Data from California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey state-based surveillance systems of work-related asthma (WRA) identified cases of asthma associated with exposure to cleaning products at work. Of the 1915 confirmed cases of WRA from 1993 to 1997, 12% were associated with exposure to cleaning products. The individuals reported were generally white non-Hispanic, 35 years or older women. Most of the cases (80%) were new-onset asthma and 20% were work-aggravated asthma. (Source: Cleaning products and work related asthma, J Occup Environ Med, abstract)
Public awareness resources
 Michigan State University's brochure Asthma and Cleaning Agents: What you need to know!
External link: http://www.chm.msu.edu/oem/Resources/Asthmabrochure.pdf  PDF only 338 KB (1 page)
California Department of Health Services and the University of California at Berkeley's fact sheet Removing Graffiti Safely.
External link: http://http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ohb/OHSEP/graffiti.pdf PDF only 803 KB (12 pages)
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