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Reading the Labels

The Cost of

Smelling Good

Smelling Good Could Cost You More Than Just Your Wallet…

Proper hygiene is essential for baby products, trash bags). You might
maintaining both our physical and recall the Febreze commercials during
mental well-being. To operate as our which the participants are blindfolded

happiest and healthiest selves, we must and presented with no idea in front of
curate routines to meet our needs. There mounds of trash. When their blindfolds

is a possibility, however, that some of the are removed, they are astounded to find
personal care products we’re using could the trash odor has been fully masked
have the opposite effect and may actually by Febreze spray! The truth is that a

be putting our health at risk. In this case, “miracle” odor removal spray does not
we’re talking about fragranced products. exist. It is only the work of toxic chemicals

covering the smell of the trash. And like
The term “fragranced product” that Febreze spray, fragranced products
represents a broad scope of items. It make us and the things in our home smell

refers to anything with an artificial scent: unforgettable, but there will always be a
deodorizers, air fresheners, cleaning dark truth behind their ingredients.

supplies, laundry products, personal care
items (i.e., soaps, lotions, perfumes), Fragranced products are linked to a
household products (i.e., scented candles, range of unfavorable health effects,

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