When you are buying an air freshener do you know that might be harming your family? That there are toxins and other chemicals that have proven to be harmful?
My roommate has one and i noticed that there are so many warnings and directions on the bottle. That is never good. The more writing on the back of the product the worse it usually it from what i have noticed. No need to read the big passage.
There have been many researches conducted and have proven that many of the ingredients of such air fresheners are not healthy in a long term basis. An article that I discovered about this subject analyzes what exactly those fresheners include and what are some possible results after use.
Another reason why the use of such products should be reduced is because their packages are extremely dangerous. It is not possible to dispose it in a trash bin because it is concentrated gas and may cause an explosion.
Last but not least, it is harmful for the environment for the above reason.
There are many ways to give a nice scent to your house. The most simple is to open the window. usually most of the odors on the air are gone and are replaced with fresh air. Other ways are candles with special flavors or even fresh flowers ( flowers always work). There are even ways to create your own air freshener with simple ingredients. Plenty of receipts and advices can be found on the web.
It is so easy to get rid of odors with simple ways rather than spending money on a product that is harmful for you and the environment.
Picture taken from the same article mentioned above from the TIME site
My roommate has one and i noticed that there are so many warnings and directions on the bottle. That is never good. The more writing on the back of the product the worse it usually it from what i have noticed. No need to read the big passage.
There have been many researches conducted and have proven that many of the ingredients of such air fresheners are not healthy in a long term basis. An article that I discovered about this subject analyzes what exactly those fresheners include and what are some possible results after use.
Another reason why the use of such products should be reduced is because their packages are extremely dangerous. It is not possible to dispose it in a trash bin because it is concentrated gas and may cause an explosion.
Last but not least, it is harmful for the environment for the above reason.
There are many ways to give a nice scent to your house. The most simple is to open the window. usually most of the odors on the air are gone and are replaced with fresh air. Other ways are candles with special flavors or even fresh flowers ( flowers always work). There are even ways to create your own air freshener with simple ingredients. Plenty of receipts and advices can be found on the web.
It is so easy to get rid of odors with simple ways rather than spending money on a product that is harmful for you and the environment.
Picture taken from the same article mentioned above from the TIME site
3 comments:
Blech, I was never a fan of the canned stuff. I'll take the smell of a clean room or flowers any day.
I was also reading Time magazine yesterday, and I found this article about "Greenwash" that's really informative (if you're interested):
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1840562,00.html
I used to but those plug in oil freshners all of the time but when we got our puppy I noticed he was acting different when he was near one of them so I unpluged all of them. I never thought about our health I just wanted the house to smell nice. I even changed our floor cleaners because I realized how close to the ground the dog is and how many chemicals he was inhaling.
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