Windex has been a household name for decades. People use glass cleaners like Windex to keep

their windows and mirrors streak free and shiny clean. When you walk into a room where Windex

has been used, you can actually distinctly smell the chemical scent. That fumey, odory scent

should be a warning for just how strong those harsh chemicals actually are. In fact, the

toxins in glass cleaner are known to irritate the skin, eyes and lungs and can even cause

pulmonary edema. No one wants grimy windows, but there's a better way, guys. Let's dive deeper

into household glass cleaners and what we can use instead. Welcome to Fatal Conveniences where we

address the things we may be doing in our daily lives that are actually harming us and in some

cases, slowly killing us. Tap water, teflon, caffeine, blue light, food additives, you name it,

we dive into it. We take a critical look at everyday products that really are affecting us and

our bodies and the environment and how we can avoid them and find a solution. So let's dive in.

Yeah, we all know Windex, man. It's like holy cow that plastic bottle, the spray nozzle and that

blue liquid. Let's just use our common sense. Come on, that can't be good for you, but let's dive

a little deeper into the history of this just so we know where this came from. Window cleaner was

invented in 1933 by the Draket company, the same company that invented Draeno, you know, that

powdery, ly and aluminum, die salt solution that you pour down and it eats away everything. So

you don't have backed up plumbing. Yeah, that's not so great. That's a whole nother fatal convenience,

but they created that in the 1920s. Originally, a producer of industrial chemicals, same story,

but was able to make the entrance into consumer market. Why were they able to do that?

Well, they allowed toxic substances for us to use in our homes. Another script of the big corporations

and no one really looking out for us. So guess what? We're looking out for us, right? You got me,

you feel me? The timing was not the best when they first created this because it was the depression.

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