House cleaning bad for your health


	House cleaning bad for your health

kkcapricorn

10-12-2007 7:35 PM

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health, asthma, cleaning products, risk

kkcapricorn says:

It is such a terrible feeling, being short of breath, lungs wheezing as they struggle for air.

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10-12-2007 8:07 PM

BobbyRutan

Marketers will never be stopped. I can see it now....
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10-13-2007 5:40 AM

michellezm

I don't believe in shuffling dust around the house. I wait for a decent thick layer to build up before I dust. There's nothing more soul-destroying than housework.

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