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Harmful effects from everyday chemical cleaner

01 Jun 2020 9:23 PM | Deleted user

Industrial cleaning products contains harsh chemicals. Being exposed to harmful chemical daily could have an effect on your health, to other occupants and the environment. 

Individuals cleaners should take precautions when working with chemical cleaning agent. Proper protective equipment should be practice. The daily exposures to harsh chemicals may cause multiple health illness. Whether it is from the vapor or from skin contact. One may build an allergic reaction over time to certain chemical agent as well. 

When using chemical to clean, one should consider the effects it may have to other occupants in the building. Cleaners must find non scented cleaning agent as others may have lower tolerance to the scent. These vapor/scent may cause irritation to the lung and eyes. 

All these chemical products will end up in our environment. Mainly in our water system. This will lead to major consequences, since it will effect many life forms such as animals, beneficial bacterial and the many plants. We live in an ecosystem that if one species is extinct it may cause a domino effect through out the world. 

Green cleaning will lower many of these risk describe above. However, proper training and with knowledgeable employee is it key to combat these negative effects. To find valuable green cleaning services view the below link. 

https://www.ijcsa.org/Green-Cleaning-Services

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