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Cleaning products can be helpful tools to rid your home of grime and bacteria—but can they be

a danger in themselves? Suspicions of hidden dangers have led to an increasein studies

to determine the possible risks of common cleaners. A four-year study conducted through the

University of Bristol and published in the journal Thorax found that children born into families that used

whose families used these products occasionally. Wheezing can be an early indication of the development

of asthma.

The study began with pregnant women and followed more than 14,000 children from pre-natal until the age

of 3 ½ years. Their results are distressing.“There is a gathering evidence that environment

exposures early in life, including in the womb, may influence the development of asthma. This large study

provides some evidence that increasing exposure to household chemicals during pregnancy

may be linked to an increased risk of a child wheezing in the first few years of life,” concluded Dr. Matt

Hallsworth. A new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory focused on toxic pollutants emitted by common household...