Good Health Starts at Home Hazardous Household Products

Good Health Starts at Home: Hazardous Household Products <your name here> May 2014 1

Knowledge: Recognize that many household products are hazards to health—and children may be especially at risk Learning Objectives Comprehension: Identify examples of hazardous household products, list possible dangers Application: List actions to protect the home from hazardous products: Post the Poison Control number Buy wisely: select less hazardous products and/or make your own cleaning products Store safely Use safely and use less Safe disposal 2

• Indoor Air Quality • Asthma & Allergies Resource: Help yourself to a healthy home • Mold & Moisture • Carbon Monoxide • Lead • Drinking Water • Hazardous Household Products • Pesticides • Home Safety 3

Keep It: Dry Clean Eight Tips for Keeping a Healthy Home Pest-free Ventilated Safe Contaminantfree Maintained Thermally. Controlled 4

What are hazardous household products? (Knowledge) • Household chemicals used for cleaning • Pesticides used for killing pests around the home • Automotive products • Cosmetics and personal hygiene products • Air fresheners • Medications 5

• Many household products can be dangerous to your health Why do we care? (Knowledge) • Because children’s bodies are small, poisonous chemicals can cause even more problems for them • In 2000, nearly 20, 000 children were exposed to or poisoned by chlorine bleach • In 2013, 10, 000 laundry packet exposures to children ≤ 5 years • More than 60, 000 children poisoned by other people’s medications each year 6

Exercise: (Comprehension) Name some hazardous household products 7

• Cause injury or death through ingestion, inhalation or absorption through skin What are the risks? • Can be set on fire • Burns skin and eyes Toxic or Poisonous Corrosive Flammable or Combustible Explosive or Reactive • Can explode if exposed to heat/pressure Healthy Indoor Air for America’s Homes 8

What Can You Do? Use Safely Use Less Store Safely Safe Disposal www. epa. gov/iaq 9

Use Safely Signal Words: • Caution • Warning • Danger-Poison Look up MSDS for product 10

Use Safely • NEVER mix products • Use in well-ventilated areas • Protect eyes, skin, nose • Pump sprays vs. aerosol sprays • DON’T use bug bombs or foggers • Don’t use sprays around children or pets 11

Never leave the product where children can see it or reach it Use Safely Don’t eat or drink when using hazardous products Always put the cap back on after finished using it Buy products in child-resistant containers 12

Chlorine Bleach naturalhealthtechniques. com bellavidaorganiccleaning. com 13

• Bisphenol A (BPA) • Usually found in hard, clear plastics Plastics: • Found in linings of tin cans BPA • Can leach into food and drink • Some plastics labeled #7 are BPA-free 14

Plastics: Phthalates • Chemicals used in air fresheners, cleaning products • Endocrine disruptors • May increase risk of asthma and allergies • Found in some products with #3 plastic code 15

• Only buy what you need • Use only enough to do the job • Use safer cleaning methods: Use Less • Prevent pests in the first place • Use a plunger to unclog drains • Use door mats to trap dirt • Use microfiber cloths 16

Use Less • Buy less-toxic products • Make your own “green cleaners” 17

Keep hazardous products away from children. Store in locked, secure place. ALWAYS keep products in original containers. Store Safely Keep medicines out of sight and out of reach of children. Remember purses! Keep pesticides, hazardous products at least 150 feet away from wells. Keep flammable products away from heat, sparks and direct sunlight. Request child-resistant medicine containers. 18

Poisoning Hazardous household products stored in child accessible area X 19

Poisoning Dangerous Look Alikes 20

Take leftover products to community hazardous waste collection site Share extras with someone else Safe Disposal Read the label for disposal instructions Never burn hazardous products Recycle used motor oil Recycle products with mercury at approved locations National Drug Take Back Day 21

• Let’s reflect: Application List actions to protect the home from hazardous products home. Use safely Use less Store safely Safe Disposal 22

Good Health Starts at Home Hazardous Household Products Thank you! Questions? Comments? 23