There's a new super bug in town, but it's not a super hero.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is alerting clinicians of an emerging untreatable multidrug-resistant organism in the United States. The CDC said the increase in CRE means health care providers need to “act aggressively to prevent the emergence and spread of these unusual CRE organisms.”  Upon reading this, I immediately requested that my daughter Alexandra who just happens to be a Molecular and Cellular Biologist to Read more [...]

A recent study has found that the chemical which your dry cleaner uses to clean your clothing and fine fabrics persists and levels elevate with repeated cleanings.  Perc (perchloroethylene), which of course has been linked to cancer and neurological damage, is the chemical which you smell on your clothing after dry cleaning.   We ONLY recommend and clean with enymes and hot water.  We do NOT add soaps or dry cleaning chemicals.  Read the entire story here: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110903/news/709039737/ Read more [...]

Ragweed is one of the main causes of fall hay fever. Ragweed pollen is released from August to October, and is so small it can not be seen by the naked eye. This makes it even harder to avoid. Some ways to minimize exposure to ragweed is by staying indoors and shutting windows. However, this could exacerbate indoor allergies. Enviroclean, as a health and hygienic carpet cleaner is worried about the health of you and your family. Cleaning your carpet, and keeping your indoor environment as healthy Read more [...]

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/asthma/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100267371&page=2 Click on this link to read an article that I found today which unfortunately provides very poor advice with regards to cleaning your home.  Although the authors are correct that our indoor environments are more contaminated than outside, unfortunately, their cleaning advice is terrible.  It's not what you do...it's how you do it that matters.  The authors suggest cleaning and vacuuming to remove indoor Read more [...]