Is perfume scent harmful?

Many of us are really like scent of perfume that usually for a refreshing fragrance and clothing that we use. However, it turns out that perfume scent is dangerous. There are over 500 chemicals that could be toxic used as the perfume ingredients.

Currently a number of offices, health clubs, yoga studios and public places made ​​the rules must be fragrances free. Not only does cigarette smoke, it turns on these places also prohibits people who entered wearing perfumes and other fragrances. Because from the study results, the perfume scent can create air pollution, or popularly known as the perfume pollution.

From the results of these studies are not a few people who suffer from asthma, other respiratory disorders, environmental illness or fatigue caused by excessive exposure to perfume fragrances that remain in the air despite having long sprayed.

A holistic nutritionist and naturopathic, Michelle Schoffro Cook, in her research said more than 500 harmful chemicals become the fragrance ingredients in perfume industry. Mostly derived from synthetic chemicals which is derived from petrochemicals, and has been proven to contain neurotoxins (toxins that could damage the blood vessels or brain nerves). There is also the content of carcinogens (materials that are considered to cause cancer).

The result is very surprising. Imagine, almost everyone wear perfume. Many of the chemicals contained in perfumes or other fragrances are no less dangerous than cigarette smoke. So, perfume or other body fragrances that are considered can make the wearer more attractive it also can interfere with health. As an early precaution, at least to balance the toxins that enter to our body, we should protect our body with the intake of foods that contain high antioxidants, such as fruits and vegetables. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | SEPTI | PIKIRAN RAKYAT 18072013]

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