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The More PERFUME
The More POLLUTION
The Lesser HEALTH for people and the environment
“Campaign to raise public awareness on polluting substances hidden in beauty treatment for people and cleaning products for house”.
Ask the Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni and the president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker for rules and regulations to protect public health and environment from bad familiar injurious consequences caused by an uncontrolled use of perfumed substances.
THE PROBLEM
· Perfume is a human allergen, one of the first five in the world. It seriously injures people, and both domestic and wild animals.
· One person out of three, when exposed to perfumed products, shows health problems: respiratory disorders, mucosal symptoms, skin problems, migraine headaches, neurological problems, cognitive troubles, gastrointestinal problems, cardiovascular problems, immune system problems, musculoskeletal problems and other health problems.
· Twenty-seven percent of people affected by asthma get worse, if exposed to perfumed substances.
· Hormonal disorders from endocrine interferences and cancers are long-term risks.
“This is an epidemic”.
According to Professor Anne Steinemann, an internationally recognized scientist, a world expert on environmental pollutants, air quality, and health effects, " Fragranced products are creating health problems - everyone is getting sick from these products", she said. "Some people have immediate, severe and disabling health effects. But the effect can be very subtle and insidious and people may not realise they're being affected until it's too late."
CAUSES
While perfumes and fragrances have been composed by hundreds of chemical mixture, generally coming from petrol, for over 100 years, the consciousness of the risks has just recently appeared. So for the 80% of them, the consequences of their use on human health haven’t been tested yet.
Hidden behind the generic words “perfume”, “fragrance”, there are toxic and cancerogenic mixtures and endocrine interfering with the functioning of the human endocrine system. Nevertheless industries denies the access to the composition of the perfumed products: in this way the consciousness of people about their effects on health and environment is seriously limited.
SOLUTIONS
1) Promoting information campaigns explaining that “cleaning” has no smell and that “scented” isn't a sign of health and hygiene. In order to prevent the bad effects on health of fragrant substance, both indoor and outdoor, we have to inform through TV, dépliants, posters, brochures to give out in schools, work places, medical and social facilities.
2) Formulating a legislative measure compelling industries to produce also fragrance-free products. To designate a control organization in order to grant the certification for the articles respecting new standards as happened in USA where EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) grants the certification (label) fragrance free.
3) Allocating funds for a public research, independent from perfume industries with the aim of evaluating the allergic reactions caused by the contact with perfumed substances and the real risk of these for human health. To investigate breathing, ocular, neurological, systemic effects and also on sensory mechanisms and therefore establish environmental studies with the aim of valuing the persistence of these perfumed substances in streams, their biodegradability and their accumulation in wild life, in the air and in the ground.
4) Proposing an amendment “concerning the intensity of the aromatic notes and the persistence of the odorous volatile substances” in the regulations of the industrial perfume and cosmetic products formulation “so that the instructions given by the International Fragrance Association can be followed”. The International Fragrance Association advises that "scented products only be used in an amount undetectable at an arm's length distance".
REQUESTS
1) To forbid use of perfumed products in hospitals, surgeries, medical and social facilities.
2) To promote the knowledge of the risks for our health resulting from the perfume. To adopt consequent safety measures in work places.
3) To establish public toilets without air fresheners and deodorizers and perfumed detergents.
4) To forbid sale and storage of food in the same places where there are perfumed substances. To forbid air refresher in rooms used as restoration places.
ENTER INTO ACTION
You can do more – Help us to protect our health and the environment by easy five steps:
1) Do intelligent shopping! Avoid the products with “fragrance” or “perfume” on the label!
2) Open a window to improve indoor air quality instead of air fresheners that mask the problem and worsen air quality.
3) Wash your clothes and bedding using products without fragrances!
4) Use non-toxic cosmetics and non-toxic detergent substances! Alternatively prepare beauty and detergent substances with ingredients for food (effective, cheap and without chemical substances)!
5) Use natural scents like essential oils sparingly, as some people can react to them as well as
synthetic “fragrance”.
Adhesion groups, associations, public figures:
1) Fabrizio Zago, chimico industriale, tecnico esperto della chimica amica dell'ambiente. Ha ideato il Biodizionario, guida al consumo consapevole dei cosmetici attraverso la lettura corretta dell'INCI (www.biodizionario.it);
2) A.M.I.C.A.
Associazione Malattie da Intossicazione Cronica e/o Ambientale - www.infoamica.it <http://www.infoamica.it>
3) Comitato Oltre la MCS - www.oltrelamcs.org
4) FederASMA e ALLERGIE Onlus www.federasmaeallergie.org
5) Dr. Antonio Maria Pasciuto - ASSIMAS Medicina Ambiente Salute -
6) AS.M. AMB. Associazione Malati Ambientali -
7) Associazione Obiettivo Sensibile
8) Associazione Amici della Sensibilità Chimica Multipla www.mcscommunity.info
9) Associazione MCS A.N.I.M.A.
10) MCS-Illness, l'associazione dei malati da toner
RISORSE & RIFERIMENTI - RESOURCES & REFERENCE :
Prof. Anne Steinemann
Department of Infrastructure Engineering, Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
College of Science, Technology and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia
Climate, Atmospheric Sciences, and Physical Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
http://www.drsteinemann.com Alcune traduzioni in italiano della Steinemann A. e comunicati stampa sono nel sito:
http://www.infoamica.it
Steinemann A. Health and societal effects from exposure to fragranced consumer products/Salute ed effetti sociali dall'esposizione ai prodotti di consumo profumati. Studio sulla popolazione Australiana. Preventive Medicine Reports. 2017, Vol. 5.
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Full Test:
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Donatella Stocchi Italy
