World Asthma Day is around the corner (May 7), so now is the time to focus on what you can do to ease sufferers’ symptoms inside your home. Some things you can do to reduce the amount of dust, pet dander, and other triggers around your house: Wash bedding at...
Think Safety During Poison Prevention Week
If you’re spring cleaning like 75% of your neighbors, it’s a good time to keep an eye out for safety. In recognition of Poison Prevention Week, be sure look for things that should not be within reach of children and adults with Alzheimer’s or dementia. including cleaning products and other...
Tackling Indoor Allergens
The list of common indoor allergens isn’t pretty, ranging from dust mite excretion to pollen, pet dander, and dead skin, and in extreme cases, cockroaches, mold spores and mildew. Cleaning your home is one of the easiest things you can do to help reduce allergy or asthma flare ups (and...
Clean and Happy New Year’s Resolution Keeping
If you’re one of the many people who’ve resolved to keep their homes clean and happy in the New Year, you’ve come to the right place for some easy tips for keeping your personal promise. According to our most recent National Cleaning Survey, we spend about six hours per week...
Be Clean and Happy in 2019!
As we all know, some New Year’s Resolutions are easier to keep than others. Experts say the best way to make a resolution stick is to start small and keep it simple. Here are a few small household cleaning resolutions that will help keep your family clean and happy all...
It’s Handwashing Awareness Week
There’s a good reason why National Handwashing Awareness Week comes at the beginning of December. Of course, it’s because we’re heading into the heart of cold and flu season. As we spend more time indoors and around others who have colds, it becomes more likely that we’re exposed to the...
Nothing to Sneeze At
Catching a cold or getting the flu is nothing to sneeze at. Besides missed school and work days (or weeks), being sick can throw a whole household off kilter, with doctor visits and trips to the pharmacy. Cold and flu viruses are caught through the membranes in our noses, mouth,...
Get Healthy on Global Handwashing Day – Think Soap, Not Soup
When was the last time you washed your hands? It’s cold and flu season and, as the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. So soap now beats chicken soup later. Join ACI and the CDC today in observing Global Handwashing Day – the perfect...
Simple Tips to Keep Your Bathroom Cleaner Longer
Which room in American homes gets deep cleaned most often? Hint: It’s the same room we dread cleaning the most! You guessed it – the bathroom. And, according to the American Cleaning Institute’s 2018 National Cleaning Survey, the one item in our homes that is cleaned most often is –...
Is it Safe to Make Your Own Cleaning Products?
Being clean is good for you. It helps keep us healthy and makes us feel good, too. At times, it can feel safe to mix your own cleaning products at home. What ACI will caution is that it is crucial to know that many of the cleaning product recipes found...