Fw: Halifax, Nova Scotia goes fragrance free

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>Wall Street Journal has an article in today's (July 28, 1999) paper

>concerning Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is very interesting account of one

>city's quest for improved air quality.

>July 28, 1999

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>One City Turns Up Its Nose

>Against the Use of Perfumes

>By LARRY M. GREENBERG

>Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

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>Short excerpt:

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> " Why have Haligonians so readily embraced the antifragrance movement?

>There are a few theories. One is what Canadians generally see as their

>greater willingness to sacrifice individual rights for the public

>good -- especially as compared with, say, Americans.

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>Another possibility is a frightening incident in 1991 that few people

>here have forgotten: Hundreds of staff members at the Camp Hill

>Medical Centre fell ill from what was widely regarded as poor indoor

>air quality. The hospital says it doesn't know what caused their

>sickness but acknowledges there were problems with the ventilation

>system, including that it was sucking in fumes from the kitchen

>dishwasher. It has since repaired the system. But many of the workers

>remain sick to this day. "

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