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Household Products

This blog post is similar to the blog post about personal care products. This time, I looked up 2 different household products which I use on a regular basis for everyday things like cleaning. After my findings from the personal care products, I was bracing myself for even worse scores on the products we use around the house. I mean after all, we aren't putting these products on our bodies. I was definitely expecting way worse. Turns out, both of the products I decided to look up (Scrubbing Bubbles Antibacterial Bathroom Cleaner, and 409 Multipurpose cleaner) received a score of 0 on the HMIS scale. This means that the level of severity to acute exposures yields only a minimal risk. Needless to say, I was extremely surprised. The only score that did give me a cause for concern was the level of flammability the Scrubbing Bubbles scored. Out of 5 it scored a 4 which means it is severely flammable. I believe that the risks involved in handling these products should be common knowledge for all people, but of course it is not. Since these products seem relatively safe for use, I will not be changing products in the future based on that however, I will be looking for products that are more environmentally friendly.

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  1. Caitlin WintonSeptember 6, 2018 at 6:22 AM

    Hi Jordan,

    What an interesting post, I am a little astonished that your cleaning products received a score of 0! Looks like I have found some new cleaning products to use. It's also scary that our cleaning supply's are seeming LESS harmless than our daily hygiene products. Something about that seems really off.
    Anyways, great post!

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  2. UnknownSeptember 8, 2018 at 6:58 PM

    Hi Jordan,

    That is relieving to find out it doesn't cause negative health effects! I was also a little wary about finding out the results for my products and I feel like I'll now be looking up more of my products. It's strange to me that 409 is not more dangerous, and that your antimicrobial cleaner is flammable. I had heard about hand sanitizers that had those little balls of antimicrobial cleaner in it being bad for us. I wonder if it has anything to do with that.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2018 at 12:05 PM

    Hi Jordan,

    Its interesting how both you and Stacey's household item yielded very low score for hazard. And I think it is even more shocking because we generally assume all these products are not necessarily safe. And to add onto that, its an irony in itself that we know these products are harmful, yet we use them diligently in our life.

    It seem like lot of these household items are rated highly as inflammable and that seem to be what consumers are supposed to be cautious about..

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