Seventh Generation Multi-Surface Cleaner

Thyme is a sweet-smelling culinary and medicinal herb rich in vitamin K and found to increase the level of healthy fats in the body.

It also turns out to be a hard-hitting germ fighter and cleaner of nonporous surfaces. Who knew?

And Simon and Garfunkel sang about it, but that’s beside the point.

The eco-conscious folks at Seventh Generation have harnessed the power of thymol (or thyme oil) for their Multi-Surface Cleaner.

As with any other spray cleaner of this type, you just spray and wipe the toy, highchair, countertop, garbage can or other surface in need of a little cleaning.

Thyme likes to take out various staphylococcus and bacillus and other intimidatingly named microscopic organisms, so it also makes a good disinfectant.

Because it’s all organic, they say you don’t need to rinse or wipe afterward, even on surfaces that will come in contact with food. Of course, it’s possible the food might end up tasting a bit of thyme or lemongrass citrus, but why quibble?

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