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Many cleaners, air fresheners may pose health risks when used indoors

...rson who spends 15 minutes cleaning scale off of a shower stall could inhale three times the "acute one-hour exposure limit" for this compound set by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. Air freshener and ozone in a child's bedroom. This scenario could occur when people use bot...

A bathroom that cleans itself

... Escherchia coli. "If you've got this on tiles or shower screens you don't need so many chemical agents," says Professor Amal. So far the team has been working at laboratory scale. "It's probably a year before we can talk to industry and test outside the lab," says Professor Amal. ...

Skin disease common among Hispanic farmworkers in North Carolina, research shows

...cury. He explained that workers often must share shower facilities and often have limited access to washing facilities and to stores for detergents. "The results suggest that services to diagnose and treat such diseases should be made readily available," he said. The interview study ?also conducted du...

New lab technique identifies high levels of pathogens in therapy pool

...ound in a one-inch-square section of a normal home shower curtain. ...

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