Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, trends are changing as Canadians continue to run into health risks relating to common household cleaners and disinfectants. In June 2020, there were 1,060 calls reported to Canada’s five poison centres, which marks an 88 per cent increase compared to June 2019, involving exposures to hand sanitizers, disinfectants, bleaches, chlorine and chloramine gases. According to data shared by Health Canada to Yahoo News Canada, calls related to disinfectants and bleaches have gone down in June compared to May and April of this year.
While the total number of exposures for the two gasses combined has stayed below the record-high mark that was set in March. But exposures to hand sanitizers are at an all-time high amid the pandemic, with 394 cases in June 2020, which is the most of any household cleaner or disinfectant. The trend also continues to gain pace,…
