Als het voor de niet-rokers echt zo belangrijk was, dan zouden er al veel meer rookvrije bars, restaurants en discotheken zijn. Het is eerder een kwestie van een gebrek aan assertiviteit. Ze zitten niet graag in de walm van sigaretten, maar omdat er rokers in hun vriendenkring zitten gaan ze toch mee naar plaatsen waar gerookt wordt. In plaats van erover te spreken hopen ze dat de overheid het voor hen oplost. Mensen voor wie het echt een zwaar probleem vormt zal je niet horen klagen over stinkende kleding want zij houden het geen minuut vol in een rokerige kroeg.
Ten behoeve van die laatste groep mag men van mij maatregelen nemen, maar dan stoort het me dat men de discussie steeds beperkt tot roken. Ik zou eerder te vinden zijn voor een verbod als geurstoffen daar eveneens onder vallen.
Er zijn mensen die hun huis haast niet kunnen verlaten omdat ze gevoelig zijn voor parfums. De effecten variëren van benauwdheid, hoofdpijn, misselijkheid tot astma-aanvallen en anafylactische shock. Sigaretterook kan ook astma-aanvallen uitlokken, maar dit is geen allergische reactie. Parfums kunnen
wel allergieën veroorzaken, waardoor de reaktie telkens heviger wordt. (vergelijk bvb met allergisch zijn voor wespensteken, of pinda's).
In Canada is reeds in 1999 een voorstel ingediend om het gebruik van alle geurstoffen in openbare gebouwen te verbieden:
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'Office Ban on Perfume Proposed
CANADA: A public employees' union is supporting a proposed ban on the use of perfume and after shave products in government offices. The ban, which now covers tobacco smoke, would prohibit the use of personal scents as well as the use of scented cleaning products. Mike Butler, president of the Union of Public Sector Employees, the organization that co-sponsored the ban, said the government and union want to foster a healthier work environment by considering the needs of employees who are sensitive to certain scents.' "
uit de statistieken blijkt duidelijk dat astma en allergieën de laatste decennia enorm zijn toegenomen. Gaan we wachten tot een meerderheid van de bevolking eraan lijdt voor we maatregelen nemen?
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Perfumes are complex mixtures of more than 4,000 vegetable and animal extracts and organic and nonorganic compounds. Fragrances have been found to cause exacerbations of symptoms and airway obstruction in asthmatic patients, including chest tightening and wheezing. They are a common cause of cosmetic allergic contact dermatitis. Common features of contact allergy are axillary dermatitis, dermatitis of the face and neck, well-circumscribed patches in areas where perfumes are dabbed on (eg, the wrist and behind the ears), and aggravation of eczema. Fragrance allergies have been implicated as the offending agent in the multiple chemical sensitive syndromes. Contact dermatitis caused by airborne fragrances has been described.
Enkele voorbeelden van de problemen die parfums veroorzaken:
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I for instance went into anaphylaxis in the waiting room of my physician from the exposure to the perfume of a patient who had left the office already. I have the right to go out of my home safely as do all of you. People need to be educated.
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At the school my 12-year- old daughter attends, the boys and girls think wearing loads of fragrance is *kewl*. Monday, a boy sitting behind her in class suddenly sprayed her back with cologne, drenching her skin. He thought it was funny, and even seemed to think it was a way to get her attention. in 15 minutes, my daughter's skin started itching severely, and she had to ask the teacher to be excused to go to the washroom to try to wash the cologne off. The teacher asked him why he did such a thing, but didn't discipline him or confiscate the cologne bottle. The next morning, the same boy sprayed the cologne in the air, and on kids all over the class. Within 2 days, my daughter's asthma, which had been dormant since she was in kindergarten, flared up with a vengeance. Now she has to bring a bronchodilator to school and before gym or any exertion. What I want to do is send the prescription bills to this idiot boy's parents. But what I will do is educate the principal, teachers and students about fragrance sensitivity. They don't let kids bring peanut butter to school lunches because of possible allergic reactions. Why should perfume and cologne spray bottles be any different? "
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A year ago I was on a training course with 15 other students for two and a half months (computer training). That course was a breaking point for me. The scents were too much; our group tried to avoid scented products, so that I could be with them, but there were other groups too and I had to travel by bus approx. 1 hour per day. In a bus one cannot avoid scented people.
Now I smell even tiny amounts of scent. I get asthma-like symptoms, start to tremble, feel sick, have vomited, have rhinitis and my eyes itch, but the worst are asthma-like symptoms. I do not have asthma otherwise. I do jogging, walking, biking and body building (at home) without breathing problems. Now when I can smell the scents, I have noticed that people do smell terribly scented and for me it is a very bad smell. Earlier some perfumes and aftershaves smelled good, now those same products do smell terribly bad. I cannot go to other people's homes, as most have such scented indoor air that I just cannot breathe there (I have vomited on leaving).
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My 13 year old daughter, asthmatic since sixth grade, has been experiencing asthma attacks brought on by the other students' use of spray colognes, breathsprays, deodorants, etc. It's worst in the locker room and restrooms of course, but not a week goes by that she isn't affected in the halls or even her own classrooms. Twice, she was sprayed directly in the face by classmates who thought she just HAD to smell their wonderful new cologne.
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" Perfume keeps me from attending my church. Think there should be some way to make a church perfume free. After all no one smokes in church. "
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" To see the callous, cold behavior of others concerning the issue of health risk and perfumes is tragic! As a cigarette smoker, I'm used to accommodating others' requests to not smoke. To see the rudeness in others about a funky-a-- perfume. You would think that you asked someone to amputate their left arm. My wife suffers from asthma that is triggered by perfumes and other scents, and I have witnessed the lack of care in others concerning her severe reactions to scents. I WANT TO SHOUT AT THE WORLD "THAT YOUR FUNKY TOILET WATERS ARE HARMING MY WIFE." but no one listens. There is another way to make her life better at the workplace. I thank you for any and all information concerning "Air Quality in the Workplace." I'm disgusted with perfumes. "
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I have major asthma reactions to perfume and other scented products. I work in an office where most of my co-workers wear the stuff. If I'm feeling okay, I can handle it, but if I'm weak from something like an ozone action day, I'm in major torment, and I have to use my inhaler at least once. I gave up on complaining about it, 'cuz it just makes me look whiny. It's so unfair though. Wearing heavy perfume around an asthmatic is just as bad as smoking around them, but if we complain about it, we're seen as whiny brats. We're talking about a potentially fatal disease. I don't think that's whiny
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I have found perfumes and perfumed products to be a big problem in many parts of my life. From "running the gauntlet in the department store" to standing in an elevator with a perfume-soaked person. (men and women.) I have told some people that I am allergic to perfume in as nice a way as possible, but they are almost always offended. In fact, in the healthcare facility I work, there is an individual who works near the pulmonary rehab department and wears tons of perfume, despite being told by the therapists that it bothers the patients. This is an issue that totally baffles me. Frankly, I don't understand why people wear so much perfume. I thought perfume was supposed to be understated. Even though I am in good control with my asthma - and I teach asthma control- I carry my inhaler because I get nailed by two things - smoke- and perfume.
Meer getuigenissen
hier(wat me vooral opviel in de getuigenissen: de toestand is dikwijls het ergst op de plaatsen waar men naartoe gaat om geholpen te worden, nl bij de dokter of in het ziekenhuis.)
[ Bericht 1% gewijzigd door Doderok op 27-12-2005 18:32:14 ]