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Not only cleaning products: how chemistry destroys our health

'21.10.2021'

Source: health.mail.ru

The influence of science, in particular chemistry, on our civilization is constantly growing. In everyday life, substances that were previously used only industrially become available. And at the enterprises there is a continuous search for cheaper production, writes health.mail.ru.

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The source of education is most often the Internet. Many people are now able (or believe that they are able) to do what they could only buy before. It would seem that follow simple instructions - and from Vaseline, a packet of crackers and sesame cake you can get a great tool for strengthening hair.

This, of course, is a joke, but many tips or experiments may at first sound believable, especially for people without special education, but in reality they can be useless and even harmful. The Mail.ru Health project talks about household items that carry real danger, and how to avoid it.

Cleaners

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States (probably in Russia and other countries too, just the first statistics appeared in America), a sharp increase in poisoning and other injuries associated with household chemicals has been recorded. The main risk category is, of course, children.

Environmentalists believe that in the average house, you can find 62 toxic chemicals. This applies not only to detergents, but also, say, air fresheners or even toilet paper, which may contain phthalates. As always, concentration is important here. In all cleaning products individually, their contents are normal.

However, if after washing the dishes you decide to wash your hair with shampoo, then use a deodorant, then go to the beach and take sunscreen with you - this can already become dangerous.

All of these products may contain phthalates that can accumulate in the body. The liver, lungs and hormonal system are at risk. Remember also that phthalates are not banned in the manufacture of toys in Russia and Belarus.

On the subject: CDC warn: why you need to be careful with household cleaning

Crockery

The grandmother's salad bowls made of "uranium" glass may turn out to be unexpectedly dangerous. The history of such dishes originates in antiquity, and began to be mass produced in the 1830s. In our country, the initiative was supported by the factory of the city of Gus-Khrustalny.

To check, place the device for some time in the sun: when exposed to ultraviolet light, it will glow. Experts at American universities found that uranium is released into drinks and other liquids in such containers, so it is not recommended to use it for food or even store it in an apartment.

Medicine chest

In 2005, terrorists blew up hydrogen peroxide H2O2 in the London Underground. Another thing is that the concentration in their case from a three percent household solution was significantly different. But not all drugs are safe even in therapeutic doses.

You can not mix many drugs. According to Dutch scientists, if you drink both an antidepressant and an anesthetic, you risk getting gastrointestinal bleeding.

It is also undesirable to drink antihistamines (antiallergic) drugs and cough medicines together, since they have the same components that accumulate in the body. Soothing and painkillers taken together can lead to heart and liver problems.

Well, of course, you can not drink at the same time or for a short time, medication and alcohol. Ethyl alcohol for the human body is a poison that depresses the central nervous system and impairs the functioning of most organs. Therefore, the result of such mixing can be different, but invariably sad: coma, overexcitation, hallucinations and other conditions, including those leading to death.

Plastic bottles

Bottled water is cleaner than tap water due to the increased requirements of SanPiNs, as well as the lack of chlorine and the need to flow through pipes. A bottle can be dangerous. Rospotrebnadzor does not recommend reusing, or after heating, the use of bottles marked PET-1 (or PETE-1), although polyethylene terephthalate itself is initially safe for water. But polyvinyl chloride (marking PVC-3) indicates a high toxicity of containers. It is better not to buy water in it. Bottles of a large volume (18-19 liters) of polycarbonate (marking RS-7), which was recognized by WHO as a safe material, are produced using bisphenol A.

In general, plastic should not emit odors when purchased. If it is, this is an occasion to bypass the product. In this case, the smell may not speak about problems with plastic, but, for example, about the biochemistry of water.

On the subject: 9 household items that could be hazardous to your health

Heat-Free Products

After reading the subtitle, many give up, saying that we already know that it is impossible to eat raw beef tenderloin. And this, of course, is true: roasting medium rare (red-pink color of beef) can have serious consequences.

You may not have thought, but plain flour is also a raw product from the very beginning. Dangerous microorganisms can settle in grains in the field or already in production. The same applies to all cereals. Therefore, raw dough is and cannot be tasted. In addition, it often has eggs - the carrier of salmonella.

Another example is salted fish on bread or in pan-Asian cuisine. Most often, it is pre-frozen, which kills most parasites.

But if you salt and eat freshly caught fish, then you can get helminths or other worms. Also, during life, fish intensively accumulate pesticides, herbicides and heavy metals in the body. And here again, cooking, frying and baking will save you.

Fresh milk is worth mentioning separately. In it, due to biological natural characteristics, there is a huge number of bacteria that cause terrible, including fatal diseases. Here are just a small part of them: tuberculosis, brucellosis, leptospirosis, salmonellosis, Staphylococcus aureus, leukemia, infectious rhinotracheitis, foot and mouth disease, anthrax, leptospirosis. And through raw goat milk, you can also get tick-borne encephalitis or meningitis. Rospotrebnadzor strongly advises drinking only pasteurized or boiled milk. By the way, pasteurization and ultra-pasteurization practically do not reduce the usefulness of the drink, but significantly (in the case of ultra-pasteurization up to six months) increase its shelf life.

All knowledge, alas, cannot be obtained, but you can strive for this, especially in matters of stopping risks to life and health. Carefully look at what you have listed, think about what, by analogy, you associate with danger, and test your hypotheses. Do not dismiss: perhaps 10 minutes spent studying the issue will save you from problems or even save your life.

Comments Tatyana Volodina, biologist, ecologist:

- Knowledge of chemistry allows us to see that in everyday life, many harmless things can turn out to be dangerous and, on the contrary, some at first glance are dangerous - to be relatively harmless. For example, a seemingly harmless baking sleeve: in fact, it is a disposable PET bottle, and sodium percarbonate is an environmentally friendly bleach that, when decomposed, releases only active oxygen. And yet, knowledge of chemistry often allows you to find a safer, greener and more budgetary alternative to popular advertised products.

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