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milestogo

(16,829 posts)
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 09:44 AM Apr 2020

People are being accidentally poisoned by household cleaning products

Wisconsin Poison Center has received nearly 300 calls about accidental poisonings since stay-at-home order

MADISON, Wis. — As the number of Coronavirus cases continues to increase, so do the number of calls to poison centers regarding accidental poisonings from household cleaning products.

Matt Stanton, a clinical toxicologist with the Wisconsin Poison Center, said since the stay-at-home order took effect, the center has received nearly 300 calls relating to this.

Stanton said the most common issue has to do with people mixing different products. “When you mix bleach and acid, whether it’s vinegar or toilet bowl cleaner, which has hydrochloric acid in them, it can create a chlorine gas,” he said.

Stanton also said people have been washing produce with cleaning products to try to disinfect them, and then they eat them. People are also leaving products out and then their young kids get a hold of them and then put them in their mouths. People have also been using cleaning products to wash their face masks that can simply be put in the wash with the rest of their clothes.

“If the product is still on the mask, people might still be inhaling the product,” Stanton said. Stanton said while this may surprise some people, he was anticipating an increase in calls regarding this issue when the stay-at-home-order went into effect.

Stanton said the best advice he can give to help those at home stay safe while using these products is to “Read the label of your product and make sure you’re using it according to the manufacturers standards.”

https://www.channel3000.com/people-are-being-accidentally-poisoned-by-household-cleaning-products/

People are already scared to death and they need more good information.


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People are being accidentally poisoned by household cleaning products (Original Post) milestogo Apr 2020 OP
The risks are long well known dalton99a Apr 2020 #1
wait until the dumbasses start drinking it beachbumbob Apr 2020 #2
Moscow MAGAt Mule, vodka, lime juice, ginger beer, and a shot of Dettol Celerity Apr 2020 #4
This is insanity... Moostache Apr 2020 #3

dalton99a

(81,065 posts)
1. The risks are long well known
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 09:47 AM
Apr 2020
A 66-y-old female ingested an unknown quantity of regular CLOROX bleach (5.25% sodium hypochlorite, pH = 11.4). Upon discovery, she was vomiting spontaneously, and had slurred speech and oral mucosal discoloration. On hospital arrival the patient became unresponsive with shallow respirations. Rapid deterioration of vital signs and mental status ensued, with cardiorespiratory arrest from which she was resuscitated. A second cardiac arrest resulted in death.



We report the case of a 31-year-old man who injected less than 1 mL of bleach and then experienced transient left-sided chest pain and vomiting.



We report an unusual case of parenteral self-administration of household bleach. This patient developed transient hemolysis and profound acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy.


An 18-year-old female was brought to the emergency room by her mother with black urine (Fig. 1, panel A) less than 2 h after self-injection of 100 mL of Clorox® Lemon Fresh Bleach (1–5 % NaOCl and 0.1–1 % sodium hydroxide) through a tunneled catheter intended for treatment of purported chronic Lyme disease.


Moostache

(9,895 posts)
3. This is insanity...
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 09:57 AM
Apr 2020

WTF is wrong with these people? How the hell did they survive this long?

Honestly, the death cult is beyond scary. Trump needs to be frog-walked out of the Oval Office NOW! He is getting people killed with the virus and with his inanity and relentless stupidity...Jesus Fucking Christ Crucified...I NEVER thought I would see shit this goddamn stupid, EVER!!!

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