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October 6, 2011
October 6, 2011
It's obvious that this Information Age has been nothing more than the
Disinformation Age. Equally obvious is that one of the most effective
ways to spread disinformation is to conceal facts. So, if you happen
to be interested in seeing how companies fare when they conceal the
ingredients in their product lines, then refer to the Proctor & Gamble
Corporation in the relatively near future. Its personnel and advertis-
ers have disseminated sleight of hand deceptions about the Febreze
Air Effects product line, all the while neglecting to disclose the doz-
ens 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 vio-
lated in the fact that Febreze Air Effects has ingredients known to
trigger asthma.
In medical nomenclature, they're known as asthma incitants, compris-
ing: 1} sensitizers, 2} bronchoconstrictors, and 3} respiratory irri-
tants. 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 Reac-
tive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome. In fact, Febreze contains skin
irritants and a couple of carcinogens, as well.
In failing to place a warning on the Febreze label, Proctor & Gamble
subjected asthmatics to unexpected encounters with respiratory dis-
tress, at the hands of unassuming house hosts, hotel maids, neighbors,
family members, and store merchants. In fact, there was an instance
where a cab driver sprayed Febreze in his cab while driving an asth-
matic home. The odor lingered on the asthmatic's clothes so intense-
ly that the asthmatic discarded the clothing he was wearing as soon as
he got home. In fact, he got out of the cab about a mile or so away
from his home, walking the rest of the way.
Febreze is a product so potent that it's odor will waft into the house
next door and apartments along a hallway. When the neighbor hap-
pens to be a sensitive asthmatic, he/she gets physically assaulted by
the asthma-triggering ingredients of Febreze. His/her airspace is vio-
lated.
The Specific Chemicals in Febreze
Enter the 501(c)(3) charity known as the Environmental Working Group.
Its mission is to use the power of public information, in order to protect
public health and the environment. Its team comprises engineers, law-
yers,scientists, and data analysts. In fact, its board comprises a number
of reputable names. Its projects are not narrow in scope. In fact, one
of it projects was to test for the chemical contents of the Febreze Air
Effects products line.
The results: 87 air contaminants were detected in Febreze Air Effect
Hawaiian Aloha, as well as water. Only three of the ingredients are
disclosed on the label, by name. The other ones have been labeled
as "quality control ingredients" and fragrance. There was one propel-
lant found.
The product is assumed to be household safe, being that it's a residen-
tial product and not an industrial one surrounded by hazmat suits. Yet,
the following ingredients were detected in Febreze Air Effects. Some
are immediately identifiable asthma triggers:
1] Denatured Alcohol, aka methylated spirits. This is ethanol mixed
with a poisonous additive that makes the alcohol unable to be con-
consumed without very ill effects. Originally, it was 10% methanol
(CH3OH.) Today, denatured alcohol might contain methyl ethyl
ketone, acetone, methyl isobutyl ketone, or denatonium benzoate.
Protector and Gamble's people think nothing of you spraying this
in a home of pets, children, and asthmatics.
2] Acetaldehyde. Refer to: Airway obstruction induced by in-
haled acetaldehyde in asthma.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12371536
3] Alpha-pinene. It's a confirmed allergen. See: Gas chromatogra-
hy: an investigative tool in multiple allergies to essential oils.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12534533
4] Benzaldehyde. A member of the formaldehyde family. Formalde-
hyde is an asthma trigger, a carcinogen, and a dermatitis trigger.
5] Trimethyl Pentanyl Diisobutyrate. It's a nail polish plasticizer.
6] Limonene. "Bronchial hyperresponsiveness was related to
indoor concentration of limonene." It's torture to susceptible
pesons, otherwise known as the atopic. See: Asthmatic symp-
toms and volatile organic compounds, formaldehyde, and
carbon dioxide in dwellings.
http://oem.bmj.com/content/52/6/388.abstract
7] Butylated Hydroxytoluene. This is a food additive that happens to
be a well established asthma trigger for a subset of asthmatics. This
is BHT.
8] Benzyl Acetate. Produces respiratory tract irritation. Continued.
exposure to ambient levels of this compound at 50 parts per million
will cause kidney damage. Cats have died from this, at 180 parts
per million. See:
http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm?objectid=E87DA8C3-BDB5-82F8-F685ED7A7F920F9C
According to the University of Berkely, Benzyl Acetate is linked to
pancreatic cancer, in addition to it being a respiratory irritant. See:
http://www.ehow.com/list_6130016_chemicals-found-fabric-softeners.html
10] Benzothiazole. The Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
showed this to be one of four most toxic chemicals in artificial turf.
See:
http://www.ehow.com/about_6165648_artificial-turf-asthma.html
11] Hexadecane. This is known as cetane, a diesel fuel additive.
12] Butylphenyl Methylpropional. In the European Union, this is at-
tached to a duty of declaration. All products that contain it must dis-
close it as such on the labels. In addition, this chemical is a reputed
respiratory and skin irritant. Perhaps this is why disclosure of it on
product labels is the law in Europe.
13] Cyclamen Aldehyde. This is member of the Formaldehyde family;
Light yellow to colorless in appearance. In order to familiarize your-
self with the aldehyde world, refer to:
http://www.archive.org/stream/formaldehydeando003763mbp/formaldehydeando003763mbp_djvu.txt
14] Geraniol. A well established B-cell mediated allergen and a prim-
ary ingredient in Java type citronella oil. This is a contact allergen,
even through airborne contact. See: Cytochrome P450-mediated
activation of the fragrance compound geraniol forms potent
contact allergens.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18824010
15] Methylpyrrolidone Ethyl Acetate. This is a solvent. It's also a
neurotoxin. In Europe, Methylpyrrolidone is regarded as a repro-
ductive toxicant. It's also an irritant, meaning that it will make Re-
active Airways Dysfunction Syndrome sufferers fight to get a full
breath, for as long as they are exposed to it.
16] "Fragrance." This is actually a mixture of ingredients, and not an
ingredient unto itself. It's insufficient to label a cauldron of chemi-
cals and non-chemical allergens in this way. There's not mention
of any non-chemical fragrance ingredient in Febreze, otherwise
known as a high weight molecular agent. In addition, the EWG's
Further Toxic Concern for "fragrance" is "Neurotoxicity, Aller-
gies/immunotoxicity, Miscellaneous."
As is cited elsewhere on this site, fragrance is a medically recog-
nized trigger of flare-ups in Asthma, Rhinitis, Sinusitis, Urticaria,
and Dermatitis, as well as flare-ups in Vocal Cord Dysfunction
Syndrome, Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome, and Small
Airways Disease. Furthermore, the twenty most common chemi-
cals found in 31 tested fragrance products are listed at the follow-
ing web page:
http://www.herc.org/news/perfume/risks.htm
A political operative who shall politely remain unnamed complained of a
lawsuit which resulted in asthmatics being freed from the assault and bat-
tery of asthma triggers in their airspace. The propagandist stated that
banning the asthma-triggering substances that assault the respiratory sys-
tem of asthmatics was a "loss of freedom" in this great land. Of course,
this is a lie. The truth is that forcing asthmatics to struggle to breathe in
their own airspace is the ultimate deprivation of freedom.
You have fifteen minutes to breath, or else you are dead. You have five
minutes to breath, or else brain damage sets in. People who are forced
to endured untreated respiratory conditions don't get used to the chronic
shortness of breath. They get scarred lungs, instead. An example is in
cases of byssinossis. Byssinsosis is acquired sensitivity to cotton, hemp,
or flax dust. It involves inflammation to the air sacs of the lungs, other-
wise known as aveoli. When it is left untreated, it results in the scarring
of the lungs.
Concerning the political operative who claimed that it was a loss of free-
dom to let asthmatics be spared of asthma-triggering substances, how
would he like it if he had to fight to breathe on a daily basis?
Fragrances are nothing more than vanities that attract even those who
gluttonously seek to devour the odor of food in every breath they take,
as if to be eating all day long, be the artificial odor Pina Colada, Berry
Patch, Watermelon, Hawaiian Aloha, or whatever appears on the mar-
ket. That is to say, the obsession with constantly inhaling poignant fra-
grances is equivalent to the vice of gluttony.
The AMA long ago stated that the treatment for Occupational Asthma
is Avoidance, aka environmental control. Now, Occupational Asthma
is something that goes home with you, where you become adversely re-
active to common household chemical products. So too is this the case
with Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome, Irritant Associated Vo-
cal Cord Dysfunction, and other illnesses caused by chemical exposure.
This means that there isn't enough prescription medicines in existence to
stop the reactions, once the patient is in the midst of exposure. In fact,
the chemically sensitive often are allergic to albuterol. In other cases,
the prescription medicine becomes ineffective after a number of months
or years. This means that the AMA was correct in having stated that
that Avoidance is the treatment for OA (occupational asthma.) This in-
cludes the need to avoid Febreze.
Febreze Air Effects Additionally Contains the Following:
1,3-DICHLORO-2-PROPANOL | HEXYL ACETATE | NEROL |
BUTYLPHENYL METHYLPROPIONAL | ETHYL ACETATE |
DIETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOETHYL ETHER | HEDIONE |
2-tert-BUTYLCYCLOHEXANOL | ETHYL OCTANOATE |
TRIMETHYL PENTANYL DIISOBUTYRATE | HEXADECANE |
DIETHYLHEXYL FUMARATE | HEXYL SALICYLATENEROL |
1-TRIMETHYL-2-CYCLOHEXENYL-1-PENTEN-3-ONE |
2,6-DIMETHYL-7-OCTEN-2-OL | HEXYL CINNAMAL |
3-METHYL BUTYL ACETATE | DIPROPYLENE GLYCOL |
GAMMA-DECALACTONEALLYL | ETHYL HEXANOL |
4-tert-BUTYLCYCLOHEXYL ACETATE | ETHYL BUTY-
RATE | DIMETHYLBENZYL CARBINYL BUTYRATE |
CYCLOHEXYL PROPIONATE, 2-METHOXY-p-CRESOL |
HEXYL ISOBUTYRATE, P-TERT-BUTYL CYCLOHEXYL-
ACETATE CIS | HEXYL BUTYRATE | 2-BUTEN-1-One,
1-(2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-1,3-CYCOLOHEXADIEN-1-YL |
Note: There were more chemicals found in Febreze
Air Effects than what has been posted above.
With this having been presented to the public, it is obvious
that Febreze is nothing more than a cauldron of chemicals
which the respiratory tract, nervous system, pancreas, and
civilization can do without. It's nothing more than a vain
witch's brew. It's harassment of the respiratory tract.
http://www.ewg.org/schoolcleaningsupplies/cleaningsuppliesoverview?id=219
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Posted by Patrick Pontillo at 10/06/2011
Labels: Asthma, Bronchoconstrictors, Cauldron of Chemicals, Febreze, Respiratory Irritants
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