60 million has peeled the ingredients of the detergent products we use to scrub the kitchen, bathroom, toilet. 4 families of harmful substances are identified.
The magazine 60 Million Consumers dissected the ingredients of 77 household cleaning products on sale in large (and smaller) stores. And the observation is edifying.
Some are chemical concentrates that should be reserved for very dirty or risky areas, such as factories or hospitals. In these liquids, there are indeed too many corrositives, irritants and allergens. Investigators publish a detailed review of harmful substances from a health point of view.
Disinfect with alcohol vinegar
“Eliminates 99% of bacteria” from your kitchens, bathrooms, toilets and floors. This formula is used by many manufacturers of disinfectants. However, their regular use can give rise to microorganisms that are resistant to antibiotics. This is the case with benzalkonium chloride (or benzalkonium chloride) which could decrease the effectiveness of ciprofloxacin and gentamicin. The other molecule to avoid is didecyldimonium chloride (or didecyl-methylammonium chloride).
In addition, the more bacteria, germs and viruses are eliminated from our interiors, the less our immune system fights certain diseases. 60 Million thus points out that “ it is no coincidence that disinfectants are prohibited in the “cleaning products” specifications of the European Ecolabel “. For all these reasons, alcohol vinegar remains the safest option, these reporters conclude.
Sometimes fatal allergens
The other threat comes from allergens (MIT, BIT, phenoxyethanol …). Contained in products that promise tornadoes of cleanliness and freshness, with eucalyptus for example, they are present in almost all types of detergents. “The occurrence of a contact allergy depends on the frequency of use, but also on the dose, which increases the risk,” explains Jean-François Fontaine, president of the French Allergology Society. But when the person is sensitized, the dose matters little ”.
And the worst part is that in this case, it will react immediately and each time it crosses the allergenic substance (s). With rhinitis, asthma, and eczema.
Sometimes even the worst, edema can be fatal. Thus, certain allergens must appear on the label, such as preservatives, including those of the isothiazolinones family, which have caused a sharp increase in allergies in recent years (23 references out of the 77 studied contain them. ).
Better to protect yourself from corrosives
“Overkill” or “active without rubbing”, a corrosive is certainly effective in dissolving scale or dirt, but inhalation of vapors or exposure to splashes have a rapid and potentially very serious toxic effect on the skin, for the eyes and the respiratory tract. Domestic accidents handicap people for life.
Consequently, in the presence of such substances (hydrochloric acid or formic acid), it is necessary either to take great precautions of use (gloves and special protective goggles compulsory), or to banish these descaling products from the cupboards. Goodbye therefore hydrochloric acid (spotted in five products for toilets), formic acid (three products for toilets), ethanolamine (six references kitchen-bathroom and multi -usages) and sodium hydroxide, and the famous caustic soda (four products in all families) …
As a result, out of the seventy-seven detergents scrutinized, only 15 are recommended and 21 are to be avoided.
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