The Negative Effects of Oven Cleaning Products on Us

Oven cleaners, obviously, are products that are used to clean our ovens. Basically, oven cleaning products are liquid (although some are in powder form) that contain different kinds of chemicals. If these chemicals are combined, they produce a very powerful solution that will remove stains and residues which cannot be done by baking soda and soap.  

Many of us don’t think too much about the dangers that oven cleaning products can give to us. Some are just careless in using it. Don’t you know that your life as well as your family’s is in grave danger because of the usage of oven cleaners? If you want to know why, you better read the paragraphs below.

Oven cleaning products can:

Burn your skin. If you don’t use gloves when cleaning your oven, your hands will get burned if it touches the oven cleaning solution. 

Cause eye irritation. Oven cleaning products are made up of strong chemicals that may cause eye irritation. You should know that eye irritation if not addressed, will lead to vision problems or even vision loss.

Stimulate respiratory problems. Chemicals in various oven cleaning products have strong scent that may cause problems to our lungs and nose. Constant exposure to these chemicals can even trigger asthma or worst, cancer.

Can make you collapse or bring you in a comatose state. Oven cleaning chemicals such as ammonia and lye are so strong that can even cause coma. You may collapse if your body cannot resist the strong odor of the oven cleaning products you use.

Can poison you and your family members.  There are already reports concerning the death of a young child due to his consumption of an oven cleaning product. Moreover, people who are poisoned with oven cleaning products have stools that are mixed with blood, which can be painful. 

Can irritate your throat or cause gastrointestinal disease. If ever you weren’t able to rinse the chemicals from your oven, there is a tendency that the food you cook might contain those residues which will irritate your throat. If the residue is quite big or large in number, you can have gastrointestinal diseases, making your stomach painful as ever. If not addressed properly and immediately, it can cause death.

There are still many potential dangers of oven cleaners to our health. If you don’t want to experience the above dilemmas, you should be careful. If you don’t want to touch oven cleaning products, you may hire professional oven cleaners. They are more knowledgeable in terms of oven cleaning and you should not hesitate to hire their services to avoid problems.