Women have more opportunities to do housework than men. In daily chores such as washing clothes, cleaning and disinfecting pots and pans, pest control and cleaning indoors, their skin and physical and mental health may be suffering from the potential harm of these chemicals.
Skin Damage
Domestic cleaning chemicals such as laundry powder, detergent, insecticide, and toilet cleaner contain organic substances such as alkali, foaming agent, fatty acid, and protease. The acidic substances in them can draw moisture out of skin tissue and cause protein coagulation; while alkaline substances not only draw out moisture, but also denature tissue proteins and destroy cell membranes, causing more serious damage than acidic substances. The cationic and anionic surfactants contained in detergents can remove the oily protective layer on the surface of the skin, and then corrode the skin, which is very harmful to the skin. Frequent use of detergents can also lead to butterfly spots on the face.
Immune Function Impairment
The chemical substances in various cleaning agents can all cause allergic reactions in the human body. Some chemical substances that invade the human body will damage the lymphatic system and reduce the body's resistance; using agents to eliminate fleas, termites, bedbugs, and cockroaches will increase the risk of human lymphoma; some bleaching agents, detergents, and cleaning agents contain fluorescent agents and brightening agent components. Once they enter the human body, they are not easily decomposed like general chemical components, but accumulate in the human body, greatly reducing the body's immunity.
Impeding Wound Healing
Fluorescent agents can also make human cells prone to mutations. Their toxicity accumulates in the liver or other vital organs and can become a potential carcinogenic factor. Blood System Damage: Chemical substances are easily polluting human blood. Although blood has a certain self-purification ability, when trace amounts of harmful substances enter it, they will be diluted, decomposed, adsorbed, and discharged. However, long-term and large amounts of toxic substances entering at once will inevitably cause qualitative changes. The chemical substances in cleaning products entering the blood circulation will destroy the cell membrane of red blood cells and cause hemolysis.
Source of Blood Pollution
Many bathing liquids containing natural biological essences often contain preservatives and other chemical substances, which are also sources of blood pollution. "Mothballs" used to prevent clothes from being infested by moths are mainly composed of refined naphthalene separated from coal tar. Long-term inhalation of naphthalene gas from mothballs can cause chronic poisoning of the body, inhibit bone marrow hematopoietic function, and cause symptoms such as anemia and decreased liver function.
Increased Risk of Leukemia
According to relevant data, women who keep insecticides at home have twice the risk of developing leukemia compared to those who don't have such items at home. Nervous System Damage: Artificially synthesized aromatic substances contained in some air fresheners can cause chronic poisoning to the nervous system, leading to symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite. Insecticides contain pyrethroid toxic substances, and the resins used to kill flying insects such as flies are mostly treated with dichlorvos. These toxic substances can harm nerves and induce cancer. Mixing different types of cleaning agents may result in even more severe consequences. Reproductive System Damage: Diluents and detergents generally contain chlorides. Excessive chlorides can damage the female reproductive system.
Causing Infertility
Hydrocarbons in detergents can cause ovarian dysfunction in women; chemical components such as alkyl sulfonate can be absorbed through the skin mucosa. If pregnant women use them frequently, it can lead to oocyte degeneration and death of eggs. Scientists, in studying infertility, have found that many women's infertility is closely related to long-term use of detergents. In early pregnancy, some chemical substances in detergents pose a risk of fetal malformation.
Given the numerous health hazards posed by household cleaning agents to women, women should pay attention to self-protection and try to minimize contact with chemicals in daily life. When using cleaning products, appropriate protective measures should be taken, such as wearing rubber gloves when washing clothes with laundry powder; after contacting chemicals, rinse thoroughly with clear water; ventilate living spaces frequently. If adverse reactions such as dizziness or allergies occur while using cleaning products, medical attention should be sought promptly.
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