Clorox wipes??

[nels2985]

I just had a quick question...has anyone used clorox wipes or anything similar around their birds?? Since nothing is being sprayed and becoming airborne, is this safe or not? Thanks!!

[sunnyhoney]

I havent..... afraid of a residue being left behind like lysol and other stuff... plus the smell.... What are you looking to use it on?

[cherriesanglea]

i use them in my bathroom and on my kitchen counter stove top ect not on anything for the birds tho!

[jenniferag]

I use them as well... I just open up the sliding glass door and get some ventilation for while.......... just to be safe :)

[KimM]

I use wipes, but I buy non-toxic ones. They work great and are safe around the birds.

[Parrotpeople]

Here's a story about bleach/bleach products. My thought is that if it affects a child's brain as in the story, what must it do to my bird's brain?

We used the clorox wipes until I read this then switched. My husband liked the convenience of the wipes & got sarcastic on me & said "Come on Poppy Mama's worried you won't be able to write your name". Umph! I do use Shaklee cleaning products, but there are a lot of other "green" alternatives now a days.

The Shaklee Difference in My Home
Being a concerned mother of nearly four, I do care about the wellness of my family and the toxins in my home. But this concern has taken different action over the past years. When I had my first baby, I gave cleaning products a great deal of thought and tried to make as many as I could using earth friendly ingredients and recipes I found online. Then, after the arrival of my second baby, I needed convenience and so I tried some of the green cleaners found at health food stores. This was expensive so at times I had to just use the chemicals that choke you in the cleaning aisles of grocery stores. And finally, after my third baby, I needed maximum convenience and minimum price. So I started to use Clorox wipes, among other things. (I have to be honest, even though I hate to admit it.)

Unfortunately, I was doing more harm than good. A friend of mine suggested I watch Toxic Brew, a news segment produced by a Canadian news station. (This can still be seen online at TheGlobalSuccessTeam.net - Product Information Center.) After watching this, the reality of what I was bringing into my home began to dawn on me.

Only a month or so later, I heard of the work of Dr. Doris Rapp, who researches the effects of harmful chemicals on children’s health. (You can find her books, including Is This Your Child’s World? at Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & more.) In one of her studies, she tested the effect of bleach on six-year-olds’ handwriting. I looked at the printed results, and was amazed at the evidence. Before a bottle of bleach was opened, students wrote their names fairly well. Then, with just an opened bottle of bleach in the room and the fumes wafting through the air, the children wrote their names dramatically different. Some wrote messy, some too small to read, and one even wrote backwards.

Being the devil’s advocate that I am, I thought: “Well, they just printed up the worst case scenarios. Certainly it wouldn’t effect my kids this way.” So, I determined to do the same test at home. I didn’t tell my kids what I was doing. I only told them to write as neatly as they could. They printed their names on a sheet of paper. Then, I told them to hold up their papers while I wiped the table off with a Clorox wipe. As soon as it was dry enough, I had them put their papers down and write their names again. I was shocked! My daughter’s writing was visibly messier; instead of letters being tight and connected, they were loopy and crooked. My son was completely distracted by something while he was writing his name! (This is uncharacteristic of him. He has no attention difficulties.) When he realized that he was talking about something else, he stopped mid-sentence and said: “Wait, I’m supposed to be writing my name!” The next letter he wrote was upside-down (which my son had never done before). I took it to the next level and had my children move to another room where there were no Clorox fumes. They wrote their names again and proved that without being “under the influence” they could write just as neat as the first time. I could clearly see that the chemicals were affecting both writing ability and focus.

My children are homeschooled and we do chores every morning before school starts. Since they have direct exposure to cleaners, I was burdened by thoughts of how the cleaning chemicals were affecting them in other ways. To make a long story shorter, I promised myself from that time on that I would not subject my children’s minds to danger again, not to mention their lungs and skin. And I am very pleased with the alternatives that Shaklee Get Clean offers! These are very powerful, environmentally friendly, cost-effective cleaning products that contain no toxic chemicals and no dangerous fumes! What more was I looking for? I have totally clean, residue-free dishes; totally clean, irritation-free clothes; and totally clean, fume-free choretime! I LOVE IT and I want to spread the word so that every mom can give her children the priceless gift of a toxin-free home.

[cherriesanglea]

Originally Posted by Parrotpeople

Here's a story about bleach/bleach products. My thought is that if it affects a child's brain as in the story, what must it do to my bird's brain?

We used the clorox wipes until I read this then switched. My husband liked the convenience of the wipes & got sarcastic on me & said "Come on Poppy Mama's worried you won't be able to write your name". Umph! I do use Shaklee cleaning products, but there are a lot of other "green" alternatives now a days.

The Shaklee Difference in My Home
Being a concerned mother of nearly four, I do care about the wellness of my family and the toxins in my home. But this concern has taken different action over the past years. When I had my first baby, I gave cleaning products a great deal of thought and tried to make as many as I could using earth friendly ingredients and recipes I found online. Then, after the arrival of my second baby, I needed convenience and so I tried some of the green cleaners found at health food stores. This was expensive so at times I had to just use the chemicals that choke you in the cleaning aisles of grocery stores. And finally, after my third baby, I needed maximum convenience and minimum price. So I started to use Clorox wipes, among other things. (I have to be honest, even though I hate to admit it.)

Unfortunately, I was doing more harm than good. A friend of mine suggested I watch Toxic Brew, a news segment produced by a Canadian news station. (This can still be seen online at TheGlobalSuccessTeam.net - Product Information Center.) After watching this, the reality of what I was bringing into my home began to dawn on me.

Only a month or so later, I heard of the work of Dr. Doris Rapp, who researches the effects of harmful chemicals on children’s health. (You can find her books, including Is This Your Child’s World? at Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & more.) In one of her studies, she tested the effect of bleach on six-year-olds’ handwriting. I looked at the printed results, and was amazed at the evidence. Before a bottle of bleach was opened, students wrote their names fairly well. Then, with just an opened bottle of bleach in the room and the fumes wafting through the air, the children wrote their names dramatically different. Some wrote messy, some too small to read, and one even wrote backwards.

Being the devil’s advocate that I am, I thought: “Well, they just printed up the worst case scenarios. Certainly it wouldn’t effect my kids this way.” So, I determined to do the same test at home. I didn’t tell my kids what I was doing. I only told them to write as neatly as they could. They printed their names on a sheet of paper. Then, I told them to hold up their papers while I wiped the table off with a Clorox wipe. As soon as it was dry enough, I had them put their papers down and write their names again. I was shocked! My daughter’s writing was visibly messier; instead of letters being tight and connected, they were loopy and crooked. My son was completely distracted by something while he was writing his name! (This is uncharacteristic of him. He has no attention difficulties.) When he realized that he was talking about something else, he stopped mid-sentence and said: “Wait, I’m supposed to be writing my name!” The next letter he wrote was upside-down (which my son had never done before). I took it to the next level and had my children move to another room where there were no Clorox fumes. They wrote their names again and proved that without being “under the influence” they could write just as neat as the first time. I could clearly see that the chemicals were affecting both writing ability and focus.

My children are homeschooled and we do chores every morning before school starts. Since they have direct exposure to cleaners, I was burdened by thoughts of how the cleaning chemicals were affecting them in other ways. To make a long story shorter, I promised myself from that time on that I would not subject my children’s minds to danger again, not to mention their lungs and skin. And I am very pleased with the alternatives that Shaklee Get Clean offers! These are very powerful, environmentally friendly, cost-effective cleaning products that contain no toxic chemicals and no dangerous fumes! What more was I looking for? I have totally clean, residue-free dishes; totally clean, irritation-free clothes; and totally clean, fume-free choretime! I LOVE IT and I want to spread the word so that every mom can give her children the priceless gift of a toxin-free home.

that is full strength bleach and if it does happen to have this affect the wipes dont have nearly the amount of bleach as a bottle of bleach so i still think wipes are fine to use!

[wildirish]

This lady says she used a clorox wipe:

This lady says she used a clorox wipe:

Being the devil’s advocate that I am, I thought: “Well, they just printed up the worst case scenarios. Certainly it wouldn’t effect my kids this way.” So, I determined to do the same test at home. I didn’t tell my kids what I was doing. I only told them to write as neatly as they could. They printed their names on a sheet of paper. Then, I told them to hold up their papers while I wiped the table off with a Clorox wipe. As soon as it was dry enough,

[tvymola]

I go through a box of Clorox wipes per week cleaning bird poo off myself. :) I have had no problems with using them around my birds.

[Cece4]

I use the clorox wipes, I love them for the simple reason that I cant use bleach products.I couldnt around the birds anyway but even before the birds bleach makes me very sick.
I get nausea and my head gets fuzzy and i cant think straight and it will last half the day...But the wipes dont seem to affect me so I use them but not directly near the birds, mostly in the bathroom or more if someone is sick.I do use them to wipe poop off the furniture though.