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Hazards of Household Cleaning Products

The Poisons Unit, New Cross Hospital, Avonley Road, London SE14 5ER

H.L. Jenkins

Unilever Research, Colworth Laboratory, Sharnbrook, Bedford MK44 1LQ

G.N. Volans

The Poisons Unit, New Cross Hospital, Avonley Road, London SE14 5ER

1 All enquiries received by the London Centre of the National Poisons Information Service [NPIS(L)] relating to household cleaning products were followed up by questionnaire for a 4-month period from November 1978 to February 1979.

2 130 reports (43% of total followed-up) were received.

3 The incidence of misuse of household cleaning products has remained largely unchanged since a less detailed survey was performed in 1974-1975.

4 The source of enquiries, age groups and products involved were similar to the earlier survey.

5 Sixty-two per cent of cases were asymptomatic and no serious or life-threatening reactions were reported.

6 Although an increasing number of patients were admitted to hospital, little treatment was needed and the use of gastric lavage and aspiration had declined markedly.

7 Household cleaning products in the UK still cause no serious poisoning when misused or accidentally ingested.

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 1, No. 4, 403-409 (1982)
DOI: 10.1177/096032718200100406


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