The 80+ Chemical Ingredients in Febreze

[otohara]

It's obvious that this Information Age has been nothing more than
the Disinformation Age. Equally obvious is that one of the most ef-
fective ways to spread disinformation is to conceal facts. So, if you
happen to be interested in seeing how companies fare when they con-
ceal the ingredients in their product lines, then refer to the Proctor &
Gamble Corporation in the relatively near future. Its personnel and
advertisers have disseminated sleight of hand deceptions about the Fe-
breze Air Effects product line, all the while neglecting to disclose the
dozens of chemical ingredients in it.

Febreze Air Effects is showcased as an odor eliminator that will get
you to breathe happily, as if it were happy pills in spray form. Now,
such a product, due to the lack of label warnings, carries an applied
warranty that it's universally safe. The warranty is automatically
violated in the fact that Febreze Air Effects has ingredients known
to trigger asthma.

In medical nomenclature, they're known as asthma incitants, com-
prising: 1} sensitizers, 2} bronchoconstrictors, and 3} respiratory ir-
ritants. One example is the airway obstructer acetaldehyde, one
of the ingredients in Febreze.

The Febreze product line is an intense asthma trigger. Yet, there's
no warning on the label, for the sake of asthmatics and sufferers of
Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome. In fact, Febreze contains
skin irritants and a couple of carcinogens, as well.


http://www.chemicalsensitization.com/2011/07/80-chemical-ingredients-in-febreze.html?spref=fb

[frazzled]

1. To me it smells horrible

That is my main complaint about it. I bought it years ago when we were selling our house and wanted to keep it fresh smelling. Pewwww! It smelled worse after spraying that stuff.

[louis-t]

2. Hmm, Febreze gets rid of smell by

causing your senses to shut down. Such a revolutionary product.

[Tesha]

3. I think you're confused about how Febreze works.

The principal mechanism is a molecule that entraps odiferous
substances, keeping them from becoming airborne and thus
reaching your nose.

Tesha

[louis-t]

10. I was being sarcastic. I hate that stuff any way.

I bought a used truck once. The previous owner had a dog. The truck smelled like dog. My friend sprayed Febreeze all over the interior. Then it smelled like Febreeze...and dog.

[secondwind]

4. Thanks for posting this.... I never knew any of this.

[otohara]

8. You Bet

Anytime I'm in the store and see someone reaching for Glade or Febreze, or AXE (I hate that shit) I tell them the truth - and so far, each person has passed on the purchase.

One person at a time....

Chemical fragrances are petroleum base and are toxic - especially the big corporate brands, lotions, shampoos, soaps, cleaning products.

[arikara]

12. That stuff persists too

I do most of my clothing shopping at thrift stores and garage sales, but sometimes it takes at least 4 washings to get rid of the perfumed stench of the dryer sheets. That means that I really have to like something to even bother buying it.

Dryer sheets are good for insect control... they are smarter than people it seems. I bought some dryer sheets from the dollar store because we had an ant problem in the wall of a shed. I picked out the stinkiest package, I think it was "spring rain" scented or some such. The girl at the counter informed me that it was her favorite one, she seemed appalled that I was using it for insect control.

As for Febreeze, it blows me away that people will spray that shit all over their houses. And the ads are a form of insanity in themselves.

[Chipper Chat]

5. I work at a hotel and I'm amazed at the number of requests on reservations

that say "please do not use Febreeze in my room."

[otohara]

9. E-bay

I like eBay, but learned early, some sellers are gaga for Febreze or will stick a flammable toxic dryer sheet in the package.

I now e-mail and request the same thing.

[hunter]

13. Hotels and motels are horrible for asthma.

If it's not the Febreeze, it's the other cleaning chemicals, insecticides, mold growing in the air conditioners, people smoking just outside of no smoking rooms...

[KT2000]

6. Environmental Working Group

They are a very effective group that not only found this info but the ingredients of many other products as well. They also started measuring chemicals in peoples' bodies, and that has prompted other testing labs to do that too.

[Kurovski]

7. K&R. (nt)

[Voice for Peace]

11. I have heard there are new kinds of lung cancer showing up particularly in women

who have never even smoked -- and it's no wonder why, with all the fragrant products out there

[roody]

14. IT STINKS!!

[diane in sf]

15. Febreeze smells horrible, but not nearly as horrible as dryer sheets.

[eppur_se_muova]

16. Some info on dryer sheets ...

http://www.wisegeek.com/how-can-i-prevent-static-cling-in-my-laundry.htm

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/dryer.asp

[otohara]

17. Fire

the film dryer sheets leave on clothes are flammable. Way back when I use to use dryer sheets, I had on a cotton sweater - I was making tea on a gas stove and when I grabbed the teapot my sweater caught fire - it was real quick, and traveled up my sleeve then went out by it's self.

so then I read where they will undo fire retardant baby clothes that have been sprayed with toxic gunk to make the clothes safe for baby, then the dryer sheets undo it. Both chemicals are bad news for baby.