EXPOSURE TO CLEANING PRODUCTS BOOSTS ASTHMA RISK
Exposure to cleaning products may up asthma risks. It seems that people who
work cleaning other people's homes are at increased risk of asthma,
suggests research in the November issue of the journal Thorax.
Investigators pooled survey data on 4,521 women between the ages of 30 and
65 in Barcelona, Spain.
The rates of respiratory symptoms attributable to work among domestic
cleaners were more than double those of other jobs: 12% among current and
former cleaners; 5% among those who had never worked as cleaners.
"The high risk of asthma attributable to domestic cleaning suggests a
substantial public health impact, which might be even greater if we take
into consideration that housewives and others doing cleaning tasks at home
are probably also at risk."
Thorax - November 2003;58:950-4.
thoraxjnl.com/
Exposure to cleaning products may up asthma risks. It seems that people who
work cleaning other people's homes are at increased risk of asthma,
suggests research in the November issue of the journal Thorax.
Investigators pooled survey data on 4,521 women between the ages of 30 and
65 in Barcelona, Spain.
The rates of respiratory symptoms attributable to work among domestic
cleaners were more than double those of other jobs: 12% among current and
former cleaners; 5% among those who had never worked as cleaners.
"The high risk of asthma attributable to domestic cleaning suggests a
substantial public health impact, which might be even greater if we take
into consideration that housewives and others doing cleaning tasks at home
are probably also at risk."
Thorax - November 2003;58:950-4.
thoraxjnl.com/
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