Use of detergents damages lungs as much as smoking

Using detergents or other cleaning products can harm the lungs as much as smoking.

According to a study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, women working in the cleaning field have shown a weaker lung performance compared to other women.

The study has concluded that maximum respiratory volume has declined faster on women who cleaned their homes but most at risk were those who were professionally clean.

The authors have discovered a decline in lung function that is caused by constant smoking and have speculated that such a decline occurs because of the irritability provoked by many of these products on the air routes, which, over time, causes lasting changes and remodification.