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No proof yetClaims that a study proves weekly use of household cleaning products like Clorox or Windex is as harmful as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day are unproven. The underlying research focused on long-term lung function decline rather than specific commercial brands. Furthermore, it remains unproven that the study explains how non-smokers develop lung cancer.
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I honestly use to wonder how people who never smoked a day in their life got lung cancer. 🤔And then I read the lung study… 🫁 Did you know an independent study…
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A 20-year study revealed that cleaning your home with national brand cleaners like Clorox, Scrubbing Bubbles, and Windex severely damages your lungs.No reliable source found for this yet.
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Cleaning with brand-name household cleaning products as little as once a week is as damaging to lungs as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day.No reliable source found for this yet.
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A published study found that cleaning is as bad for women's lungs as smoking up to 20 cigarettes a day.No reliable source found for this yet.
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Almost every cleaning product sold in stores is filled with toxic chemicals such as ammonia, bleach, phthalates, parabens, phosphates, and quaternary disinfectants.No reliable source found for this yet.
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