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posted by mrpg on Tuesday February 20 2018, @02:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the just-use-roses-like-everyone dept.

Impact of Cleaning Products on Women's Lungs as Damaging as 20-a-Day Cigarette Habit: Study

Regular use of cleaning sprays can have as much of an impact on health as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day, according to a new study. Scientists at Norway's University of Bergen tracked 6,000 people, with an average age of 34 at the time of enrolement in the study, who used the products over a period of two decades, according to the research published in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine [open, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201706-1311OC] [DX].

They found that lung function decline in women regularly using the products, such as cleaners, was equivalent over the period to those with a 20 cigarettes a day smoking habit. [...] The experts attribute the decline in lung function to the damage that cleaning agents cause to the mucous membranes lining the airways, resulting over time in persistent changes.

The results follow a study by French scientists in September 2017 that found nurses who used disinfectants to clean surfaces at least once a week had a 24 percent to 32 percent increased risk of developing lung disease.


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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday February 20 2018, @03:57PM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Tuesday February 20 2018, @03:57PM (#640691) Journal

    You should just wear a gas mask while cleaning.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday February 20 2018, @07:04PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Tuesday February 20 2018, @07:04PM (#640775) Journal

    ou should just wear a gas mask while cleaning.

    I'm guessing the exposure route is actually a mist, and not a vapor.

    Since mists are just small liquid droplets suspended in the air (not in an actual gaseous phase) then a normal dust mask (N95) should be sufficient.