I don’t think it’s about clutter. I think the reason this post generated such strong responses is because the author made some really ridiculous, unsubstatiated claims and leaps in logic. For example:

” A clean home can be hazardous to your health, and is easy to get to from a tidy home. See dust? Take it down! The speed at which cleaners are gone through add up in dollars.”

*How* is a clean home hazadous to your health? What are you defining as “clean” Why the assumption that anyone who has a ‘clean’ home used commercially available cleaners or used them in excess? And the statement (if I’m reading it correctly - it’s very poorly worded) that it’s easy to get from a ‘tidy’ home to a ‘clean’ home? Most people I know - including myself - find the opposite is true. It’s all too easy to get to a tidy home to a cluttered one. Obviously there are those out there who are neat-freaks and are maybe too obessesd about keeping their house sparkling. This post doesn’t make any sort of distinctions for those personalities though.

I know what the author was trying to get at and again, maybe she was trying to be tongue-in-cheek. I have to say though this article could’ve been written in a much better way.

Ask any creditable financial help source, and they will tell you that the first step to getting out of debt is to organize your finances. You won’t remember to pay your credit card bill if it’s lost on a cluttered desk. Think about it. Do you think the credit card companies or banks subscribe to the idea that a cluttered office building and messy desks will make their business more efficient? No. Run you home as you would a business: keep things orderly not stringent, be punctual, and make smart decisions about what you buy for your home.

As for cleaning products damaging your health - get on to an eco-advice website and you will find homemade recipes to replace chemically cleaning products with more natural, less harsh alternatives. They are not only healthier - they are also a lot cheaper.