Article: Baking Soda's a Natural For Your Spring Cleaning

The wonderful cleaning properties of baking soda have often been extolled in this column. Now as the awesome task of spring cleaning faces every homemaker, allow me to remind you that baking soda and other non-caustic products such as white household vinegar are great alternatives to caustic cleaners that are not kind to our environment and are sometimes harmful to humans.

Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) will clean and deodorize the inside of your refrigerator, your stove, your toaster oven and your microwave. Just sprinkle the baking soda on a damp sponge and rub onto the surface. Rinse and wipe dry with a cloth. Use it to brighten stainless steel sinks, to clean and deodorize ...

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