Studies on the Effects of Cleaning Products to Your Health

Study: Even occasional use of spray cleaners may cause asthma in adults, October 2007

A study by lead author Jan-Paul Zock, an epidemiologist at the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology in Barcelona, published in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine which reports of an increased risk of asthma in adults who are frequently exposed to cleaning sprays.

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(http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/176/8/735?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&author1=Zock%2C+J.&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&fdate=1/1/2006&tdate=12/31/2007&resourcetype=HWCIT)

Summary

Data collected from a 10-country database called the European Community Respiratory Health Survey. The researchers found that the risk of developing asthma increased with the frequency of cleaning and the number of different sprays used. For those people exposed to cleaning sprays once a week, the increase was about 30 to 50 percent higher. More research is required to define whether cleaning products are a direct cause of asthma.