Environmental groups petition U.S. to regulate air fresheners

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For everyone with MCS, here's some good news.

Scented sprays, gels and plug-in fresheners offer no public health

benefits yet contain harmful chemicals linked to breathing

difficulties, developmental problems in babies and cancer in

laboratory animals, according to the petition sent to the two federal

agencies.

The environmental groups argue that in houses, offices and restrooms,

Americans suffer significant exposure " to a veritable cocktail of

dangerous and potentially dangerous volatile organic compounds. In

cases of mold and damp indoor environments, air fresheners may hide

an indicator of potentially serious health threats to the respiratory

system. "

For the entire article:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?

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