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HOSPITALS GO FOR A GREENER CLEAN
Even in hospitals, the same clean can be achieved without the harsh and dangerous chemicals (Photo courtesy of the National Institutes of Health)
You might have noticed some new choices for environmentally-friendly cleaners on supermarket shelves. Most people pass them over. They worry natural cleaners won't do the job as well as the regular stuff. But, the places that need to be the cleanest, the most sterilized, are finding that green cleaners are more effective. Julie Grant reports that hospitals have started replacing the old chemical cleaners with natural products:
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Producer: Julie Grant
Release Date: January 12, 2009
Running Time: 3:16