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Exposure
to
Household
Chemicals*
There
are
over
75,000
chemicals
registered
with
the
EPA
and
less
than
20%
of
them have
been
tested
for
toxicity.
EPA
classifies
chemical
substances
as
either
"existing" chemicals
or
"new"
chemicals.
The
only
way
to
determine
if
a
substance
is a
new chemical
is
by
consulting
EPA's
Toxic
Substances
Control
Act
(TSCA) Chemical Substance
Inventory.
Dr.
Philip
Landrigan,
Professor
of
Community
and Preventative Medicine
at
Mount
Sinai
School
of
Medicine,
said
less
than
20%
of
the estimated
75,000 chemicals
manufactured
in
the
past
50
years
have never
been
assessed
for
their neurotoxicity.
The
National
Research
Council
(NRC),
which
is
part
of
the
National
Academy
of
Sciences, conducted
a
study
of
100
random
chemicals.
These
chemicals
were
chosen because, more
than
one
million
pounds
of
each
chemical
were
produced
annually.
The study
found that
nearly
78
percent
of
these
chemicals
lacked
even
minimum
toxicity standards. Sources:
U.S.
EPA,
New
Chemicals
Program;
Landrigan,
P.J.
(1999). Pesticide
&
Toxic
Chemical
News, 27(31).
A
person
who
spends
15
minutes
cleaning
scale
off
shower
walls
could
inhale
three times
the
"acute
one-hour
exposure
limit"
for
glycol-ether
containing
products
set by
the
California
Office
of
Environmental
Health
Hazard
Assessment. Sources:
News-Medical.Net;
University
of
California
at
Berkeley.
It
has
been
estimated
that
a
person
who
cleans
four
houses
a
day,
five
days
per week,
50
weeks
per
year,
could
inhale
about
80
micrograms
per
day
of
formaldehyde,
double
the
guideline
value
set
by
California's
Proposition 65.
In
addition,
the
person's
intake
of
fine
particulate
matter
during
the
hours spent
cleaning would
exceed
the
average
federal
guideline
level
for
an
entire
year.
These
quantities
are in
addition
to
the
formaldehyde
and
particulate
matter
that
the
person would
be
exposed
to from
all
other
sources
and
activities
during
the
year.
Sources: News-Medical.Net;
University
of California
at
Berkeley,
Household
Chemicals.
Several
chlorinated
chemicals
can
cause
cancer
and
other
serious
health
problems. Chlorinated
chemicals
can
come
from
consumer
products,
dry-cleaned
clothes,
and treated
municipal
water.
Air
levels
of
these
chemicals,
therefore,
are
generally
higher
in the
home
than
outdoors.
Many
commonly
used
consumer
products
contain chlorinated chemical
solvents,
such
as
trichloroethylene,
methyl
chloroform, perchloroethylene,
and methylene
chloride.
These
products
include
glues,
spot
removers,
spray cleaners,
water repellents,
spray
paints,
paint strippers,
and
automotive
products. Sources:
California Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Air
Resources
Board,
Chlorinated Chemicals
in
Your
Home,
May
2001
Studies
from
the
United
States
and
Europe
indicate
that
people
living
in
industrialized nations
spend
more
than
90%
of
their
time
indoors.
Source:
EnviroSense Fact
Sheet.
Safe
Substitutes
at
Home:
Non-toxic
Household
Products.Organic
pollutants
are
2
to
5
times
higher
inside
homes
than
outside.
According
to
the
EPA,
sources
of
organic
pollutants
from
household
cleaners
include: solvents;
wood
preservatives;
aerosol
sprays;
cleansers
and
disinfectants; and
air fresheners.
Health
effects
from
organic
pollutants
include:
Eye,
nose,
and throat
irritation; headaches,
loss
of
coordination,
nausea; damage
to
liver,
kidney,
and central
nervous system.
Many
organic
compounds
are
known
to
cause
cancer
in
animals;
some are suspected
of
causing,
or
are
known
to
cause,
cancer
in
humans.
Source: U.S.
EPA. Data
related
to
typical
Household
Cleaners Compiled
by
Shaklee
Corporation,
February
2007
©2007
Shaklee
Corporation.
Page
2
of
12
Vulnerability
of
Children"We
are
conducting
a
vast
toxicologic
experiment
in
our
society,
in
which
our children
and
our
children's
children
are
the
experimental
subjects",
stated pediatrician
Herbert
L.
Needleman.
Little
information
on
possible
toxic
potential
is
available for
the
80,000
chemicals
registered
today
with
the
U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
Of
the
3,000
chemicals
produced
or
imported
at
over
1
million pounds
a
year,
only 43%
have
received
even
minimal
toxicologic
assessment,
and
a
mere
23%
have been tested
to
determine
whether
they
have
the
potential
to
cause
developmental damage. Source:
Landrigan,
P.J.
&
Weiss,
B.
(2000).
Environmental
Health Perspectives
Supplements,
v107
supplement
3,
June. Children
are
highly
vulnerable
to
chemical
toxicants.
Pound
for
pound
of body weight
children
drink
more
water,
eat
more
food
and
breathe
more
air
than adults. The
implication
of
this
is
that
children
will
have
substantially
heavier exposures
than
adults to
any
toxicants
that
are
present
in
water,
food
or
air.
Source: Landrigan,
P.J.
&
Garg,
A.
(2002).
Chronic
effects
of
toxic
environmental
exposures
on
children's
health.Journal
of
Toxicology:
Clinical Toxicology,
40(4),
449-456. Why
are
children
a
sensitive
subpopulation?
Children's
metabolic pathways,
especially in
the
first
months
after
birth,
are
immature.
Their
ability
to metabolize,
detoxify
and
excrete
many
chemicals
differs
from
adults.
Source:
Landrigan,
P.J.,
et
al,
(1998).
Children's
Health and
the
Environment:
A
New
Agenda
for
Prevention
Research,
Environmental Health
Perspectives
106, Supplement
3,
June.
The
National
Academy
of
Sciences
has
recommended
that
infants
and
children
be considered
more
vulnerable
to
chemicals
than
adults
in
the
absences
of evidence
to the
contrary.
Source:
National
Research
Council
(1993).
Pesticides
in
the Diets
of
Infants
and
Children; National
Academy
Press:
Washington,
DC.
Carcinogenic
and
toxic
exposures
sustained
early
in
life
including
prenatal exposures
appear
more
likely
to
lead
to
disease
than
similar
exposures
encountered later.
Source:
Landrigan,
P.J.
&
Garg,
A.
(2002).
Chronic
effects
of
toxic environmental
exposures
on children's
health.
Journal
of
Toxicology:
Clinical
Toxicology,
40(4), 449-456. Faster
metabolisms
in
children
speed
up
their
absorption
of contaminants.
"Children absorb
a
greater
proportion
of
many
substances
from
the
intestinal
tract or
lung,"
says pediatrician
Dr.
Philip
Landrigan.
"For
example,
children
take
up approximately
half
of
the
lead
that
they
swallow
while
adults
absorb
only
about
one-tenth."
Source:
PBS.org,
Trade Secrets:
A
Moyers
Report
(2001). Children
spend
a
considerable
amount
of
time
putting
things
in
their mouths.
In 1998,
scientists
at
Rutgers
University
discovered
that
pesticides
sprayed in
a
home evaporate
from
floors
and
carpets,
and
then
re-condense
on
plastic
and foam
objects
such as
pillows
and
plush
toys.
By
observing
how
frequently
a
group
of pre-schoolers
put
clean
toys
in
their
mouths,
the
researchers
calculated
that
contaminated
toys
are
likely
to
give young
children
much
higher
doses
of
poison
than
adults
would
get
in
the same environment.
Source:
PBS.org,
Trade
Secrets:
A
Moyers
Report
(2001). Data
related
to
typical
Household
Cleaners Compiled
by
Shaklee
Corporation,
February
2007 ©2007
Shaklee
Corporation.
Page
3
of
12
Vulnerability
of
Children
(continued)
Children
have
more
time
to
develop
chronic
diseases
triggered
by
early
exposures. Many
diseases
that
are
caused
by
toxicants
in
the
environment
require decades
to develop.
Source:
Landrigan,
P.J.
&
Garg,
A.
(2002).
Chronic
effects
of toxic
environmental
exposures
on children's
health.
Journal
of
Toxicology:
Clinical
Toxicology,
40(4), 449-456.
Babies
don't
excrete
contaminants
or
store
them
away
in
fat
in
the
same
ways
that adults
do,
making
the
poisons
more
available
to
affect
rapidly
growing
bodies. Furthermore,
because
a
baby's
immune
system
is
not
fully
functional,
a
baby's
body cannot
counteract
toxic
effects
as
well
as
an
adult
can.
In
an
adult,
a
blood-brain
barrier insulates
the
brain
from
many
of
the
potentially
harmful
chemicals circulating
through
the body.
But
in
a
human
child,
that
barrier
isn't
fully
developed
until
six months
after
birth. Source:
PBS.org,
Trade
Secrets:
A
Moyers
Report
(2001). Many
contaminants
such
as
dioxins
and
PCBs
have
an
affinity
for
fatty tissue. During
pregnancy,
women
mobilize
their
amassed
stores
of
body
fat
to provide nourishment
for
their
growing
babies;
the
contaminants
in
the
fat
are
then passed
to
their children.
Nursing
mothers
also
transfer
a
good
portion
of
their
lifetime accumulation
of chemicals
to
their
babies.
Source:
PBS.org,
Trade
Secrets:
A
Moyers
Report (2001).
Children
exposed
in
the
womb
are
at
greatest
risk
of
all. Because
cellular
structures
change
so
rapidly
during
embryonic
and
fetal growth,
a
toxic exposure
at
the
wrong
moment
can
permanently
alter
further
development. According
to Dr.
Landrigan,
the
central
nervous
system
is
especially
vulnerable.
To function
properly, the
developing
brain
must
lay
down
an
intricate
web
of
interconnecting neurons.
Small
doses
of
neurotoxins
during
critical
periods
of
brain
development
can
alter
those
crucial neural
pathways
-
one
mistake
early
on,
and
the
brain
may
be
forever changed
in
subtle or
serious
ways.
Government
and
university
scientists
are
currently investigating
the possibility
of
a
connection
between
fetal
exposures
to
toxics
and developmental
disabilities such
as
attention
deficit
hyperactivity
disorder
(ADHD).
Source:
PBS.org, Trade
Secrets:
A Moyers
Report
(2001).
Children's
metabolic
pathways,
especially
in
the
first
months
after birth,
are
immature.
Their
ability
to
metabolize,
detoxify
and
excrete
many
chemicals
differs
from adults.
Source:
Landrigan,
P.J.
&
Garg,
A.
(2002).
Chronic
effects
of
toxic
environmental
exposures
on children's
health.
Journal
of
Toxicology:
Clinical
Toxicology,
40(4), 449-456. Data
related
to
typical
Household
Cleaners
Compiled
by
Shaklee
Corporation,
February
2007 ©2007
Shaklee
Corporation.
Page
4
of
12
Health
Issues for Asthma
Population
StatisticsOverall
Asthma
Statistics
Approximately
20
million
Americans
have
asthma. Source:
American
Lung
Association,
(2005).
Epidemiology
&
Statistics
Unit, Research
and
Program
Services. Trends
in
Asthma
Morbidity
and
Mortality. The
prevalence
of
asthma
increased
75%
from
1980-1994.
Source:
Centers for
Disease
Control.
Surveillance
for
Asthma,
United
States,
1960-1995,
MMWR.
1998;
47
(SS-1).
Children Nine
million
U.S.
children
under
18
have
been
diagnosed
with
asthma.
Source:
Summary Health
Statistics
for
U.S.
Children:
National
Health
Interview
Survey, 2002.
Series
10,
Number
221.2004-1549 Asthma
is
the
most
common
serious
chronic
disease
of
childhood.
Source: Asthma
and Allergy
Foundation
of
America.
Asthma
Facts
and
Figures. Asthma
rates
in
children
under
the
age
of
five
have
increased
more
than 160%
from 1980-1994.
Source:
Centers
for
Disease
Control.
Surveillance
for
Asthma, United
States,
1960-1995,
MMWR.
1998;
47
(SS-1). An
average
of
one
out
of
every
13
school-aged
children
has
asthma. Source:
EPA
Asthma Facts. Asthma
is
the
third-ranking
cause
of
hospitalization
among
children under
15.
Source: EPA
Asthma
Facts.
African
Americans Asthma
prevalence
is
39%
higher
in
African
Americans
than
in
Caucasians. Source:
American
Lung
Association,
(2005).
Epidemiology
&
Statistics
Unit, Research
and
Program Services.
Trends
in
Asthma
Morbidity
and
Mortality. African
Americans
have
highest
asthma
rates
of
any
racial/ethnic
group. Compared to
Caucasians: The
rate
of
emergency
department
visits
is
380%
higher The
hospitalization
rate
is
225%
higher The
asthma
death
rate
is
200%
higher In
2004,
an
estimated
3.5
million
African
Americans
currently
had
asthma Source:
EPA
asthma
facts. Women: the
prevalence
of
asthma
in
adult
females
was
42%
greater
than
the
rate in
adult males
according
to
a
2004
survey
by
the
Center
for
Disease
Control. Source:
National Health
Interview
Survey,
(2006).
National
Center
for
Health
Statistics, CDC Data
related
to
typical
Household
Cleaners Compiled
by
Shaklee
Corporation,
February
2007 ©2007
Shaklee
Corporation.
Page
5
of
12 Household
Cleaners
and
Asthma. Common
household
cleaners
and
appliances
give
off
fumes,
which
can potentially increase
the
risk
of
developing
asthma
in
children.
Asthma
is
the
most common chronic
childhood
disease
in
the
developed
world
and
has
become
more common
in
the
last
30
years.
In
a
2004
study
published
in
the
journal
Thorax,
it
was found
that
that
many common
household
cleaners
and
appliances
give
off
fumes,
which
can
potentially
increase the
risk
of
developing
asthma
in
children.
It
was
concluded
that, "Domestic
exposure
to Volatile
Organic
Compounds
(VOCs)
at
levels
[even]
below
currently accepted recommendations
may
increase
the
risk
of
childhood
asthma."
VOCs
are
found in
many household
products
and
may
also
be embedded
in
the
house
itself
as
part
of the
paint, flooring,
or
furniture.
Source:
Rumchev,
K.
et
al.
(2004).Thorax,
59(9), 746-751. Environmental
exposures
early
in
life,
including
the
womb,
may
influence the development
of
wheezing
and
asthma.
In
the
UK
and
other
developed countries
the prevalence
of
asthma
symptoms
has
increased
in
recent
years.
This
is likely
to
be
the result
of
increased
exposure
to
environmental
factors.
A
study
was undertaken
to
investigate
the
association
between
maternal
use
of
chemical
based products
in
the prenatal
period
and
patterns
of
wheeze
in
early
childhood.
A dose-dependent
relationship was
observed
between
frequency
of
use
of
common
household
chemical products
in
the prenatal
period
and
persistent
wheeze
in
the
resulting
offspring.
These findings
suggest that
frequent
use
of
chemical
based
products
in
the
prenatal
period
is associated
with persistent
wheezing
in
young
children.
Source:
Thorax,
Jan
2005
60(1), 45-49. Strong
links
have
been
found
between
the
use
of
domestic
and
industrial cleaning products
and
the
risk
of
asthma.
It
is
well-documented
that
women
who
are employed
in domestic
cleaning
are
at
increased
risk
for
symptoms
of
obstructive
lung disease.
There are
now
at
least
6
well-designed
epidemiologic
studies
that
have documented
a
strong
link
between
use
of
domestic
and
industrial
cleaning
products
and
risk
of asthma.
For
example,
in
a
study
of
over
4,500
women
employed
in
domestic
cleaning
it was
found
that 25%
of
the
asthma
cases
in
the
study
population
could
be
attributed
to
domestic
cleaning. This
led
the
study
authors
to
conclude
that,
"Employment
in
domestic cleaning
may
induce or
aggravate
asthma.
This
study
suggests
that
domestic
cleaning
work
has an
important public
health
impact,
probably
involving
not
only
professional
cleaners but
also
people undertaking
cleaning
tasks
at
home."
Source:
Thorax,
Nov
2003
58(11), 950-954. Data
related
to
typical
Household
Cleaners Compiled
by
Shaklee
Corporation,
February
2007. ©2007
Shaklee
Corporation.
Page
6
of
12.
Toxicity
of
Household
CleanersSome
cleaning
products
and
air
fresheners
have
unhealthy
emissions.
While effective
cleaning
can
improve
the
healthfulness
of
indoor
environments,
this
work
shows that
use
of
some
consumer
cleaning
agents
can
yield
high
levels
of volatile
organic compounds,
including
glycol
ethers--which
are
regulated
toxic
air contaminants--and terpenes
that
can
react
with
ozone
to
form
a
variety
of
secondary pollutants
including formaldehyde
and
ultrafine
particles.
Persons
involved
in
cleaning, especially
those
who clean
occupationally
or
often,
might
encounter
excessive
exposures
to these
pollutants owing
to
cleaning
product
emissions.
Source:
Singer,
B.C.,
et
al
(2006). Cleaning
products
and
air
fresheners:
emissions
and
resulting
concentrations
of
glycol
ethers
and
terpenoids.
Indoor
Air,
16(3),
179-191. All
purpose
cleaners.
Many
all-purpose
cleaners
contain
neurotoxins
and nasal
irritants that
can
be
absorbed
through
the
skin
or
inhaled.
Synthetic
solvents
may cause
hormone disruption.
Maternal
exposure
to
toxic
chemicals
during
pregnancy
can disrupt development
or
even
cause
the
death
of
the
fetus.
Effects
can
include birth
defects,
low birth
weight,
biological
dysfunctions,
or
psychological
or
behavioral deficits
that
become manifest
as
the
child
grows.
Sources:
Agency
for
Toxic
Substances
and Disease
Registry
(1998); Agency
for
Toxic
Substances
and
Disease
Registry
(1999);
Scorecard
(2007). Butyl
Cellosolve
(2-butoxyethanol,
2-butoxyethanol
acetate
or
Ethylene glycol
monobutyl
ether) Butyl
cellosolve
is
a
high
volume
chemical
with
production
exceeding
1 million pounds
annually. The
general
population
is exposed
to
2-butoxyethanol
and
2-butoxyethanol acetate
mainly
by
breathing
air
or
having
skin
contact
with
liquids, particularly household
cleaners,
which
contain
these
compounds. Butyl
cellosolve
is
a
toxic
glycol
ether
used
in
cleaning solutions. Material Safety
Data
Sheet
reports
potential
irritation
and
tissue damage
from inhalation,
ingestion,
cutaneous,
and/or
ocular
exposure. People
who
swallowed
large
amounts
of
cleaning
agents
containing
Butyl cellosolve experienced
breathing
problems,
low
blood
pressure,
low
levels of hemoglobin,
acidic
blood,
and
blood
in
the
urine. Formaldehyde Formaldehyde
is
a preservative
found
in
many
household
products. Formaldehyde
is
an
anticipated
carcinogen. Low
levels
of
formaldehyde
cause
irritation
of
the
eyes,
nose,
throat,
and
skin. People
with
asthma
may
be
more
sensitive
to
the
effects
of
inhaled formaldehyde. Drinking
large
amounts
of
formaldehyde
can
cause
severe
pain,
vomiting, coma,
and
possible
death. In
animal
studies,
rats
developed
nose cancer
from
formaldehyde. Automatic
Dishwasher
Detergents.
Some
products
contain
dry
chlorine
that is
activated when
it
encounters
water
in
the
dishwasher.
Chlorine
fumes
are
released
in the
steam that
leaks
out
of
the
dishwasher,
and
can
cause
eye
irritation. Data
related
to
typical
Household
Cleaners Compiled
by
Shaklee
Corporation,
February
2007 ©2007
Shaklee
Corporation.
Page
7
of
12
Toxicity
of
Household
Cleaners
(continued) Carpet
Cleaners.
Carpet
cleaners
can
be
extremely
toxic
to
children;
who tend
to
play and
crawl
around
on
carpets. The
fumes
given
off
by
carpet
cleaners
can cause
cancer and
liver
damage. Carpet
and
upholstery
cleaners
accounted
for
5397
poison exposures in
2005.
The
majority
of
these,
exposures,
over
3500,
involved
children under
6.
Source:
Annual
Report
of
the
American
Association
of
Poison
Control
Centers' National
Poisoning
and
Exposure Database
(2005). Naphthalene Possible
human carcinogen
found
in
moth
balls
and
metal
polishes. Exposure
to
large
amounts
of
napthalene
may
lead
to
hemolytic
anemia. Napthalene
may
cause
nausea, vomiting,
diarrhea,
blood
in
the
urine,
and a yellow
color
to
skin. Mice
that breathed
naphthalene
vapors
daily
for
a
lifetime
developed lung tumors
and
some
developed
nose
tumors. Sources:
Agency
for
Toxic
Substances
and Disease
Registry
(2005). Bleach:
The
chemical
known
as
hypochlorite
in
bleach
causes
more poisoning exposures
than
any
other
household
cleaning
substance.
May
cause reproductive, endocrine,
and
immune
system
disorders.
Source:
Annual
Report
of
the American
Association
of Poison
Control
Centers'
National
Poisoning
and
Exposure
Database
(2005). Degreasers.
Many
degreasers
contain
petroleum
distillates
and
butyl cellosolve;
which can
damage
lung
tissues
and
dissolve
fatty
tissue
surrounding
nerve
cells. Drain
Cleaners.
One
of
the
most
hazardous
products
in
the
home,
drain cleaners
often contain
lye
or
sodium
hydroxide;
strong
caustic
substances
that
cause severe
corrosive damage
to
eyes,
skin,
mouth
and
stomach,
and
can
be
fatal
if
swallowed. Glass
Cleaners.
Ammonia
is
found
in
many
glass
cleaners
and
the
ammonia fumes
can irritate
skin,
eyes
and
the
respiratory
system.
Ammonia
based
glass cleaners
accounted
for
6,356
poison
exposures
in
2005.
Source:
Annual
Report
of
the
American
Association
of
Poison Control
Centers'
National
Poisoning
and
Exposure
Database
(2005). Ammonia Exposure
to
high
levels
of
ammonia
in
air
may
be
irritating
to
your skin,
eyes, throat,
and
lungs
and
cause
coughing
and
burns. Asthma
sufferers
may
be
more
sensitive
to
breathing
ammonia
than
others. Swallowing
concentrated
solutions
of
ammonia
can
cause
burns
in
your mouth,
throat,
and
stomach.
Getting
ammonia
into
the
eyes
can
cause
burns and
even
blindness.
Sources:
Agency
for
Toxic
Substances
and
Disease
Registry
(2004);
U.S.
Department
of
Health and
Human
Services,
Public
Health
Service. Data
related
to
typical
Household
Cleaners Compiled
by
Shaklee
Corporation,
February
2007
©2007
Shaklee
Corporation.
Page
8
of
12
Toxicity
of
Household
Cleaners
(continued)
Oven
Cleaners.
One
of
the
most
dangerous
cleaning
products,
oven cleaners
can
cause severe
damage
to
eyes,
skin,
mouth
and
throat.
Source:
U.S.
Department
of Health
and
Human Services,
Agency
for
Toxic
Substances
&
Disease
Registry.
Sodium
hydroxide Sodium
hydroxide
is
very
corrosive
and
can
cause
severe burns
in
all tissues that
come
in
contact
with
it. Sodium
hydroxide
is
odorless;
thus,
odor
provides
no
warning
of hazardous concentrations. Inhalation
of sodium
hydroxide
is
immediately
irritating
to
the respiratory
tract. Swelling
or spasms
of
the
larynx
leading
to
upper-airway
obstruction
and asphyxia
can
occur
after
high-dose
inhalation.
Inflammation
of
the
lungs and an
accumulation
of
fluid
in
the
lungs
may
also
occur. Cancer
of
the
esophagus
has
been
reported
15
to
40
years
after
the formation of
corrosion-induced
strictures. Ingestion
of
solid
or
liquid
forms
of
sodium
hydroxide
can
cause spontaneous vomiting,
chest
and abdominal
pain,
and
difficulty
swallowing.
Corrosive injury to
the
mouth,
throat,
esophagus,
and
stomach
is
very
rapid
and
may
result in perforation, hemorrhage,
and
narrowing
of
the
gastrointestinal
tract. Skin
contact
with sodium
hydroxide
can
cause
severe
burns
with
deep ulcerations. Sodium hydroxide
contact
with
the
eye
may
produce
pain
and
irritation, and
in severe
cases,
clouding
of
the
eye
and
blindness. Long-term
exposure
to
sodium hydroxide
in
the
air
may
lead
to
ulceration of the
nasal
passages
and
chronic
skin
irritation. Scouring
Cleansers.
Some
cleaners
may
contain
sodium
hydroxide
or
bleach that
can irritate
mucous
membranes
and
cause
liver
and
kidney damage. Scale
or
Lime
Removers.
These
are
products
designed
to
remove mineral buildup
like lime,
scale
and
soap
scum.
Source:
ScienceLab.com. Sulfamic
Acid Sulfamic
acid
is
toxic
to
lungs
and
mucous
membranes. Direct
skin
contact
with
sulfamic
acid
is
corrosive
and
causes irritation, dryness
or
burning.
Eye
contact
can
result
in
corneal
damage
or
blindness. Inhalation
of
sulfamic
acid
will
produce
irritation
to
gastro-intestinal or respiratory
tract
with
burning, sneezing
or
coughing. Severe
over
exposure
of
sulfamic
acid
can
produce
lung
damage,
choking, unconsciousness
or
death. Data
related
to
typical
Household
Cleaners Compiled
by
Shaklee
Corporation,
February
2007 ©2007
Shaklee
Corporation.
Page
9
of
12
One
of
the
most
dangerous
cleaning
products: toilet
bowl
cleanerscan
contain
chlorine
and
hydrochloric
acid.
Harmful
to
health
simply
by breathing
during use.
Toilet
Bowl
Cleaners
accounted
for
10,461
poison
exposures
in
2005.
Source:
Annual Report
of
the
American
Association
of
Poison
Control
Centers'
National Poisoning
and
Exposure
Database (2005). Hydrochloride/
Hydrochloric
Acid
(HCI) HCI
can
cause
severe
damage
to
skin
and
eyes. Brief
exposure
to
low
levels
of
HCI
vapor
causes
throat
irritation. Exposure
to
higher
levels
of
HCI
can
result
in
rapid
breathing, narrowing
of
the bronchioles,
blue
coloring
of
the
skin,
accumulation
of
fluid
in
the lungs,
and even
death. Exposure
to
even
higher
levels
of
HCI
can
cause
swelling,
spasm
of
the throat and
suffocation. Some people
exposed
to
HCI
may
develop
an
inflammatory
reaction
called reactive
airways
dysfunction
syndrome
(RADS),
a
type
of
asthma
caused
by some
irritating
or
corrosive
substances. Swallowing
HCI
causes
severe
corrosive
injury
to
the
lips,
mouth, throat, esophagus,
and
stomach. Sources:
Agency
for
Toxic
Substances
and
Disease
Registry
(2007).
Managing Hazardous
Materials Incidents.
Volume
III,
Medical
Management
Guidelines
for
Acute
Chemical Exposures;
U.S.
Department of
Health
and
Human
Services,
Public
Health Service. Environmental
Impact Harmful
Environmental
Impact
of
Chemicals
in
Household
Products Phosphates
are
extremely
damaging
to
aquatic
life.
Phosphates
cause rivers
and
lakes
to become
clogged
with
masses
of
algae
and
weeds,
robbing
less
aggressive plants
and
aquatic animal
life
of
oxygen, ultimately
resulting
in
lifeless
streams
and rivers.
Many
automatic dishwashing
detergents
contain
phosphates.
Source:
Revenga,
C.
&
Mock,
G. (2000).
Dirty
Water:
Pollution Problems
Persist.
World
Resources
Institute. Hazardous
Waste
Statistics Americans
generate
1.6
million
tons
(3.2
billion
pounds)
of
household
hazardous
waste
per year.
Source:
U.S.
EPA. The
average
U.S.
household
generates
more
than
20
pounds
of
household hazardous
waste per
year,
and
the
average
home
can
accumulate
as
much
as
100
pounds
of household hazardous
waste
in
the
basement,
garage,
and
in
storage
closets.
Source: U.S.
EPA. 176,000
tons
of
household
waste
from
cleaning
products
generated annually.
Cleaning products
make
up
about
11.5%
of
the
1.6
million
tons
of
household
waste annually.
Source:
U.S. EPA Data
related
to
typical
Household
Cleaners
Compiled
by
Shaklee
Corporation,
February
2007 ©2007
Shaklee
Corporation.
Page
10
of
12
The
following
household
cleaning
products
are
designated
as
household
hazardous
waste by
the
EPA,
and
"improper
disposal
of
these
wastes
can
pollute
the environment
and
pose a
threat
to
human
health."
Source:
U.S.
EPA.
Oven
cleaners, drain
cleaners, wood
and
metal
cleaners
and
polishes, toilet
cleaners, tub,
tile,
shower
cleaners, bleach
(laundry). The
U.S.
EPA
provides
tips
on
how
you
can
safely
dispose
of
household hazardous
waste: Permanent
collection
or
exchange.
See
if
your
community
has
a
facility that
collects household
hazardous
waste
year-round.
Some
of
these
facilities
have exchange
areas
for
unused
or
leftover
paints,
solvents,
pesticides,
cleaning
and automotive
products,
and
other
materials.
By
taking
advantage
of
these
facilities, materials
can be
used
by
someone
else,
rather
than
being
thrown
away. Special
collection
days.
If
your
community
doesn't
have
a
year-round collection system
for household
hazardous
waste,
see
if
there
are
any
designated
days in
your area
for
collecting
solid
waste
at
a
central
location
to
ensure
safe management
and
disposal. Local
business
collection
sites.
You
might
be
able
to
drop
off
certain
products
at local
businesses
for
recycling
or
proper
disposal.
Some
local garages,
for example, may
accept
used
motor
oil
for
recycling. Poisoning Statistics
(based
on
United
States'
data) More
than
90%
of
poison
exposures
occur
in
the
home.
Source:
National Center
for
Injury Prevention
and
Control.
218,316
reported
poison
exposures
in
2005
were
from
household
cleaning products. Source:
Annual
Report
of
the
American
Association
of
Poison
Control
Centers'
National
Poisoning
and Exposure
Database
(2005). 121,498
children
under
the
age
of
6
were
poisoned
by
household
cleaners last
year. More
than
one
out
of
every
6
poison
exposures
in
2005
from non-pharmaceutical substances
was
attributed
to
household
cleaning
substances;
with
56% attributed
to children
under
the
age
of
6.
Source:
Annual
Report
of
the
American Association
of
Poison
Control Centers'
National
Poisoning
and
Exposure
Database
(2005). Bleach
is
the
number
one
household
chemical
involved
in
poisoning. Hypochlorite
(bleach)
was
the
source
of
54,433
poisonings
in
2005;
25%
of the
total exposures
from
household
cleaning
substances
and
the
cause
of
8
deaths. Source:
Annual
Report
of
the
American
Association
of
Poison
Control Centers'
National
Poisoning
and Exposure
Database
(2005).
Animal
poisoning
exposure
cases
totaled
131,336
in
2005
with
dogs accounting
for 89%
of
the
cases.
Source:
Annual
Report
of
the
American
Association
of
Poison
Control
Centers' National
Poisoning
and
Exposure
Database
(2005).
Data
related
to
typical
Household
Cleaners Compiled
by
Shaklee
Corporation,
February
2007 ©2007
Shaklee
Corporation.
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