As Americans try to keep their homes disinfected amid COVID-19, there's been a more than 20% spike in the number of poisoning emergencies linked to cleaners and disinfectants, according to a new report.
TUESDAY, April 21, 2020 -- A woman overcome by toxic fumes from her kitchen sink is rushed to the hospital; a toddler is treated in the ER after swallowing hand sanitizer.rises, so are the number of poisoning emergencies like these, a new government report finds.
While cleaning products and disinfectants can be toxic to germs, they can also prove toxic to people when mixed or used improperly, experts noted. In one case,"an adult woman heard on the news to clean all recently purchased groceries before consuming them," Chang's group said. Going perhaps a little too far,"she filled a sink with a mixture of 10% bleach solution, vinegar and hot water, and soaked her produce," the researchers said.
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