Can you recommend an alternative to bleach?

Chlorine bleach can irritate the eyes, skin and lungs. And there's always the danger of accidentally mixing chlorine bleach with other cleaners containing acid or ammonia, which creates toxic gases.  
 
Cleaning your kitchen with vinegar and other edible ingredients is safer (and cheaper) than using toxic chemicals. Vinegar is a natural disinfectant and deodorizer that reduces bacteria, mold and germs. Lemon juice is another effective natural disinfectant, especially when left on surfaces. Spray vinegar or lemon juice on surfaces and let it dry rather than wiping it off to make it more effective.  
 
Vinegar is acidic, so it shouldn’t be used on marble and it should be diluted. The smell vanishes as it dries but adding some lemon juice to the mix makes it smell better. For general cleaning, you can mix vinegar and water and add a splash of lemon juice. Baking soda is safe abrasive scrub for sinks and bathtubs that deodorizes too.

cleaning with these things sounds like a good ideabut how much elbow greece is needed to clean a sink, tub, ect that is on the rough side???

I have been using Oxy-Clean or really the generic \'Oxygen Pro\' as bleach for getting tough stains out of my clothing. Do you know anything about that being ok or not as far as biodegrading after it goes down the drain? I think it is made from two types of salts.

In response to comment #2 by Ally: How much elbow grease...? I have been using baking soda & vinegar as cleansers in my kitchens & bath for over six years ~ it really is amazing how easy baking soda really scours off gunk. I'm not a "holly homemaker" ~ I'm a really messy cook, and my stove top takes a beating ~ I dump about a cup of baking soda on the stove top, get a wet sponge and start scrubbing using cirucular motions ~ 98% of it comes off with this ~ the remaining 2% requires really scrubbing. In the showers ~ soap scum ~ hardly any scrubbing at all - you seriously can just use your finger tip and baking soda and see it go away. Hard water spots do require some additional scrubbing. Hope this helps!