“HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS”

 

The following chemicals are commonly found in cleaning and maintenance products.ARE any listed on labels of the products you’re using?

(Source:Department of Health, State of Texas)

 

CHEMICAL

CONSEQUENCES

Anti-bacterial soaps

Triclosan

Easily absorbed through your skin and attacks your liver.

Toilet Bowl Cleaners

Hydrochloric Bleach

Fumes burn your eyes, skin, throat, lungs, liver and heart. Causes vomiting.

Bug Remover (from vehicles)

Xylene

Skin irritant. Fumes damage your lungs, nose and eyes.

Carpet Cleaners

Ammonium Hydroxide

Corrosive to touch. Fumes cause long-term damage to your eyes and lungs.

Perchlorethylene

Carcinogenic. Damages your liver, kidneys and central nervous system

Cleaners & Detergents

Ammonia

Highly volatile. Damages your eyes, and skin. Fumes damage your lungs.

Ammonium Hydroxide

Corrosive. Irritant to your lungs, eyes and skin

Bleach

Burns your eyes and skin and lungs. Causes vomiting, heart problems.

Butyl

Suspected carcinogen. Damages your eyes, lungs and skin.

Diethylene glycol

Fumes harm your central nervous system, liver and kidneys

Formaldehyde

Highly toxic carcinogen. Present in most carpet, fabrics and coloring.

Hydrochloric Bleach

Fumes burn your lungs, eyes & skin. Causes vomiting and heart problems.

Isopropanol

Carcinogen. Damages your lungs and nervous system. Distorts your DNA

Petroleum Solvents

Fire danger. Irritates your skin, eyes, nose, throat & lungs. Skin cancer.

Potassium Hydroxide

Caustic. Burns your eyes and skin. Fumes cause internal tissue damage

Sodium Hypochlorite

Highly toxic. Burns eyes and skin. Causes lung edema, coma and death.

Trichloroethane

Destroys your liver, kidneys and central nervous system.

Triclosan

Easily absorbed through your skin. Causes liver damage.

Degreasers

Petroleum Solvents

High fire danger. Irritates skin, eyes, throat & lungs. Skin & lung cancer.

Dish Washer Detergents

Chlorine

Fatal. #1 cause of child poisonings. Burns skin & eyes. Attacks tissue cells.

Diethanolsamine

Poisons your liver

Naphtha

Depresses and damages your central nervous system

Disinfectants

Bleach

Burns eyes and skin and lungs. Can cause vomiting and heart problems.

Cresol

Attacks your liver, spleen, pancreas & central nervous system

Phenyphenol

Fire danger. Eye irritant. May damage your vision

Drain Cleaners

Hydrochloric Acid

Highly corrosive. Damages your liver, kidneys, lungs, skin and eyes.

Trichloroethane

Damages your liver, kidneys and central nervous system.

Furniture Polish

Diethylene glycol

Fumes harm your central nervous system, liver and kidneys

Petroleum Distillates

Fire danger. Carcinogenic. Linked to lung and skin cancer.

Phenol

Causes cold sweats, convulsions, circulatory collapse, coma and death

Glass Cleaners

Ammonia

Highly volatile. Fumes damage your eyes, skin and lungs.

Diethylene glycol

Fumes harm your central nervous system, liver and kidneys

Laundry

Ammonia

Highly volatile. Fumes damage your eyes, skin and lungs.

Bleach

Burns eyes, skin & lungs. Can cause vomiting, pulmonary edema and coma

Calcium Hypocrite

Burns your skin and eyes. Fumes damage your lungs

Chlorine

Burns your skin & eyes. Fumes attack your internal tissue cells.

Linear Alkyl ate Sulfonate

Residue on clothes absorbed through skin. Suspected cause of liver damage

Sodium Tripolyphosphates

Absorbable via skin from clothes. Damages tissues & mucous membranes.

Lice Poison

Lindane

Causes vomiting, convulsions, liver damage, cancer and birth defects.

Resorcinol

Breathing difficulties, rapid heartbeat, unconsciousness and convulsions

Pesticides & Flea Powders

Carbaryl

Highly toxic. Fumes damage your lungs, skin and cardiovascular system.

Chlorinate Hydrocarbons

Attacks central nervous system. Accumulates in tissue cells. Carcinogenic.

Chlorprifos

Fumes are toxic to your brain cells. Causes decline in mental functions

Diazinon

Damages liver, kidneys, and lungs. Causes brain hemorrhage and death

Dichlorophene

Kills by attacking central nervous system. Damages your liver, spleen and lungs. Attacks your brain. Causes loss of memory and mental functions.

Dimpylate

Extremely toxic. Attacks your central nervous system

Organophosphorus

Highly toxic. Attacks your central nervous system

Vehicle Care

Petroleum Distillates

Fire danger. Carcinogenic. Linked to lung and skin cancer.

Petroleum Solvents

Fire danger. Irritates skin, eyes, nose & lungs. Causes skin & lung cancer.

Xylene

Skin irritant. Fumes cause eye, nose and lung damage.

Send toxic chemicals to the hazardous waste dump.

THE DIRTY DOZEN CONSUMER PRODUCTS: HOUSEHOLD CLEANERS AND PESTICIDES

Do you use any of these products?  If you do, STOP!!!

Labeled Toxic Ingredient:
TALC, Carcinogenic and a risk factor for ovarian cancer; lung irritant.

Labeled or Unlabeled Toxic Ingredient:
ORTHOPHENYLPHENOL (OPP): Carcinogenic; irritant.

Unlabeled Toxic Ingredients:

CRYSTALLINE SILICA, Carcinogenic; eye, skin and lung irritant.

NOTE: Carcinogenicity of silica is admitted in 1994 Material Safety and Data Sheet (MSDS).
(Manufacturer claims to have reduced silica levels since 1993.)

 

 

Unlabeled Toxic Ingredient:

CRYSTALLINE SILICA, Carcinogenic; eye, skin and lung irritant.

Labeled Toxic Ingredients:
FD&C BLUE #1, Carcinogenic.
SACCHARIN, Carcinogenic.
FLUORIDE, Possibly carcinogenic.

Labeled Toxic Ingredients:
FORMALDEHYDE, Carcinogenic; neurotoxic; contact dermatitis and sensitizer.
POLYSORBATE 80, Generally contaminated with the carcinogen 1,4-dioxane.
FD&C RED #4, Carcinogenic.
FRAGRANCE, Wide range of undisclosed ingredients; contact dermatitis.

Cover Girl Natural Finish Make Up

Labeled Toxic Ingredients

 

BHA, Carcinogenic.
TALC, Carcinogenic; Lung Irritant.
TRIETHANOLAMINE (TEA), Interacts with nitrites to form carcinogenic nitrosamines.
LANOLIN, Often contaminated with DDT and other carcinogenic pesticides.
PARABENS, Contact dermatitis.
FRAGRANCE, Wide range of unlabeled, untested, and toxic ingredients; contact dermatitis.

 

 

Labeled Toxic Ingredient

PROPOXUR, Carcinogenic; neurotoxic.

Labeled Toxic Ingredient

SODIUM 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETATE (2,4-D), Carcinogenic with evidence of casual relation to lymphoma, soft tissue sarcoma and other cancers ; neurotoxic; reproductive toxin.

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