide is the natural alternative to chlorine bleach (which can have very toxic effects to both people and the environment). Hydrogen peroxide is safe (you can even gargle with it to treat a sore throat) and breaks down into water over time.

The problems with bleach arise when it is not diluted as directed, or when it combines with certain substances, like ammonia. A bleach solution that is too concentrated poses a serious environmental threat to waterways, and if bleach comes into contact with ammonia, it will react and create fatal fumes known as chloramines. (Remember that both urine and many toilet bowl cleaners contain ammonia, so bleach should not be used to clean a toilet!)

Other substances that produce toxic by-products when mixed with bleach include: hydrogen peroxide, acids such as vinegar and drain cleaner, insecticides, and oven cleaner.

Even though bleach eventually breaks down into salts and water, if it happens to come into contact with any of the above substances before it has a chance to break down, the reaction produces toxic gases and/or by-products. Obviously there is very good chance that if you are adding bleach into your sewer system, it may react with one of those substances, even if it was not from you, but from someone else. This is one of the major probleams with bleach that I see, and one of the more compelling reasons to switch to hydrogen peroxide-based cleaners.

To read more about some substances that react with bleach to produce toxic by-products, CLICK HERE.