Re: Mold in stores

[Guest guest]

I've also found that the plastic bags stores use can be very moldy. Sometimes I

put a bag in the trunk and then as I'm driving I start to feel really bad and I

have to stop and throw out the bag.

I sometimes think I should complain but never do. I doubt anyone has ever had

any luck getting stores to believe they have a mold problem.

--- In , " cocopollyphenol " <cocopollyphenol@...>

wrote:

>

> Today my boyfriend bought a sleeping bag from a sporting goods store where the

camping gear was in the basement. Sleeping bags were hanging. I asked if the

store had Glade or scented fragrance and he said no. He bought a sleeping bag

and when I smelled it, it was distinctly moldy, meaning the basement of this

store has a mold problem. Needless to say he will return it.

>

> I always was mold sensitive but earlier in life could not always smell it. Now

I'm more mcs and I can.But it always made me ill. What boggles me is how many

places have mold problems. Many hotels do as well and use liberal amounts of

febreze to cover it up. When I think back, hotels or homes I stayed in that had

mold issues always made me sick. Now at least my sense of smell can warn me.

>

[Guest guest]

I also think that its possible that its not only the store but also where the

product was made. I recently bought a sweater on line that I reacted violently

to immediately upon opening the package. I wear all cotton but this sweater was

very toxic. I looked to see where it was made and it was made in Jordan and was

wrapped tightly in plastic. So, we have to worry also, about where they are

coming from before they even enter the stores. I am becoming more reactive to

clothing than ever before. Have you all noticed this? D

>

> I've also found that the plastic bags stores use can be very moldy. Sometimes

I put a bag in the trunk and then as I'm driving I start to feel really bad and

I have to stop and throw out the bag.

> I sometimes think I should complain but never do. I doubt anyone has ever had

any luck getting stores to believe they have a mold problem.

>

> --- In , " cocopollyphenol " <cocopollyphenol@>

wrote:

> >

> > Today my boyfriend bought a sleeping bag from a sporting goods store where

the camping gear was in the basement. Sleeping bags were hanging. I asked if the

store had Glade or scented fragrance and he said no. He bought a sleeping bag

and when I smelled it, it was distinctly moldy, meaning the basement of this

store has a mold problem. Needless to say he will return it.

> >

> > I always was mold sensitive but earlier in life could not always smell it.

Now I'm more mcs and I can.But it always made me ill. What boggles me is how

many places have mold problems. Many hotels do as well and use liberal amounts

of febreze to cover it up. When I think back, hotels or homes I stayed in that

had mold issues always made me sick. Now at least my sense of smell can warn me.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I haven't been in many clothing stores or shoe store or really many stores at

all because of this, I do good to get through grocery store to get some food and

usually if I make it past the bread lane, the veggie lane it never fails that

the check out line just wipes me out.

sometimes I go in and come straight back out because someones mopping with

pinesol and other chemicals that make my legs not want to function along with my

brain and the rest of my body.

if cloths are bought for me they have to be washed first a few times than I

usually have to wash them some more. I can't tolerate the bags that they come in

cause they all smell like the store and the store smells like the chemicals in

the cloths and I just cant tolerate any of it. to many times people/family have

brought me things and I had to set them outside until I figured out what to do

with them.

my sister brought me some of her cloths, I got her to wash them first

all she had was dawn dish soap that I thought I might tolerate but even with

drying them in her dryer with no drier sheets, nothing, they still smelled like

they were. I had to wash them twice again just to get where I could tolerate

them being in my house.

and I suffered for days just trying to deal with it all.

I bought one of those plastic shower curtains, this was several years

ago, that thing made me sicker than a dog opening it and hanging it but I hadn't

quite made the conection in my brain to say to myself it's got to go and I

suffered for along time until it quit off gasing.

I've learned a few things sence than but sometimes I still do really stupied

things because I forget and again pay the price.

one of the stupiedest things I forget often is not to smell food products to see

if their getting bad or not. not to smell milk to see if it's getting old, what

a bad habbit, but I'm gessing that just about everyone does this.

when it comes to rotting/fermenting bread, potatos, and fruit, I can smell them

a mile away and I cant tolerate it at all.

>

> I also think that its possible that its not only the store but also where the

product was made. I recently bought a sweater on line that I reacted violently

to immediately upon opening the package. I wear all cotton but this sweater was

very toxic. I looked to see where it was made and it was made in Jordan and was

wrapped tightly in plastic. So, we have to worry also, about where they are

coming from before they even enter the stores. I am becoming more reactive to

clothing than ever before. Have you all noticed this? D

>

[Guest guest]

There are still some " butcher shops " which wrap meat in wax paper and don't use

foam trays and plastic wrap. I try to stay away from the detergent aisle until

the end because that is a problem but I have a lot of laundry with kids who are

still at home. I also bring a bottle of evian water which I drink as I go

through the store, and try to follow that rule of thumb about " shopping " in the

perimeter of the store and only go in the aisles I know for coffee, tea, etc.

You would drive yourself crazy if you obsessed over every well meaning (maybe

accurate)suggestion, and stress makes things much worse. Shopping is a

challenge and some stores make me sick as soon as I enter. Electronics and

computer stores are at the top of the list. So, I plan my trip carefully and

make the trip as short as possible.

Some colognes bother me, some don't. I always stuck to Ivory Soap and Baking

Soda, which I use for a lot of things. I don't use that waterless hand cleaner,

and now they have found that it has only made the bugs more resistant. I carry

my own pen and never use a store pen. Little things in small ways are the most

helpful, in my opinion.

It is all individual and everyone has to find his or her own way through the

maze. Good luck and Happy New Year. Be as Well as you can!

>

> I haven't been in many clothing stores or shoe store or really many stores at

all because of this, I do good to get through grocery store to get some food and

usually if I make it past the bread lane, the veggie lane it never fails that

the check out line just wipes me out.

> sometimes I go in and come straight back out because someones mopping with

pinesol and other chemicals that make my legs not want to function along with my

brain and the rest of my body.

> if cloths are bought for me they have to be washed first a few times than I

usually have to wash them some more. I can't tolerate the bags that they come in

cause they all smell like the store and the store smells like the chemicals in

the cloths and I just cant tolerate any of it. to many times people/family have

brought me things and I had to set them outside until I figured out what to do

with them.

> my sister brought me some of her cloths, I got her to wash them

[Guest guest]

yes, forgot the detergent aisle, if I get someone to go with me thats their job

. I'm lucky that I rarely have to buy meat from the store

very often,(farmgirl) sometimes I become a vegitarian for awhile.

I know your right on that one.

happy new year to you too.

>

> There are still some " butcher shops " which wrap meat in wax paper and don't

use foam trays and plastic wrap. I try to stay away from the detergent aisle

until the end because that is a problem but I have a lot of laundry with kids

who are still at home. I also bring a bottle of evian water which I drink as I

go through the store, and try to follow that rule of thumb about " shopping " in

the perimeter of the store and only go in the aisles I know for coffee, tea,

etc.

>

> You would drive yourself crazy if you obsessed over every well meaning (maybe

accurate)suggestion, and stress makes things much worse. Shopping is a

challenge and some stores make me sick as soon as I enter. Electronics and

computer stores are at the top of the list. So, I plan my trip carefully and

make the trip as short as possible.

>

> Some colognes bother me, some don't. I always stuck to Ivory Soap and Baking

Soda, which I use for a lot of things. I don't use that waterless hand cleaner,

and now they have found that it has only made the bugs more resistant. I carry

my own pen and never use a store pen. Little things in small ways are the most

helpful, in my opinion.

>

> It is all individual and everyone has to find his or her own way through the

maze. Good luck and Happy New Year. Be as Well as you can!

>

>

[Guest guest]

I don't notice this so much anymore, but do remember walking into

Filenes years ago and not being able to stand the new clothing smell.

Everything is made abroad now. It's very hard to find US made

clothing. If anyone has any sources for Canadian or US clothing,

please share them.

Barth

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d> I also think that its possible that its not only the store but also where the

product was made. I recently bought a sweater on line that I reacted violently

to immediately upon opening the

d> package. I wear all cotton but this sweater was very toxic. I looked to see

where it was made and it was made in Jordan and was wrapped tightly in plastic.

So, we have to worry also, about where

d> they are coming from before they even enter the stores. I am becoming more

reactive to clothing than ever before. Have you all noticed this? D