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Fabric Products
Chemical Market Reporter
Additives for Fabric Care.
Author/s: Clay Boswell; Jan 24, 2000
Includes info on Febreze, Dryel
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0FVP/4_257/59329283/print.jhtml

Fabric Softeners
YOU can use safer alternatives!
For example:



IF you too suffer negative health effects when neighbors' fabric softeners permeate the
ambient air, please inform YOUR local Air Resources Board (Calif: Consumer Products
Enforcement Program http://www.arb.ca.gov/enf/consprod.htm), and the U.S. Consumer
Products Safety Commission by going to their "Report Unsafe Products" page. Also try
informing the EPA, for they are interested in air pollution and these chemical concoctions
pollute the air for blocks from the site of the user(s).

I am definitely sympathetic to your complaints, for I suffer serious adverse reactions to even
light fabric softeners on the ambient air . . . It took me a long time to figure out the source of
my collapses to sidewalk and street -- scaring the everlovin' out of a driver and often hurting
myself with scrapes and bruises, but fortuneately, never breaking a bone. And during that same
timeframe, I suffered severe intermittent numbing from temple to jaw bone on the right
side of my face.

While working on Julia Kendall's "Questions to Ponder" -- making a flyer of her work on fabric
softeners . . . there it was, "numbness on the side of the face." I protected myself from the
stronger odors of fabric softener in the neighborhood and the numbing went away. When my
husband caught me by my elbow and yelled, "PUT YOUR MASK ON!," we both learned that
I was reacting to even extraordinarily light hint of of fabric softner on the ambient air. From
that day forward, I've not fallen. And yes, fabric softeners enter my house unbidden if I've
got my windows open; even upon opening the front door for someone to leave. I must take
precaution in my own home. How "personal" is someone's deicision to use fabric softeners, after
all? For my money, the use of fragranced products is all too public! There outta be a law.

But, for all of my complaints about my body's reactions, that doesn't hold a candle to my main
concern about the use of highly scented products, including perfumes, air "fresheners,"
deodorizers, topped off by scented detergents and fabric softeners whose chemicals continue to
volatilize or outgas for weeks, months . . . and all the more so, the warmer they are.

Let's look at putting an infant down to bed. Perhaps his or her parent or caregiver is highly
scented and perhaps the room has air "fresheners" in it. And, what if the baby's clothing and
bedding have been laundered in highly scented detergents and fabric softeners, for the parents
believe that baby needs "clean," "fresh" and SOFT fabric next to his or her skin? For industry
advertising has told them so!

Remember, scents don't clean and scents don't freshen; they do pollute. So, if babies are put to
sleep on their tummies, the way babies have slept from time out of mind -- best for lung, chest
and upper back development -- their little noses are literally sucking up the toxins directly
into their little brains.

Fabric softeners are certainly a harmful nusience to my body, but I have gotten nowhere fast
contacting agencies. One person complaining to an agency accomplishes nothing. One person
complaing to another accomplishes nothing. We ALL must file complaints with agencies whose
job it is is to protect public health. It's as simple as that for the FIRST step. Let's get this ball rolling.
CPSC's Report Unsafe Products page
http://www.cpsc.gov/talk.html

If you have a question of CPSC, please email them at info@cpsc.gov

Look up your state's Air Resources Board . . . California's is
An update:
EPA AND ENVIROSMART PRODUCTS COMPANY SIGN AGREEMENT TO
DEVELOP SAFER DETERGENTS AND CLEANERS [and fabric softeners]
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/b1ab9f485b098972852562e7004dc686/27a2d70c5ea772c18525680100537e1b?OpenDocument

Fabric Softener Adverse Experiences

Again (March 2001), the industry reps told me they NEVER get a complaint
about fabric softners. Not only have I contacted the industry, but also the
CPSC. Apparently my information has never been cataloged by industry or
government (I asked for a print out of complaints).

So, folks, tell it to the Consumer Products Safety Commission -- again.
Maybe if they hear from enough of us often enough, they will get the
idea that one individual's personal choice to use the TRADE
SECRET-PROTECTED toxic chemicals in fabric softeners, should
not become the neighborhood's polluted air to breathe. Telephone
1-800-638-2772; press 1; press 999 or by CDC's website 'Consumer
Product Incident Report' form at https://www.cpsc.gov/incident.html

Be sure to mention your CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM reactions,
allergies aren't given priority. And in the case of chemical injury, the term
"allergy" is a misnomer anyway.

See Anderson Labs
Fabric softeners
http://www.andersonlaboratories.com/alweb23e.htm

See Julia Kendall's compilation of information on Fabric Softeners
http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnfs.htm

-- barb

Fahrenheit to Celsius / Celsius to Fahrenheit Converter
Zoran.net
http://www.zoran.net/olu/convert_cf.asp

  • FAIR

  • FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
    In a search, I've found 47 documents listed on the subject of Stossel. Of course, they cover many
    more topics. This is a great site ... I hope you bookmark it on your own computers. -- barb

  • Fair Use of Copyrighted Material

    Diana Fairechild
    Healthy Flying With Diana Fairechild
    http://www.flyana.com/



    FamilyPractice.com

  • Families USA
    "Families USA is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the
    achievement of high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans.
    Working at the national, state and community levels, we have earned a national
    reputation as an effective voice for health care consumers for over 15 years. "
    http://www.familiesusa.org/html/about/about.htm

  • Farinfared Saunas

    Farmacy
    Providing services for the Seriously Ill
    http://www.farmacy.org/index.html

    Farms / Farmers
    Unlike mainstream media, when I use the word "farms" (or "framers"), I am not thinking in
    terms of AGRIBUSINESS. I'm thinking of the small farms, organic farms, and all of the
    people doing the actual farm work.

    I spent four years with my family, during my early teens, living and working on a farm in
    southeast Missouri, in the Ozark Mountains. I know what it is like to go to a one-room school
    house, to do homework by lamplight, to use a "two-seater," to walk a mile and six tenths to school
    in all kinds of weather, to bring in the herd of cattle stranded out in the front 80 in a freak
    snsow storm as my mother and I walked sideways to make a path by stomping down a foot of snow
    to get the bell cow to follow . . . I know drought and having to get the hay in with temps
    ranging over 110 degrees F, I also know racing against severe rain storms to get the hay in . . .
    I know mucking out the barn, collecting the eggs, running to get help for a heifer who couldn't
    birth her calf, I know gathering the berries and mushrooms, gardening, and putting up produce
    and fruits . . . I don't know the use of pesticides as my parents used "natural" means of
    farming. For the record, I was far healthier while living on the farm than I ever was when
    lving in St. Louis, where I was born and raised, and to which I've returned twice in my life
    to live . . . once for my senior year of high school and then again during adulthood.-- barb

    Also see EHN's section on Organics
    http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnlinx/o.htm#Organic

    FEBREZE
    E-mail warnings, plus response from P&G, and several sites
    http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/febreze.htm

    Federal


  • FedWorkersComp.net (aka FedupFeds)
    "A growing grassroots reform movement, a comprehensive website resource, and a
    membership mailing list for self help, networking, and information, all of this by and
    for injured federal workers. No dues, no fees, ever."
    (The information available can serve everyone, not just injured fed workers. -- barb)
    http://www.fedworkerscomp.net/

    Feingold® Association of the United States, The
    "The dietary connection to better behavior, learning & health"



    Feminine hygiene products

    Fertilizers - Synthetic

    Also see EHN's pages on:

    Pest Management and Pesticide Information
    http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnlinx/pestcide.htm

    Sludge
    http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnlinx/s.htm#Sludge


    Fiberglass
    Fibromyalgia (FM)
    Many of us who live with MCS, also live with FM. One of the things all of us should consider
    is reducing the number of superfluous toxins in our lives . . . and the lives of our children and
    pets. My FM is activated by encounters with synthetic fragrances volatilizing from products
    worn or used by others, just as is my "adult onset acne" and my asthma, et. al.

    I suggest that everyone living with ADD, Autism, CIFDS, CFS, GWS, FM, ME , MCS, et al.,
    make a concerted effort to keep one's life as free from synthetic fertilizers, flavors, fragrances,
    pesticides and other consumer products with high-emitting VOCs (volatile organic
    compounds).

    In public venues, you have a right to breathe -- believe it or not! -- so ask for your public entity to
    institute fragrance-free programs for personal care and to use fragrance-free cleaning and
    maintenance products, and promote true Integrated Pest Management practices (least toxic
    pesticides used only as a last resort!). There is nothing in fragrance-free policies that
    says you don't have to be clean. Clean is not defined by a concoction of petrochemicals
    to create a scent, except by the fragrance industry in its ads.

    Use the information provided in EHN's petition of the US Food and Drug Administration,
    Docket 99P-1340 to document your requests for cleaner air. The Analysis Summary was
    performed by a reputable laboratory . . . those chemicals were discovered. And, please write the FDA.
    Analysis Summary: http://www.ehnca.org/FDApetition/analysis.htm

    FDA Petition 99P-1340: http://www.ehnca.org/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm -- barb



    Fibrocystic breast disease
    Take Progesterone and avoid Estrogens - Summary for Curing Fibrocystic Breast Disease
    http://www.fibrocystic.com/summary.htm

    Filoli Center
    http://www.filoli.org/education.html

    Dr. Cynthia Fincher
    Author of Healthy Living in a Toxic World ... great book -- barb
  • Marjorie Fisher
    NOHA News - Nutrition for Optimal Health Association, Inc.
    Folks, look at the dates of these articles . . . oldies, but goodies. Why haven't our government
    agencies been tuned in? By the way, all articles from the 80s are available online through
    NOHA News. This is a great site to visit. -- barb
    http://www.nutrition4health.org/

    Fisher Scientific
    https://www1.fishersci.com/


    Steven Fist
    Contact details:
    E-mail to Stewart Fist fist@ozemail.com.au
    Address: 70 Middle Harbour Road,
    LINDFIELD, NSW, 2070, Australia
    Phone: +61 2 9416 7458 (H & W)
    Facsimile: +61 2 9416 4582
    Steven Fist is updating his website. I cannot find links to the two documents without bullets. -- barb
    Flame Retardants

    Flat-head Babies
    Why not give up highly scented detergents, fabric softeneres, air "fresheners," perfumes, and
    other scented personal care and cleaning and maintenance products? Perhaps babies could
    sleep in their natural position, on their tummies, and with their little butts in the air and
    not suffer ear aches, asthma and goodness knows what all, including the ultimate: SIDS.

    What about all the research around SIDS? Have our government and medical industry experts
    ever studied the effect of the chemicals in synthetic scents upon babies? Heavens, purchase
    Video 1. Air fresheners and fragrance products ($25 for a five minute video),
    produced by Anderson Labs . . . look at the reactions suffered by the mice. See
    http://www.andersonlaboratories.com/

    Think twice about putting YOUR baby down to sleep in clothing and bedding that is volatilizing
    (outgassing) the superfluous toxins found in synthetically scented detergents and fabric softeners.
    Also, avoid using disinfectants (classificed as pesticides by the EPA) and air "fresheners"
    in your baby's room and around your baby. Until our government agencies start
    acknowledging the public's right to know and properly informing the public . . .
    Caveat Emptor! -- barb

    Flavors and Fragrances
    Flavors: There is more to meet the nose and palate than just scent and taste!
    Fragrance: There is more to meet the nose than just scent! -- barb wilkie
    Also see Fragrance Info
    http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/f.htm#Fragrance

    "Annette Green, [former] executive director of the Fragrance Foundation in New York,
    has said the restrictions are much ado about nothing, arguing perfume does not
    pollute the air and does not contain carcinogens, as cigarettes do.    "
    [Emphasis added as I wonder, who is kidding whom?]
    See: "Scent-Sensitive Nurse Sues LDS"
    BY MICHAEL VIGH THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, Tuesday, October 15, 2002
    http://www.sltrib.com/2002/oct/10152002/utah/7273.htm