I am proud to be IJCSA Master Green Cleaning Certified. Throughout this course I learned many things that will make me a much safer and effective cleaner. My cleaning practices will go on to benefit the health and safety of people and the environment.

I learned the ways in which cleaning chemicals with harsh, dangerous ingredients negatively impact people, animals, plants, and the overall environment. I learned that there are many VOCs that exist, and that there are VOCs dangerous to humans like formaldehyde, benzene, toluene, 2-butoxyethanol, tetrachloroethylene, and acetone that are commonly found in cleaning products. I also learned about dangerous non-volatile organic compound chemicals like sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid, chlorine bleach, phosphates, and quaternary ammonium compounds, all of which negatively affect the environment. And I learned that I can avoid these dangerous VOCs and dangerous non- VOC chemicals by purchasing cleaning products that have ingredients that are not dangerous to people, and that can easily break down in the environment without negatively affecting it or the life in it.

I thought the amount of information given about all the different types of dangerous VOCs and dangerous non-VOC chemicals was very interesting, informative, and useful to know. I also found it interesting that the EPA has approved natural disinfectants, like botanical and mineral based disinfectants, as I did not think they did before taking this course. I also thought it was interesting and helpful that the course utilized different ways of learning like the use of the videos, the reading material, as well as the multiple-choice questions and written requirements I had to fulfill, making it a lot easier for me to solidify my understanding of the information I was given.

Thank you IJCSA for giving me the knowledge I need to be a great green cleaning company.