Like me and one third of the population of our country, he suffers serious health issues from breathing air polluted with chemicals that are used to make scents used in many products on the market today.
Central Michigan University must be a more advanced college because they have already banned perfumes and other products that bother students. I was overjoyed to hear that!
While some say only close proximity to these chemicals causes serious illness like cancer, those of us who suffer with multiple chemical sensitivity react with debilitating effects when exposed to small doses of fragrance. If I am in a restaurant and someone walks by wearing perfume, I know I must avoid that person or the area where that person is working. I have had to leave restaurants because scented candles were burned or because the waitresses wore scented products.
Although I hate to hear of anyone dealing with the effects of MCS, I am always happy to hear of someone who tries to make people aware of the problems. I hear from people all the time who say they have the same problems I have, but they never say anything about it. I recently left a restaurant because of the scented candles and I told the management why I left. I was told that if I called ahead a day before, they would not burn the candles while I am there. But they don’t understand. Those chemicals linger for a long time and also hang on to surfaces for days after the candle is no longer burning. The same is true with the oil diffusers so popular today.
Tonight I am taking medicine to deal with recent exposure to fragrance. The meds only help me deal with pain and symptoms and will not cure me. I had to cancel appointments for the rest of the week so I can rest, use oxygen, pain pills and other OTC medicine that help the congestion and breathing problems.
Read more here about CMU and the student who is making a difference.
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Did you know you were consuming and breathing formaldehyde all the time?
"One such chemical is formaldehyde, which has very many uses & is present to some extent in virtually every modern day built setting ( home, office, hospital, school, etc) – and in the car / motor vehicle. This is because formaldehyde is cheap & has very many uses including – cavity wall insulation, MDF, (medium density fibreboard), plywood, fabric & carpet treatments, bodycare products ( shampoo, toothpaste, etc), glues, paints, plastic mouldings, electrical appliances & components etc." from: https://www.multiplechemicalsensitivity.org/
It's a much bigger problem than most people know about. I am sensitive to some perfumes and scents, too, but mostly I can avoid them. The bus is probably the worst, because when someone gets on with perfume, I have to move as far away from them as possible. Hope you are better soon.
ReplyDeleteDJan, it is a much bigger problem than most people realize. If only those who don't think they have a problem would realize that the chemicals they breathe in are doing damage to their lungs even when they don't realize it. EWG is a non partisan, non political group that works to make people aware and to force manufacturers to label the chemicals in their products.
ReplyDeleteThe FDA does not require manufacturers to list the hundreds of chemicals used to make the fragrance in the products. You won't see formaldehyde on the label or all the other chemicals you would not knowingly keep and use in your home or on your body.