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Banning synthetic smells from the workplace is turning out to be the social issue of the century. More and more people are suffering from multiple chemical sensitivities, (MCS Syndrome), with reported allergic reactions such as headaches, dizziness, irritability, hypertension, and depression. Providing these people with a fragrance-free environment has become such a critical issue that it won’t go away.

The concern has been taken up worldwide and continues to grow in intensity. Australian environmental specialist Dr. Mark Donohoe has been quoted as saying that he believes the chemical fragrance issue may become even larger than the anti-smoking campaigns of the past. Already, anti-fragrance reform is taking effect in the most unlikely places. England’s Lady Mar is a well-known campaigner on chemical poisoning issues in the UK. In 2004, she almost single-handedly succeeded in stopping the excessive use of synthetic colognes and perfumes in the resolutely traditionalist British House of Lords.

The European Committee has instigated research to evaluate the uses of all chemicals on the European market. Germany already has regulations to fight synthetic fragrance issues. And in the US, employees are claiming protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

But, for now, it appears that control is more likely to be exerted by employers responding to workers’ complaints. Writing in the Melbourne Age (2004), Elisabeth King said, ‘…after banning the wearing of freshly dry-cleaned clothes, perfumes, and over-fragranced cleaning products on a trial basis, they (employers) often discover that all of their employees, not just MCS sufferers, feel much better.’

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Source: MiTimes 007

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