Are you concerned about toxic car cleaning products you use around your home and how they affect you and your family's health and that of the planet? If so, you're not alone! This is an issue that plagues many green-minded consumers, and with good reason. There are several hazards that are inherent in how we clean our vehicles, so knowing how to get your auto in tip-top shape without harm to your family or the earth is important!

Consider, for a minute, all of the potentially harmful things that flow from your vehicle into the environment. Whether your car leaks oil or antifreeze, it could be contributing to chemical pollution of our waterways. That's because every time you hose your vehicle down, you could be loosening automobile fluids, oil, and other possible toxins, washing them away into our water system.

According to the National Water Research Institute (NWRI), the debris coming off our cars is a major source of toxins like grease, antifreeze, oil, and heavy metals, including chromium. They did a study on road runoff and found that three-fifths of the samples taken contained potential, confirmed, or severely toxic components! That's a big problem, especially if our children or pets come into contact with those substances.

By choosing a waterless care wash system like our Laura Klein Waterless Car Wash products, you won't have to worry about your wash water being a source of these toxins. It's a car cleaning product that allows you to clean-up without water!

In addition to the potentially harmful toxins you're washing off your car with the water, you could also be polluting the environment and our waterways with the chemicals that you're using. Petroleum detergents contain surfactants that are meant to loosen the dirt from your vehicle. But they have an added negative effect on the environment. Detergents, when they enter our waterways, can destroy the external mucus layer on fish, making it nearly impossible for them to fight off parasites and bacteria. Detergents even in minute amounts-15 parts per million (ppm)-can cause death in fish populations.

Additionally, synthetic phenol-based surfactants are potential endocrine disrupters, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency. That means they change the hormonal systems in these fish, causing them to be unable to reproduce normally, leading to declines in fish populations.

And if that weren't enough, we also use many car cleaning products that contain benzene. Benzene is a flammable solvent used to make many household products including car cleaning products, and if ingested it can be poisonous to pets and children.

Choose to avoid these health and environmental threats by opting for natural car cleaning products such as our Laura Klein Green Car cleaning system that's a plant and water-based, biodegradable, and nontoxic. All of our products are free of nitrates, sulfates, silicates, phosphates, and petroleum-based solvents, making them a healthier, greener car cleaning choice.