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Studies on the Effects of Cleaning Products to Your Health
Characterization of Occupational Exposures to Cleaning Products Used for Common Cleaning Tasks – A Pilot Study of Hospital Cleaners
Posted: June 24, 2009
Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Harvard School of Public Health perform a study to characterize occupational exposures to cleaning products use for common cleaning tasks in hospitals.
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(http://www.ehjournal.net/content/8/1/11 )
Summary
Cleaning products used for common cleaning tasks were mixtures of many chemicals, including respiratory and dermal irritants and sensitizers. Examples of ingredients of concern include quaternary ammonium compounds, 2-butoxyethanol, and ethanolamines. Cleaning workers are at risk of acute and chronic inhalation exposures to volatile organic compounds (VOC) vapors and aerosols generated from product spraying, and dermal exposures mostly through hands.
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