Awudingi ukuthenga yonke into ephilayo. Eqinisweni, ngezinguquko ezimbalwa nje ezincane esimisweni somkhaya wakho, unganciphisa kakhulu ukuchayeka kwakho ebuthini futhi usule umoya ekhaya lakho.
Masisuse izindaba ezimbi endleleni kuqala: Ubuthi busizungezile. Amakhemikhali amaningi kakhulu aphakathi kwethu—85,000-plus ngesibalo se-Environmental Protection Agency—kunemithetho yenhlangano yokuwalawula noma izifundo zokuwaqonda. Futhi lezi zinto zingena emizimbeni yethu. Minyaka yonke, iCenters for Disease Control and Prevention ihlola amasampula obisi lwebele, igazi, nomchamo wesintu, futhi ithola amakhemikhali okwenziwa angama-200 kuye kwangama-300 kumuntu ngamunye, kusho umeluleki wabazali uPhilip J. Landrigan, MD, umqondisi weGlobal Public. Uhlelo Lwezempilo eBoston College.
Nakuba ososayensi bebucwaninge kahle ubuthi obubodwa, bazi okuncane kakhulu ngokuthi buhlangana kanjani—umqondo owaziwa ngokuthi “ukuchayeka.” U-Jennifer Lowry, MD, udokotela wobuthi esibhedlela Sezingane Zomusa, e-Kansas City, e-Missouri, unezwi lakhe ngale ngxube etholakala yonke indawo: “Ngiyibiza ngodaka,” usho kanje. “Lapho uhleli endlini yakho yokuphumula, awuhogi nje izinto ezivimbela ilangabi esofeni lakho, noma uthuli lukapende omdala womthofu, noma amakhemikhali owalandelela ezicathulweni zakho. Uchayeke ekuhlanganiseni kwakho konke lokhu.”
Izindaba ezinhle: Nakuba ungeke ukwazi ukuvimbela ukuchayeka kwamakhemikhali ngokuphelele, lawa maqhinga alula anganciphisa umthwalo wobuthi bomndeni wakho. “Abazali bangabaphathi abakhulu bemizi yabo,” kusho uDkt. Landrigan. “Unamandla okuvikela izingane zakho.”
Air Izinto Out
Uma indawo yangakini inezinga elihle lomoya, vula amafasitela ukuze unciphise ukungcola kwasendlini, kusho uDkt. Lowry. Uma kungenzeka, faka ukuthenga okukhulu okusha njengomatilasi noma ifenisha eyenziwe ngamaglu, izinhlanganisela, opende, noma amabala egalaji lakho noma kuvulandi wakho isonto lonke ukuze amakhemikhali ahlakazeke ngaphambi kokuba uwangenise ngaphakathi.
Funda Amalebula Emikhiqizweni Yokuzinakekela kanye Neyokuhlanza
Bheka imikhiqizo engasebenzisi ama-parabens, ama-phthalates, i-oxybenzone, ne-triclosan. Lawa makhemikhali aboniswe ukuthi aphazamisa izinhlelo ze-endocrine zezilwane, kusho udokotela wezingane uLauren Zajac, MD, uprofesa osizayo wemithi yemvelo nempilo yomphakathi e-Icahn School of Medicine eMount Sinai, eNew York City. Imikhiqizo ebhalwe ukuthi “ayikho iphunga elimnandi” ivamise ukuhlangabezana nalesi simo, kodwa inala enamakha amnandi nayo iyahlangabezana nayo. Skena imikhiqizo enamakha ukuze uthole izimangalo “ze-phthalate-free” kanye “ne-paraben-free” esikhundleni sokuncika ezinkampanini zohlu lwezithako akudingekile ukuthi zidalule ukuthi zisebenzise ini ukuze zenze iphunga elimnandi. Enye inketho: Zenzele isixazululo sakho sokuhlanza ngamanani alinganayo kaviniga namanzi, kanye nelamula elincane.
Uma uthola ukuthi umndeni wakho ubuvele usebenzisa amabhrendi analawa makhemikhali, ukuwakhipha kuzosiza cishe ngokushesha. Intsha eyashintsha imikhiqizo yayo evamile yokunakekela yasebenzisa ezinye izinto ezingenamakhemikhali yehle ngamaphesenti angu-45 ezingeni lemizimba yayo yalobu buthi ezinsukwini ezintathu nje ocwaningweni lwakamuva e-UC Berkeley.
Susa Izicathulo Zakho
Ubungeke uphuphe ufafaza umbulali wokhula ekamelweni lakho lomndeni. Kodwa bewazi yini ukuthi ungakwazi ukulandelela ezinsalela zezibulala-zinambuzane ematheni ezicathulweni zakho kuze kube isonto ngemva kokufuthwa kotshani? "Ukukhumula izicathulo zakho emnyango ongaphambili kungenza umehluko obonakalayo enanini nasekugxilweni kwezinto ezingcolile endlini," kusho uJerome A. Paulson, MD, uprofesa osekhulile wezempilo yezemvelo kanye nomsebenzi eGeorge Washington University School of Medicine kanye. I-Health Sciences, e-Washington, DC Uphakamisa ukuthi kwengezwe umata onamathelayo (otholakala ezitolo zasekhaya) ngaphandle komnyango ukusiza ukususa ukungcola nasesifuyweni somndeni.
Ungashisi Ipulasitiki
“Ukushisa kwenza izinto zibe buthaka, kuvumela amakhemikhali ayingozi ukuba aphume,” kusho u-Alison Bernstein, Ph.D., uprofesa osizayo eMnyangweni Wezesayensi Yokuhumusha & Nezokwelapha Ezimangqamuzana e-Michigan State University, e-East Lansing. “Endlini yethu, asihlali sifaka noma yiluphi uhlobo lwepulasitiki kuhhavini we-microwave noma kumshini wokuwasha izitsha.” Ngokuqondene nezingxenye zamabhodlela noma izinto zokumpompa amabele ezidinga ukuvala inzalo, zigeze ngamanzi ashisayo anensipho kunokuwavuza nge-microwaving.
Vuselela Kwesokudla
Thenga amapende anamakhemikhali aphilayo aphansi noma angekho nhlobo (VOCs). Ngemva kokudweba, setha ifenisha yefasitela evuthela ngaphakathi nangaphandle; futhi, uma kungenzeka, ifenisha yesihlabathi nopende ngaphandle. UDkt. Zajac uyanezela: “Ngeke ngifake abesifazane abakhulelwe noma izingane kule nqubo.”
Susa Uthuli
“Uthuli lwasekhaya lungase lube namakhemikhali amaningi,” kusho uDkt. Zajac. Ngakho-ke sebenzisa i-mop emanzi noma i-rag yothuli emanzi njalo. Ufunga ngezindwangu ezimanzi ze-microfiber zokususa uthuli; ezindlini ezinokhaphethi, uphakamisa ukusebenzisa i-vacuum enesihlungi se-HEPA ukuze kuthathwe izinhlayiya ezincane.
Khuhla Izandla Zakho
Insipho namanzi akususi nje amagciwane amabi. Ukugeza izandla zengane yakho, ikakhulukazi ngaphambi kokuba idle, kubalulekile ukugeza imikhondo yamakhemikhali ebingawacosha othulini lwasendlini noma idlala ngaphandle, kusho uDkt. Zajac.
Hlala Uphephile Nge-Sunscreen Encane
Ukuvikela ingane yakho emisebeni ye-UV yelanga kuyinto ehamba phambili, futhi kudinga ukusebenzisa i-sunscreen, nakuba inamakhemikhali. Ungakwazi ukunciphisa inani elidingwa izingane zakho (nawe!) ngokugqoka izingubo ezivikela i-UV, okuhlanganisa nehembe lokubhukuda elinemikhono emide. “Futhi nginendodakazi yami egqoke isigqoko esinomphetho obanzi ukuze ivikele ubuso bayo nekhanda layo,” kusho uDkt. Zajac. Uncoma ukugwema isifutho sokuvikela elangeni ngoba izingane ziyakwazi ukuphefumula izinhlayiya ezitholakala emoyeni.
Nakekela Kahle Amathoyizi Akho
Kunzima ukusho ukuthi izinto zokudlala zengane zenziwe ngani, ngakho uma amathoyizi ehlafunwa, eklwejwa, noma echotshozwa, sekuyisikhathi sokuwajikijela, kusho uDkt. Lowry. “Ngangijwayele ukuwasha noma ukwesula amathoyizi endodakazi yami isewusana ngoba ayenqwabelana uthuli eyayibe isilufaka emlonyeni wayo,” kunezela uDkt. Zajac.
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