Toxicity in Your Home

Where Do Toxic Chemical Come From?

Bath Rooms

Household Items:
Hair Dryers, Fire Proofing Materials, Pipe Coverings

Chemicals Produced:
Asbestos

Effects:
• Cause irritation in lungs

Household Items:
Aerosols in spray cans like deodorant and air fresheners

Chemicals Produced:
Chlorofluorocarbons

Effects:
• When released into the air, destroys the ozone layer in the earth’s upper atmosphere.
• If inhaled as a mist. Acute symptoms include headache, nausea, dizziness, shortness of breath, eye and throat irritation, skin rash, burns, lung inflammation, and liver damage

Household Items:
Spray Cans, floor, window, laundry and dish washing detergents. Drain pipe cleaners.

Chemicals Produced:
Ammonia, Detergents, Cresol, Lye, Phenol, Pine Oil, Sulfuric Acid

Effects:
• Irritates eyes and lungs. Possible cause in skin irritation. Cause nausea, corrodes tissue, damage liver, kidneys, lungs. Affects central nervous system which leads to depression

Household Items:
Floor Cleaners, Lip Gloss, Plastics, Varnish, Pesticides, Wood Polish.

Chemicals Produced:
Petroleum Distillates, Naphthas

Effects:
• Irritates skin, eyes, respiratory tract; may cause fatal pulmonary edema; flammable
• Inhalation causes drowsiness, headache, coma and cardiac arrest; irritate eyes, throat and skin

Household Items:
Nail Polish

Chemicals Produced:
Toluene, Xylene

Effects:
• Produces headache, nausea, narcosis, central nervous system depression
• Skin contact causes dermatitis; vapors are irritating; toxic to blood system of mammals

Household Items:
Toilet cleaners and detergents

Chemicals Produced:
Sodium Bisulfate, Oxalic Acid, 5-Dimethyldantoin, Hydrochloric Acid, Phenol

Effects:
• Irritates skin and eyes, damage kidney and liver, affects respiratory tract, attacks central nervous system causing depression, affects circulatory system.

Bed Rooms

Household Items:
Carpet Cleaners

Chemicals Produced:
Perchloroethylene, Naphthalene

Effects:
• Fumes are carcinogenic and acutely toxic, cause dizziness, sleepiness, nausea, loss of appetite and disorientation
• Damages liver; prolonged vapor exposure has led to cataract formation

Household Items:
Dry Cleaning Agents

Chemicals Produced:
Carbon Tetrachloride, Perchloroethylene, Trichloroethane, Naphthas, Benzene, Toluene

Effects:
• Destructive to liver, kidney, and central nervous system by inhalation, absorption, skin contact, or ingestion
• Fumes are carcinogenic and acutely toxic, causing dizziness, sleepiness, nausea, loss of appetite and disorientation

Household Items:
Furniture Cleaner

Chemicals Produced:
Petroleum Distillates, Oil of Cedar

Effects:
• Irritate skin, eyes, respiratory tract; may cause fatal pulmonary edema; flammable
• Central Nervous system depressant; may induce spontaneous abortion

Household Items:
Mothballs

Chemicals Produced:
Paradichlorobenzene, Naphthalene

Effects:
• Vapor irritates skin, eyes and respiratory tract; large doses can cause injury to liver; suspected carcinogen
• Damages liver; prolonged vapor exposure has led to cataract formation

Kitchen

Household Items:
All purpose cleaners

Chemicals Produced:
Ammonia, Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Acetate, Sodium Hyperchlorite

Effects:
• Fumes irritate eyes and lungs; can cause burns or rashes on skin; can produce deadly chloramine gas if mixed with chlorine containing products
• Corrosive to skin and mucous membranes; fumes irritating

Household Items:
Bleach

Chemicals Produced:
Chlorine

Effects:
• Fumes highly irritating to eyes and respiratory tract; causes deadly chloramine gas if mixed with ammonia

Household Items:
Disinfectants

Chemicals Produced:
Ammonia, Detergents, Cresol, Lye, Phenol, Pine Oil

Effects:
• Fumes irritate eyes and lungs; can cause burns or rashes on skin; can produce deadly chloramine gas if mixed with chlorine containing products
• Toxic and poisonous to ingest, causing nausea and in extreme cases – coma
• Corrosive to tissue, damages liver, kidneys, lungs, pancreas and spleen

Household Items:
Cockroach Killers

Chemicals Produced:
Organophosphates, Carbamates

Effects:
• Carcinogenic in rats; teratogenic in chick embryos; affect nervous system; acutely toxic causing headache, dizziness, twitching, nausea

Living Room

Household Items:
Window and Glass Cleaners

Chemicals Produced:
Ammonia, Isopropanol

Effects:
• Fumes irritate eyes, lungs; can cause burns or rashes on skin
• Irritates mucous membranes; ingestion results in drowsiness, unconsciousness and death

Household Items:
Furniture Polish

Chemicals Produced:
Ammonia, Naphtha, Nitrobenzene, Petroleum Distillates, Phenol

Effects:
• Irritate skin, eyes, respiratory tract; may cause fatal pulmonary edema; flammable
• Central nervous system depression; severely affects circulatory system; corrosive to skin; suspected carcinogen

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