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"The Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) Airport is spending nearly half a million dollars to add fragrances to their HVAC systems in restrooms - the same restrooms they're spending $8 MILLION in accessibility grants on. While some may not notice, for sensitive or allergic people like us, these exposures make it difficult or impossible to travel through airports safely. If you can't safely use scented restrooms, you've practically lost access to the airport itself. As you know, these sys

Most people assume a baseline of health and safety when entering a public building. There is an unspoken trust that building owners and managers are protecting the well-being of occupants and visitors. But what happens when they don’t? For over 14 years, in the “live free or die’’ state, New Hampshire constituents have been raising their voices about a hidden barrier to civic participation: the health risks associated with scented products in public buildings. What began in 2

To celebrate our first blog let us point to what is interesting over at the American Lung Association. The ALA has been pointing to fragrance as an issue for decades. Let's see the latest: https://www.lung.org/blog/vocs-personal-care-products The amount of lung diseases can be seen on this page: https://www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/lung-disease-lookup "More than 25 million Americans have asthma, including 5.5 million children. It causes millions of lost school and workd

https://aafa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/aafa-2025-state-honor-roll-report.pdf Under the "Indoor Air Quality Management" section on page 17, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) highlights the need for fragrance-free, non-toxic cleaning products: "By using fragrance-free, non-toxic cleaning products, schools can limit exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other irritants that exacerbate asthma and allergy symptoms." By advocating for these change