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TOXIC CHEMICALS IN HOUSEHOLDS!!

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Chemicals are found in all places including our home. The water we drink, air we breathe in, coffee we drink every morning and mouthwash to our body lotion, make up’s girls do every day, hairspray, perfumes etc.; I would also say our homes are washed with toxic chemicals. Have you ever tried looking at the lists of chemical materials been added to shampoo before you use? Even those most expensive-top brand shampoos also contain toxic chemicals that would harm your body; the lotion you use after showered, it says it will possibly make your skin much smoother; However in order to make your skin smoother, do u know how much chemicals goes in to your body?. Even though these chemicals won’t harm your body with when living, however when you accidently breathe in too much, it will be very dangerous, and might cause you to paralyze or even cause you to die.

Toxic chemicals are brought in to households through people’s body, clothes or shoes they wear; moreover it can also be brought in through pets or materials. The most common type of chemicals found in household are Phenol, Ammonia, phthalates, Alkylphenols, and petroleum distillates; even though absorbing less amount of these chemicals won’t cause any problems to our health, however, once the amount increases or reaches a certain point, it could possibly cause you to death.

Phenols are mostly found in Air fresheners. Phenols are in a form of liquid; and it has ability to destroy different types of chemical components. When it goes through the process of cleaning it absorbs the chemicals involved in phenol. Phenol is not too much toxic if you breathe less amounts, however too much of phenols can cause you to different types of problems. Phenol is corrosive to the eyes and the skin. Repeated or prolonged skin contact with phenol may cause to dermatitis or second and third degree burns. Moreover, when it touches your eyes, it will make you blind forever, and inhalation of phenol vapor may cause lung edema. It is also harmful for central nerve systems and heart, resulting in [|dysrhythmia], [|seizures] , and [|coma] ; these are all dreadful and can threaten your life. By washing hands with [|polyethylene glycol], [|isopropyl alcohol] or perhaps even copious amounts of water can avoid from getting phenol. When you are hurt by phenols, contaminating clothes, and immediately going to hospital is very important.



Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen. Ammonias are mostly used in households as a cleaner, particularly for glass. Because ammonia is a mixture of nitrogen and hydrogen, it is very deadly to our body; when it touches our eyes, 80% is becoming blind and another 20% is to be saved. However 20% is only when you are very lucky and the amount of ammonia acids are very small. Moreover our skin also reacts to ammonia acid; having physical contact with ammonia acid will literally melt our skins. Solutions to ammonia is to either put cleaners far away from little children who don’t understand what is dangerous or not, or when using cleaner, better to close your eyes for a second, avoiding ammonia acids going in to your eyes. When Ammonia acids went in to your eyes, using clean-cold water to wash it off first and then going to hospital straight away is very important and fast way of preventing loss of sight.

Phthalate are chemical components used in order to make plastic products, therefore a lot of phthalates are found in households. Phthalates are dreadful not to our body directly, but to our intestines, such as liver, kidney etc. Moreover it could cause to problems in blood vessels. In order to prevent from getting affected by phthalate is really easy, what we all have to do is before we buy plastic products, we have to check how much PVC and other chemical components are involved. Warning us either this is dangerous or not.



Last but not least, Acrolein is one of the most toxic chemicals existing. It is highly toxic if swallowed and by inhalation. It may cause corneal injury, severe eye irritation or burns to the eyes. If Acroleins are been swallowed by children whose bodies are not fully matured, it may even directly cause them to death. This chemical is used during the world war one as a chemical weapons; this tells us how dangerous this chemicals are.

Even though we think we know all the properties in our households, however, we do not know the chemicals been added in to those objects. All the human resources are made using different types of chemicals, and these chemicals been added, it’s not very dangerous for us using, but when these chemicals are been inhaled or has direct contact with our bodies, it will cause to a dreadful result.