Thursday, March 02, 2006

Natural Home & Garden Magazine's 10 most common Household Toxins

1. Sodium hypochlorite (chlorine bleach) – Lung and eye irritant...
2. Petroleum distillates (metal polish) – Short term exposure can cause temporary eye clouding.  Longer exposure can damage the nervous system, skin, kidneys, and eyes.
3. Ammonia (glass cleaner)- Lung and skin irritant?
4. phenol and cresol (disinfectants) – Corrosive. Can cause diarrhea, fainting, dizziness, and kidney and liver damage.
5. Nitrobenzene (furniture and floor polishes)
6. Formaldehyde (preservative in many household products, glue in particleboard and plywood furniture)
7. Perchloroethylene or 1-1-1 trichloroethane solvents (dry-cleaning fluid, spot removers, carpet cleaners)
8. Naphthalene or paradichlorobenzene (mothballs, toilet bowl cleaners)
9. Hydrochloric acid or sodium acid sulfate (toilet bowl cleaners)
10. pentachlorophenol (spray starch)

You can read the article at [ http://www.naturalhomemagazine.com/backissues/06-01/SeventhHeavenpdf ]http://www.naturalhomemagazine.com/backissues/06-01/SeventhHeaven.pdf
It is from the US Environmental Protection Agency

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