Good for you, bad for the air? Gts/Shutterstock.com Matthew Coggon, University of Colorado Millions of Americans apply personal care products every morning before heading to work or school. But these products don’t stick to our bodies permanently. Over the course of the day, compounds in deodorants, lotions, hair gels and perfumes evaporate from our skin and eventually … [Read more...] about The Conversation: Your shampoo, hair spray and skin lotion may be polluting the air
Perfume
Smell the Roses
Love and desire: Aphrodite Fumes emitted from the human race Breathe the scent of fragrances’ toxicity False rose petals; bottles, pretty as lace ~ Fumes emitted from the human race People: walking sources of pollution False rose petals; bottles, pretty as lace All just a part of … [Read more...] about Smell the Roses
Perfume and Histamine
I used to use a lot of perfume; it was one of my most favourite things. Ever. Before I became sensitised to the chemical ingredients in fragrances, I liked nothing better than to not only spritz on my darling L'Air du Temps (a fragrance by Nina Ricci), but also bathe in it, using the matching scented soap, then finish off with the L'Air du Temps talcum powder, and then, in the … [Read more...] about Perfume and Histamine
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: How Chemical Exposures May Be Affecting Your Health
I recently watched this movie on MCS; it was made in 2004, so some of the information is behind the tracks, but the gist of it still relates to the situation today. In America there are significant problems with the health system; therefore, in my view, we are much luckier here in the land of Oz... Check it out! … [Read more...] about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: How Chemical Exposures May Be Affecting Your Health