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[quote=Anonymous]We don't use paper towels in our house and don't have them, so our housekeeper asked us for them. We gave her rags instead, which is what I use when I clean. She was okay with this. However, we also asked her to use only our cleaning products, which were non-toxic. I have asthma and bleach really irritates my lungs and we've noticed some issues with our son, too. She used our cleaning products but would supplement them with her own bleach. I noticed immediately, really had trouble breathing. We asked her again not to use it and she said "well, I did use your products." It was really uncomfortable because I knew i'd smelled bleach, but we figured we'd let it go. DH saw her use the bleach and was like "no bleach please, my wife and kid get irritated by it" and she said, "but I cannot kill germs without it." I'd chalk it up to a language barrier but I speak her language well enough that I'm pretty sure we were in agreement, and I also printed out a green cleaning guide in her language. I can still tell that sometimes she is using bleach. She has lots of kids, no health insurance, and regularly shares some of her life with us, and things sound really stressful. I don't feel there's any way we can stop using her without my conscience going nuts. Sometimes I wish she'd quit in frustration over our requirements instead of just say she'd do them and then sneak bleach. And I KNOW she is using the bleach because, without it, she's convinced my son is going to get sick from our bathtub or something. But it drives me nuts.

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