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We are products of our environment. While we don't yet know everything there is to know about the link between pollution and cancer, evidence is mounting that toxins in our air, food and water may be responsible for the rise in cancer rates.

Find out what the experts are saying about health risks in the environment. The more you know, the better equipped you'll be to make a difference.

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Want to 'clean up your act' in your own home? Stop using chemicals for household cleaning and try this effective, homemade all-purpose cleaner:

Alice's WonderSpray™ (from Clean House, Clean Planet by Karen Logan)

Combine the following ingredients in a 32 oz. spray bottle:

White vinegar - 1/4 cup

Borax - 2 tsp.

Hot water - almost fill bottle

Liquid Dish soap - 1/4 cup. Add last (try Palmolive or Seventh Generation)

Essential oil - 10 to 15 drops (optional, for scent. try lavender or lemon)

Wet cleaning vs. Dry cleaning
Wet-based cleaning of clothes is less toxic than dry cleaning. Most dry cleaners use perchlorethylene which is carcinogenic. The following list of metro-area wet-based cleaners is from the Minnesota Technical Assistance Program. More information on this topic is available at their website.

Colonial Cleaners, 3701 Lyndale Ave. So., Minneapolis, MN 55408 612-823-8095

Prestige Cleaning, 3711 W. 44th St., Minneapolis, MN 612-929-2010

Temple Cleaners, 628 11th St. E., Glencoe, MN 55336 320-864-4317

Premier Cleaners 3450 Denmark Ave Saint Paul, MN, 55123 651-452-3294

Titan Cleaners, 209 West 1st St., Waconia, MN 55387 952-442-2105

Dry Cleaning Station, various metro locations--see website
note: uses GreenEarth system, not wet cleaning

Leaf's Cleaners, 164 Main St, Winona, MN 55987 507-452-2222

Clean N Press, various metro locations--see website