It definitely no big secret that one spends a reasonable amount of time cleaning up their home. But then it is essential to note that just cleaning homes while harming health and environment is not enough.
Did you ever know that the products you use at home to keep it clean can be infectious and can cause some major health hazards to you or your children or even your environment? Well accept it, for the truth says that majority of the indoor pollutants can be attributed to the domestic cleaning products. These cleaner products emit harmful toxins that pollute the air indoors, leading to an adverse effect on the health of your beloved at home.
Now, you don't believe that! Do you?
Well it is of no surprise that one takes time to accept this fact that home cleaning products that one might be using for years can turn out to be so harmful! But then, one needs to discover for oneself and gobble the reality. A step towards your realization and safety is made by us... read ahead some of the most popular cleaning products used by you that are harmful!
Dish washing detergents: In order to keep your dishes and utensils well cleaned and tidy, one most probably picks up one of the most popular brands that has an attractive cover and priced reasonably, available in the market shelf. Even among them, one can choose for either the automatic detergent or the hand dishwashing detergent or even both as per convenience.
TRUTH: The crucial element contained in dishwashing detergents is phosphate and for those who are not aware of the evils of phosphate note that- phosphate irritates the skin and leads to burns. Even though the hand-wash ones are milder, they do irritate the mouth and throat when inhaled.
Laundry detergents: To keep your linen fresh and fragrant, again one selects the best brand advertised and available. You know what...?
TRUTH: Laundry detergents contain 2-3 OSHA graded harmful elements such as soda ash or linear alkyl benzene. These irritate the skin and are a major cause of reactive dermatitis. And children are most easily affected by such harmful reactants.
Toilet cleaners: A yet another cleaning facet of home cleaning is keeping the toilet hygienic and for that one uses a good disinfectant cleaner. Right?
TRUTH: One wouldn't imagine that these could too contain toxic pesticides but they actually do. It is the pesticide called antimicrobial pesticide that acts as the detergent and these usually contain sodium hypochlorite or bleach. Now since this arena is inevitably a must kept-clean place, use some precautions because these detergents release poisonous gasses and cause difficulty in breathing along with infuriating the skin while cleaning it. So ventilate your bathroom well and use latex gloves while cleaning.
Window or glass cleaners: Maintaining the windows and glass of the house clean and hygienic is as important as keeping the toilet clean for these areas are directly exposed to both the indoor and outside air, thus creating maximum contamination. So one has to adopt some cleaning detergent here too.
TRUTH: The essential elements of these cleaners are ammonia and iso-propanol. These do create irritation in the eyes, skin, nose and throat. And if swallowed it can be fatal! Ensuring the room to be well ventilated and using gloves while cleaning can reduce the perils.
Keeping surrounding clean is essential but with safety and protection measures kept in mind. We gladly present to the reality of the perils around you that you might not be even aware of along with their stead-fast solutions.
For the truth says that majority of the indoor pollutants can be attributed to the domestic cleaning products. These cleaner products emit harmful toxins that pollute the air indoors, leading to an adverse effect on the health of your beloved at home.
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