DANGERS OF USING HOUSEHOLD CLEANERS WITH CHLORINE
Brought to you by http://www.SmartLivingNews.com"A peculiar accident reported by the National Safety Council involved two housewives in separate cases. Both were using an ordinary toilet bowl cleaner. Not satisfied with the way it was removing stain, each one added some household bleach and stirred with a brush. One died quickly, the other spent a long time in the hospital."Chlorine is a toxic, yellow-green gas that is one of today's most heavily used chemical agents. Serious risks to our health and the health of the environment are being caused by the widespread use of chlorine.
The use of chlorine in household cleaners has recently raised much controversy.Many household cleaners contain chlorine but the labels indicate the alias names of "sodium hypochlorite" or "hypochlorite." Whether chlorine is found alone or in a mixture with other chemicals, household products that contain chlorine pose a number of serious health risks. Automatic dishwashing detergents, chlorine bleach, chlorinated disinfectant cleaners, mildew removers and toilet bowl cleaners are some of the products of special concern. The fumes of cleaners containing a high concentration of chlorine when breathed in can irritate the lungs and be particularly dangerous for people who suffer from heart conditions or chronic respiratory problems such as asthma or emphysema. When the fumes are emitted in small, poorly ventilated rooms such as the bathroom, the risks are increased. Chlorine is also a highly corrosive material which is capable of damaging skin, eyes and other membranes.
When using detergents that contain chlorine in the dishwasher or clothes washer the air in your home becomes polluted through a process called "volatilization" which takes place when the chlorine in the water transfers the chlorine to the air. We then breathe the contaminated air. Dishwashers are the worst offenders as they release chemicals in a steamy mist when the door is opened after washing. In a clothes washer, chorine mixes with the dirt in clothes to create airborne, toxic chlorinated organic chemicals.Overall, chlorine is a dangerous chemical to keep in your home. In 1993, 40,000 exposures to chlorine were reported to poison control centers which is more than any other chemical.
Fragranced chlorine bleaches are especially dangerous because the odor is disguised and actually makes the experience of inhaling chlorines bleach pleasant. Mixing household products containing chlorine with other cleaning agents is another danger due to the fact that these mixtures can create chlorine gas and chloramines, toxic gases that can injure the deep tissues of the lungs. Whenever chlorine is used, organochlorides are formed which are forerunners to dioxins, a deadly class of compounds that cause toxic health effects. A new EPA draft report on the dangers of dioxins warns for the first time that even trace amounts can cause serious health problems including birth defects, genetic mutations, threats to the immune and reproductive systems, damage to the liver, kidneys and skin and even cancer.WHAT TO LOOK FOR- Read labels on cleaning supplies and look for those which contain chlorine.HEALTHY TIPS- Avoid using cleaners which contain chlorine. - Find safer, more natural and environmentally responsible products to clean your home.
- Never mix bleach with acids such as vinegar, ammonia, toilet bow cleaners, drain cleaners or chlorinated scouring powder as it produces deadly chloramines gas which may result in the burning of mucous membranes and chemical pneumonia.Brought to you by http://www.SmartLivingNews.com.
General Household Cleaning Tips
If your floors could talk, what would they say? After all, they are walked on, dropped on, dripped on, spilled on ? they live through it all. What do you think they would say? Basic house cleaning must include attention to your floors or your cleaning efforts elsewhere will seem that much less rewarding. There is nothing complicated about keeping your floors clean. Follow these general household cleaning tips, and both you and your floors will be happier you did.
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At least once a month, your floors need to see the light of day through the haze of dirt that has built up on them. Using a simple, earth friendly floor cleaner (FULLER Multi-Floor Cleaner) will do the trick to return your floors to their naturally shiny state.
But be sure to check the cleaner's label for words like biodegradable and environmentally safe.
Earth friendly products are preferable because they will not hurt the environment and will not cause...
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Health Care Facilities: A Profitable Niche for Your Cleaning Business
Copyright 2006 The Janitorial Store
A growing area that offers plenty of opportunity and potential profit for building service contractors is cleaning health care facilities.
Besides hospitals, there are nursing homes, doctor's offices, clinics, hospices, and dental offices that all need cleaning.
With the aging baby boomer population, the number of medical facilities will continue to increase in the next few years. Most hospitals employ in-house cleaning crews, but there is a growing trend towards outsourcing cleaning services. Even if a hospital or medical facility has their own in-house cleaning crew, they will sometimes hire a cleaning service for offices, public areas or specialty cleaning (carpets, floors, windows).
This presents an opportunity for janitorial cleaning companies who are willing to invest some time and effort into learning the ins and outs of cleaning medical facilities.
Begin by realizing that cleaning in the medical...
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"Allergy Sufferes: How to Save $10,000 by Using Your Carpet To Relieve Your Allergy Symptoms"
"Allergy Sufferers: How to Save $10,000 by Using Your Carpet To Relieve Your Allergy Symptoms" In order to relieve your allergies, have you installed hardwood floors, clean your forced air ducts, but still have tons of dust aggravating your allergies?
Recently I spoke to a client and started to share with him how carpet could help; but the poor man practically cried as he told me he had just ripped out all his carpet and installed hardwood floor.
He said it cost over $10,000; and what's worse, he now has to sweep the dust twice a day! Unfortunately, consumers don't realize the allergy relieving benefits of properly maintained carpet: a 24-hour working air filter. That's right.
Your carpet actually traps pollutants and allergens, holding them for removal with your vacuum. Using a HEPA filtered vacuum will remove the trapped pollutants and dust mite feces without re-distributing them into your air.
After about 6-8 months, you'll want to have your carpets...
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Making Industrial Vacuum Cleaners Safer and Vacuum Conveying Technology Safer and More Productive for 50 Years
Frank Pendleton knew the dust and lint surrounding oiled textile machinery was a time bomb ready to go off.
First hand experience taught him the fire hazard had to be safely and efficiently removed.
Existing electrical vacuums, however, were not only underpowered but also posed a real ignition risk due to sparking on start up.
And traditional compressed air hoses simply blew unwanted debris around.
So Pendleton teamed up with an inventor, and in 1954 introduced the first air-operated vacuum cleaner, or air vac, which was three times as strong as its electrical counterpart and posed no sparking hazard.
From his dedication to meeting industry's needs, Pendleton founded VAC-U-MAX, the world leader of industrial vacuum and vacuum conveying technology.
Now, celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Belleville New Jersey-based company continues its tradition of innovation to solve vacuum-related challenges in a wide range of manufacturing and...
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Grow Vibrant Flowers and Lush Gardens with New, Chemical-Free Natural Enviro 5000 Plant Stimulant
(ContentDesk) April 7, 2006 -- Natural Environmental Systems L.L.C. (www.naturalenviro.com) announces the release of Natural Enviro 5000 Plant Stimulant. Natural Enviro 5000 is a live microbial product used for potting plants, transplanting plants and revitalization of lawns, gardens and flower beds.Natural Enviro 5000 is a 100% all-natural solution of billions of microorganisms that have been aged and fermented using a natural biological...
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The Race is On: Florida Residents Scramble to Secure Backup Generators
Chicago, IL June 1, 2005 -- While June 1 marks the official start of hurricane season, the race to secure an emergency generator is already underway and rounding the first turn. According to Jon Hoch, founder of Electric Generators Direct.com (http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com), an online emergency generator superstore, Florida residents aren't waiting for a tropical depression to develop before purchasing a backup generator....
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HDTV: Buying Guide, Part One
There's never been a better time than now to buy a high-definition television (HDTV). Whether your primary source of television programming is local over-the-air broadcasts, cable or digital satellite TV, you will find that there is now a wealth of high-definition programs available. If you have a standard-definition television you will also enjoy
all of your widescreen-format DVDs that much more on a HDTV. And with Toshiba now shipping their first-generation HD-DVD players and Blu-Ray...
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