Environmentally Friendly Carpet Cleaning?

After our dog stepped in his own poo last weekend and came in our house, I'd had it. Our carpets were FILTHY and with people coming for Christmas, they HAD to get cleaned.

I wasn't able to locate an environmentally friendly carpet cleaning service off hand, and was desperate to get the carpets cleaned, so I found a locally owned company, owner-operator, with a website and scheduled them to come out ASAP. Chris was here when they were cleaning, and said they said this to him after they were done:

"I'm going to spray this lemon scent on your carpets, because often when carpets are really dirty especially with dog dander, the house can smell like wet dog while they're drying."

Seems harmless enough, right? WRONG!

I would have preferred the smell of wet dog over the chemical nonsense that was sprayed on my carpet. (If I wanted my house to smell like effing Pledge I could have sprayed the carpets myself!) I have a sore throat and think it's due to the chemical cocktail that was unleashed on my carpets today. It's no wonder the average newborn baby's cord blood tested has 200 man-made chemicals in it...

So you can be sure that I will be doing some research so next time they're cleaned, it will be environmentally friendly. Even if that means my house will smell like wet dog for a few hours. Beats the alternative.