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Water and Laundry Performance
Water is a basic component of many cleaning tasks. But some attributes, such as mineral content, salt water and temperature can affect cleaning power. 
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Awards Ceremony to Recognize Litchfield HS FCCLA
The American Cleaning Institute will be hosting the 2017 Healthy Schools, Healthy People, It’s a SNAP National Awards Ceremony at the ACI offices on May 17, 2017 from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM. ACI Members and stakeholders will have the opportunity to hear from the Litchfield High School FCCLA Chapter about their "Healthy Holidays" campaign that earned the national award. The awards ceremony will also include a video presentation from the Centers for Disease Control and…
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How Hard Water Affects Laundry
Can the kind of water you have affect your laundry? You bet. It depends on the water’s softness or hardness. Soft water aids cleaning. Hard water poses some obstacles to cleaning.
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It’s Time to Get Crafty
It's National Craft Month and we provide you with some pointers for avoiding messes and cleaning up! It's National Craft Month and we provide you with some pointers for avoiding messes and cleaning up!
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Hard surface cleaning performance of six alternative cleaners under laboratory conditions
Remove from archives; not an ACI pub?? Olson, W., D. Vesley, M. Bode, P. Dubbel and T. Bauer 1994
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Food Safety
When it comes to healthy eating, making smart food choices is just one-half of the equation. The other half is using safe procedures for food preparation, serving and storage. Food that is mishandled can lead to foodborne illnesses. And because bacteria are everywhere, cleanliness is a major factor in preventing foodborne illness. There are Four Steps for Food Safety – Clean, Separate, Cook, and Chill: Clean Wash your hands. To do the job properly, wet…
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Removing Sunscreen
Summer’s here, and with it, the increased awareness of, and need for, sunscreen. We need the protection, but our tile floors? Not so much. Fortunately, there are easy ways to clean up when we accidentally slather and spray SPF on surfaces other than our skin. Clothes While that’s definitely good news for you and your kids, it sounds like the family wardrobe didn’t make out as well. But don’t fear; most commercially available bug sprays and sunscreens do wash out relatively…
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