Air fresheners, safe lodging, and construction tips

Posted on Mar 12, 2009 by Susie Collins in Blog, MCS

Who’s chirping about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity?

air-freshener1Nurse Keith at Digital Doorway writes about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and toxic air fresheners in a post titled Canaries in a Pot of Toxins.

Hotel Interactive reports travelers who suffer from allergies, asthma and chemical sensitivities breathe easier by booking their hotel stay on FreshStay.com. FreshStay member partners have made the commitment to completely eliminate smoking from their guestrooms, dining facilities, meeting rooms and lobbies.

Planet Thrive has tips on Safer Camping Equipment and Construction Tips for the Electrically Sensitive.

Photo by dhlynsky

Thanks, Linda, for your contributions to this post!

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5 Responses to “Air fresheners, safe lodging, and construction tips”

  1. Leslie

    12. Mar, 2009

    that camping link was really helpful and cool. I have been thinking about building a DIY hemp tent for a while, but also think building a natural lean-to is an option she didnt mention (probably because it takes time and is harder then popping a tent). I tried sleeping in a tent about 4 or 5 years ago before i knew they fire proofed them with so much chems – i got really sick to my stomach, my throat hurt, and i kept coughing. Afterwords i read some tag on the tent which said it had fire retardents on it.

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  2. linda

    12. Mar, 2009

    Those FreshStay hotel rooms sound interesting to begin with, then as you read on you discover some do ozone shocks on the rooms, and then they use electronic air cleaners, which most are known to emit ozone too, and they use anti-microbials and anti-bacterials and then use tea tree oil dispensers (a known sensitizer) … sigh… Not so pure, those “PURE” rooms.

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  3. Leslie

    12. Mar, 2009

    When will ozone ever be banned!?!? We hear non stop about avoiding UV anything, and about the ozone layer problem … then companies tell us to put it in our houses to “clean” the air with a known pollutant? Lame. Thanks for pointing that out Linda!t

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  4. Jeanne

    15. Mar, 2009

    Susie,

    Really enjoyed Keith’s “air freshener” article after the “air freshened” week I had. Thanks Susie!

    Jeanne

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  5. josh

    19. Apr, 2010

    Nice article, for me the biggest culprits are the “little tree” car fresheners, and the scented oil plug ins. These “air freshers” are harmful and unnecessary .

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