Yes really! Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) actually exists and can be a real problem. SBS is the term given to a situation where people in particular work environments suffer a range of non-specific, building-related symptoms. Symptoms can include tiredness, headaches, dizziness, nausea, aches and pains, skin irritation, loss of concentration, shortness of breath and eye [...]
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Sick Building Syndrome… really?
Posted in Cleaning Tips, Sustainability & the Environment on June 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cleaning chemicals… DANGER!
Posted in Cleaning Tips on June 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A recent news item reported workers in Scotland were admitted to hospital suffering breathing difficulties as a result of cleaning toilets with chemicals. Cases like these aren’t as uncommon as you may think. Industrial (and, indeed, many household) cleaning products can be extremely dangerous to our health, especially when used on an everyday basis. Have [...]
Time for a spring clean!
Posted in Cleaning Tips on June 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There’s no doubting the pollen season is back with a vengeance. Millions of you out there will be suffering with runny or stuffy noses, itchy, sore throats, watery eyes and sneezing. These people prone to hayfever usually have a high level of Immunoglobulin E (Ig E), which results in the overreaction to pollens, dust, animal [...]
Daytime dilemma
Posted in Cleaning Tips on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Might an investment in daytime cleaning be the way forward? Towards the end of the day if your office is cleaned in the early morning will your customers arriving at your premises late in the afternoon have the same standards and perceptions of cleanliness as those arriving first thing? The answer is most probably no. [...]
