mnmjenn
Well-Known Member
I was thinking over the problem of mammary tumors in female rats the other day. We have 2 girlies, and are getting a couple more. They are still young and are not showing any signs of health problems, but I hate to think about them developing cancers and respiratory problems.
I heard that there may be a link between chlorine bleach and other household chemicals (esp laundry) and breast cancer. This made me think of the think of this problem in rats. I've read lots of different threads on here relating to quarantining, disinfecting, etc that mention bleach and I wanted to mention this. I am just wondering if we decrease our household exposure to bleach (and thus the rats' exposure), would we see a decrease in tumors? Maybe this is wishful thinking.
I did a google search just to see what I could find. These are a few articles that mention different health effects for humans, and I thought could possibly be looked at in light of our rats, too.
http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/2008 ... hild-sick/
http://www.eatechs.com/?page_id=871
this article was specifically on bleaching of tea bags, but I found the general info they gave interesting:
http://www.healthhype.com/bleach-in-tea ... risks.html
Our family orders cleaning products that are plant-derived and do not use chlorine bleach. The disinfectant is thyme-based and is hospital grade. (We also have a water filter on our pipes since we have town water... :thumbdwn: ) We've noticed at significant difference in our family's health, and I'm anxious to see if this makes a difference in the health and life-span of our rats, too.
I'm not a scientist and I'm not making any claims. Just wondering "out loud." :wink2:
I heard that there may be a link between chlorine bleach and other household chemicals (esp laundry) and breast cancer. This made me think of the think of this problem in rats. I've read lots of different threads on here relating to quarantining, disinfecting, etc that mention bleach and I wanted to mention this. I am just wondering if we decrease our household exposure to bleach (and thus the rats' exposure), would we see a decrease in tumors? Maybe this is wishful thinking.
I did a google search just to see what I could find. These are a few articles that mention different health effects for humans, and I thought could possibly be looked at in light of our rats, too.
http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/2008 ... hild-sick/
http://www.eatechs.com/?page_id=871
this article was specifically on bleaching of tea bags, but I found the general info they gave interesting:
http://www.healthhype.com/bleach-in-tea ... risks.html
Our family orders cleaning products that are plant-derived and do not use chlorine bleach. The disinfectant is thyme-based and is hospital grade. (We also have a water filter on our pipes since we have town water... :thumbdwn: ) We've noticed at significant difference in our family's health, and I'm anxious to see if this makes a difference in the health and life-span of our rats, too.
I'm not a scientist and I'm not making any claims. Just wondering "out loud." :wink2: