[NevadaARES] Re: [NNARS] HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS DATABASE

Fri, 1 Aug 2003 21:44:37 -0700

Thanks Paul.
    As a Hazmat First Responder and an EMT I strongly urge everyone
listening to heed your words of warning! I suggest that everyone go to their
cleaning products stash sometime in the next three days and select three of
your most popular products. After selecting those products write their
ingredients on a piece of paper then go to the Internet or to a poison
control center and determine just what those ingredients really are. This
experience should frighten the bejeebers out of you and make you far more
careful than you are now.
    One more note of caution! Federal law requires the manufacturer of any
product that poses a health hazard to print an antidote on the label of the
package. The Feds, in their infinite wisdom, did not require that the
antidote be correct or accurate! CDC has long since warned that many of the
antidotes are ineffective and, that some are more dangerous and harmful than
the substance they are allegedly supposed to counter-act.
    OSHA and the National Fire Academy are also warning that many Material
Safety Data Sheets (commonly referred to as MSDS's) contain inaccurate
information regarding the products they are written about. In many cases
these inaccuracies are dangerous and even life-threatening.
    Be careful out there everyone.
Best Regards,
J. N7TOC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Cavnar" <[email protected]>
To: "NNARS" <[email protected]>
Cc: "NevadaARES" <[email protected]>; "CVRC" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 5:42 PM
Subject: [NNARS] HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS DATABASE


> While this isn't really ham radio related, I felt it worth sharing
> with everyone.  Would you ever think you have HazMat in your
> home?
>
> BETHESDA, MARYLAND -- The National Institutes of Health
> today unveiled a consumer's guide that provides easy-to-
> understand information on the potential health effects of
> more than 2,000 ingredients contained in more than 4,000
> common household products.
>
> Some household products contain substances that can pose
> health risks if they are ingested or inhaled, or if they
> come in contact with eyes and skin. The National Library of
> Medicine's (NLM) Household Products Database
> (http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov) provides information
> in consumer friendly language on many of these substances
> and their potential health effects. For more technical
> information users can launch a search for a product or
> ingredient in TOXNET from the Product Page in the database.
>
>
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