Hispanics Face High Cancer Risk from Breathing Household Chemical
Environmental Health News
Janet Wilson
September 11, 2009
Elena Rios still remembers going into the bathroom as a child and smelling a pungent odor from the big, round air freshener hanging on the back of the toilet.
“I’m Mexican American, I grew up in Los Angeles, and I can tell you that particular product was in all the stores in the neighborhood, at low cost,” said Rios, a doctor who currently heads the National Hispanic Medical Assn.
Now a new study concludes that heavy use of these products could be jeopardizing the health of consumers, particularly Hispanics, across the country.