Carpet Causing Cancer

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Carpet causing cancer.

I recently purchased a hoover nano lite vacuum cleaner. This product contains chemicals known to the state of california to cause cancer and reproductive toxicity i am contacting you directly to find out what. 4 pc is used in the latex backing of 95 of us carpets. Please refer to this article.

Occasional use is probably ok but. When you walk on the carpet this virus flies on the air. Naphthalene is also suspected of causing cancer in humans. These chemicals also cause hallucinations nerve damage and respiratory illness in humans.

And certain carpet materials give off gaseous volatile organic compounds or vocs which can cause headaches and respiratory problems for susceptible people but no need to roll up those. Rug carpet and upholstery cleaners may also contain naph thalene which according to the condensed chemical dictio nary is toxic by inhalation headaches confusion nausea and vomiting excessive sweating and urinary irritation can all result from exposure. I have sent the following email to hoover multiple times and still have not received a reply. Department of health and human services has added eight substances to its list of cancer causing carcinogens including formaldehyde and a family of acids that occur naturally in some.

However an april 1991 new york attorney general consumer alert regarding carpets warns that many of the chemicals emitted are toxic and some are known or suspected to cause cancer and birth defects 21 much of the difficulty in pinpointing the problem arises from the large number of chemicals involved. Consider putting in wood floors or some other kind of hard surface. Toxic emissions from new carpets that new carpet smell comes from 4 pc associated with eye nose and upper respiratory problems. This problem is very common in areas with lots of dust.

It can survive on your carpets for 4 6 weeks. The trouble with carpeting. Regular vacuum is helpful for reducing the life and spread of norovirus. The chemicals used to make and install carpet could also cause problems.