Do a little investigating on the back of your cleaners, and allow me to translate the 'scientific words' listed under the ingredients. You will be shocked and appalled at what you find! Here are some common products and the chemicals they contain (and the hazards they envoke):

Sodium Hydroxide  Especially Dangerous For Kids! (causes 75% of all caustic injury to the esophagus of kids under 5 years old, can cause burns in tissues, can cause chronic skin irritation, can cause irritation to the respiratory tract, can cause liver and kidney damage)                     

FOUND IN:  Cascade Rinse Formula, 409 Degreaser, Clorox Clean Up Spray with Bleach, Soft Scrub Liquid Gel, Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner, Comet Cleanser with Bleach, Drano Max Clog Remover, Easy Off Oven Cleaner, Palmolive Gel-Lemon Scent, Woolite Dark Fabric Wash, Clorox Bleach Pen, Tide Ultra Liquid, Bug B Gon Insect Killer

Lye – Potassium Hydroxide (harmful if swallowed, can cause severe eye and skin burns, can cause severe respiratory and digestive burns, repeated skin contact may cause dermatitis)

FOUND IN: Cascade Liquid Dishwasher, Olay Hydrating Skin Care, Pantene Hair Spray and Hair Care Products, Murphy’s Oil Soap, Nitrile Latex Free Gloves, Lysol Spray Cleaner, Virboc Pet Shampoo

Hydrochloric Acid (severe damage to skin and eyes, throat irritation even when exposed briefly and at low levels, linked to reactive airways dysfunction syndrome -*SOUNDS LIKE ASTHMA TO ME!*                                                                                                                                                          

FOUND IN: Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner, Lime-a-Way Bowl Cleaner, Sparkle Emulsion Bowl Cleaner, Febreze Laundry Odor Eliminator

Butyl Cellosolve (linked to reproductive harm, can cause irritation and tissue damage from inhalation, exposure for 15 min. while cleaning shower you could inhale 3 times the acute exposure limit, exposure through the skin)                                                                                    

FOUND IN: Windex Original, Spot Shot Carpet Cleaner, Simple Green cleaner/degreaser, Glass Plus, Fantastik Lemon Scent Cleaner, 409 Wipes, 409 All Purpose Cleaner, Fantastik Oven Cleaner, Orange Glo Spot Remover, Pledge Electronics

Monoethanolamine (MEA) (linked to asthma)                                                                              

FOUND IN: Tide Liquid Laundry/Tide Free Ultra Liquid, Dreft Liquid Laundry, Cheer Liquid Laundry, Cheer Liquid Laundry, Ivory Snow Liquid Laundry, 409 Spray Degreaser, Easy Off Oven Cleaner, Mr. Muscle Oven & Grill Cleaner, Spic & Span Disinfecting Spray, Stainless Steel Magic Cleaner, Damp Rid Mold & Mildew Control