[EHCWM] Re: Fabric Softener complaints? Tell it to the CPSC. NOW! Please. (fwd)

[Guest guest]

Subject: [EHCWM] Re: Fabric Softener complaints? Tell it to the CPSC. NOW!

Please.

>

> HI, Folks

>

>

>

>

> Off and on for years and years, I've complained to the Consumer

Products

> Safety Commission about fragrances in fabric softeners and other

products used

> for household and janitorial cleaning and maintenance chores. I never

got

> anywhere, other than the fact that I got another gripe about fabric

softeners, or

> other cleaning products, off of my chest.

>

>

>

>

> In early January, following yet more incoming mail from folks needing

help

> because of fabric softener pollution, I again wrote, but I was not

cool, calm

> and collected in that letter. I was, I'd like to believe, polite. But I

> pleaded for help. Their help.

>

>

>

>

> I heard back. They do not promise that " my " topic will be chosen for

further

> research, but if so, I'll hear back sometime in mid February.

>

>

>

>

> I feel that if all other folks who have trouble with scented cleaning

and

> maintenance products contact the CPSC now, this topic may have a better

chance

> of being selected.

>

>

>

>

> Be sure to call your friends who would be interested but who cannot be

> reached by email. Do not claim you are " allergic " . . . even though we

may use

> that so the general population gets a glimpse of our adverse health

events, let

> them know of your neurological reactions -- and others such as

respiratory

> distress and cardiovascular reactions;  or whatever else you suffer.

>

>

>

>

> On CPSC's site, go to Report Unsafe Products at htt

> p://www.cpsc.gov/talk.html

>

>

>

>

> Then to For consumers: report an injury, death, or unsafe product to us

> http://www.cpsc.gov/talk.html

>

>

>

>

> If you use the Internet, a form will pop up.

>

>

>

>

> However you can also email them at info@...

>

>

>

>

> There is also a phone number, but then you don't have a record of what

you

> said . . . or that you contacted them. 1-

>

>

>

>

> Anyway, I'm not picky about how you reach them, just please do so if

you

> suffer adverse health events to any cleaning and maintenance product,

including

> air " fresheners " or disinfectants or fabric softeners or detergents, or

> scented trash bags or scented kitty litter . . . you've got the idea!

>

>

>

>

> Thanks for your interest and time and effort to help clean the air AND

the

> water . . . not to mention our bodies and the bodies of creatures with

whom we

> share this planet!

>

>

>

>

> Best wishes,

>

> barb wilkie

>

> www.ehnca.org

>

> ==

>

> --

>

> EHN's FDA fragrance petition, 99P-1340, remains open

>

> See the science, and then write the FDA!

> http://www.ehnca.org/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm

>

>

>

>

> EWG petitions FDA, June 2004

> Support Cosmetic labeling petition,

> Docket Number 2004P-0266

> http://www.ewg.org/reports/skindeep/

>

>

> For a fun-filled, fun-listening kid's music CD,

>

> see and Friends at

> http://www.julieandfriends.com

>

>

>

>

> Stop Toxic Trespass

> http://www.stoptoxictrespass.org/

>

>

>

>

>

Sharon Wachsler

www.sharonwachsler.com

writer, editor, teacher/trainer

[Guest guest]

I used to make a product that was a fabric

softener. It was a cationic surfactant, which means it does something with the

electrical charge of the fibers, but more importantly it is a biocide . Because

it wasn’t sold as a biocide but a fabric softener it didn’t go

through the usual MSDS criteria. Don’t know if it’s the same in the

US.

Regards

Jeff in London

From:

Angel MCS

Sent: 22 January 2005 07:30

To: sickbuildings ;

fpin@...; cehmo ; csssphx ;

mcs-ci-heal ; symphonichealth ;

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Subject: [EHCWM] Re:

Fabric Softener complaints? Tell it to the CPSC. NOW! Please. (fwd)

Ref K

Subject: [EHCWM] Re: Fabric Softener complaints?

Tell it to the CPSC. NOW!

Please.

In a message dated 1/21/05 5:00:09 PM,

wilworks@... writes:

>

> HI, Folks

>

>

>

>

> Off and on for years and years, I've

complained to the Consumer

Products

> Safety Commission about fragrances in fabric

softeners and other

products used

> for household and janitorial cleaning and

maintenance chores. I never

got

> anywhere, other than the fact that I got

another gripe about fabric

softeners, or

> other cleaning products, off of my chest.

>

>

>

>

> In early January, following yet more incoming

mail from folks needing

help

> because of fabric softener pollution, I again

wrote, but I was not

cool, calm

> and collected in that letter. I was, I'd like

to believe, polite. But I

> pleaded for help. Their help.

>

>

>

>

> I heard back. They do not promise that

" my " topic will be chosen for

further

> research, but if so, I'll hear back sometime

in mid February.

>

>

>

>

> I feel that if all other folks who have

trouble with scented cleaning

and

> maintenance products contact the CPSC now,

this topic may have a better

chance

> of being selected.

>

>

>

>

> Be sure to call your friends who would be

interested but who cannot be

> reached by email. Do not claim you are

" allergic " . . . even though we

may use

> that so the general population gets a glimpse

of our adverse health

events, let

> them know of your neurological reactions --

and others such as

respiratory

> distress and cardiovascular reactions;

or whatever else you suffer.

>

>

>

>

> On CPSC's site, go to Report Unsafe Products

at htt

> p://www.cpsc.gov/talk.html

>

>

>

>

> Then to For consumers: report an injury,

death, or unsafe product to us

> http://www.cpsc.gov/talk.html

>

>

>

>

> If you use the Internet, a form will pop up.

>

>

>

>

> However you can also email them at

info@...

>

>

>

>

> There is also a phone number, but then you

don't have a record of what

you

> said . . . or that you contacted them.

1-

>

>

>

>

> Anyway, I'm not picky about how you reach

them, just please do so if

you

> suffer adverse health events to any cleaning

and maintenance product,

including

> air " fresheners " or disinfectants

or fabric softeners or detergents, or

> scented trash bags or scented kitty litter .

.. . you've got the idea!

>

>

>

>

> Thanks for your interest and time and effort

to help clean the air AND

the

> water . . . not to mention our bodies and the

bodies of creatures with

whom we

> share this planet!

>

>

>

>

> Best wishes,

>

> barb wilkie

>

> www.ehnca.org

>

> ==

>

> --

>

> EHN's FDA fragrance petition, 99P-1340,

remains open

>

> See the science, and then write the

FDA!

> http://www.ehnca.org/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm

>

>

>

>

> EWG petitions FDA, June 2004

> Support Cosmetic labeling petition,

> Docket Number 2004P-0266

> http://www.ewg.org/reports/skindeep/

>

>

> For a fun-filled, fun-listening kid's music

CD,

>

> see and Friends at

> http://www.julieandfriends.com

>

>

>

>

> Stop Toxic Trespass

> http://www.stoptoxictrespass.org/

>

>

>

>

>

Sharon Wachsler

www.sharonwachsler.com

writer, editor, teacher/trainer

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