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Top Seven 'Killer' Household Chemicals

Top Seven 'Killer' Household Chemicals
JUST 26 SECONDS AFTER ANY EXPOSURE TO CHEMICALS ON YOUR SKIN OR IN YOUR LUNGS THEY CAN BE FOUND IN EVERY ORGAN OF YOUR BODY!!

AIR FRESHENERS
Air fresheners interfere with your ability to smell by releasing a nerve-deadening agent. Known toxic chemicals found in air fresheners:
• Formaldehyde: Highly toxic, known carcinogen.
• Phenol: When Phenol touches your skin it can cause it to swell, burn, peel, and break out in hives. Can also cause cold sweats, convulsions, circulatory collapse, coma, and even death!
AMMONIA
A very volatile chemical, it is very damaging to eyes, respiratory tract and skin.
BLEACH
Strong corrosive. Irritates the skin, eyes and respiratory tract. Vapors can cause fluid in the lungs which can cause coma or death! If ingested, may cause pulmonary edema, vomiting and coma. WARNING: Never mix bleach with ammonia or other acids, even vinegar. The mixture causes DEADLY fumes!
DISHWASHER DETERGENTS
Most products contain chlorine in a dry form that is highly concentrated. Is the #1 cause of child poisonings (Poison Control Center statistics).
DISH SOAP AND ANTIBACTERIAL CLEANERS
May contain:
• Triclosan: Absorption through the skin can be tied to liver damage.
• Artificial dyes (also used in food products): Can cause hyperactivity and behavior problems in children, and cancer.
LAUNDRY PRODUCTS
• Sodium or Calcium Hypocrite: Highly corrosive, irritates or burns skin, eyes and respiratory tract.
• Linear Alkylate Sulfonate: Absorbed through the skin and is a known liver damaging agent.
• Sodium Tripolyphosphate: Irritates skin and mucous membranes and causes vomiting. Is easily absorbed through the skin from clothes.
FURNITURE POLISH
• Petroleum Distillates: Highly flammable, can cause skin and lung cancer. DANGER!
• Phenol: When Phenol touches your skin it can cause it to swell, burn, peel, and break out in hives. Can also cause cold sweats, convulsions, circulatory collapse, coma, and even death!
• Nitrobenzene: Is easily absorbed through skin and extremely toxic. Can cause skin irritation and discoloration, shallow breathing, vomiting, and death! Repeated exposure can cause genetic changes, birth defects, cancer, and liver, kidney, heart, and central nervous system damage.
The preceding information is excerpted from the United States Government, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Washington, D.C. 20660
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RESOURCES AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Household Chemicals, Environmental Protection Agency
Household Products Database, U.S. National Library of Medicine
All Chemicals List, Environmental Working Group
Household Chemicals, Wikipedia