Man drinks alcohol based sanitiser
An article on a man in Melbourne who drank 6 bottles of hand sanitiser
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Monday 15 August 2011
Natural alternatives to cleaning chemcials
This is an interesting article of suggested 'green' cleaning products by Greenpeace
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Thursday 24 March 2011
Alternative laundry detergents
An article by Greenpeace on alternative cleaning products for the laundry
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Thursday 24 March 2011
What are dioxins?
This article by Greenpeace gives a brief overview of what dioxins are.
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Thursday 24 March 2011
Press release from Disbin Ltd - disposable sanitary units
Attached is a press release from Disbin Sanitary Units
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Monday 15 November 2010
Is eating off the toilet seat more hygenic than your chopping board?
Accroding to an article in th NZ Herald, toilet seats are more hygenic to eat off than your kitchen chopping board
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Tuesday 31 August 2010
US Navy change to alcohol free hand sanitisers
A press release talking about how the US Navy are now using alcohol free hand sanitisers
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[www.pr.com/press-release/254310]
Tuesday 10 August 2010
TV1 Close up - article on hand hygiene
Dr Germ vistied the Close Up team and made some interesting points about hand hygiene
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Thursday 22 July 2010
Hand sanitiser in schools
A study shown in the American Journal of Infection Control showed that absenteeism in schools reduced by 19.8% through the use of hand sanitisers
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Tuesday 13 July 2010
Toilet Paper Holder
I saw this video on YouTube and thought it was very enterprising!
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Tuesday 29 June 2010
National Geographic article on toilet paper
Virgin paper vs recycled paper, an interesting article. According to the article 27,000 trees a day are used to make toilet paper.
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Friday 28 May 2010
Worldwatch Institute article on toilet paper usage
According to this article 1 tonne (909 kgs) of recycled paper will save 1,682kg of timber, 90,849 kgs of water, will use 64% less energy and 50% less water to produce. It will create 74% less air polution, saves 17 trees and will create 5 times more jobs than 1 tonne of virgin paper.
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[www.worldwatch.org/node/6403]
Friday 28 May 2010
Cloth Cleaning in Domestic Washing Machines
Not a recent article but still one that is very relevant. The Department of Labour found that many commercial cleaners were requiring employees to take home and wash cleaning cloths. This practice is hazardous to their health as well as not eliminating bacteria and virus' from the cloths.
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Monday 15 February 2010
Green-one rubbish bags on More FM
Listen to More FM (91.8) for giveaways of Green-One oxo-biodegradable rubbish bags
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Tuesday 2 February 2010
Drop in use of hand sanitisers as a result of reduced media coverage
The H1N1 pandemic is no longer discussed in our daily newspapers. A study was done and published by Eurosurveillance on whether the use of hand sanitisers has dropped in hospital foyers as a result of a decrease in media coverage. This interesting article shows a decrease from 18% to 8.2% of people using a hand santitiser as they entered a New Zealand hospital.
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Tuesday 2 February 2010
GreenOne Press Release
Green One Rubbish Bags announce a nationwide TV campaign
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Tuesday 26 January 2010
Food Safety Bill
After 5 years of work the new Food Safety Bill is ready to go. This will affect all establishments that serve or prepare food. For more information click on the lick to be taken throgh to the NZFSA website article.
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Wednesday 14 October 2009
Prisoners getting drunk on alcohol based sanitisers
TVNZ ran a news story on prisoners drinking alcohol based sanitisers. Because alcohol sanitisers contain a minimum of 62% alcohol the prisoners have been adding a couple of squirts into cordial and drinking it. Attached is an article and video clip.
Note that our D-Germ sanitiser is alcohol free!
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Wednesday 14 October 2009
Alcohol Based Sanitisers and Drink Driving
Don’t get pulled over by the police and accused of drink driving – see link to article on the effects of alcohol based hand sanitisers.
Note our D-Germ Hand Sanitiser is alcohol free!
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Wednesday 23 September 2009
