Hidden Dangers in Your Home. Beware!

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Your home could save thousands of substances and bacteria that are harmful to health. What do you breathe or touch at home, could have made the pain.

But, how the home can spread diseases and health problems? Here it is four hazards that may be lurking in your home, as quoted from Lifescript.

1. Mold
Is the bathroom smelled of mildew or your warehouse? Means this area is overgrown with a lot of mold spores. In damp, fungus can proliferate only within 24-48 hours as moisture is a source of food for the fungus. Where there is dust, wood, paint, paper, cotton or oil, that is where mold will flourish.

Fungal spores are usually shaped like a moss - just more subtle - and can be colored black, brown, white, yellow, pink or green-bluish. Usually found in the walls, carpets, toilets and the bottom of the wood furniture.

Mold spores can trigger symptoms ashtma; cough, shortness of breath. Also, allergic reactions such as sneezing, runny nose, itchy, watery red eyes even sinus.

To protect your home from the dangers of mold, make sure the room well ventilated. Immediately drain if there is standing water, especially in the corners of the room.

If you already have mold in your home, immediately do the following steps:
- Get rid of a collection of fungal spores on the wall or carpet, by using a razor blade or knife slashed. But make sure you wear gloves before doing so.

- Clean surfaces exposed to the fungus using a disinfectant that has been mixed with bleach and water. Brush a minute, let stand 15 minutes then brush again to clean, and rinse with water. If you want to replace the carpet, floor coverings or wall, wait until the surface is completely dry.

2. Chemicals in Carpet
New carpet or wallpaper are usually smelly chemicals that stung enough. That's because new carpet spread 4-PC, a chemical at the bottom of the carpet to keep the carpet is not damaged during storage in the store. Smell like glue and paint will probably disappear in a few days or weeks. But for people who are sensitive to chemicals, can cause headaches, coughing and hoarseness.

We will install or roll out new carpet, make sure doors and windows open so the smell of the chemicals can come out of the room. Try to wear a mask when laid, and away from children.

3. Mothballs
Mothballs work to keep clothes in the closet still fragrant and safe from the invasion of termites or moths. But its content naphtalene also issued a chemical that can be harmful to health.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, if inhaled continuously, can cause respiratory and digestive disorders. In the long run, camphor can cause anemia, liver and nerve damage.

Some of the symptoms that you immediately feel when naphthalene poisoning, including dizziness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, confusion and even seizures.

Replace mothballs with moth repellent safer. Some natural materials such as cedar or dried lavender can be an effective natural ingredients repel termites and moths. You can also use a few grains of pepper seeds are wrapped in tulle gauze pads or placed in a closet.

4. Cleaning Products
American Association of Poison Control Centers reported more than one million children aged under five years of exposure to toxins from cleaning products each year. Cleaning products mostly in the form of the drug and chemical disinfectants for household use.

Liquid cleaners are generally brightly colored and fragrant, making it attractive for children to touch it. Child's skin may be sensitive to products made from harsh chemicals, even the possibility could be swallowed.

Put household cleaning products in an inaccessible place to children (upper cabinets, a high shelf or cabinet). If placed in the drawer, make sure it lock properly. While using it, ask the children to stay away from areas being cleaned.

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