Mother's guide to hazardous household substances
Consumer self-defense, not action, is needed because federal regulation is no assurance of safety from the array of compounds we use in our homes. The article discusses some of the more insidious rather than the newsworthy contaminents (such as dioxin and polychlorinated biphenyls) even though they are less dangerous on a per-unit basis. Most consumers are virtually unaware of them because the compounds may go unmentioned on labels or because their names are indecipherable. Some of the chemicals are additives that are known to be hazardous. Others are dyes or flavorings that have never been adequately tested. But the most sinister aspect of the proliferation of chemicals in the household is that more of us expose ourselves to these laborsaving elixirs for hours on end in our own homes every day. We live, in effect, in chemicalware houses.
- OSTI ID:
- 6662397
- Journal Information:
- Mother Earth News; (United States), Journal Name: Mother Earth News; (United States) Vol. 87; ISSN MEAND
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ADDITIVES
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DYES
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SURFACE CLEANING
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