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Household Products Database

on January 29, 2008 in fragrance, health, Tip-sy Tuesday

I found a link recently to the Household Products Database. Created by the National Library of Medicine, it provides health & safety information on household products. You can look up information by product or ingredient. For example, enter Fragrance in the ingredients search and you get this long list. I didn’t read the entire list, [...]

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All Wrapped Up!

All Wrapped Up!

on January 25, 2008 in Friday Fun

A little different this time: A puzzle in the round! Enjoy! My Time: 1:40 Click on the image or here to go to the puzzle.

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Mail From the Healthy!

on January 24, 2008 in fragrance, fragrance free, reader comments

I’ve suspected for quite a while that the perfume issue was getting out of hand. More and more when I go out in public (which, btw, I do less and less), I wind up coming home reeking of all the other perfumes worn by other people. It is in my hair and on my clothes. [...]

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Fragrance Free Course For Nurses!

on January 22, 2008 in Tip-sy Tuesday

A regular commentator to this blog, Linda, sent me some information on a free online course for nurses: Fragrance Free! Creating a Safe Healthcare Environment — 1.2 Contact Hours The goal of this program is to ensure a therapeutic environment in which the patient and the nurse can interact, as well as to create a [...]

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From My Inbox

on January 21, 2008 in fragrance, health, MCS, reader comments

I receive emails via my other web site, Fragrance Free World, as well as from visitors to this site. I thought I would post some comments from a recently received email: If exposed for more than 15-20 minutes can be under the weather, unable to sleep and depressed for 3-4 days thereafter Air frsheners or [...]

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Flower

Flower

on January 18, 2008 in Friday Fun

My Time: 6:12 Click on the image or here to go to the puzzle.

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Dryer Balls!

on January 15, 2008 in fragrance free, laundry, Tip-sy Tuesday

Dryer Max Dryer Balls – They help eliminate static. They also claim to shorten drying time although I can’t really be sure about that. I got mine as a Christmas present. That was nice since I’m a rather reluctant shopper these days. Here’s what they look like: (Hey – a bonus – if you click [...]

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Cat Under Rug

Cat Under Rug

on January 11, 2008 in Friday Fun

Sssshhh! He thinks he’s hiding! My Time: 3:26 Click on the image or here to go to the puzzle.

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Quite a Paradox

on January 10, 2008 in fragrance, humor

One way I have of wasting time is listening to the radio in the morning. The station I listen to has a contest at 7:30 AM called “20 Minute Trivia for the Tired and Brain-dead.” A trivia question is asked and over the course of 20 minutes, people call in trying to guess the answer. [...]

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Non-Rebel Fragrance Fan

on January 10, 2008 in fragrance, health

The poor people that come up with these things. If they only knew that the fragrances have affected their brains to the point that they come up with CRAZY products. Just what the world needs is a fan that spews fragrance. This came from an email ad sent out by my least favorite kitchen, bath [...]

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