From:
Barbara Carlson
Date: 2002-03-08 12:21:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Simple Green
> I personally would not use Simple Green on any animal cages. Considering
> the smell is strong enough that you have to work in a well ventilated
> area and you can actually get high off the fumes of it, I would not use
> it. I've known about it a lot since they use it for everything in the
> military and we only use it for toilets and extremely hard to clean
> things after removing all animals from that end of the house (also have
> birds that it can kill with the smell) for at least that part of the day.
> It's very strong stuff. I would suggest getting one of those handy
> little steam cleaners like the portable Eureka Enviro Steamer for cages.
> That's
Are you talking about the same stuff??? The Simple Green I use does not
have to be used in a well-ventilated area, nor does it have *anything* that
could make you high! I suspect you're thinking of something else. Simple
Green smells like licorice (anise) to me. It's a very good cleaner and
rinses well. I've used it for years with no problems. I even knew the
husband of one of the genetists who tested it to see if it caused mutations
in DNA and it came out with a clean bill of health. It's supposed to be
non-toxic and non-hazardous. Diluted (the normal way you'd use it for
washing something down) I don't even worry about rinsing.
--Barb--