EPA of America has listed that products for household cleaning, maintenance, and insecticides are some of the main source of indoor pollutants which accounts to 1 in 4 deaths worldwide, contributing to approximately 7 million deaths in 2012 according to WHO*
CHEMICAL INSECTICIDES WORK… BUT ARE DANGEROUS TO HEALTH
In effort to protect your family from dengue and other diseases are caused by pests, you have to be careful what you choose as there’re about 30 million of household products that consist of pesticides that harms us.
While chemical insecticides may be effective at getting rid of pests most insecticides comes a price: these chemicals are toxic, causing symptoms like headaches or nausea and long-term problems such as allergies, cancer and birth defects.
Certain ingredients such as pyrethrin may trigger allergic reactions including acute asthma attacks in humans, according to a case report. The use of pyrethrin in products such as natural insecticides and shampoos increases the likelihood of toxicity in mammals that are exposed.