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Posted by Polly Esther on July 26, 2008, 8:02 am
It does seem that the scenters are out to get us at every turn. A quilter
who was in here trimming a heap of appliqués asked me what on earth that
perfume was - it turned out that the offender was the trash can liner.
Somebody's decided that even those must be doused. Polly
"jennellh" <wrote>Yes, plain ole vinegar! The cleaner was coming into the
lab and using
the same mop that had vinegar residue on it from the main corridors -
the bucket water was clear - he had been warned not to use chemical
cleaners in my area but no one had thought to change the mop head. As
I said, a minute amount when you consider how diluted it would have
been but still enough to choke me. One of the best cleaning products
for me to use now is Mr Clean magic eraser - I buy them when they are
sale and cut off small sections - does a fantastic job on the glass
stove top. I haul out the shark steam cleaner when I want to do a
deep cleaning around home. Some days I can use 'regular' cleaning
products but only with plenty of ventilation. I am unable to use the
laundry room in my building (my sister does my weekly laundry) ....
the building staff know to warn me in advance of any heavy cleaning/
painting, etc in the commong areas .... when I exit my apartment, I
always carry a carbon filter mask with me ... there have been air
quality problems at the opposite end of my building due to exhausts -
that is the 'working' end where the laundry, garbage collection,
moving bay, etc. are located. Had I chosen to move into one of those
apartments 20+ years ago - I would have been forced to vacate because
of my sensitivities. jennellh
On Jul 26, 12:02 am, "Polly Esther" <wrote> Vinegar? plain old vinegar?
You're kidding. That's what they were
> recommending instead of Ocean Breeze Lemon Alfalfa. Polly
>
> "jennellh" <wrote> Believe me, Polly, I know! Unfortunately, most people
> don't realize
> 'clean' doesn't have a scent. What's worse is the number of differing
> scents that people wear each day: soap, shampoo, deodorant,
> toothpaste, perfume/aftershave, hair spray, make-up, dry cleaned
> clothing, scented dryer sheet/laundry detergent, the list is endless
> and this is all before leaving home every day. Even if manufacturers
> were forced to list ingredients - you could bet your mansion that they
> would use the most complicated scientific/techno-babble language
> imaginable and charge extra for the larger label and printing costs.
> I think that MSDS information has to be made available upon request (I
> think that I have the initials correct) - data sheets for every
> chemical product used in industry and commercially - sometimes the
> ingredients are easy to understand but the language of the whole thing
> is incomprehensible. A micro amount of even the most toxic chemical
> is usually allowable by regulators but it only takes a micro amount
> sometimes to do the damage that lasts a life-time.
> One of the worst reactions that I had while working: vinegar used in
> the floor cleaning solution during the winter months because it helped
> to remove salt stains carried into the hospital on snowy boots.
> jennellh
>
> On Jul 25, 11:00 pm, "Polly Esther" <wrote>
>
>
> > Just in case you missed it - today the newspeople were telling us about
> > the
> > danger of some scented things. You already knew what an impossible
> > challenge it was to buy much for cleaning that didn't come with an
> > assortment of scents that would gag a goat. It's worse than that.
> > Manufacturers are Not required to state on the container exactly what
> > they've used to produce their scents.
> > I won't launch into the tale about the time I brought home laundry
> > detergent that caused the laundry room cabinet to curdle and melt on the
> > floor. We'll move on past that.
> > Some 'scents' contain benzene which can cause pancreatic cancer. Other
> > scents contain other stuff, not named, and can cause other ills, some
> > like
> > headaches and burning eyes, - some deadly.
> > I thought the scented things were merely offensive; had no idea that
> > they could kill us. Just thought you needed to know. Polly-
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