How to stop inhaling harsh cleaning chemical sprays and mist
Household cleaning products release fine mists and dusts that are easily breathed in without realizing it, triggering headaches, migraines, and asthma flares. This constant irritation forces people to either adopt physical barriers like face masks or completely overhaul their cleaning supplies to avoid physical distress.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Opening windows for ventilation
- 2Switching to less toxic or alternative household cleaners
- 3Wearing a face mask (such as an FFP2 or cloth mask) while cleaning
- 4Using a proper respirator with a carbon filter
- 5relying on the fact that normal exhaust heat is not hot enough to create phosgene compared to welding arcs
- 6letting the liquid flash off quickly
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I no longer get headaches, migraines, or asthma flares after dusting or cleaning the bathroom (the worst offenders).”source ↗
“I've changed out many of my household cleaners to be a bit less poisonous to my body, but generally, a lot of things shouldn't be inhaled that are really easy to inhale without thinking about it.”source ↗
“I'm using the ones I used during COVID, so an FFP2 mask, just to avoid inhaling the spray mist.”source ↗
“I’m worried that some brake clean got on the exhaust and put out phosgene gas.”source ↗
Where this came up
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