1.1 million kids huffed household products even though it can be fatal

2007 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Household Products

scholarly journals Effects of the Fragrance Galaxolide on the Biomarker Responses of the Clam Ruditapes philippinarum

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 509
Author(s):  
Graziano Rilievo ◽  
Jacopo Fabrello ◽  
Marco Roverso ◽  
Sara Bogialli ◽  
Valerio Matozzo
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activities ◽  
Cellular Level ◽  
Ruditapes Philippinarum ◽  
Aquatic Environments ◽  
Antioxidant Enzyme Activities ◽  
Limited Data ◽  
Continuous Release ◽  
Biochemical Effects ◽  
Household Products ◽  
Oxidative Damage To Proteins

The musk fragrance Galaxolide® (HHCB) is widely used in personal care and household products. Its large use leads to a continuous release of the compound into aquatic environments. Although some studies on the presence of HHCB in ecosystems and biota have been conducted, limited data about its effects on organism biomarkers are available. This study aimed at investigating both cellular and biochemical effects of HHCB in the clam Ruditapes philippinarum. Mussels were exposed for 7, 14 and 21 days to 100 ng/L and 500 ng/L of HHCB in seawater, and the effects on haemocyte parameters and antioxidant enzyme activities in the gills and digestive gland were evaluated. In addition, the neurotoxic potential of HHCB and its capacity to cause oxidative damage to proteins were assessed. Overall, our results demonstrated that exposure to HHCB was able to induce changes in biomarker responses of mussels, mainly at the cellular level.

Enantioselective analysis and fate of polycyclic musks in a water recycling plant in Sydney (Australia)

2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (10) ◽  
pp. 1996-2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Wang ◽  
S. J. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Environmental Chemicals ◽  
Water Recycling ◽  
Environmental Persistence ◽  
Enantioselective Analysis ◽  
Treatment Processes ◽  
Polycyclic Musks ◽  
Household Products ◽  
Final Effluent

Synthetic polycyclic musks (PCMs) Galaxolide (HHCB), Tonalide (AHTN), Phantolide (AHDI), Traseolide (ATII) and Cashmeran (DPMI) are chiral chemicals that are commonly used in washing product industries as racemic mixtures. The major source of PCMs in municipal wastewater is from personal care and household products. Recent studies have shown that PCMs may enhance the relative toxicity of other environmental chemicals by inhibiting cellular xenobiotic defence systems. High sensitivity enantioselective analysis of these compounds enables improved characterisation of the environmental persistence and fate of PCMs, distinguishing between individual enantiomers so that a more complete understanding of environmental risks tributed by individual enantiomers may be obtained. Concentrations of PCMs through the various treatment stages of an advanced water recycling plant in Sydney were investigated to assess the removal of these chemicals. Average concentrations of HHCB, AHTN, AHDI, ATII and DPMI in influent were: 2,545, 301, 2, 5 and 33 ng L−1, respectively. In the final effluent, AHDI, ATII and DPMI were not detected, while HHCB and AHTN were still measured at concentrations of 21 and 2 ng L−1. No significant enantioselective transformation was detected during biological or advanced treatment processes.

A survey of household products for volatile organic compounds

1992 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 1063-1070 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas M. Sack ◽  
David H. Steele ◽  
Karen Hammerstrom ◽  
Janet Remmers
Keyword(s):  
Volatile Organic Compounds ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Household Products ◽  
Volatile Organic

Household Products

Medicine ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (10) ◽  
pp. 52-53
Author(s):  
D Nicholas Bateman
Keyword(s):  
Household Products

MOTHER FIGHTS TO RUIN THE TASTE OF POISON

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. A42-A42
Author(s):  
J. F. L.
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Executive Director ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Television ◽  
Small Children ◽  
Nail Polish ◽  
Household Products ◽  
Promising Area ◽  
Poison Prevention ◽  
Flavoring Agent

On March 6, a mother in Oregon watched a public television report about British companies that were discouraging children from eating poisonous household products by lacing them with Bitrex, the world's bitterest flavoring agent. The woman, Lynn Tylczak, who has two small children and lives in Albany, 60 miles south of Portland, began a letter-writing campaign that is focusing attention on poison prevention. She may also be speeding Bitrex's journey to supermarket shelves in products like detergents, nail-polish removers, rodenticides and antifreeze. "Mrs. Tylczak has already achieved a certain victory by bringing national attention to this issue," said Linda Golodner, executive director of the National Consumers League in Washington. "She has shown that a single consumer can make a difference." Now she is encouraging manufacturers to add Bitrex to their products by sharing with them letters of support that are sent to her group, the Poison-Proff Project (4384 S.E. Ermine Street, Albany, Ore. 97321). `A Very Promising Area' Consumer and safety organizations in the United States are beginning to notice. On May 5, the National Safety Council, a 13,000-member public-service organization, called on manufacturers to use Bitrex in all appropriate household products. "Bitrex is the most bitter substance known to man," according to the Merck Index. In 1982, some British companies began using Bitrex in household products to deter inquisitive children, but the practice did not grow until two years ago, when the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents endorsed its use.

Poison Centers, Poison Prevention, and the Pediatrician

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick H. Lovejoy ◽  
William O. Robertson ◽  
Alan D. Woolf
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Poison Control ◽  
Poison Center ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Household Products ◽  
Prevention Model ◽  
Poison Centers ◽  
History Of ◽  
Poison Prevention ◽  
Remarkable Progress

The first poison centers were established in the United States in the early 1950s, stimulated by an American Academy of Pediatrics' survey of office-based pediatric practices which ascertained that its members had no place to turn for ingredient information on medications and household products.1 With the help of the Academy, pediatrician Dr. Edward Press, the Illinois Department of Health, and several community hospitals, the first poison center emerged. Over the subsequent 40 years, remarkable progress has occurred in the fields of clinical toxicology, poison control, and poison prevention. Yet despite these accomplishments, challenging clouds are appearing on the horizon which threaten these gains. This commentary, by the authors who have viewed and participated in a large part of the history of this progress, will focus on these major accomplishments with an emphasis on (a) poison prevention utilizing the pre-event (primary prevention), (b) the event (secondary prevention), and (c) the postevent (tertiary prevention) model.2

scholarly journals Household products and poisoning.

BMJ ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 1 (6108) ◽  
pp. 286-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Goulding ◽  
G Ashforth ◽  
H Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Household Products

scholarly journals PENGGUNAAN WEBSITE SEBAGAI MEDIA PROMOSI HOME INDUSTRY PADA TIM PENGGERAK PKK

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-118
Author(s):  
Realize Realize ◽  
Tukino Tukino
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Media ◽  
Household Products ◽  
Main Target ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Almost All

Home industry production results are only traditionally managed as promoted by word of mouth, and sometimes rely solely on the number of visitors to the sales place of the product, so the product takes a long time to increase sales volume. Now with capitalize a set of computers or smartphones that have been equipped with the Internet network can be used as a tool or media to publish all activities / promotional activities undertaken by the domestic business actors. In this activity, business activists will be given material about what the website, especially weblog and its benefits, how to make it, and how to use and manage it properly to support and improve the ability in promoting the product. This is not without reason, because almost all citizens who already have a household business is less understand the use of the internet let alone use the Internet media as one of the media to promote household products that they produce. The main target in the implementation of community service activities is to improve the ability of the community in the utilization of the Internet as a powerful medium as a partner of the government in moving the economic factors.

scholarly journals Headlines for Health! Let's Go Green

EDIS ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 2007 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joy C. Jordan ◽  
Hyun-Jeong Lee ◽  
Susan Williams ◽  
Jessica Kochert
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
State Standards ◽  
Household Products ◽  
5Th Grade ◽  
Asthma Triggers

4HL HE70 is a multi-part 4-H curriculum by Joy Jordan, Hyun-Jeong Lee, Susan Williams, and Jessica Kochert. A series of six lessons targeted to 5th grade youth covers hazardous household products, mold, lead, radon, air pollution, and asthma triggers. Each lesson is mapped to relevant Sunshine State Standards. Published by the UF Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, January 2007.

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