Dangers of Chemical Cleaners

The air inside your home is _________ times more polluted than the air outside.

A large and growing body of evidence links frequent use of many ordinary cleaning supplies with development of/irritation of these problems

• Respiratory

• Heart

• Nerve

• Developmental

Common cleaning ingredients can be laced with the 1,4-dioxane and formaldehyde. Both of these are chemicals directly linked with what disease?

• Pulmonary failure

• Dementia

• Cancer

• Diabetes

According to a 2010 study by the NY Dept of Health, children born to women who held cleaning jobs while pregnant have an elevated risk of ___________.

• Asthma

• Birth defects

• Autism

• Learning disabilities

Borax, boric acid, and sodium perborate are used in ___________. The European Union considers them toxic to human reproductive systems. Both men and women working in boric acid-producing factories have a greater risk of decreased fertility. Animal studies of high-dose exposures to these chemicals have found that they can cross the placenta, affecting fetal skeletal development and birth weight.

There are more than ____________ different chemicals currently being used in conventional cleaning products.

• 250

• 1,000

• 42,000

• 370,000

• 80,000

These 3 household cleaning products are among the most toxic things in your home. (Pick 3)

• Air fresheners, fragrances

• Fabric softener/dryer sheets

• Sleepwear

• Drain cleaner, oven cleaner, toilet bowl cleaner

• Paper towels/paper napkins

In 2005, toxic chemicals were detected in the umbilical cord blood of newborn babies. Scientists test for the presence of 400 chemicals and found how many?

• 400

• 39

• 287

• 142