Melamine Foam

The other day I noticed a pretty interesting situation. Crayon had somehow found its way out of its box in the closet and onto the wall in my kid’s room. It’s one of those times when you just don’t ask how it happened. Americans face these kinds of situations almost every day. The American Heart Association even keeps track of them. There are 72 million people in the United States age 20 and older with high blood pressure. And, between the years of 1994 and 2004 the actual number of deaths from high blood pressure rose 41.8 percent.

They tell you that the cause of most of the cases of high blood pressure in the US is not known. What they mean is no scientist wants to look like an idiot by saying the leading cause of high blood pressure in America is from the misuse of multicolored wax in a big yellow box.

Anyway, part of the problem has been solved! The answer: a beautiful, white melamine foam called the Magic Eraser or the Ultimate Sponge. Basically, you get it wet and it works like microscopic sandpaper erasing ugly marks from almost anything.

For those of you who don’t have kids, or raging parties where people draw on your walls with crayon, the magic eraser is still pretty useful. I used it after moving out of an old apartment, and probably left the place looking cleaner then when I moved in.

Want to save a life and help lower high blood pressure? Well then go green, and buy your friends and loved ones beautiful white blocks of melamine foam.