subject: Taxpayers Vs Manufacturers Of Cleaning Products- Let The Health Care Battle Begin [print this page] Studies conducted at the Berkeley School of Medicine by USC scientists discovered toxic chemicals being used in formulas by manufacturers of cleaning products.
Chemicals proven to cause diabetes, asthma, liver disease and breast cancer.
Described as Carcinogens and Neurotoxins, manufacturers of cleaning products mix these chemicals in low doses within cleaners such as antibacterial soaps, glass cleaners, toilet bowl cleaners, rug cleaners and bleach.
The federal governments toxic chemical laws regulate the amount of chemical allowed per dose of solutions produced.
Knowing these toxins become airborne when in use, researchers in Spain wanted to know what the chemical ppm build up would be in the human blood stream, as a result of chemical exposure though normal breathing, or through aerosol skin absorption.
Tests were conducted by Dr. Jan-Paul Zock of Barcelona Spain in joint studies conducted at the Municipal Institute of Medical Research (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain, the Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health Group, the Imperial College, London, in the United Kingdom, the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), and the National Heart and Lung Institute .
Results showed a conclusive, and alarming, 40% increase of new Adult Asthma cases within their control group of workers in the cleaning industry.
A series of critical questions are raised for the American Congress who are attempting to fix health care:
These are:
Could humans absorb other, more toxic chemicals, through repeated exposure?
If that chemical build up is present, and found to be above the manufacturers recommended ppm. resulting in over exposure to the consumer, does the excessive chemical intake result in a disease known to be associated with the chemical?
If the answer is found to be "yes", would the manufacturers of cleaning products be held liable due to their negligence, for not conducting long term chemical exposure studies?
If these chemicals are tested and proven to be directly related to illness's suffered by unwary consumers, can the manufacturers of cleaning products be held accountable to the American public for long term health care related costs, as was the tobacco industry?
Should Congressional Leaders request an investigation by independent Universities, or testing labs, to analyze chemical build up in the human blood stream, and see if there exists a link with chemicals found in cleaning products?
At a time when American health care is in dire need of repair, Congressional Leaders are urged to seize this opportunity, to potentially protect it's citizens from the associated health care costs, shouldered by taxpayers, related to it's citizens falling ill from chemical poisoning.
If manufacturers of cleaning products are found liable for health related illness as a result of toxic chemial poisoning, the American taxpayer should be compensated for health related expenses now, and in the future.
