Articles Dealing with Perfume

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E- Greetings: In your life if you have problems with perfumes and

scents here is some information you might find of interest.

Graeme Hamilton 21 June 2000.

National Post

HALIFAX - Fragrance industry officials yesterday visited ground zero in

the battle against scented products, hoping to open a dialogue with

their opponents and freshen their image. But any hope of rapprochement

vanished the moment an

anti-scent advocate pulled on her breathing mask after catching a whiff

of one perfumed participant.

" I'm allergic to a specific fragrance chemical. If something's got that

chemical in it, then I am wheezing immediately, and one lady had on

something with that chemical in it, " explained Betty Bridges, founder of

the Virginia-based Fragrance Products Information Network.

" My breathing capacity drops 30-50% within seconds. I'm so used to it,

I never panic, " Ms. Bridges said.

Fragrance opponents had asked organizers that the event be held in a

scent-free room, but met with little sympathy. One corner of the small

room was designated off-limits to the scented.

" Since we reject the issue in the first place, that scented products are

not safe, the best we could do was to try to make accommodation for the

people who wanted that kind of environment, " said Low, the

president of the Canadian Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association.

Mr. Low said he feels sorry for Ms. Bridges, but his industry is not to

blame. " I've met with a number of people in Halifax who do in fact wear

those kinds of masks routinely, and I find that a great tragedy. Person

to person, it bothers me. I hate to see it, and I hope they're getting

adequate medical attention for that problem. "

The fragrance industry is fighting back as a growing number of schools,

hospitals and government offices in Nova Scotia adopt scent-free

policies. Mr. Low said the final straw was a complaint to the RCMP about

a high school student who wore scented hair gel despite his teacher's

chemical sensitivity.

" There's no question that Halifax is the global hotspot, " he said. " We

think it's important to get the information to the consumers and the

policymakers here now before it does become something where we have to

go to every market and do the same thing. "

Canadian sales of perfumes are about $500-million a year, and when

scented shampoos, deodorants and other toiletries are included, the

total rises to $5-billion, Mr. Low said.

The industry will be running newspaper advertisements starting on

Saturday, ejecting claims that fragrances are hazardous and urging

responsible use out of respect to " people who react excessively to many

materials found in everyday life. " The ads advise people to keep their

aromas within their " personal scent circle, " defined as an arm's length

from the body.

Albert Donnay, the director of MCS Referral and Resources in Baltimore,

scoffed at the idea that strong scents can be contained within a small

circle.

" We've all been on elevators when someone walks on with a large cloud of

perfume in their scent circle. When they leave the elevator, they don't

always take that cloud with them, " he said.

There are some other URL's that I am going to post that might interest

you as well.

http://www.silencingscience.com/july99/perfume.htm

One City Turns Up Its Nose Against the Use of Perfumes By Larry M.

Greenberg

Copyright 1999 Wall Street Journal July 28, 1999

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- The perfume industry's worst nightmare is

unfolding here in this scenic port city on a hill.

http://www.eisc.ca/index1.html -Environmental Illness Society of Canada

http://www.ameliaww.com/fpin/fpin.htm#Educational here you will find a

lot of stuff plus Artwork: Can be used on posters, buttons, flyers, etc.

http://www.emagazine.com/january-february_2000/0100gl_health.html

GREEN LIVING YOUR HEALTH

Smelling Good But Feeling Bad Synthetic Perfumes, Colognes and Scents

Are Turning Up Noses By Damon Franz and Holly Prall

http://www.ameliaww.com/fpin/aaaaiperfume.htm

SAN DIEGO—Fragrances are often cited by asthmatics as initiating or

exacerbating asthma; and different fragrances vary in the number and

intensity of allergic reactions they cause, researchers said today at

the AAAAI Annual Meeting.

B. Lehrer, Ph.D., FAAAAI from Tulane University Medical Center

investigated asthmatics for their responses to fragrances. Of the 77

adult asthmatics completing a questionnaire, 77 percent indicated they

were allergic to fragrance. Of the 38 fragrances identified as causing

reactions, the top six were Red, White Diamonds, Giorgio, Charlie, Opium

and Poison.

Be Blessed

D.

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~ Helen Keller ~

" There are no mistakes, no coincidences.

All events are blessings given to us to learn from. "

~ Kubler-Ross ~

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Compassion, frugality and humility.

Being compassionate one has courage,

Being frugal one has abundance.

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