Natural selection doing its work
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/canadians-are-accidentally-poisoning-themselves-while-cleaning-to-prevent-covid-19-coronavirus
From people experiencing burning eyes and trouble breathing to children drinking hand sanitizer, there's been a jump in the number of cleaner and disinfectant-related accidental poisonings since the COVID-19 pandemic began, as Canadians try to keep themselves and their homes virus-free.
According to Health Canada, February and March combined showed a 58 per cent increase from the same period a year earlier in reported exposures related to cleaning products, bleaches, disinfectants, hand sanitizers, and chlorine and chloramine gases.
Poisonings involving bleach are most common, making up 38 per cent of all calls to poison centres in March.
"One lady used a mixture of vinegar and chlorine bleach in a bucket trying to clean her counter at home and ended up in the hospital, because there was a large volume of chlorine gas being manufactured causing quite a bit of injury," said Chan.
The CDC recently reported a case of a preschool-aged girl who was found unresponsive at home after ingesting an unknown amount of ethanol-based hand sanitizer. According to the report, her blood-alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit in most states.
Chemistry, another thing they don't teach in schools anymore? Next to math and reading there should be a "how not to kill yourself" class as well :)
I learned the hard way when I was 4 years old. My mother had cleaned the toilet with 2 different products or rather just poured them in there. When I flushed I almost got overwhelmed by the toxic gasses.
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