Chemical fresheners can cause eye, skin, and respiratory irritation and
aerosol air fresheners are not any better.
Not exact matches
In research recently published in Environmental Science & Technology, Waring describes the role of limonene, the organic compound that gives cleaners and
air fresheners an orange scent and acts as a solvent, in the formation of secondary organic
aerosols.
Both
aerosols and plug - in
air fresheners can contain hundreds of chemicals.
Most conventional
air fresheners contain basic chemicals such as formaldehyde, petroleum distillates, 1,4 dichlorobenzene and
aerosol propellants.
As we saw, most conventional
air fresheners contain chemicals such as formaldehyde, petroleum distillates, 1,4 dichlorobenzene and
aerosol propellants.
Making matters worse are the common things that damage our lungs, and we are exposed to most of these every day: scented products, candles, cleaning agents, chlorine via bathing & swimming, the off - gassing of items such as carpets and plastic items, formaldehyde, flame retardant, dust, paint, solvents, pollen, pesticides,
aerosol products,
air fresheners, and airborne microorganisms... oh my!
In addition, birds have unique respiratory tracts that are especially vulnerable to inhaled particles and fumes from
aerosol products, tobacco products, certain glues, paints, and
air fresheners.
Even
air fresheners can make a difference - if one aluminium
air freshener aerosol is recycled by everyone in the UK; enough energy could be saved to vacuum over 876,000 homes for a year — that's a lot of tidy homes!
All brands of
air freshener cartridges and plugs, packaging and flexible film packaging, trigger heads, and
aerosol containers are accepted through this program.
Air fresheners The EPA notes that the four general ingredients in common air fresheners are formaldehyde, petroleum distillates, p - dichlorobenzene, and aerosol propellan
Air fresheners The EPA notes that the four general ingredients in common
air fresheners are formaldehyde, petroleum distillates, p - dichlorobenzene, and aerosol propellan
air fresheners are formaldehyde, petroleum distillates, p - dichlorobenzene, and
aerosol propellants.