Sacramento Strip Clubs: Going for Green: Calif. Janitors Keep Pushing for Safety Standards
Aragon says she mixes strong cleaning chemicals with hot water to mop the floor and operate the floor stripper. When she uses these chemicals her sinuses become irritated and her nose starts to run and itch.
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Floor strippers are high on the list for toxicity. Fenoxletanol is commonly contained in floor strippers. It can cause reproductive changes including the shrinking of testicles, infertility and changes to the function of kidneys.Zinc is also commonly used in strippers and is on the EPA’s list of 65 Toxic Pollutants; it appears to affect the male reproductive system. “Floor strippers are probably the most hazardous product to use by custodians,” says Geiger. The chemicals in strippers “have neuro-toxic effects, make you dizzy, affect the liver and kidney and … central nervous system.”Humberto Villa, a janitor at several East Bay Safeway locations, says every time he uses floor strippers, his nose bleeds from inhaling the fumes, his “body feels chilled and breaks out in a cold sweat,” and his “ha …