Re: Household products with mercury

[Guest guest]

Do you have a link/reference for this info? Very interesting!

Jackie

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> Mercury is used in some industrial processes to manufacture common

> ingredients in cleaners and degreasers, including chlorine,

hydrochloric

> acid (muriatic acid), potassium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide

(caustic

> soda). As a result, trace amounts of mercury end up in the cleaners

and

> degreasers. Cleaners and degreasers containing mercury include:

>

> * 7x-o-matic dish soap, Ajax Oxygen Bleach Powder Cleanser,

Alconox

> Powdered Precision Cleaner, CIDEX, Clorox Bleach, Comet Cleaner,

> Derma Scrub, Dove soap, ENZOL Enzymatic Detergent, Ivory

> Dishwashing Liquid, Lysol Disinfectant Direct MultiPurpose

> Cleaner, Oil Soap, Soft Cide Soap, Soft Scrub, Sparkleen

> and Sunlight Dishwashing Detergent

>