{"id":26512,"date":"2017-01-31T09:43:12","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T14:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=26512"},"modified":"2017-01-31T09:50:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T14:50:26","slug":"huntsville-aiming-to-have-scent-free-municipal-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/huntsville-aiming-to-have-scent-free-municipal-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"Huntsville aiming to have scent-free municipal buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Town of Huntsville already provides a scent-free workplace for its employees, but now it wants to extend that scent-free consideration to all areas in municipal buildings. Visitors to Huntsville Hospital will already be familiar with such a request &#8211; Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) asks everyone at its sites to not use perfume, cologne, scented lotions, hairspray and other scented personal products on days they plan to be at the hospital.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>For those without chemical or environmental sensitivities &#8211; the accepted terms for people who react in some way to chemicals in their environments, which would include those from perfumes and scented body products &#8211; it might all seem a little silly. But for the estimated 2.4 per cent of the population who are sensitive to them, an encounter can be uncomfortable at best and downright debilitating at worst. Reactions include airway and nasal irritation causing coughing or stuffiness, headaches, nausea, dizziness, and confusion.<\/p>\n<p>Recognizing that an outright ban on scented products would be next to impossible to enforce, Town staff presented a report at the January 25 General Committee meeting recommending an education campaign to encourage people to go scent-free when visiting public facilities. Councillors agreed.<\/p>\n<p>So what does that mean for you? Do your best to not use scented shampoo, conditioner, soap or body wash, deodorant, body sprays, perfumes, cologne, lotion, hair styling products, and cosmetics if you know you&#8217;ll be visiting a municipal building. Or, since people with chemical sensitivities can be found just about everywhere, consider switching most or all of your personal, laundry and cleaning products to fragrance-free varieties. Then we all can breathe a little easier.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! 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