| In these days of environmental awareness, many | | | | headache, nausea, skin rashes, eye problems and |
| individuals and businesses are looking for a cleaner, | | | | even more serious ailments such as cancer. |
| greener solution to their cleaning needs. There are | | | | Naturally there is a lot of time lost by employees |
| many benefits in using such products. | | | | due to these health problems, so this cost must |
| Environmentally friendly cleaning products have | | | | be placed alongside that of wastage of resources |
| less impact on the environment both in their | | | | and toxicity to the plants and animals that come |
| manufacture and their usage. | | | | into contact with the poisonous chemicals that are |
| What this means in plain terms is that the | | | | otherwise used. |
| products cost less of the earth's resources to | | | | Concrete products are in general not |
| produce and also the construction chemicals used | | | | environmentally friendly due to the intense use of |
| during their manufacturing process are less | | | | the earth's resources in the manufacture of |
| harmful both to the environment and the people | | | | cement. However, there are now many viable |
| employed in that task. And when in use they | | | | concrete substitute products on the market that |
| have fewer toxic fumes or waste to poison the | | | | both imitate the strength of cement and cost less |
| air or waterways and deplete the ozone layer | | | | to produce. |
| than other products. In fact many have no toxic | | | | Other options include the use of other materials |
| fumes at all. | | | | rather than virgin products like sand and gravel to |
| And it is not only the environment that benefits, | | | | mix with the concrete. Some of these products |
| but occupants of the building that has been | | | | would otherwise simply go into landfill and be |
| cleaned with these products are less likely to | | | | wasted. Thus using them not only saves waste, |
| suffer from the effects of toxic fume build-up or | | | | but saves using up some of the earth's precious |
| allergies. These symptoms have been | | | | resources. |
| well-documented over the years and include | | | | |