07.12.2009 Environment, Health & Safety No Comments

The Environment Report

HOSPITALS GO FOR A GREENER CLEAN

Even in hospitals, the same clean can be achieved without the harsh and dangerous chemicals (Photo courtesy of the National Institutes of Health)

You might have noticed some new choices for environmentally-friendly cleaners on supermarket shelves. Most people pass them over. They worry natural cleaners won’t do the job as well as the regular stuff. But, the places that need to be the cleanest, the most sterilized, are finding that green cleaners are more effective. Julie Grant reports that hospitals have started replacing the old chemical cleaners with natural products.

Visit: The Environment Report: HOSPITALS GO FOR A GREENER CLEAN for audio clip by producer Julie Grant.

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