16 FLOURISH • SPRING 2014
Green Cleaning
With Beth Greer
Six tips to detox your spring routine
by nancy sands johnson
photos by stuart lirette
F
or decades, the household products industry has been
telling us that "clean" means anti-bacterial, ultra-strength
and highly scented. But Beth Greer, a green holistic
health coach and the author of Super Natural Home, of-
fers a different perspective.
"The chemicals in household products can be more danger-
ous than the germs themselves," says Greer. "That's because most
cleaning products—even those labeled 'natural' — contain sol-
