Companies have begun to embrace sustainability, and while many companies market their products and services as “sustainable,” they rarely take the time to define it. This ambiguity can make it difficult for the public to understand why so many companies have adopted sustainability as a business model.
Cannabis growers know that the quality of their product corresponds with the cleanliness of their grow facilities. Keeping pests, mold, viruses, and bacteria under control is a constant concern for growers. In response, many turn to hash sanitizers and pesticides to protect their plants.
When we think of the word “clean”, our minds go right to a smell: pine, lemon, ocean breeze, lavender, or some other fresh scent. The reason we think this way is because modern cleaning agents are filled with strong scents to help mask the smell of their harsh chemical ingredients!
Recently, the scientific community has raised concerns over the use of QACs. Prior to the global pandemic, these chemicals were used more sparingly in industrial settings. In recent years, QACs are now used universally throughout public spaces such as schools and even homes.
It has become increasingly clear that many cleaning products are sources of exposure to dangerous chemicals. New research into the ingredients of common consumer products has shown that many contain many harmful chemicals.
A study published by the Journal of the International Ozone Association has found that Aqueous Ozone is easy on human hands. Many people experience skin irritation caused by chemical-laden cleaning products. Aqueous ozone has been promoted as an alternative to harsh soaps and cleaning chemicals.
On October 25, Clorox recalled many of their scented multi-surface Pine-Sol ® cleaners over concerns that bottles might contain Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a harmful bacterium that causes infections of the blood and lungs.
Your utility bill can be a major expense especially if you are in an industry that uses large quantities of water. Whether you’re a laundromat, water park, hotel, or other industry that has high water usage, managing water consumption is an important part of business.
Keeping your facility free of harmful pathogens is one of the top priorities of any long-term care facility. However, many of the harsh chemical cleaners often used can be harmful to vulnerable senior residents and staff.
Sustainable products have an important and wide-spread role to play in the agriculture industry and Green Science Solutions (GSS) is there to help. GSS is helping growers and processors implement a healthier, organic, more sustainable way to clean their facilities and equipment.
With the need to clean, sanitize and disinfect our homes more often than we ever have before, it’s critically important now more than ever to use safer alternatives to the toxic chemicals, dyes and fragrances found in popular cleaning products, like Lysol Disinfecting Wipes, Clorox bleach and even laundry detergents.
A surface may look clean, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it is clean. Some contamination and debris cannot be seen with the naked eye. So how do we know if a surfacer is actually clean? An ATP meter can tell us just that.