Simply replace them with inexpensive distilled white vinegar. Add vinegar to the final rinse cycle or to the sink if you are hand-washing. Clothes will be softer, cleaner, and less apt to cause rashes. Remove synthetic rugs with adhesive backing. Exposed wood or tile floors are usually less toxic.
Any new construction needs to be monitored carefully.
Buy organic cotton bed linens. All stay press fabric is bonded with formaldehyde to prevent wrinkles. Purchase high-quality water filters or purification systems to eliminate chlorine and a dozen other chemical additives in city water, including rust inhibitors, which have been implicated in leukemia. Heavy metals such as lead leach out from old pipes and even new faucet heads. These are only some samples of some of the ideas that The Gentle Survivalist regularly offers readers who want to live a safer and more natural life.