Household Cleaners & Asthma

Asthma in kids linked to exposure to household cleaning products and chemicals
Dec. 23, 2004


Researchers from Bristol University, UK, have indicated that household chemicals such as bleach, paint stripper, carpet cleaners are causing childhood asthma and wheezing.

The researchers followed 14,000 kids from birth. They discovered that families which frequently used household cleaning products had much higher incidences of asthma and wheezing among their children.

The researchers said there is a clear link between childhood asthma and wheezing and frequent use of household cleaning products.

According to the research, children were twice as likely to develop breathing problems if their mother/father frequently used these products (in comparison to households that used them the least).

In this study, the following household products were the most likely to cause childhood breathing problems if used frequently:

-- Disinfectant

-- Bleach

-- Carpet Cleaner

-- Window Cleaner

-- Dry Cleaning Fluid

-- Aerosols

-- Turpentine or White Spirit

-- Air Freshener

-- Paint Stripper

-- Paint Or Varnish

-- Pesticides Or Insecticides.

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