A new study released by ScienceDirect shows that a home that smells nice could be making you ill.
The study shows that Australias are becoming sick due to fragrances that are added to products to make them smell nice and some are even missing out on work or other outings because of it. A staggering one-third of Australians have reported health issues that are a direct response to added fragrance in products. Some of the health issues included in the report are respiratory problems, migraine headaches, skin irritations, and asthma attacks
A lot of household cleaning products contain fragrance that are made to make the home “smell clean” but are actually lowering the air quality in your home. The study revealed that 70 per cent of Australians didn’t know that the “nice smell” was polluting their air.
With so many ill effects there is an uptake in Australians switching to fragrance-free on all products with some even going as far as saying that if they walked into a home or business that smelled of these faux fragrances they would leave.