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Scent HUGE issue for me » Dinah

Posted by Kath on February 3, 2009, at 19:50:51

In reply to And I thought nothing would make me quit, posted by Dinah on February 3, 2009, at 12:34:39

The scents in SO many products (MOST, I'd say) are synthetic.

Numerous hospitals in my province (Ontario Canada) are 'scent-free' - having realized the detrimental effects of scent on many many people. Some even restrict which flowers can be brought into the hospital (my daughter reacts to strongly scented flowers).

Here's a quote I just sent to my Pottery Guild membership person telling why I won't be going to meetings until they get a more heightened awareness about perfumes:

DID YOU KNOW
Perfume today is not made from flowers but from toxic chemicals.

It's about as romantic as hazardous waste.
More than 4,000 chemicals are used in fragrances.
Of these, 95% are made from petroleum.

No agency regulates the fragrance industry, yet perfume chemicals are as damaging to health as tobacco smoke.

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) is basically a subset of Environmental Illness (EI), which is caused by living in a toxic world. The chemicals that were synthesized after World War II (including, pesticides, synthetic fragrances, cleaning products, detergents, etc.) are mostly "petro-chemicals" (petroleum based) and are quite toxic to humans. There have been virtually no studies done on the majority of these chemicals to see how they affect humans. The industry just placed the chemicals in the environment with the assumption that they are "safe, till proven toxic", instead of the other way around. One of the biggest offenders is PERFUME and other scented products. Did you know that many of the ingredients in your perfume are the exact same ingredients found in GASOLINE??!! The scary thing is that the perfume industry is NOT REGULATED at all. They can put any number of chemicals in fragrance without revealing what those chemicals are or how they affect humans.

Some TOXIC CHEMICALS found in fragrances:
Toluene, ethanol, acetone, formaldehyde, limonene, benzene derivatives, ethylene chloride, and many others known to cause cancer, birth defects, infertility, nervous system damage, or other injuries.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) even found chloroform in fabric softeners.

As Romantic as Hazardous Waste:
Toluene was found in every fragrance sample collected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a 1991 report. "Toluene was most abundant in the auto parts store as well as the fragrance section of the department store."

Toluene has been proven to cause cancer and nervous system damage and is designated as hazardous waste.
............

So - you see - it makes total sense that you felt sick. I am shocked that a health-care-professional would have that in their office. Some of the homes where I do 'house cleaning' occasionally, have them or have heavily scented candles. As soon as I go in, I cover all offending items with plastic shopping bags. When I get home, I have to wash all my clothes that I've had on & have a shower. My hair smells. My face & hands smell!!!

I am so sorry that this has happened!!!

Let me know if you want help in finding any links to info in the internet for you to give.

((((((((((((((((((((((you)))))))))))))))))))))))))

much love, Kath

PS - you don't need to have MCS or EI to get sick from fragrances. I know SEVERAL people who get migraines from them & 2 offices where my son & I go for support have 'scent-free' policies.

K

 

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