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“Fragrances” to Avoid in All Products
In products such as perfume, shampoo, fabric softener, bleach, air fresheners, dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, soap, hairspray, shaving cream, aftershave, deodorants, nail polish remover, and more, synthetic ingredients are used to create fragrance. Many of these ingredients are toxic and can cause adverse reactions. Look for these ingredients in products containing fragrance and avoid them if you can:
Acetic acid, benzyl ester: Targets nerves and kidneys; possible carcinogen.
Benzyl alcohol: Central nervous system (CNS) depressant.
Diethyl phthalate: Possible risk of congenital malformation in the fetus; targets nerves.
Musk ketone: Increases carcinogenic effects of other materials. Remains stored in blood, fat tissue, and breast milk; crosses placental barrier.
Musk xylene: Carcinogenic in animal studies. Stored in blood, fat tissue, and breast milk; crosses placental barrier.
6-Octen-1-ol, 3,7-dimethyl: Extremely destructive to mucous membranes and upper respiratory tract tissues.
Toluene: Carcinogenic, Targets liver, kidneys, brain, or bladder. One of nine major starting materials for synthesis of fragrance chemicals. Addictive.
4-Vinylphenol: Toxic. May impair fertility. Toxic by inhalation. Respiratory and skin sensitizer.
2,6-Xylenol: Toxic. Harmful by inhalation. Material is extremely destructive to upper respiratory system, eyes, and skin. Corrosive.
Acetone: Inhalation causes dryness of the mouth and throat, dizziness, nausea, incoordination, slurred speech, drowsiness, coma in extreme cases. CNS depressant.
Benzaldehyde: Narcotic. Sensitizer. CNS depressant. May cause kidney damage and irritation to the mouth, throat, eyes, skin, lungs, and GI tract, leading to nausea and abdominal pain. Do not use with contact lenses.
Benzyl Acetate: Carcinogenic. Irritating to eyes and respiratory passages. Causes systemic effects through skin. Do not flush to sewer.
Camphor: Irritant and CNS stimulant. Readily absorbed through body tissues. Irritation of eyes, nose and throat, dizziness, confusion, nausea, twitching muscles, and convulsions.
Ethanol: EPA hazardous waste. May cause fatigue and irritating to eyes and upper respiratory tract even in low concentrations. Initial stimulatory effect followed by drowsiness, impaired vision, ataxia, stupor. Causes CNS disorder.
Ethyl Acetate: Narcotic. EPA hazardous waste. Irritating to eyes and respiratory tract; headache and narcosis (stupor); skin drying and cracking; anemia with leukocytosis; and damage to liver and kidneys.
Limolene: Carcinogenic. Irritant and sensitizer. Wash thoroughly after using and before eating, drinking, and applying cosmetics. Do not inhale.
Linalool: This narcotic causes respiratory disturbances and CNS disorder and attracts bees. In animal tests, it was found to cause ataxic gait; reduced spontaneous motor activity and depression; respiratory disturbances leading to death; and depressed frog-heart activity.
Methylene Chloride: On hazardous waste lists. Carcinogenic. Stored in body fat; metabolizes to carbon monoxide, reducing blood�s oxygen-carrying capacity. Headache, giddiness, stupor, irritability, fatigue, and tingling in the limbs. Causes CNS disorder.
a-Pinene: Sensitizer. Damaging to the immune system, irritant to skin, eyes, and mucous membranes.
g-Terpinene: Causes asthma and CNS disorders.
a-Terpineol: Highly irritating to mucous membranes. Aspiration into the lungs can produce pneumonitis or even fatal edema. Excitement, ataxia (loss of muscular coordination), hypothermia, CNS and respiratory depression, and headache.
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add your comment »It is amazing how many products that are advertised as natural and pure have added artificial fragrance. Many will show a long list of organic botanical oils or natural ingredients, only to be followed by "fragrance" or "parfum", and there is no way to know what ingredients are actually present within these two terms. I've co-created a website that has links to lots of products for the home and body that are scented with only essential plant oils. I have spent many hours reading ingredient lists to hunt down the ones I feel good about endorsing. So read your ingredients, or check out www.organic-eden.com for lots more info (click on the Natural Home and Personal Care tabs at the top)
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this is great! i actually just blogged about a list of ingredients to avoid putting in and on your body that include these. the list was compiled by kaiahouse.com , and online organic beauty store that screens every product it sells for them. check them out if you want to know exactly what you're NOT getting in your skin care, beauty care, and hair care products!
thanks for helping to spread the word.
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Sorry Kate, but not all have to be ingested to have a negative reaction. The scent in a product can cause an instant reaction in many forms.
Some of us have lower reaction levels and others only to certain products or scents.
Today I had to use a personal air cleaner and a mask just to enable me to finish gardening...not due to plants, earth, mold and such, but to an inconsiderate neighbour who smokes (for his health,) oh yes, his wife is on oxygen so it's safe to say, if he doesn't care about her, there's not much hope for me!
and to really do a number on me, the new neighbour on the other side asked me why I was wearing a mask...did I have THE virus? No, it might be the cigarette you're holding in your hand !
As far as scents go, I think that Glade took top honours by putting out a candle that had 3 different scents in it, huh ? Or was it the room spray that was supposed to make the air smell like a bouquet of flowers ? Again, a stabilizer.
Maybe it's the employees that think the request of 'no scent' doesn't pertain them.. .
Whatever the product, it's time that people take more responsibility and consider taking steps at the lower level to heal the air around us. Everyone is making noise about industrial air pollution and not taking into consideration the damage of everyday products.
Forgive me to rambling, but it has taken all afternoon and evening for my head to stop pounding from just one man enjoying one of his 3 cigarettes a day.
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I've switched already to Purex Concentrate "Free (of fragrance) and Clear (of Dyes)" - it works great....though my ma doesn't care for it too much, she likes that "fragrance" of "clean clothes" pfft....not when I'm doing the laundry ^^ lol.
I'm shocked though, all over the site we boast of the uses of Vinegar, but, Acetic acid is essentially, White Vinegar, correct? Granted, the stuff we are buying from the grocery store pickle aisle, isn't "straight" - but dilluted...
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Listen! I found products for who is chemically sensitive, hipper-allergenic and immune system compromised like me on www.amazoniagreenproducts.com
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very educational! Good to know. There is a good site for non-toxic cleaning products. I use them. They are truly what they say!! www.amazoniagreenproducts.com
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I cannot tolerate any synthetic perfumes, on the contrary the natural scents from flowers, aromatic leaves, fruit skins, rhizomes, bulbs are soothing. The fragrant molecules absorbed by our nasopharyngeal tract, reaches olfactory lobe / the brain,different types of molecules are neuroprotecftive:sedative /stimulating
/soothing/sedative/refreshing ......
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Vegan shop here at care2 http://my.care2.com/veganstuff
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