It’s like using laundry detergent? Bill Yeadon, IICRC –approved instructor Although there may be some products used in carpet cleaning that people should be cautious with, most carpet cleaning chemicals are similar to detergents that would be used to clean clothes, says Yeadon and Dr. Aziz Ullah,president of FABPRO, Inc. in Baltimore. “In most cases, I think water-based products are relatively safe, as most of the dangerous chemicals used by carpet cleaners in the past are no longer used,” says Ullah. “The chemicals used in carpet cleaning are very similar to those used to clean your clothes.” Hill says while there are people who may have reactions to even the most basic of chemicals, most cleaning chemicals that are used in carpet cleaning are less toxic and dangerous than what a consumer can actually by and put under their sink for their own cleaning chores at home. Commercial products are formulated in professional strength, but then they are not significant in regards to chemical sensitivity, according to...
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Dr. Michael Berry, in his book “Protecting the Built Environment: Cleaning for Health,” says that most indoor cleaning problems are related to dirty carpets, but this problem can be solved through maintenance and restoration. Carpets act as a sink to collect pollutants of all kinds from indoors and out, according to Berry. As the sink gets filled up (the carpet gets polluted), it stores more and more dirt, dust and contaminants. When the sink is full, it needs to emptied. If a carpet is not cleaned on a regular basis, it can become a breeding ground for biopollutants, Berry says. We recommend you to check here this website to find the best cleaning service company near you. It is crucial to regularly empty the sink and make sure that you carpets are cleaned properly. Berry says that the medical community recommends that people remove carpets from buildings and homes, but it is wrong to assume that all carpet will become contaminated and affect people’s health. Rarely do people clean theirs carpets in an effort to protect their health, Berry says, but cleaning carpet regularly can improve indoor air quality. Some of the benefits of extracting pollutants from carpet include: Reducing health problems from loose particles; reducing cases of biologically induced illness, reducing lifetime cancer risks, reducing complaints for building owners and managers, and reducing liability for building owners and...
Read MoreFill her up!
The carpet cleaning industry does not debate the medical community’s point about carpet acting as a sink (as Dr. Berry likes to refer to carpet) to hold dust, dirt and pollutants, but it says that the sink-like qualities of carpet help to protect people from getting sick; there is nothing in hardwood floors that can trap the dust and dander the way that carpet can. (See “ The benefits of carpet cleaning”.) Carpet works much the same way as a furnace filter, Braun says, as the particles filter down through the surface of the carpet, and then are no longer inhaled or get into the eyes, You need to empty the sink when it gets filled up too much with dirt, he states, just as you would do with a furnace filter, because you want the car0pet to continue to pick up pollutants and contaminants so that it is not in the air available to be breathed...
Read MoreIF it looks dirty, it’s filthy
Bill Yeadon, IICRC –approved instructor If people do have reactions to the chemicals used in carpet cleaning’ part of the reason may be that customers let their carpets get too dirty before cleaning them. This causes the carpet cleaner to have to use more chemistry when he cleans the carpet’ Yeadon says, but this could easily be avoided. The rule of thumb’ he states, is that if a carpet looks dirty, then it is probably very filthy! If the average consumer would just religiously vacuum their carpets and then take some very simple precautions with spotting, then the chemistry level of the next cleaning would be...
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