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This one is a good reminder to either not use harsh chemical cleaners or to make sure that the area is well ventilated. You can hit the link below for the full story, but here’s the breakdown. Guy cleans using glass cleaner and emerges from the kitchen, pale, nauseated, sweaty, and dizzy. Gee, I wonder what caused that.
The glass cleaner obviously. Here’s where you need to pay attention, then go check your products. The active ingredient was a chemical called 2-butoxyethanol.
That’s because the manufacturer’s product sheet said this, in capital letters: “Danger! Harmful if swallowed, inhaled, or absorbed through the skin. Causes eye irritation. Affects central nervous system, blood and blood-forming organs, kidneys, liver, and lymphoid system.”
It’s in a lot of common household products. The Centers for Disease Control says that the main effect of 2-butoxyethanol is hematotoxicity, which means that it’s poisonous to the blood.
The moral of this story is: You can’t trust government to keep this out of products and off store shelves. It’s up to us to do our homework and know what is in our environment. So knowledge is power. Now you know.
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October 10th, 2009 at 5:05 am
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