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I have been recently diagnosed with celiac disease I have a housekeeping  business does anyone have recommendations for household cleaners.


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1 hour ago, Cathylinds said:

I have been recently diagnosed with celiac disease I have a housekeeping  business does anyone have recommendations for household cleaners.

Use whatever you want to.  There are very few or no cleaning products with gluten.  Gluten is only a problem if you eat it.  Gluten wouldn’t clean well.  It’s glue- like

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I use Simple Green but honestly, I do not know of a product that does have gluten.  You're pretty safe in this area!

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I agree, the cleaners would not contain gluten, however, what you are cleaning might.  As my doctor told me, anything that goes into the eyes, ears, nose, or mouth all drain to the same place.  If you inhale any dust created from most building or remodeling products that might contain glue, then you would in essence be eating gluten.  The particles remain airborne for days, so breathing that air would be bad also.  Plywood, chip board, dry wall, plastering mud.  If you are cleaning up anything like that, it would be harmful to you.

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Unlikely that you are so sensitive that airborne gluten will affect you, unless you are cleaning out bakery or pizzaria kitchens. Possible, but very unlikely. You might want to invest in some inexpensive "N95" face masks, sold in hardware stores for keep dust and mist out of the mouth and nose, since you may be kicking up all sorts of things in the dust and spray. None gluten but none good for you, including a lot of cleaning products.

I've also never heard of gluten in a cleaning product, it would just make the product "gooey" and other than something like a gel oven cleaner...that would be counterproductive. Not really a good choice for that product either.

One thing you eventually learn when you have a gluten reaction: You MUST read the labels on everything. Gluten can be found in tuna fish salad, chopped liver, chicken soup, even some "frozen desert" products. With any cleaning product (any "chemical" that is shipped across state borders)you should be able to read the label, or ask the manufacturer for the MSDS statement. They are required by law to provide that promptly on request.

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