The Health Hazards of Air Fresheners
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To you SteveL it may be a 'scare story'. To me it results in discomfort and difficulty breathing. Hence my request in the OP that the Club rethink their policy.
I think if you are going to contact the club it would be far better to stick to the facts you can prove. In that the discharge of the air fresheners brings on your asthma. As to what component of the freshener does this, that is unknown and irrelevant to
what you are requesting. In my opinion bringing up the possible health risks of these Phthalates will draw the focus away from what you are trying to achieve, the removal of the fresheners because they can bring on asthma....I don't have to prove anything at all. My comments come from personal experience and also seeing today's report in the Daily Telegraph by The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) which
confirms those experiences. This report from the UK confirms reports going back as far as 2006 elsewhere in the world linking these products with asthma and other medical problems.
I would challenge your assertion that the constituent ingredient in the products causing problems is unknown. (See the reference to VOCs in the Telegraph article). It is well documented. and if you also read the extract I posted above you will see that
many of these so-called 'air fresheners' are nothing of the sort but contain chemicals which effectively damage the mucous membranes in the nose thereby making it temporarily impossible to smell anything.So from your personal experience and what you have read in the paper you have proof positive that these toxins are responsible. In my opinion you are doing yourself a disservice if you continue to persue this argument. It is sufficient that the air fresheners
aggravate your asthma. Leave the scientific arguements to others. However, as it seems unlikely I will convince you I will bow out of this debate.0 -
Have you walked past or tried to enter the Lush chain of shops or Body Shop ? Equally offensive on smell.
Can't ban all percieved bad smells or fragrance0 -
SteveL jusr as you want the OP to prove her theory regards the toxidity of these products can you prove their safety.
No, of course not. Which is why I don't think we should get too fixed, on what may or may not be the active agent causing asthma attacks. It should be sufficient that the use of these fresheners results in such attacks. As I said let others argue the science.
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I agree with your concerns Oldgirl, until it is proven they are toxic they will be hailed as a godsend, just like the Vapona fly killer and we know what happened to Vapona.
...Very interesting Cariadon. The active ingredient which caused Vapona to be banned was
dichlorvos. See my reference above to
Dichlorobenzene. Both are pesticides. See
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