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Your couch, your fridge - even your nice countertops could be hiding cancer-causing substances.
By Lauren Cahn
Here’s what you can do about having potential cancer-causing substances in your home, according to top toxicology experts.
11. Your styrofoam cups
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Styrene is a known carcinogen widely used in the manufacturing of polystyrene plastics, which can be made into foam and rigid plastic products such as cups, plates, trays, utensils, packaging, and packing peanuts.
Styrene may leach into your hot coffee or soup if you’re using styrofoam containers.
It’s also present in cigarette smoke and in some home maintenance, automotive, and crafting products.
What can you do?
Avoid using styrofoam to hold hot foods and liquids, and read your product labels carefully.
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12. Your library books
According to the US Library of Congress and other US government sources, medical supplies, library books and museum artifacts may all be sterilised or fumigated with ethylene oxide, which is a known carcinogen.
What can you do?
Mostly a problem for people who work with the chemical, you can minimize exposure by not bringing items into your house that have been exposed to ethylene oxide.
13. Your weedkiller
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No one likes weeds, but if you decide to decimate them using herbicides such as Roundup, which contains the carcinogen glyphosate, you may be raising your risk for cancer.
What can you do?
Make a practice of carefully reading the labels on your weedkillers.
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Here’s what you can do about having potential cancer-causing substances in your home, according to top toxicology experts.
14. Your bug spray
Pantry pests and other creepy crawlies can carry disease.
But if you eliminate them using chemical pesticides, you’re increasing your risk of cancer.
Chemical pesticides include those that you use on your pets, such as flea collars and tick-repellant.
What can you do?
Seek out less-toxic pesticide alternatives – or make your own.
15. Your granite counter
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Radon is formed naturally from the radioactive decay of uranium in rocks and soil.
It raises the risk of lung cancer – especially if you also smoke, says Ashley Sumrall, MD, FACP, a US-based oncologist.
If you live in an area where the amount of uranium and radium in rocks is high, you can be exposed to radon through cracks in your foundation.
