Your home is your sanctuary, but it may not be as safe as you think. According to our Bullhead City personal injury lawyers, danger could be lurking behind some common household items.
5 Products to Remove from Your Home
1. Rust-Oleum® LeakSeal® Flexible Rubber Coating: a multi-purpose sealant that you can search for at most well-known retailers and can used on a variety surfaces. However, it has also ties to severe burns to head, face, body, arms, legs and internal injuries to lungs, and other physical and emotional injuries and scarring.
2. Air fresheners help eliminate offensive odors. However, the truth about them isn’t so pleasant. A study by the Natural Resources Defense Council discovered that even air fresheners labeled as “all-natural” contain chemicals which have been known to interfere with hormone levels, possibly causing developmental and reproductive problems.
3. It’s ironic that keeping your house clean can actually increase health risks. Commercial products such as oven cleaners, bathroom cleaners and furniture polish come loaded with ammonia, lye, sulfuric acid and other caustic ingredients that can result in serious internal and external injuries. DIY natural cleaning products remain safer and less expensive.
4. What’s inside of mothballs is even nastier than their smell. The pungent insecticides can cause upper respiratory problems and gastrointestinal distress, while one type is a proven carcinogen in animals.
5. Microwave popcorn remains a tasty treat. However, diacetyl, a chemical used in artificial butter flavoring, doesn’t have the same exciting taste. Diacetyl has links to “popcorn lung,” in which small airways in the lungs become blocked. It’s primarily associated with factory workers, but in 2012 a consumer won a $7 million lawsuit against a popcorn manufacturer.
Household Injury? Contact Our Bullhead City Personal Injury Lawyers
Affected by a common household product? Contact us to see if you might have a case. Our office hours range from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
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