Personal Care Products - M2.4 video comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-kc3AIM_LU

I was so shocked by how many toxic chemicals (287) that were found in each of those 10 babies using the umbilical cord blood.  It is so sad to that we are affected even before we take our first breaths.  Babies and children are such a vulnerable population and I am not a parent, but I am sure that it can make someone feel so helpless that they can't keep their babies safe from these toxic chemicals.  Like he said, we need to do all we can to minimize those exposures, and that although it may not mean everyone exposed results in a health condition, it is still concerning.  The statistics were also shocking.  The increased rates in children developing diseases and chronic conditions and adults who are developing diseases and having trouble conceiving were pretty eye opening to me.  I sometimes can't imagine this would happen to me but it is so possible.  The health of the public needs to be prioritized and that can be done with updates to the Toxic Substances Control Act.  Like he said, change has happened before and life went on.  I think I can do a better job on staying educated on these topics, and I am sure that I am not alone.  I feel that staying aware and being part of the change that needs to happen can have huge impacts on the health of the public.

Comments

  1. UnknownDecember 2, 2018 at 11:00 AM

    Module 2 Group 4 Comments:

    Jillian- It was so revealing how many chemicals our personal and household products have. Ultimately, in your case personal products produced more concern than household cleaning products. I agree with you on the convenience of getting products and the price when buying bulk, and yet we need to make changes if we want to reduce health risks in our lives. The video was also shocking to me and the reality that we are at risk for these exposures was very real. I agree that this is a big public health concern.

    Manisha- no link to blog.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Final Blog

IN THIS WEEK'S BLOG, please provide a summary of the highlights of your learning for the semester. I'd also especially like to know how the small group blogging experience was for you? If there are any other comments, including critiques, about the course, PLEASE share them with me and Erin. One of the learning highlights for me during this semester was getting to read the book of our choice for the book review.  I liked that we got to pick which book we wanted based on our interests.  This made the assignment a lot more interesting for me.  I feel the same way about the literature review.  I liked that we got a lot of freedom to pick a topic that is interesting to us. I thought the small group blogging could have been better for a couple of reasons.  For instance, I felt the same activity could have been done using canvas which would have been easier to navigate and comment on other peoples discussions.  It was also hard to do any back and forth conve...
Read more

Think About It - Website Exploration

As we begin to think about being active and prepared, explore the website for The National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health  (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.  and the links that are specific to your region or area of interest to learn more about health (physical and psychosocial) and environmental impacts or preparedness needs for these disaster precipitators. In California we have the  Disaster Healthcare Volunteers Site  (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site. , where healthcare professionals and those with healthcare experience can express a desire to be a volunteer should a disaster happen. Is there something similar where you live? There is something similar for my area.  San Mateo County does have emergency volunteer opportunities.  One is the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program that educates people on disaster preparedness for hazards and trains them in basic disaster response...
Read more

MSDS and TOXNET

In your  BLOG , write about your findings - about the potential dangers associated with the chemical/product you looked up. Was the MSDS an adequate tool for a worker to use to gain an understanding about the potential health risks and how to protect him/herself? (Consider that the general public reads at a reading level at or below 6th grade, and that's if English is their first language.) The chemical that I looked up was hydrogen peroxide.  The MSDS did give prevention precautions saying to keep it away from heat, mixing with combustibles, and consuming.  It was good because it did have some pictures.  Two of the pictures were clear to understand, but the other one was not clear.  This can be helpful if people don't read the language that the MSDS is written in; however it can be pointless if people don't understand the pictures.  I do think that it is a reading level that the general public can understand.  It was pretty simple as it had a prev...
Read more