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  • Data Appendix
• Cleaning Supplies

  Air Fresheners:	General Purpose Cleaners:
  Febreze Air Effects	Alpha HP Cleaner
  Bathroom Cleaners:	Citrus-Scrub 90
  3M Bathroom Cleaner	Marauder Environmental Cleaner
  Comet Disinfectant	Pine-Sol
  NABC Non-Acid Disinfectant	Pioneer Super Cleaner
  Disinfectants:	Simple Green
  Alpha HP Disinfectant	Glass & Surface Cleaners:
  Clorox Bleach	3M Glass Cleaner
  Virex II 256	Glance HC Cleaner
  Floor Cleaners / Polishes:	Glance NA Cleaner
  Ripsaw	Waxie 21 Glass Cleaner
  Shineline Floor Sealer	Graffiti Removers:
  Twister	Goof Off Cleaner
  Waxie Green Floor Finish	View all Detected Chemicals

• Cleaning Tests
  • Conventional Cleaning
  • Green Cleaning
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Cleaning Tests Overview

• Conventional Classroom Cleaning

  Cleaning a model classroom using ordinary school cleaning supplies like Twister, Waxie 21 Glass Cleaner, and Simple Green resulted in emission of 66 air contaminants. Overall air pollution was six times higher than a classroom cleaned with green products. See below for more information about the chemicals detected.

• Green Classroom Cleaning

  Cleaning a model classroom with certified green cleaning supplies like Marauder, Glance NA, and Alpha HP resulted in emission of just 15 air contaminants. Overall air pollution was six times lower than a classroom cleaned with conventional products. See below for more information about the chemicals detected.