The Washington Post released the following article today with SHOCKING information regarding the consequences of nurses spending their days around cleaning products. Here’s a snippet from the article:
TUESDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) — Frequent exposure to hospital cleaning products and disinfectants greatly increases nurses’ risk of asthma, according to a U.S. study that included 3,650 Texan health care professionals, including 941 nurses.
The researchers found that nurses regularly exposed to cleaning products and disinfectants were 72 percent more likely than other health care colleagues to report being diagnosed with asthma since starting their job, and 57 percent more likely to report symptoms similar to asthma.
And the scary part is, the statistics for home cleaning products are probably the same– considering we spend most of our time shut in at home with poor ventilation. Sadly, federal law does not require the full disclosure (or subsequent testing) of chemicals in cleaning products, so parents will never know the FULL effects of what they are exposing their household to.
However, if the study listed above is any reflection of what these products can do, every parent would be well off to remove some of the more toxic stuff under the sink and switch to natural cleaners.
I’m not just saying this because I sell green cleaning products (which are 100% natural by the way, unlike some ‘green’ products on the shelf), but there is a real epidemic of asthma and allergies and autism that nobody can find a reason for, and I wouldn’t be surprised if exposure to toxic chemicals has something to do with it.
So when you’re ready to switch, you can get organic, natural cleaning products here, and come back and comment on the changes you immediately notice in your family (besides the fact that you save A TON of money because natural cleaners are concentrated and you only need 3 drops mixed w/ a bottle of water to get going).
And if you don’t believe me– google it ;) You’ll be converted soon enough. I was.
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I saw your header and I got all excited that I could finally find something more to do to help my kids with their asthma… but then I remembered that I’m the world’s worst housekeeper and that clearly it’s not my use of cleaners that’s causing the problem…
That said, I did recently start buying green cleaning products, because why not? And I got a steam mop cleaner for my kitchen. I love it!
You are a very smart person!
Nice job. I completely agree with you.
Excellent content here and a nice writing style too - keep up the great work!
g Products Increase Asthma Risk By 72% for Nurses | Jersey Momma was interesting. You seem very knowledgeable in asthma.