Home, we are told, is where the heart is.
It's the place you return to after you've navigated the crime-strewn streets, driven
miles down potentially hazardous highways and traffic-congested roads where statistically
you have a decent chance of getting into an accident at least once in your lifetime.
Home is your safe-haven, your delightful patch of personal peace and quiet, the place you
can unwind, relax, scratch your backside, pick your nose and melt in front of the TV
and expect nothing bad to happen.
So, it might be surprising to you that this center of security is riddled with hidden
dangers lying in wait as you twist your key into that trusted lock.
Today we'll look closely at those dangers, in this episode of the Infographics Show,
Things in Your Home That Are Secretly Killing You.
20.
Household Plants Bet you didn't know that some plants that
people regularly keep in the home are dangerous if eaten.
Ok, so you don't generally go about eating your house plants, but young kids might, or
older kids who are acting silly to impress their friends.
Chow down on some daffodil and according to The Center of Poison Control you are going
to get sick.
That's because they contain a toxin called alkaloid lycorine.
Eating a Rhododendron could be life-threatening, and if the kids decide to see what that Christmas
mistletoe tastes like they are going to get ill.
There is a long list of house plants that might bring down your curious kid or pose
a mortal danger to your deranged dog, so check out what plants you are putting in your house.
At number 20, this is the least of your worries.
Things are going to get worse.
19.
Mold Sometimes we see mold and take our time doing
something about it.
In 2013, there were reports that an actress called Brittany Murphy and her screenwriter
husband Simon Monjack both died mysteriously.
Investigators said that the killer could have been mold that had damaged the couple's
respiratory systems.
The CDC tells us mold can cause all kinds of damage, including giving you liver cancer
and lung damage.
If that goes on too long, the ending could be you in a brand new coffin.
Damn, you should have gotten rid of that old mold.
18.
Gas Your stove, fireplace, grill, and furnace
could be killing you slowly and you wouldn't know a thing.
That's because if carbon monoxide is leaking you wouldn't be able to smell it.
One day you might just get a headache, feel a bit nauseous, get a bit confused, and then
it might suddenly be game over.
The CDC tell us that 400 Americans die each year from carbon monoxide poisoning and 20,000
more end up in the emergency room, with 4,000 of them having a long-stay in the hospital.
In 2018, two people died and another five people were hospitalized in London, UK, after
carbon monoxide leaked from what was suspected to be a faulty boiler.
This really is the silent killer.
17.
Blankets It's been reported that people's heated
electric blankets might be giving them cancer.
But it gets worse.
Only recently a woman in the USA burned to death after her warm cover started a fire.
Ok, so you think that won't happen to you.
But listen to this, the National Institute of Health in the USA wrote a paper on how
electric blankets had killed people through heat-stroke.
Maybe you should take a hot water bottle to bed with you instead.
16.
AC So, you are now thinking about throwing that
electric blanket away and musing over other ways to stay warm through the winter.
Well, summer can be a bummer, too, as your AC might end your life.
Healthline tells us that a faulty AC could cause refrigerant poisoning, which means too
much fluorinated hydrocarbon – the stuff that is used to make you cool – leaking
out of your AC.
Like with carbon monoxide, you wouldn't know that's happening.
Has this happened?
Well, Google it and you will find out.
The Indian media reports that a leaking AC took out a family of three this year.
15.
Keeping the pool clean Lots of research has been done into something
referred to DBPs.
These are the disinfectant by-products that come from the chemicals we use to clean our
pools.
Scientists in Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Spain and the US concluded that these DBPs
could cause asthma, which you might be able to handle.
If ingested, though, there is also a risk of bladder cancer.
The researchers did note though that the exposure could have come from elsewhere, such as bathing
with chlorinated tap water.
14.
Lead This is likely only related to people living
in older houses, as we now know the dangers of lead paint.
Still, many people live in old houses.
The Mayo Clinic tells us what could happen if you are exposed to even small amounts of
lead-based paint.
"Children younger than 6 years are especially vulnerable to lead poisoning, which can severely
affect mental and physical development.
At very high levels, lead poisoning can be fatal."
Maybe you should investigate what is coloring your walls.
The list of symptoms is a very long one, and also quite scary.
You might not die, but you could see your IQ getting lower, go deaf, or start writhing
around on the floor in a fit of seizures.
13.
Extension cords This is not so much of a silent killer, but
a killer nonetheless.
The CDC reports that about 4,000 Americans end up in the hospital each year because they
have simply tripped over one of these electrical snakes, and that mostly results in fractures,
sprains, and of course a red face.
Kids meanwhile, under five anyway, sometimes treat these things as candy sticks and bite
into them.
That can cause nasty burns to the face.
In that same report it was stated that 50 people died as a result of these harmless-looking
cords causing house fires.
12.
Lint Oh, what the fluff, don't tell us lint is
dangerous!
It can be if you let it build up in your dryer.
The U.S. Fire Administration reports that each year around 2,900 fires occur because
of lint build-up in the dryer.
That causes around $35 million of property damage, 100 injuries and five deaths.
You'll never look at lint the same again.
11.
TV We'll start with this headline from May
2018.
"TV falls on, kills 4-year-old boy in Orange County home, deputies say."
Yes, falling TVs are a problem, and cause thousands and thousands of injuries to small
kids each year.
If you have kids around, you really have to make sure your TV is securely mounted or fastened
onto something.
You might leave little Billy for just a few seconds as you answer the door and the next
thing you know he's been crushed under a repeat season of America's Funniest Home Videos.
10.
Mothballs These are the things that protect your clothes
from moths and other hungry insects.
You might not know about naphthalene, which is a human carcinogen.
Even inhaling this stuff can give you cancer, but on the bright side it might just give
your kids neurological damage.
The National Institutes of Health says poisoning is rare, but if it happens you might suffer
nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and or diarrhea.
In a worst case scenario it might lead to convulsions, coma and death.
9.
A poor range hood Back to carbon dioxide but with a little nitrogen
dioxide.
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would say we don't have a carbon monoxide
or nitrogen dioxide problem in this country…We absolutely do have that problem.
It's just happening indoors," said one doctor talking about how Americans are being
exposed to way too many pollutants.
He said the hoods above your cooking station just might not be good enough, or not work
well enough, and this is leading to too much indoor pollution.
That might mean respiratory problems coming your way and also loss of lung function.
8.
Ovens The deadly oven, but this time it's what's
you clean it with.
We are told that too much exposure to normal oven cleaners can put you in bad way.
You've got to swallow it, though, which is unlikely.
But if you do, you might expect stomach ache at best.
Worst case is organ damage and possibly death.
Clean with care.
7.
Hot Tub If you google hot tub death you can find plenty
of people who have drowned in one.
It shouldn't be hard to not go under the water for too long, but it seems it happens.
But that's not the silent killer, heat is.
The American Journal of Physics tells us that overheating can happen.
This is why, according to the journal, "When there is an increase in the fraction of the
blood that flows to the skin, the fraction available to other organs will decrease.
A decreased flow to the brain can cause unconsciousness or death."
Don't let yourself get too hot in the tub.
6.
Non-stick pans It's much easier cooking when your eggs
don't get massacred 'cos they stuck to the pan, but non-stick pans can cause their
own problems.
These pans might be covered with Teflon, which is heat resistant plastic.
That can release perfluorooctanoic acid, which has been known to kill birds.
Your pet parrot might get "Teflon toxicosis" as you are frying up an 8oz steak.
Teflon's creator, DuPont, has said illness may only happen to humans if they grossly
overheat the pan.
Still, if it kills birds it's likely not great for you.
5.
Chimney "Aright squire, fancy getting yer chimney
swept?"
Back in th e day the chimney sweeps of the UK had one of the most dangerous jobs ever
known to mankind.
Thankfully, these days we don't send 12 year olds down dangerous flues.
But chimneys are still dangerous if they get blocked.
That happened in the USA in 2015 when three kids died from carbon monoxide poisoning because
their house's chimney hadn't been cleaned.
An official called it "a catastrophic failure of a flue pipe."
4.
The couch Yes, your couch is a killer.
In fact, it might be the biggest killer on this list, but for more indirect reasons.
That is, you sit on the damned thing too much; glued to the couch, glued to the TV, with
a coke and double-dipped chocolate cookie seemingly glued to each hand.
Harvard Medicine tells us that "half of the average person's waking hours are spent
sitting: watching television, working at a computer, commuting, or doing other physically
inactive pursuits."
All that sitting, it says, is leading to an early grave for many Americans.
Too much couch-time says studies is related to type 2 diabetes, cancer, and cancer-related
deaths.
Your couch is not your friend, don't get too comfortable.
3.
Your bed And if it's not your addictive, sadistic
couch that is trying to finish you off it's that wonderful rectangular dream station upstairs
that is the next step to a date with death.
The CDC reports that 33,381 Americans die each year from falling, but what you might
not know is more and more people have been dying each year from falling out of bed.
We don't know why there has been an increase.
Right now, it's about 700 people a year die from going over the side.
2.
Air freshener The Ackerman Cancer Center, and many other
sources, tell us that plug-in air fresheners contain phthalates and other hazardous chemicals.
According to the center, these might be, "benzene, formaldehyde, propellants, solvents, benzenes,
and synthetic musks."
They can be inhaled, but also be absorbed by the skin.
The upshot is that these chemicals can damage the lungs, liver, kidneys, and central nervous
system, as well as disrupt your hormones.
Poison.org tells us they contain volatile organic compounds, and no, they are not too
good for your health.
You certainly don't want to use these things for a long, long time.
1.
Toothpaste Last on the list, something we use every day,
a few times a day.
Did you know that your tube of toothpaste comes with a poison warning?
That's because too much fluoride intake might not just make your teeth look bad, but
it can poison you.
If a child swallowed too much toothpaste that child could even die.
Alternet tells us that even if you don't swallow the stuff, the bit you absorb can
be harmful.
Meanwhile.
Dr. Mercola says, "You might not think much about the ingredients in your toothpaste compared
to the ingredients in your food or even other personal care products, but those pea-sized
dollops on your toothbrush twice a day add up."
The site then lists seven toxins found in toothpaste.
These may sound scary, but we hope at least it's been educating.
Maybe you could add to the list, or tell us if you've had some bad experiences related
to things we have mentioned.
Let us know in the comments.
Also, be sure to check out our other video What's In A Helmet Of A US Air force Pilot?.
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