Tag Archives: Household Health & Safety

Severe Lung Injury after Exposure to Chloramine Gas from Household Cleaners — NEJM

What most of us don’t realise about your garden-variety household cleaners, they’re terribly toxic when mixed incorrectly! -  The inhalation of the noxious fumes associated with the mixing of household cleaners can lead to pulmonary irritation and pneumonitis. Household ammonia (3 to 10 percent aqueous NH3) and bleach (5 percent NaOCl) are two of the [...]

Corporate Whitewash?: Why Do Cleaning Product-Makers Keep Most of Their Ingredients Secret?: Scientific American

The legislation (or lack thereof) behind cleaning products – Since cleaning products aren’t food, beverages or drugs meant to be ingested, they aren’t regulated, per se, by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. However, makers are required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to list ingredients that are active disinfectants or potentially harmful. Otherwise, [...]