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A study run by the Department of Clinical Science at Norway’s University of Bergen found that household cleaning products can be as harmful to your lung health as smoking.

As the world adapts to life with COVID-19, habits around hygiene, hand washing and the spread of germs have been of increased importance – and with good reason. For many, this newfound obsession with cleanliness has also meant a change to household cleaning routines. Not only are we cleaning more frequently, we’ve also changed the types of products we use. You only need to take a stroll down the aisles of most large supermarkets, shelves groaning with hundreds of specific and toxic chemical-laden products, to see the proof of our hunger for the ‘clean’ feeling. But what’s the best way to clean your house when considering the environment, your health and your hip pocket?

When it comes to cleaning for

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