Air Fresheners

Study: Air Fresherners not good for you. Gee, ya think?

angrytoxicologist | September 10, 2007

It must have been a slow news day over at MSN because they headlined a story that was pegged to a study published in 2005 (as far as I can tell). Anyway, the point of the article was that air fresheners aren't good for you. Hopefully this isn't a revelation for anyone (You mean that pumping out volatile chemicals into my closed room isn't good for me? Shocking!). Let's list a couple of the chemicals released from air fresheners (gel, liquid, spray, scented candles, incense) VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds). Health Effects From the EPA: Eye, nose, and throat irritation; headaches, loss of…

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