It's
Not the Smell, It's the Chemicals
The problem with scented products is not so much the smell itself
as the chemicals that produce the smell. Nearly all scented products currently
on the market are made largely or entirely of synthetic chemicals, usually
derived from petroleum or coal tar. Nearly one-third of the chemical additives
used in perfumes and other scented products are known to be toxic. Just one
perfume can contain more than 500 chemicals.
Even "unscented" may actually mean that a masking
fragrance has been added to the product to disguise the smell of certain
ingredients. Many of the chemicals in perfume are the same chemicals in
cigarette smoke, and yet there is no regulation of the fragrance industry.
The only safe assumption about scented products is that they
contain numerous toxic chemicals that constantly vaporize into the air and
attach themselves to the hair, clothing, and surroundings of anyone who wears
them.
These chemicals go directly into the bloodstream when applied to
our skin and are also absorbed into the skin from our clothing. We also inhale
the chemical fumes, which then go straight to our brains where they can do
major harm. These chemicals are skin irritants, suffocants, eye and respiratory
tract irritants, and neurotoxins.
That's why being around someone who's wearing a scented product
(or who's wearing clothes that have picked up smells from past use of scented
products) can cause an MCS person to develop obvious allergy symptoms
(sneezing, coughing, watery eyes), to have an asthma attack, to develop a
headache, to become dizzy or nauseous, to have trouble focusing or thinking or
remembering, to experience sudden mood changes, to develop muscle cramps or
spinal subluxations, or even to have a seizure or lose consciousness.
And that's why wearing scented products isn't just a personal
choice. It's a choice to impact the air space of others—and in ways you may not
be able to predict or control.
And that's why "I'm just wearing a little!" or
"It's not perfume, it's just my soap" are irrelevant responses. The
chemicals don't care. They don't care how much you're wearing or in what form
you're wearing it—they're going to vaporize into the air around you and do
their chemical thing, even if you weren't planning to harm someone.
MCS Awareness Australia
For further
Email: dell@austarnet.com.au or check my Internet site at http://mcsawareness.websitegalaxy.com