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Loading...Exposed: The Shocking Truth About Air Fresheners
- Michelle Schoffro Cook
- August 30, 2012
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What You Can Do:
-Stop using “Air Fresheners,” “Air Sanitizers,” and “Air Deodorizers.” Even many “natural” or “unscented products” simply use extra ingredients to mask the scents.
-Write to the Consumer Product Safety Commission asking them to ban hazardous phthalates in consumer products and requiring ingredient labeling of all consumer products. Here’s the link to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and the e-mail for Canadian Consumer Product Safety division of Health Canada (Info@hc-sc.gc.ca).
-Make offices off-limits to so-called “air fresheners.” If you’re not the one in charge at your office show him or her this information and request that they enact such a policy.
-Open a window to freshen the air!
For references or methodology on the NRDC study, click here.
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Thanks for the info and stay safe Linda ( my postwoman).
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its like anything else in life...moderation....but ill still stick to not adding salt to my meals...…
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+ add your ownI am also concerned about phthalates but am disappointed to learn that the information shared in the article is quite dated (though the article was published in 2012). The study by the NRDC quoted in this article is from 2007. I just check the SCJ web site and found that they phased out phthalates in 2008 and wonder if other manufacturers have done this as well.
I would love to see an update to this article that actually presents current information. It looks like this author just lifted information from the NRDC health facts sheet and didn't do any additional research.
Thanks for the heads up. I'll stick to nature as much as I can.
Since I developed asthma in old age, I stay away from all aerosals, in general.. Think they're all dangerous... hair spray, etc.
I just don´t buy any air fresheners, they test on animals and have a bunch of chemicals, no thanks!
Thanks for sharing.
Well, John L., how long do you suggest I wait to get whatever it is that you're so worried about? I think room air fresheners all depend on the size of the room in which they are put, how air-tight that room might be and individual sensitivities.
Please don't try to scare everyone with paranoia that they're all going to drop over gasping for breath at some point in time because YOU have issues.
Pure Poison. Wait til some of u who disagree with this article get MCS, and you'll quickly change your mind. From a canary....
Somehow this doesn't surprize me but it's shocking to see it laid out so clear like this!
thank you for sharing
These are toxic to anyone....and the air...I think they ought to be taken off the market!
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