Can Plug-ins Make YOU Sick and Fat?

 

Can Fragrances (e.g. perfumes, colognes, air fresheners) 

Make YOU SICK & FAT?



Did you know the scent within many perfumes and colognes along with plug-ins (and many other household and beauty products have chemical fragrances or parfums in their ingredients i.e., Febreze, Lysol, Clorox Bleach, Dawn, Tide, Irish Spring, Fabuloso etc) which contain many harmful chemicals.

According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG.org), many of the chemicals in these synthetic fragrances contain phthalates, which can disrupt hormones, worsen asthma, allergies, lead to headaches, fatigue, weight gain (as these chemicals get stored in the fat), weaken the immune system, and even possibly cause cancer.

What to do?

 Use natural products. For not much more money, you can get products from Seventh Generation (SeventhGeneration.com), Ecos (ecos.com) etc. that don’t contain many of these harmful chemicals.

These ecofriendly products can smell nice and be just as effective at eliminating odors, killing germs, and cleaning your body, clothing, dishes, floors, toilets, and countertops, among other things.

The nice part is you don’t have to call Poison Control if your child or pet accidently consumes these products, or gets too much of them on their skin or breathes too much of them in.

Consider using the app YUKA which can help you get clear information on the health impact of the products you consume. 

References:

1.https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/ask-ewg-what-fragrance

2.https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/expert-panel-confirms-fragrance-ingredient-can-cause-cancer

3.https://www.ewg.org/areas-focus/toxic-chemicals/phthalates

4.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9623908/

5.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020322388#:~:text=Immunosuppressive%20effects%20of%20phthalates%20have,et%20al.%2C%202020).

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