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Lern more about the link between perfume and disease and see :
http://www.ameliaww.com/fpin/fpin.htm
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You can find the analyse of two common perfumes under
http://www.sisweb.com/referenc/applnote/app-73.htm
and
http://www.ameliaww.com/fpin/PerfAnalysis.htm
When you look this, you can understand why people get
health problems with scented products.
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FDA meeting in January of this year. The meeting was held by the FDA to plan stategies
and priorities for their cosmetic program. Dr. Lawrence Plumlee of the National Coalition
of the Chemically Injured (NCCI) made comments. 37 people submitted written
comments. The summary is online andcan be viewed at:
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos0199.html
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Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1999 Apr;63(4):743-8 Potentiation of GABAA receptors
expressed in Xenopus oocytes by perfume and phytoncid. Aoshima H, Hamamoto K
Short excerpt from the abstract: "these results suggest the possibility that the
intake of perfume or phytoncid through the lungs, the skin or the intestines modulates the
neural transmission in the brain through ionotropic GABAA receptors and changes the frame
of the human mind, as alcohol or tobacco does."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=10361687&form= 6&db=m&Dopt=b
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9/99
#138: Title: Fragrance Sensitivity: Impact on Health and Health Care
http://epsilon.wlci.com/scripts/t3cgi.exe/spjc/display.taf?_function=detail&cour
ses_uid1=67&_UserReference=DE09EA7FBD01034A37EBA142
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2/2000:
here published with permission:
Joint Release Issued by the Cancer Prevention Coalition and the
Environmental Health Network
Perfume: Cupid's Arrow or Poison Dart
CHICAGO, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The following was released today by Samuel
S. Epstein, M.D., Professor of Environmental Medicine, University of Illinois
School of Public Health, Chicago, and Chairman of the Cancer Prevention
Coalition, and Amy Marsh, President of the Environmental Health Network,
Larkspur, California:
Lovers looking for the perfect Valentine's gift should think twice before
giving a bottle of toxic chemicals to their sweethearts. Recent analysis of
Calvin Klein's "Eternity Eau de Parfum" (Eternity) by an industry laboratory
specializing in fragrance chemistry revealed 41 ingredients. These include
some known to be toxic to the skin, respiratory tract, nervous, and
reproductive systems, and others known to be carcinogens; no toxicity data are
available on several ingredients, while data on most are inadequate.
Additionally, some ingredients are volatile and a source of indoor air
pollution. Since 1995, several consumers have complained to the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) of neurological and respiratory problems due to Eternity.
The analysis was recently commissioned by the Environmental Health Network
(EHN) as many members had complained of asthma, migraine, sensitization, or
multiple chemical sensitivity when exposed to Eternity. Based on this
analysis, EHN filed a Citizen Petition with the FDA on May 11, 1999, which was
subsequently endorsed by the Cancer Prevention Coalition. The petition
requests that the FDA take administrative action and declare Eternity
"misbranded" or "adulterated" since it does not carry a warning label
as
required by the terms of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Fair
Packaging and Labeling Act. Grounds for requesting the warning label include
FDA regulation 21CFR Sec. 740/10: "Each ingredient used in a cosmetic product
and each finished cosmetic product shall be adequately substantiated for
safety prior to marketing. Any such ingredient or product whose safety is not
adequately substantiated prior to marketing is misbranded unless it contains
the following conspicuous statement on the principal display panel:
Warning: the safety of this product has not been determined."
Since May, over 700 consumers with health problems from exposure to
various mainstream fragrances have written to the FDA supporting EHN's
petition. The FDA responded on November 30 to the effect that they had been
unable to reach a decision on the grounds of "other priorities and the limited
availability of resources." The petition is thus still open for further
public complaints and endorsements.
A wide range of mainstream fragrances and perfumes, predominantly based on
synthetic ingredients, are used in numerous cosmetics and toiletries, and also
soaps and other household products. Currently, the fragrance industry is
virtually unregulated. Its recklessness is abetted and compounded by FDA's
complicity. The FDA has refused to require the industry to disclose
ingredients due to trade secrecy considerations, and still takes the position
that "consumers are not adversely affected -- and should not be deprived of
the enjoyment" of these products. The Cancer Prevention Coalition and EHN
take the unequivocal position that the FDA should implement its own
regulations and act belatedly to protect consumer health and safety.
Valentine sweethearts should switch to organically grown (pesticide-free)
roses or other flowers as safe alternatives to mainstream perfumes.
Contact: Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., Professor of Environmental Medicine,
University of Illinois, School of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois, Chairman,
the Cancer Prevention Coalition, 312-996-2297, or Barbara Wilkie of the
Environmental Health Network, P.O. Box 1155, Larkspur, California 94977,
510-527-3567.
SOURCE Cancer Prevention Coalition and Environmental Health
Network
EHN's Web Site: http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnindex.htm
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