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2/26/2012 11:06:27 PM EST
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Chemical Exposures in our Children's Schools and in Hospitals
chemical cleaners , teachers and janitors , pesticide poisoning , children's schools, housework, sympto
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Stop inhalant hazards at home and at school!
Are you aware that most chemical cleaners and disinfectants are dangerous inhalants? The dangers of sniffing chemical inhalants are all too clear, but the dangers of accidental inhalation of household cleaners are often ignored. Our children are regularly the helpless victims of our own fastidious housework. When we try to keep our environment clean we may be inadvertently poisoning them! This article brings that fact to our attention. When teachers and janitors use sprays and cleaning products around schools they too could be adding to this problem. In one Massachusetts school, a teacher ignored a mother who asked her to stop cleaning a desk in front of her daughter, whose asthma was triggered by the cleaner. The teacher actually tried to defend her actions with a misguided attempt to explain that it was only a disinfectant! Teachers need to be educated too!
New study finds pesticide poisoning at children's schools.
Walter A. Alarcon, M.D. (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) analyzed 2593 poisonings from the years 1998 to 2002. While the majority were poisonings from chemicals found in building work and pesticides, 830 (32%) of the cases were of poisoning by common disinfectants used in schools and other facilities. The researchers also added that these cases were made up only from those who sought medical help. It stands to reason that there were a fair number of cases that had symptoms and never reported them.
This ABC News story explains one experiment that shows how easily toxins can spread in the school setting. Girl's Illness Traced to 'Toxic' School
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 | | This is important information, thank you for the blog. We are exposed to toxins daily. Great job, I'm sharing. |
| | |  | | That is good information to have. People should be more cautious about what they are using to disinfect their environment, especially around children. |
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