Water & Elbow Grease As Good As Cleaning Products
UK households are throwing hundreds of pounds of cleaning products, quite literally down the drain after research issued today (8 November) reveals that cleaning surfaces with just water and a microfibre cloth is just as effective as using harsh chemicals.
The research by the Silliker Group, the leading internationally accredited provider of food safety, carried out the research to discover the efficacy of water, when used in conjunction with e-cloth’s microfibre technology.
The results showed that using just water with an e-cloth1 removes up to 99.9998% of E. coli, 99.97% of Listeria and 99.3% of Aspergillus. The leading brands of chemical cleaners market themselves as killing similar levels of bacteria.
An average household spends £6.22 per week on cleaning products, equalling to £324.44 spent every year!
As the new research reveals we simply need water and a cloth with clever tiny fibres to get rid of harmful bacteria, the UK are throwing money away that could be spent elsewhere. In the current economic climate when budgets are tight this is sure to come as good news.
The Silliker Group also carried out research to discover the effects of cleaning with water and a standard cloth. The results showed using a standard cloth would only remove up to 89.5% E-coli and 94.8% Listeria and 99.3% Aspergillus, leaving harmful bacteria behind.
Dr Christophe Dufour from the Silliker Group explains: "Our research revealed very compelling findings: water, elbow grease and a cloth can be as good as leading cleaning products against microbiological contamination."
Laurence Smith of e-cloth commented: "While not widely recognised as a cleaning substance, water can actually clean most things because of its molecular structure, which is electrically unbalanced. This allows it to stick to objects like a magnet, breaking them apart.
"By using water with an e-cloth, its thousands of fibres act as a natural adhesive, attracting the bacteria which naturally cling to the strands.
"This research shows that this method of chemical-free cleaning is just as effective as using more widely recognised cleaning products, which are often caustic and harmful to the environment."
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