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DO YOU EVER WASH YOUR CLOTHES?!? TIDE is the NUMBER ONE selling Laundry Detergent... but is it SAFE? HOW about around your PETS?
You and your PETS are exposed 24 hours a day to hazardous products in your home. Typical Household products contain chemicals that pose a risk to those who come into contact with them....including both humans and pets. Cleaners and polishes, bleaches, disinfectants and sterilizers, detergents, dust removers and deodorizers are products that, when routinely used, significantly increase the risk of disease.
Exposures to toxic components may arise out of the routine household activities like cleaning and laundering. Apart from the evidence that most households contain over 63 hazardous products that together contain hundreds of chemicals, recent studies have demonstrated a direct association with disease.
Ever use TIDE Laundry Detergent? We wash our clothes in it, wear it NEXT TO OUR SKIN all day and then crawl into bed with Sheets washed in Tide! You wouldn't think laundry soap could be harmful to our skin or pets would you? This Basset Hound's misadventure proves otherwise!
Seven-year old Scarlet is recovering after getting into a particular laundry detergent that many folks have at home.
"A tremendous skin reaction over her entire bottom half of her body, you see her quiver when I touch her," said Dr. Chuck Hawkins who is a Veterinarian.
Connected to an IV, Scarlet is sedated and she hasn't eaten for two days.
"You can see where the spread marks are where the detergent had spilled. It spilled inside the cage," said Hawkins.The bottle of liquid Tide was on the floor near the cage, somehow Scarlet got to it and got the lid off.
After perhaps hours of lying in the Tide Marci Cook found her dog bleeding and in pain. Veterinarians aren't sure if it's a chemical burn or skin reaction.
The label's only warning is to 'keep out of reach of children and to flush with water if it gets in your eyes.' Cook said she didn't think laundry detergent was that harmful so she didn't have it stored up high with other chemicals.
QUESTION: If you were actually saving money in the process, wouldn't it make sense to switch to environmentally safe household necessities.... for YOU, YOUR FAMILY and YOUR Pet's safety?
So let's LOOK at the MSDS for TIDE...
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| Brand Information |
| Brand Name: |
Tide Laundry Detergent Powder |
| Form: |
powder |
| Product Category: |
Home inside >> Laundry >> detergent/soap
Home inside >> Detergent >> laundry
Home inside >> Cleaner >> laundry
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| Customer Service No.: |
800-879-8433 |
| Date Entered: |
1996-08-21 |
| Related Items: |
Products with similar usage in this database | | |
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| Manufacturer |
| Manufacturer: |
Procter & Gamble Co. |
| Address: |
P.O. Box 599 |
| City: |
Cincinnati |
| State: |
OH |
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| Telephone Number: |
513-983-1100 |
| Fax Number: |
513-562-4500 |
| Toll Free Number: |
800-543-7270 |
| Date Info Verified: |
2007-02-07 |
| Related Items: |
Products by this manufacturer | | |
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| Health Effects |
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| The following information (Health Effects, Handling/Disposal, and Ingredients) is taken from the product label and/or the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) prepared by the manufacturer. The National Library of Medicine does not evaluate information from the product label or the Material Safety Data Sheet. |
| Acute Health Effects: |
From MSDS
Inhalation: Heavy or prolonged exposure to product dust may cause transient respiratory tract irritation resulting in coughing, sore throat, wheezing or transitory shortness of breath.
Skin Contact: Prolonged or frequent contact may result in skin irritation.
Eye Contact: May cause mild transient irritation resulting in stinging, tearing, itching, swelling, and redness of the eyes.
Ingestion: May cause transient gastrointestinal irritation resulting in nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
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| Chronic Health Effects: |
MSDS provides no information about chronic health effects resulting from prolonged or frequent use of this product. Because the MSDS does not list all of the actual chemical ingredients, chronic effects cannot be predicted. (See the accompanying chemical database for a further discussion of potential health effects of the chemical ingredients that are mentioned in the MSDS.) |
| Carcinogenicity: |
MSDS provides no information about the potential for carcinogenicity. |
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N |
| Flammability Rating: |
N |
| Reactivity Rating: |
N |
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0 = Minimal; 1 = Slight; 2 = Moderate; 3 = Serious; 4 = Severe;
N = No information provided by manufacturer; * = Chronic Health Hazard |
| MSDS Date: |
1992-07-01 | | |
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| Handling/Disposal |
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MSDS: Keep out of reach of children. Product is an irritant, avoid contact with the eyes and wear protective gloves (rubber, neoprene) for prolonged direct contact. May be harmful if swallowed. Store in a dry location to avoid dispensing problems. |
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MSDS: Small (household) quantities may be disposed of in refuse or in sewer. If sewer is used, flush small amounts of product with a large volume of water. Larger quantities may be disposed of in municipal landfill where allowed by law. | | |
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