Household sprays linked to adult asthma by Adult asthma

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:40:40 -0400

Household sprays linked to adult asthma

by Adult asthma @ Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:40:40 -0400
A new study links household spray cleaners - especially glass cleaners, furniture polish, and air fresheners - to up to 1 in 7 cases of adult asthma cases. They found that using such sprays, even just once a week, increased incidents by ...

Spray cleaners linked to adult asthma
"The relative risk rates of developing adult asthma in relation to exposure to cleaning products could account for as much as 15 percent, or one in seven of adult asthma cases," said lead author Jan-Paul Zock of the Center for Research ...