Top 10 Household Items Known To Cause Cancer

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3. Art and Office Supplies

You probably can’t imagine how something as seemingly harmless as a marker can be harmful to your health, but it’s true. Almost all glues, acrylic paints, and the solvents used in marking pens, contain toxic chemicals that have been linked to organ damage, allergies, and certain types of cancer.

Although federal law, entitled the Hazardous Art Materials Act, says that art supplies sold in the United States must have warning labels if they contain any type of dangerous toxin, however, they don’t need to actually list the ingredients by name. Because of this, you should only purchase products that have been certified by the Art and Creative Material Institute (ACMI). Products that have this certification mean that they have been independently tested so that they are safe enough even for small children.

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3 Comments

  1. Robert Wiegand

    Apr 11, 2015 at 11:59 pm

    I was unaware of any of these potentially cancer causing products! This is deeply concerning. I am going to rid my house of these items.

  2. Glen

    Mar 16, 2018 at 10:28 am

    everybody uses these things, why don`t everybody have cancer?

  3. John Sikora

    May 2, 2018 at 10:18 am

    There are a lot more then air fresheners and scented products. Non organic foods contain GMOs (genetically modified organisms) that can and will cause cancer. Fragrance is in shampoos, skin care products, soaps and candles. Fragrance (FOs) are synthetically made chemicals scent compounds. Even if they are are labeled “ natural ” they often have fragrance in them. The only way to know for sure is to look in the in ingredients for Fragrance. Also be be careful about laundry detergent. Look out for dioxane, Nonylphenol ethoxlate, color, stabilizers and alcohol ethoxlate. all of these things are known to cause cancer and may cause cancer.