These products may be freshening up your home — but at what cost? A new study, published Tuesday in Chemosphere, found household cleaning products may release hundreds of hazardous compounds that ...

If you use chemical-based cleaning products, keep your household safe by avoiding these common mistakes. Cleaning products are essential to any cleaning routine, and their ingredients merit close ...

Share on Pinterest Many common household cleaning products emit chemicals that may increase your risk of lung cancer and cardiovascular disease. Malquerida Studio/Stocksy United A study recently ...

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Some of the ingredients used in conventional cleaning products can pose risks to both human health and the environment, such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) — which can be harmful to the ...

No one likes the sound of “dangerous cleaning products.” But here are some words we like even less: germs, bacteria, and microorganisms. Powerful cleaners like bleach and ammonia are known to destroy ...

Two carcinogens used in various industrial settings and in consumer products were banned Monday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA's new risk management rules ban all uses of ...

Could cleaning house actually be bad for our health? A new study published September 12 in the journal Chemosphere found that conventional cleaning products used to mop the floors and scrub the ...

Most people trust the products they bring into their homes, but some everyday items can quietly harm men’s health. From ...