Τίτλος:
Children and Parents' Awareness Regarding Potential Hazards Derived from
the Use of Chemical Products in Greece
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Over the last decades, human activities prompted the high production and
widespread use of household chemical products, leading to daily exposure
of humans to several chemicals. The objective of this study was to
investigate the frequency of chemicals’ use by children and parents in
Greece and estimate the level of risk awareness and understanding among
them. A total of 575 parents and children were asked to answer an
anonymous, closed-ended, validated, and self-administered questionnaire.
One-third of the children and almost half of the parents participating
in the study believed that commonly used chemical products do not pose
any risk to human health or to the environment, despite the product
labelling. The majority of both children (61.8%) and parents (70.6%)
were informed about product safety via the product labelling. Around
20% in both groups could not differentiate between systemic toxicity
and acute lethal effects depicted by pictograms on the label and milder
hazards, such as skin irritation. Moreover, the information on hazard
and precautionary statements appearing on the label was very poorly
perceived. Therefore, as both children and parents seem not to clearly
identify the hazards and risks arising from the use of everyday chemical
products, targeted awareness policies should be implemented to support
the safe use of household products.
Συγγραφείς:
Tsitsimpikou, Christina
Georgiadis, Nikolaos
Tsarouhas,
Konstantinos
Kartsidis, Panagiotis
Foufa, Eleni
Bacopoulou,
Flora
Choursalas, Athanasios
Kouretas, Dimitrios
Nikolaidis,
Alexandros K.
Koulaouzidou, Elisabeth A.
Περιοδικό:
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
chemical hazards; safe use; labelling
DOI:
10.3390/ijerph182412948
