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Allergy & Immunology
Asthma study analysis sends wrong messages, cleaning group says
January 25th, 2005
Media coverage of a British study on children and asthma wrongly links the use of cleaning products to asthma suffering - and ignores the health benefits of responsible product usage, according to The Soap and Detergent Association (SDA). Newspaper stories that have attacked the use of cleaning products and hygiene in general are based on an observational study published in the British journal Thorax. The initial interpretation of the study -- based on answers to a questionnaire -- presumes that usage of chemicals in household cleaning products leads to wheezing and asthma suffering in children. SDA, which represents the makers of cleaning products...
Source: Life Science Weekly (2005-01-25)
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