Green Washing: The Good Kind

The Huffington Post published Green Washing:  The Good Kind on February 28, 2011 about environmentally friendly cleaning products that work.   The article starts off with this:

Hate germs but love the planet? Fortunately, a growing array of greener cleaning products lines stores' shelves these days. I asked sanitation experts of all ilk to name their favorite planet-preserving solutions, emphasizing that they couldn't be financially tied to their chosen brand. The result is a list that can comfort even the most neurotic germophobe.

 Later in the article they featured the Thieves cleaning products from Young Living Essential Oils.  Take a look at a quote from the article:

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BETHANY BUCHANAN owns an eco-conscious nursing home, Grace Homes, in Minnetonka, Minnesota.  Buchanan, a registered nurse, has been a healthcare professional for 16 years, including eight years in hospitals.  She says:

I use Young Living Essential Oils' Thieves Household Cleaner in my care home. I love its warm cinnamon-and-clove scent -- my home never has the bleachy disinfectant smell other facilities have. I also appreciate that it's highly concentrated, so it comes in a smaller bottle that's also recyclable. Some studies I've read show that it kills more than 99% of bacteria and viruses, so I feel confident in it from an infection-control standpoint. It cuts the daily grease and grime effectively and leaves behind a pretty shine on wood surfaces. It contains 100% plant and mineral ingredients, so I don't worry about my staff's lungs being harmed from inhaling fumes.

The improved Thieves® Household Cleaner has increased cleansing power and an even safer, more sustainable formulation. The new formula contains ingredients from renewable plant and mineral sources, vegetable-based surfactants compliant with the Green Seal and EPA Design for Environment (DfE) standards, and even more Thieves and lemon essential oils for extra cleaning power. Bottle is 100% recyclable. Dilution ratios: light degreasing 60:1; medium degreasing 30:1; heavy degreasing 15:1; floors 100:1; walls 30:1; upholstery, fabrics, carpet spotting 40:1; carpet 100:1; glass 320:1; pots and pans; 100:1 hand cleaner 1:1.

If you would like to try Thieves cleaning products for yourself, you can order it through the "product line" tab at my Ancient Paths Naturally:  Young Living site, or you can contact me and we'll get an order started for you.

Thieves Essential Oil

Product Summary
Recognizing the hazard of using dangerous chemical-based products in the home, Young Living created a line of natural household products packed with the power and protection of Thieves. From toothpaste and mouthwash to cleaning products, hand soaps, and even throat lozenges, the Thieves product line provides safe, natural alternatives for use in the home.


Product Story
Young Living’s Thieves essential oil blend was created based on the historical tale of four thieves in France who protected themselves from the black plague with cloves, rosemary, and other aromatics while robbing victims of the killer disease. When captured, they were offered a lighter sentence in exchange for their secret recipe. In modern days, these same herbs and essential oils have been found to be an effective barrier against topical and airborne microorganisms.1 Young Living’s proprietary Thieves oil blend includes clove, cinnamon bark, rosemary, lemon, and Eucalyptus radiata and has been specially blended to offer the same kind of defense as it did in the fifteenth century. Thieves has been university tested and found to be highly effective in supporting the immune system and good health.*

Primary Benefits
The Thieves product line offers an array of natural household products that you can feel confident about using in your home. Because of the natural purifying ability of the essential oils contained in the Thieves blend, these products are effective without using harsh or synthetic chemicals like many other products on the market.