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SME Times News Bureau | 09 Mar, 2015
The so-called household "green" products, including air fresheners,
cleaning products, laundry supplies and personal care products, contain
lot of health hazards, finds a new study.
The study team found
156 different volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from 37 products
examined, with an average of 15 VOCs per product.
"Given the
lack of information, consumers may choose products with claims such as
green, natural, or organic, but those claims are largely untested," said
Anne Steinemann, professor of civil engineering at the University of
Melbourne, Australia.
The emissions of carcinogenic hazardous air
pollutants from 'green' fragranced products were not significantly
different from regular fragranced products.
Over 550 volatile
ingredients were emitted from these products, but fewer than three
percent were disclosed on any product label or material safety data
sheet (MSDS).
The most common chemicals in fragranced products were terpenes, which were not in fragrance-free versions.
Terpenes
readily react with ozone in the air to generate a range of additional
pollutants, such as formaldehyde and ultrafine particles.
The study was published in the journal Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health.
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