Healthy Carpet Cleaning

1. Healthy Carpet Cleaning What is Healthy Carpet Cleaning?

2. Healthy Carpet Cleaning The basic fundamentals of Healthy Carpet Cleaning are

3. Healthy Carpet Cleaning Soil and allergen removal Without toxic chemicals

4. Healthy Carpet Cleaning FACT 1 in 5 adults, children and pets are more sensitive to chemicals than the general population

5. Healthy Carpet Cleaning FACT Every second home contains at least one sensitive individual.

6. Healthy Carpet Cleaning FACT Carpet cleaning has been repeatedly linked to respiratory irritation and asthma. Cleaning products can effect your health and the well being of your customers .

7. Healthy Carpet Cleaning FACT Carpet cleaning chemicals and their residues pose potential health risks to adults, children, pets and you – the Professional Cleaner!

8. Healthy Carpet Cleaning Do you pay enough attention to protecting your own health when using chemicals?

9. Healthy Carpet Cleaning FACT Mount Sinai School of Medicine study found carpet cleaning chemical ingredients in blood and urine samples of volunteers. None of the volunteers work with cleaning chemicals.

10. Healthy Carpet Cleaning FACT Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta found pesticides and disinfectant residues in blood and urine samples of 2000 average Americans.

11. Healthy Carpet Cleaning Fact No matter which method of cleaning carpets you chose a portion of the cleaner will remain in the carpet after cleaning.

12. Healthy Carpet Cleaning Do you know what ingredients are in your carpet cleaning products?

13. Healthy Carpet Cleaning And more importantly: Do you know what TOXIC INGREDIENTS you are leaving in your customers carpets?

14. Healthy Carpet Cleaning Common Carpet Cleaning Detergents contain: Sequestrants such as phosphates, NTA, sodium citrates and EDTA Builders for alkalinity such as silicates and caustic soda Solvents such as De Limonene, glycol ethers and butyl Wetting agents or Surfactants

15. Healthy Carpet Cleaning TOXIC INGREDIENTS contained in many products; such as Phosphates, EDTA, NTA, sodium hydroxide, caustic soda, sodium carbonate, silicates, Ethanalomines and Solvents such as Glycol Either, de-limonene and others that effect indoor air quality can become part of the Body Chemistry of everyone exposed to these chemicals.

16. Safe and effective carpet cleaning. • Do not use- Severe Health Risk to janitorial staff and building • occupants • Hydrofluoric acid, Nitrilotriacetate/Nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA), Perchloroethylene/Tetrachloroethylene, Tributyl Tin • Use Extreme Care or Avoid - Health Risk Janitor • Butane,Isobutane,or Propane(aerosol propellants) Ethanolamines Glycol Ethers (such as butoxyethanol) Quaternary Ammonium Chloride, Sodium Bisulfate, Sodium Carbinate, Sodium hydroxide.

17. Healthy Carpet Cleaning Many carpet cleaning products contain ingredients that are harmful. www.scorecard.org/chemical/profiles

18. Healthy Carpet Cleaning Do you know that professional cleaners are twice as likely to acquire occupational Asthma than any other profession. (Inform. state of California.)

19. Healthy Carpet Cleaning Imagine being twice as likely to acquire work related Asthma cleaning carpets than a coal miner digging coal! If you can’t breathe nothing else matters*. *( American and Canadian Lung Associations)

20. Healthy Carpet Cleaning ASTHMA There are 5000 deaths, 2,000,000 emergency hospital visits and 500,000 hospitalizations every year in the United States alone.

21. Healthy Carpet Cleaning ASTHMA Excessive respiratory irritation, coughing, and sneezing have been reported by both cleaning professionals and their customers.

22. Healthy Carpet Cleaning A portion of the Volatile Ingredients in Carpet Cleaning Products will or Already Have Become Part of Your Body Chemistry.

23. Healthy Carpet Cleaning is: Removal of soil, allergens and existing contaminate residues, without the use of toxic ingredients commonly found in carpet cleaning products, masking agents, deodorizing or sanitizing products.

24. Healthy Carpet Cleaning Method Recommend to your customers: • Effective Vacuuming with good filtration is the most important carpet maintenance procedure. • Entrance matting traps soils at entrances. • Vacuum entrances and heavily tracked areas frequently.

25. Healthy Carpet Cleaning The Steps: • Dry vacuum • Prespray carpet with ECOgent diluted 8oz per gallon of water. • Power pre spray units are most effective.

26. Healthy Carpet Cleaning • Spray all areas to be cleaned • Allow a dwell time of 5 to 10 minutes. • Agitate heavily soiled areas with carpet grooming rake or mechanical scrubbing.

27. Healthy Carpet Cleaning • Rinse and extract carpets with WATER ONLY. • DO NOT ADD detergent or rinse aids. • If defoamer is necessary add to vacuum tank only.

28. Healthy Carpet Cleaning • The rinse extraction process can utilize Truck mounted equipment, High Flow Extractor, or high performance box and wand style extractor. • Insure equipment including vacuum system is cleaned after use.

29. Healthy Carpet Cleaning • Avoid over wetting carpet. • Insure proper drying with good extraction procedures . • Use blowers or fans when needed.

30. Healthy Carpet Cleaning Chemical requirements • Complete ingredient disclosure. • Scent free and No volatile or toxic ingredients. • Tested by Professional Testing laboratory - recognized by carpet mills.

31. Healthy Carpet Cleaning Chemical requirements • Independent Validation for Environmental compatibility, such as Green Seal, or Environmental Choice. • Recognized as being suitable for use around individuals with sensitivities, Envirodesic, American Lung Association, Asthma Society, ect.

32. Healthy Carpet Cleaning • Uses cleaning products and procedures proven to be suitable for use around individuals with sensitivities. • Does not promote carpet re-soiling. • Removes large amounts of allergens and other contaminants which have proven to be problematic to sensitive individuals.

33. Healthy Carpet Cleaning Soil and detergent free carpets are best for everyone.