5 cleaning ingredients to avoid – are they secretly making your allergies worse? Here's what to use instead

A set of natural cleaning supplies in a basket on a kitchen kitchen island.

It can be tricky to pick new cleaning products. Between swerving disingenuous green washing and finding products that actually work, it's easy to pickup a well-known brand and hope for the best without paying too much attention to the ingredients.

However, cleaning experts warn that there are several common chemicals found in commercial cleaning products that can worsen your allergies and be hazardous to your health.