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Fabric Products
Chemical Market Reporter
Additives for Fabric Care.
Author/s: Clay Boswell; Jan 24, 2000
Includes info on Febreze, Dryel
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0FVP/4_257/59329283/print.jhtml

Fabric Softeners
YOU can use safer alternatives!
For example:



IF you too suffer negative health effects when neighbors' fabric softeners permeate the
ambient air, please inform YOUR local Air Resources Board (Calif: Consumer Products
Enforcement Program http://www.arb.ca.gov/enf/consprod.htm), and the U.S. Consumer
Products Safety Commission by going to their "Report Unsafe Products" page. Also try
informing the EPA, for they are interested in air pollution and these chemical concoctions
pollute the air for blocks from the site of the user(s).

I am definitely sympathetic to your complaints, for I suffer serious adverse reactions to even
light fabric softeners on the ambient air . . . It took me a long time to figure out the source of
my collapses to sidewalk and street -- scaring the everlovin' out of a driver and often hurting
myself with scrapes and bruises, but fortuneately, never breaking a bone. And during that same
timeframe, I suffered severe intermittent numbing from temple to jaw bone on the right
side of my face.

While working on Julia Kendall's "Questions to Ponder" -- making a flyer of her work on fabric
softeners . . . there it was, "numbness on the side of the face." I protected myself from the
stronger odors of fabric softener in the neighborhood and the numbing went away. When my
husband caught me by my elbow and yelled, "PUT YOUR MASK ON!," we both learned that
I was reacting to even extraordinarily light hint of of fabric softner on the ambient air. From
that day forward, I've not fallen. And yes, fabric softeners enter my house unbidden if I've
got my windows open; even upon opening the front door for someone to leave. I must take
precaution in my own home. How "personal" is someone's deicision to use fabric softeners, after
all? For my money, the use of fragranced products is all too public! There outta be a law.

But, for all of my complaints about my body's reactions, that doesn't hold a candle to my main
concern about the use of highly scented products, including perfumes, air "fresheners,"
deodorizers, topped off by scented detergents and fabric softeners whose chemicals continue to
volatilize or outgas for weeks, months . . . and all the more so, the warmer they are.

Let's look at putting an infant down to bed. Perhaps his or her parent or caregiver is highly
scented and perhaps the room has air "fresheners" in it. And, what if the baby's clothing and
bedding have been laundered in highly scented detergents and fabric softeners, for the parents
believe that baby needs "clean," "fresh" and SOFT fabric next to his or her skin? For industry
advertising has told them so!

Remember, scents don't clean and scents don't freshen; they do pollute. So, if babies are put to
sleep on their tummies, the way babies have slept from time out of mind -- best for lung, chest
and upper back development -- their little noses are literally sucking up the toxins directly
into their little brains.

Fabric softeners are certainly a harmful nusience to my body, but I have gotten nowhere fast
contacting agencies. One person complaining to an agency accomplishes nothing. One person
complaing to another accomplishes nothing. We ALL must file complaints with agencies whose
job it is is to protect public health. It's as simple as that for the FIRST step. Let's get this ball rolling.
CPSC's Report Unsafe Products page
http://www.cpsc.gov/talk.html

If you have a question of CPSC, please email them at info@cpsc.gov

Look up your state's Air Resources Board . . . California's is
An update:
EPA AND ENVIROSMART PRODUCTS COMPANY SIGN AGREEMENT TO
DEVELOP SAFER DETERGENTS AND CLEANERS [and fabric softeners]
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/b1ab9f485b098972852562e7004dc686/27a2d70c5ea772c18525680100537e1b?OpenDocument

Fabric Softener Adverse Experiences

Again (March 2001), the industry reps told me they NEVER get a complaint
about fabric softners. Not only have I contacted the industry, but also the
CPSC. Apparently my information has never been cataloged by industry or
government (I asked for a print out of complaints).

So, folks, tell it to the Consumer Products Safety Commission -- again.
Maybe if they hear from enough of us often enough, they will get the
idea that one individual's personal choice to use the TRADE
SECRET-PROTECTED toxic chemicals in fabric softeners, should
not become the neighborhood's polluted air to breathe. Telephone
1-800-638-2772; press 1; press 999 or by CDC's website 'Consumer
Product Incident Report' form at https://www.cpsc.gov/incident.html

Be sure to mention your CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM reactions,
allergies aren't given priority. And in the case of chemical injury, the term
"allergy" is a misnomer anyway.

See Anderson Labs
Fabric softeners
http://www.andersonlaboratories.com/alweb23e.htm

See Julia Kendall's compilation of information on Fabric Softeners
ehnfs.htm

-- barb

Fahrenheit to Celsius / Celsius to Fahrenheit Converter
Zoran.net
http://www.zoran.net/olu/convert_cf.asp

  • FAIR

  • FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
    In a search, I've found 47 documents listed on the subject of Stossel. Of course, they cover many
    more topics. This is a great site ... I hope you bookmark it on your own computers. -- barb

  • Fair Use of Copyrighted Material

    Diana Fairechild
    Healthy Flying With Diana Fairechild
    http://www.flyana.com/



    FamilyPractice.com

  • Families USA
    "Families USA is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the
    achievement of high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans.
    Working at the national, state and community levels, we have earned a national
    reputation as an effective voice for health care consumers for over 15 years. "
    http://www.familiesusa.org/html/about/about.htm

  • Farinfared Saunas

    Farmacy
    Providing services for the Seriously Ill
    http://www.farmacy.org/index.html

    Farms / Farmers
    Unlike mainstream media, when I use the word "farms" (or "framers"), I am not thinking in
    terms of AGRIBUSINESS. I'm thinking of the small farms, organic farms, and all of the
    people doing the actual farm work.

    I spent four years with my family, during my early teens, living and working on a farm in
    southeast Missouri, in the Ozark Mountains. I know what it is like to go to a one-room school
    house, to do homework by lamplight, to use a "two-seater," to walk a mile and six tenths to school
    in all kinds of weather, to bring in the herd of cattle stranded out in the front 80 in a freak
    snsow storm as my mother and I walked sideways to make a path by stomping down a foot of snow
    to get the bell cow to follow . . . I know drought and having to get the hay in with temps
    ranging over 110 degrees F, I also know racing against severe rain storms to get the hay in . . .
    I know mucking out the barn, collecting the eggs, running to get help for a heifer who couldn't
    birth her calf, I know gathering the berries and mushrooms, gardening, and putting up produce
    and fruits . . . I don't know the use of pesticides as my parents used "natural" means of
    farming. For the record, I was far healthier while living on the farm than I ever was when
    lving in St. Louis, where I was born and raised, and to which I've returned twice in my life
    to live . . . once for my senior year of high school and then again during adulthood.-- barb

    Also see EHN's section on Organics
    ehnlinx/o.htm#Organic

    FEBREZE
    E-mail warnings, plus response from P&G, and several sites
    ehnlinx/febreze.htm

    Federal


  • FedWorkersComp.net (aka FedupFeds)
    "A growing grassroots reform movement, a comprehensive website resource, and a
    membership mailing list for self help, networking, and information, all of this by and
    for injured federal workers. No dues, no fees, ever."
    (The information available can serve everyone, not just injured fed workers. -- barb)
    http://www.fedworkerscomp.net/

    Feingold® Association of the United States, The
    "The dietary connection to better behavior, learning & health"



    Feminine hygiene products

    Fertilizers - Synthetic

    Also see EHN's pages on:

    Pest Management and Pesticide Information
    ehnlinx/pestcide.htm

    Sludge
    ehnlinx/s.htm#Sludge


    Fiberglass
    Fibromyalgia (FM)
    Many of us who live with MCS, also live with FM. One of the things all of us should consider
    is reducing the number of superfluous toxins in our lives . . . and the lives of our children and
    pets. My FM is activated by encounters with synthetic fragrances volatilizing from products
    worn or used by others, just as is my "adult onset acne" and my asthma, et. al.

    I suggest that everyone living with ADD, Autism, CIFDS, CFS, GWS, FM, ME , MCS, et al.,
    make a concerted effort to keep one's life as free from synthetic fertilizers, flavors, fragrances,
    pesticides and other consumer products with high-emitting VOCs (volatile organic
    compounds).

    In public venues, you have a right to breathe -- believe it or not! -- so ask for your public entity to
    institute fragrance-free programs for personal care and to use fragrance-free cleaning and
    maintenance products, and promote true Integrated Pest Management practices (least toxic
    pesticides used only as a last resort!). There is nothing in fragrance-free policies that
    says you don't have to be clean. Clean is not defined by a concoction of petrochemicals
    to create a scent, except by the fragrance industry in its ads.

    Use the information provided in EHN's petition of the US Food and Drug Administration,
    Docket 99P-1340 to document your requests for cleaner air. The Analysis Summary was
    performed by a reputable laboratory . . . those chemicals were discovered. And, please write the FDA.
    Analysis Summary: http://www.ehnca.org/FDApetition/analysis.htm

    FDA Petition 99P-1340: http://www.ehnca.org/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm -- barb



    Fibrocystic breast disease
    Take Progesterone and avoid Estrogens - Summary for Curing Fibrocystic Breast Disease
    http://www.fibrocystic.com/summary.htm

    Filoli Center
    http://www.filoli.org/education.html

    Dr. Cynthia Fincher
    Author of Healthy Living in a Toxic World ... great book -- barb
  • Marjorie Fisher
    NOHA News - Nutrition for Optimal Health Association, Inc.
    Folks, look at the dates of these articles . . . oldies, but goodies. Why haven't our government
    agencies been tuned in? By the way, all articles from the 80s are available online through
    NOHA News. This is a great site to visit. -- barb
    http://www.nutrition4health.org/

    Fisher Scientific
    https://www1.fishersci.com/


    Steven Fist
    Contact details:
    E-mail to Stewart Fist fist@ozemail.com.au
    Address: 70 Middle Harbour Road,
    LINDFIELD, NSW, 2070, Australia
    Phone: +61 2 9416 7458 (H & W)
    Facsimile: +61 2 9416 4582
    Steven Fist is updating his website. I cannot find links to the two documents without bullets. -- barb
    Flame Retardants

    Flat-head Babies
    Why not give up highly scented detergents, fabric softeneres, air "fresheners," perfumes, and
    other scented personal care and cleaning and maintenance products? Perhaps babies could
    sleep in their natural position, on their tummies, and with their little butts in the air and
    not suffer ear aches, asthma and goodness knows what all, including the ultimate: SIDS.

    What about all the research around SIDS? Have our government and medical industry experts
    ever studied the effect of the chemicals in synthetic scents upon babies? Heavens, purchase
    Video 1. Air fresheners and fragrance products ($25 for a five minute video),
    produced by Anderson Labs . . . look at the reactions suffered by the mice. See
    http://www.andersonlaboratories.com/

    Think twice about putting YOUR baby down to sleep in clothing and bedding that is volatilizing
    (outgassing) the superfluous toxins found in synthetically scented detergents and fabric softeners.
    Also, avoid using disinfectants (classificed as pesticides by the EPA) and air "fresheners"
    in your baby's room and around your baby. Until our government agencies start
    acknowledging the public's right to know and properly informing the public . . .
    Caveat Emptor! -- barb

    Flavors and Fragrances
    Flavors: There is more to meet the nose and palate than just scent and taste!
    Fragrance: There is more to meet the nose than just scent! -- barb wilkie
    Also see Fragrance Info
    ehnlinx/f.htm#Fragrance

    "Annette Green, [former] executive director of the Fragrance Foundation in New York,
    has said the restrictions are much ado about nothing, arguing perfume does not
    pollute the air and does not contain carcinogens, as cigarettes do.    "
    [Emphasis added as I wonder, who is kidding whom?]
    See: "Scent-Sensitive Nurse Sues LDS"
    BY MICHAEL VIGH THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, Tuesday, October 15, 2002
    http://www.sltrib.com/2002/oct/10152002/utah/7273.htm

    Under EHN's Fragrance Info, you can compare what the industry states with information
    provided by reputable researchers. You can learn about the harmful chemicals found in
    fragrances and other cosmetic products. You can visit some sites that link some of the fragrance
    and cosmetic chemicals to cancer. Regardless of what you may hear through industry
    advertising hype and public relations campaigns, or through members of the media who seem to
    have a vested interest to protect the industry's economy, the truth is: The industry
    is not regulated by any government agency. When there are no real regulations in
    place, it is exceedingly easy to "meet or exceed the requirement of the Federal Public Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act." And, the truth is, fragrances are not adequately tested --
    beyond skin reactions for the PRIMARY user, ignoring all who suffer skin reactions at the secondary and tertiary level of exposures AND ignoring primary and secondary users who suffer from adverse effects due to the sensitizers and irritants (capable of causing, triggering and exacerbating asthma and other pulmonary diseases), neurotoxins (adversely affecting your brain and nervous systems), teratogenic (adversely affecting the developing embryo and fetus), or carcinogens (capable of causing cancer) at primary and secondary levels of exposure.
    Sources:
    You can also see that major organizations acknowledge fragrances can trigger
    asthma, migraines and other illnesses     by visiting EHN's section, Avoid Fragrances.
    ehnlinx/a.htm#AVOID


    To read "fragrance-free" defined by Ecology House and fragrance-free statements by the
    Sierra Club's SF Bay Area Conservation Committee, the University of Minnesota and
    Dalhousie University, see Fragrance-free in this section.

    Also see:
    Access information for the fragrance-sensitized person on EHN's "Take Heart!"
    ehnhompg/takheart.htm

    Cosmetic
    ehnlinx/c.htm#Cosmetic

    EHN Petitons the FDA to require warning labels on fragrances
    Check out the analyses, the product label and link out to more edifying info.
    FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm

    Environmental Illness - See MCS, or items under
    EHN's "Environmental Health" category
    ehnlinx/e.htm#Environment

    The European Commission
    "... In the absence of specific regulations for fragrances, IFRA introduced self-regulatory
    disciplines for the industry, such as the IFRA list of prohibited fragrance ingredients.
    This list, which is based primarily on cutaneous safety concerns, was used as the basis
    for a discussion. ..."

    Hello! Wake Up! Caveat Emptor! Buyer Beware! Folks, FDA, EPA, CPSC, we've
    been telling you that the primary testing done for fragrances is for skin reactions of the PRIMARY
    user. Check out the statement for yourselves. NO WHERE do I see the least concern for the
    effects of synthetic scents on the brains, lungs, organs of people of all ages, let alone on
    developing embryos and fetuses. And even with all the concern expressed on behalf of primary
    users who develop skin allergies, NO WHERE do I see the least concern for all the more people
    who develop skin reactions from just having to breathe the air into which synthetic fragrance
    chemicals have outgassed! That, by the bye, is called Airborne Contact Dermatitis. -- barb
    http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/fs/sc/ssc/out108_en.html

    Fragrances & Pregnancy
    ehnlinx/p.htm#Pregnancy

    MCS
    ehnlinx/mcs.htm

    And then, one of my favorite pieces, which has nothing to do with fragrances per se, is
    The Man In the Glass by Doc Dybbie.
    ehnlinx/manglass.htm

  • 1991 Report: Identification of Polar Volatile Organic Compounds in
    Consumer Products and Common Microenvironments
    http://www.ourlittleplace.com/epa.html

  • 1992 Final Report: Polar Organic Compounds in Fragrances of Consumer Products
    http://www.fpinva.org/composition.analysis.EPA.htm

    The following list of information will grow, so check back often. -- barb

  • AAIR - Asthma & Allergy Information and Research
     Allergy to Perfume in the Air
    and similar illness due to perfume in the air we breathe
    http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~aair/perfume_corr.htm

  • A CLOSER LOOK
    by Betty Bridges, RN
    http://www.fpinva.org/introduc.htm

  • A History of Fragrance
    © Kathi Keville and Mindy Green
    (Excerpted from Aromatherapy: A Complete Guide to the Healing Art)
    http://www.healthy.net/asp/templates/article.asp?PageType=article&ID=1712

  • Addicted to fragrances?, asks barb
    PubMedQuery
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1999 Apr;63(4):743-8
    Potentiation of GABAA receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes by perfume and phytoncid.
    Aoshima H, Hamamoto K
    Department of Physics, Biology and Informatics, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
    aoshima@po.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=10361687&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b

  • Airborne chemicals affect the body's largest organ, the skin
  • Aldrich Flavors and Fragrances
    Bookshelf
    http://www.sial.com/aldrich/flavors_fragrances/book.htm

  • Alerts to Pet Owers!
    Do not use scented products, you will improve your indoor air quality for your pets,
    as well as for you and your children. See the FDA Petition to learn more about the chemicals found in commonly used synthetic scents. (http://www.ehnca.org/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm)
  • Allergy, Sensitivity & Environmental Health Association
    http://www.asehaqld.org.au/

  • American Demographics, June 1997


  • The Analysis of Perfumes and their Effect on Indoor Air ution
    John J. Manura, Scientific Instrument Services, 1027 Old York Road, Ringoes, NJ 08551
    http://www.sisweb.com/referenc/applnote/app-73.htm

  • Anderson Labs of West Hartford, Vermont
    A MUST visit site for peer-reviewed information on fragrance products, including air fresheneers
    http://www.andersonlaboratories.com/

  • ANUCCI Fragrance Glossary - Technical
    OLFACTORY and FRAGRANCE TERMS
    http://www.anucci.com/fyi/tech_glossary.html

  • Aroma Chemicals - Phoenix
    http://www.phoenixaromas.com/products/aromachem.html

  • Asthmatics¼ reactions to common perfumes
    American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - press release
    Scroll down.
    My solution: Remove the fragrances to eliminate the asthma. Of course, that suggestion
    and the one to eliminate pesticides meant I had to take early retirement. -- barb
    http://www.aaaai.org/media/news_releases/2000/03/000304.html

  • Assaulted by fragrance
    How many developing infants are unintentionally assaulted by fragrances?

    Perfume and Fragrance Exposure During Pregnancy
    Links to Learning Disabilities, ADD and Behavior Disorders
    http://www.chem-tox.com/pregnancy/perfume.htm

    Assurances by fragrance industry that their products are safe


  • A COMMON FRAGRANCE COMPONENT INCREASES AIRWAY
    RESPONSIVENESS AFTER SKIN SENSITISATION
    Study out of Sweden. -- barb
    http://www.ersnet.org/4/3/4_4_3_5.asp#fragrance


  • Avoid Fragrances: Adverse Reactions to Fragrances
  • Acute toxic effects of fragrance products.
    Archives of Environmental Health, March-April, 1998
    by Rosalind C. Anderson, Julius H. Anderson of Anderson Labs
    http://www.geocities.com/fragranceallergy/AcuteToxicEffectsOf.html




  • Betty Bridges, RN
    Fragranced Products Information Network
    http://www.fpinva.org

  • Chemical Hazard Data Availability Study
    http://www.ameliaww.com/fpin/HPVC_EURO.htm

  • Chemical sensitivity: symptom, syndrome or mechanism for disease?
    (TILT - "toxicant-induced loss of tolerance") By Miller CS
    PubMed
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8711750&dopt=Abstract


  • Cigarette Connection
    by Betty Bridges, RN
    http://pw1.netcom.com/~bcb56/tobchem.htm

  • Cleaning and fragrances

  • Chemicals - Documentation for
    Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health Concentrations
    http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/idlh/intridl4.html

    Clearing the Air: Asthma and Indoor Air Exposures
    Committee on the Assessment of Asthma and Indoor Air, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine
    456 pages, 6 x 9, 2000; ISBN: 0-309-06496-1
    To read or search online . . . pages 247 and 400 deal with fragrances
    Fragrances: http://books.nap.edu/books/0309064961/html/247.html#pagetop

    http://www.nap.edu/books/0309064961/html/

    Contact allergy in atopics, who perform wet work in hospital. Lammintausta K, Kalimo K, Havu VK
    PubMed
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=6218977&dopt=Abstract

    Contact Dermatitis: Solutions to Rash Mysteries
    by Evelyn Zamula; FDA, May 1990
    NOTE: This page does not give a clue about airborne contaminants such as those from the
    fragrances worn and used by others in personal care and cleaning/maintenance products. -- barb
    http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fdacderm.html

  • Cosmetic Packaging
    Mass Fragrance Struggles at Retail
    By Janet Herligh, Editor, Winter 2001
    What about that KILLING THE GOOSE THAT LAYS THE GOLDEN EGG factor?
    Too many people made too sick whether or not they use scented products!-- barb
    http://www.cosmeticpackaginganddesign.com/features/featurewinter013.htm

  • Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association (CTFA) http://www.ctfa.org/



  • Cosmetics Linked to the Causes of Breast Cancer and Fatal Breast Cancer
    Cancer Research of America, Inc
    Seem unbelievable? Check out the chemicals used to make synthetic scents.
    See EHN's FDA Petition Docket Number 99P - 1340.
    And read this compelling information! -- barb
    http://www.cancerresearchamerica.org/edu.html

  • Denmark
    Guideline on Safety assessment of cosmetic products
    Annex 3: Synopsis of efficacy testing of cosmetic products
    Synopsis prepared by Prof. J¯rgen Serup. M.D., Ph.D.
    Ingeborgvej 42, DK-2900 Hellerup, Denmark
    http://www.mst.dk/udgiv/publications/2000/87-7944-336-2/html/bil03_eng.htm

  • David L. Dewey, research columnist


  • E.A.R.N. (see CIIN for Cindy Duehring's work on fragrances)


  • Earth Angels Association/Health & Environment Resource Center http://members.aol.com/Enviroknow/index.html



  • Earth Talk: Fragrances by Rachel Naba
    The Earth Center - A non-profit organization promoting traditional African culture
    and spirituality. Learn about M'TAM, our philosophy, membership details, and
    teachings from The Earth Center.
    READ this! Then, write to the FDA in support of Docket Number 99P- 1340 AND ask your representative to support HR 1947, SNIFF. -- barb
    http://www.theearthcenter.com/frag.html

  • Eastman
    Eastman produces a variety of raw materials that may be used as solvents in the fragrance industry.
    Also listed under EHN's section on Solvents. -- barb
    http://www.eastman.com/Markets/Cosmetic_PersonalCare/Cosmetic_intro.asp


  • The Ecologist
    Home sickness.
    (health hazards of everyday life in the modern world)
    (Statistical Data Included)
    Author/s: Martin J Walker
    Available through Find Articles . . . references the FDA Petition's findings!
    http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2465/4_31/74583523/print.jhtml

  • Employee with a Heightened Sensitivity to Strong Fragrances May Be
    Disabled Under the ADA
    Labor & Employment Update; August 2000; Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP.
    http://www.brobeck.com/news_events/issues_archive.asp?newsItem=IA2#3?newsItem=IA2

  • EHN's Fragrance Warning Label Petition of the FDA
    FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm

  • The EU wants perfumers to list all ingredients used
    French perfumers in a stink
    Monday, 19 August, 2002, 15:55 GMT 16:55 UK http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/2202835.stm

  • EYES - fragrances absorbed through your eyes

  • Fragrance allergy - a major problem
    Why are consumers (including children) not protected?
    By Heidi Soested, The Danish Consumer Council
    Chemical Awareness
    Includes some fragrance allergy stats from late '80s and early to mid '90s. -- barb
    http://www.fbr.dk/chemaware/newslet/issue02/article8.html

  • Fragrance and Chemical Sensitivity Support Group
    Post Office Box 35
    Sandown Village
    3171, Victoria, Australia
    email: fragranceallergy@yahoo.com.au
    http://www.geocities.com/fragranceallergy/

  • Fragrance Chemicals

    Folks, here is just a VERY LITTLE information regarding the 4,000 some odd inadequately
    tested chemicals used in the manufacture of petrochemical-derived fragrances. Fragrances
    are not "thoroughly tested" for safety before marketing, IF you expect that testing to be for
    inhalation and systemic effects. In 2002, the industry claimed to have just begun testing for
    effects upon inhalation and for systemic effects. (Source: Francesca Lyman's "Scents and
    sensitivities ...," mirrored by gracious permission at
    FDApetition/flscents.htm.

    Folks do you ever wonder just how LITTLE our government agencies know about the
    chemicals used to produce our commonly used petrochemical dervied scents? You'll get a
    clue if you peruse this section and also visit FDA Petition 99P-1340.
    http://www.ehnca.org/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm.

    And, one more question: Do you know that if you are using a product that is sold as GREEEN,
    and it has the word "Fragrance" on the label that it is NOT GREEN. "Fragrance" is all the
    industry is required to have on its label if it contains petrochemically derived scents. A GREEN
    product must NOT contain petrochemical-dervied fragrance. See, DOI's list of dos and
    don'ts in their document, "Traditional Versus 'Green' Cleaning Products." -- barb     http://www.doi.gov/greening/sustain/trad.html

  • Fragrance chemicals that are possible carcinogens
    Also see EHN's Cancer-Cosmetic Connection?
    ehnlinx/c.htm#Connection

    Fragrance Deaths
    I believe that all doctors, medical examiners, et al., should begin looking at the cause behind the
    cause of death by asthma, anaphlactic shock, cancer, pneumonia, etc. How often would we see
    fragrances and pesticides listed as the underlying cause? -- barb

    Real Death by Perfume:

    Fragrance Foundation
    EXPANDING THE APPRECIATION, USE AND SALES OF FRAGRANCES GLOBALLY

    Home of the "Scent Circle," absurd as that concept may be with our modern scents,
    crafted to waft further and last longer on the ambient air. -- barb
    http://fragrance.org/

    "Annette Green, [former] executive director of the Fragrance Foundation in New York,
    has said the [fragrance] restrictions are much ado about nothing, arguing perfume
    does not pollute the air and does not contain carcinogens, as cigarettes do.    "
    [Emphasis added.]
    See: "Scent-Sensitive Nurse Sues LDS"
    BY MICHAEL VIGH THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, Tuesday, October 15, 2002
    http://www.sltrib.com/2002/oct/10152002/utah/7273.htm

    See Common Indoor Air Pollutants
    by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
    Under VOCs you'll find fragrance products and pesticides! -- barb
    http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/faq/indoor.htm

  • Fragrance Facts
    By Betty Bridges, RN
    "There are over 5000 chemicals used in the fragrance industry.
    Over 80-90% of all fragrance chemicals are synthesized, most from petroleum products. Even 'unscented' and 'fragrance free' products may contain fragrance chemicals."

  • Fragrance Research
    By Betty Bridges, RN
    http://www.ameliaww.com/fpin/research.htm

    xxx
  • Fragrance-Free Information

    It is only intelligent to want to protect oneself and others from harm. And that,
    folks, is what fragrance-free policies are all about. It breaks down to a simple concept:
    Cleaner air for all and ACCESS for the already fragrance-sensitized individual.

    If your workplace, healthcare facility, school, place of worship, city, etc. has developed a
    fragrance-free policy that they stand behind, please let me know. I'd like to build a
    list so others entities may follow suit. Workplaces set all sorts of standards, including
    dress codes, so surely they can request that employees leave their scents home to enjoy
    in the comfort of their own home (among consenting, non-pregnant adults as these
    volatilizing chemicals cannot be good for infants and children to inhale).

    For those who are interested in reducing their carbon footprint, please read the following,
    then start efforts toward making your areas free of petrochemical-derived fragrances. -- barb

  • See: Chemicals in Home a Big Smog Source
    by GARY POLAKOVIC / LA Times 9mar03
    http://www.mindfully.org/Air/2003/Home-Chemicals-Smog9mar03.htm

  • 1999 joint meeting including ATSDR & CDC
    The Health Impact of Chemical Exposures During the Gulf War:
    A research Planning Conference



    They say, "A picture is worth a thousand words."
    I say, Thank you, Peggy D. March 1999

    Folks, that's the ATSDR, which is the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
    AND the CDC -- the agency that always leaves out its most important initial, P -- CDC really
    stands for the Centers for Disease Control and PREVENTION. These are a couple of our
    government agencies who, in my personal opinion, have done their level best to really screw up
    the lives of those living with MCS . . . the disability that cannot say its name out loud. -- barb

    Green Cleaning, anyone? Read this guide . . .
    DOI's Traditional Versus 'Green' Cleaning Products
    "Must not contain petrochemical-derived fragrances."
    http://www.doi.gov/greening/sustain/trad.html

    Also, see EHN's page on access and accommodation -- TAKE HEART!
    ehnhompg/takheart.htm

    To learn of the toxic chemicals used to create a few popular perfumes, see FDA Petition
    http://www.ehnca.org/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm

    NOTE: A really great reason to go "fragrance-free" is because fragrances are toxic concoctions!
    If synthetic fragrances can blister paint, just think what they can do to your body! See
    The Fragrant Door - A classroom door sprayed with perfume -- Blistered!
    http://www.ehnca.org/ehnhompg/doorjudy.htm

    Are you worried about phthalates? They are commonly used in perfumes, too. Demand safe
    products, proved safe BEFORE marketing. Write to your FDA. Just reference
    Docket Number: 99P-1340/CP 1.

    And while we didn't find coumarin, it, too, is a common fragrance ingredient. For more info, see
    http://www.ehnca.org/ehnlinx/c.htm#Coumarin

    Also, for the makings of a brochure, see Perfumes and Asthma Don't Mix
    This is set up to help you create this brochure for printout and distribution. -- barb
    ehnlinx/donmix.htm



    Fragrance FREE products . . . Suggestions. Of course, your body is YOUR guide.

    One must be careful in choosing products to purchase because the FDA does not regulate the
    industry. Fragrances can be -- and are! -- added to products clearly marked "Fragrance-free"
    or "Unscented." My method is to stay away from the major brands . . . and hope like the very
    Dickens that major brands don't buy out our safer, smaller companies and then ruin those
    products for everyone.

    In the meantime, EHN's Events Director, Louise Yost, suggests some safer products:

    • Earth Science Pure Essentials unscented shampoo & creme rinse

    • Magik Botanicals unscented shampoo & conditioner

    • Nature's Gate Crystal unscented deodorant

    • Alvera Aloe unscented deodorant

    • Clearly Natural unscented glycerin bar soap

    • Trader Joe's unscented bar soap

    • Trader Joe's Next to Godliness unscented laundry soap

      Louise adds, that if your clothes are nearly scent-free -- perhaps your clothes have picked up
      scent from that used and worn by others -- you may . . .
      " wash them in 3 cups of baking soda
      2-3 times just to be extra careful. I'd appreciate it!


    Still worried about phthalates because the FDA has continued to ignore EHN's petition
    entered in May 1999? Visit Not Too Pretty and read through their reports. 07/10/02. -- barb

  • NotTooPretty.org
    Folks you've heard it first from FPIN and EHN through the FDA Petition, Docket Number
    99P - 1340. Now you hear it from Coming Clean, Environmental Working Group and Health Care
    Without Harm: Fragrances contain phthalates. . . and a whole lot more worrisome chemicals. -- barb
    http://www.NotTooPretty.org

    Additional information on harmful effects of fragrances avaialble through

  • Health Care Without Harm
    http://www.noharm.org/pesticidesCleaners/Fragrances

  • HealtheHouse
    Children's Health Environmental Coalition
    http://www.checnet.org


    Take special note of the following: