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Why you should be worried about toxic chemicals in fragrance

Chances are you are exposed to at least a dozen products that contain fragrance on a daily basis. Unfortunately we are unknowingly being exposed to potentially hundreds of chemicals as a result, some of which are toxic to our health.

Filed Under: Mind the Store, Policy & Regulation Tagged With: air fresheners, carcinogens, cologne, fragrance, hormone disruptors, industry, perfume, personal care products, phthalates, regulation, shampoo, styrene, Women's Voices for the Earth, transparency, detergent, candles, scent, International Fragrance Research Association, IFRA, Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, safety standards, RIFM Expert Panel, synthetic musk, methyl eugenol, REXPAN, RIFM database, IFRA standards, pyridine, benzophenone, Galaxolide, Tonalide, volutary, compliance, California Prop 65

Secret Scents

Uncovering hidden allergies from fragrances By Alexandra Scranton Director of Science and Research Women’s Voices for the Earth Okay…so I’m a geek. I love data. And for the last year or so I’ve been digging into dermatological studies, only to find crazy statistics on skin allergies in women and kids.  Millions (yes millions) of people are […]

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Baby (S)cents

Would you use perfume on your baby? Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Director We all love the smell of babies, but at what cost? It was just last week when I was watching Modern Family and I couldn’t stop laughing when one of the characters was “baby huffing.” You know that overwhelming feeling when you hold a […]

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