People seem to ask me why does Norwex clean better than bleach. I know for alot of people it is hard to wrap their head around using microfiber and water and taking bleach right out of their cleaning regime.

So here is an ACTUAL answer from a tech advisor from Norwex. If you have any technical questions about NOrwex products, feel free to email me at naturally.norwex@gmail.com and I will send them in. They get so many questions and always have good solid answers!



Why Norwex cleans better than bleach

By Candi Bezte, Norwex Science and technical Advisor

Chlorine levels in a common swimming pool range from about 0.5 to 1 ppm. These levels were shown to affect lung capacity in athletes with no history of lung ailment, who were exercising within or near the pool. The incidence of respiratory trouble ws just under 20% at .05ppm but was over 60% at 1 ppm.

Chlorine concentrations recommended for cleaning/disinfecting daycares are between 500-1000 ppm(approximately 1000 times higher than swimming pool water).

Bleach is so highly reactive, that it pretty much instantly reacts with substances that it comes in contact with. That is why it is so effective at killing absolutely everything! When it is combined with organic matter it forms organ chlorine substances, many of which can be carcinogenic.

Recent study (Odabasi 2008) on products that contain bleach together with other ingredients has revealed that bleach can react with soaps, fragrances or other ingredients within the bottle to produce some very high toxic substances. These may include relatively high levels of tetrachloride and chloroform.

The FDA has banned carbon tetrachloride in all residential products as they find it to be so hazardous that no warning label could adequately protect the householder. Carbon tetrachloride is also a probable human carcinogen and ozone depleting substance and a powerful greenhouse gas.

Moral of the story....bleach should be avoided whenever possible and should NEVER be mixed with any other products other than water!

I love the Norwex Enviro Cloth for all my cleaning and use only water and have never turned back :)