AIR FRESHENERS AIR POLLUTION HEALTH PROBLEMS
March 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AIR fresheners may pose unknown health risks to consumers and their emissions should be subject to further research, a key European Union (EU) expert group has recommended. The 'scientific committee on health and environmental risks' has warned that "emissions from air fresheners contain many more compounds than those assessed" by an important study by the Bureau Européen des Consommateurs. The committee warned: "Several of these could give rise to health effects". It added that several main emitted compounds, for instance ...
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