PSA: Impact of cleaning products on your health

[Angus]

Saw this posted over on Reddit, and wanted to share it here:

Impact of Cleaning Products on Women's Lungs as Damaging as 20-a-Day Cigarette Habit: Study

To pros and weekend enthusiast (like me), if you don't already use a mask while working around harsher cleaners like an APC or a Wheel Cleaner you may want to start.

[LEDetailing]

Good informative post, potentially live saving/changing information.

I think Renny Doyle, Mike Phillips, and others are famous for saying “if it’s on you, it’s in you”.

And if the product is atomized or airborne it’s in our lungs. One area of huge concern should also be compound and polish dust getting into our lungs. There is no brush or pad cleaner to remove that stuff from our lungs. Let’s not forget about our eyes. Has anyone ever gotten polish/compound splattered on their eyes? I have.. not cool

I noticed Kevin Brown wearing eye protection when polishing, a very good idea.

[howardm4]

if you can spend $$$$ on 30ml of some wonder chemical/coating, you can spend $25 on an organic vapor mask and safety glasses.

Your health ALWAYS comes first.