Why does every damn thing have to be contaminated by synthetic scents?

Laundry never smells clean any more. It smells of artificial 'freshness' or something - from either the wash stuff or the conditioner stuff or both. - And the smell never seems to wear off! It permanently poisons the air in our homes.

Dry-cleaning these days smells especially vile! - Not from the toxic dry-cleaning fumes themselves so much, as from the disgusting stink that is sprayed on to cover up the cleaning agent odour. - I'm going to have to give some just-cleaned garments to charity because I simply cannot bear the lingering, noxious stink.

Heaven knows why people want to spray Febreze on mucky stuff to pretend it is clean! - I'd rather smell the muck than the ghastly cover-ups!

Bring back CLEAN! - Just plain CLEAN!

Samples taken secretly from the planes of popular airlines have raised fresh concerns over passengers inhaling contaminated air.

'Toxic' cabin air found in new plane study
article in the Telegraph

Extract:

"Fresh concerns about whether passengers could be inhaling contaminated air on aircraft have resurfaced, after undercover investigators claimed to have found high levels of a dangerous toxin on board several planes.

As part of an investigation by a German television network, ARD, and Schweizer Fernsehen (Swiss television), 31 swab samples were taken secretly last month from the aircraft cabins of popular airlines.

These were analysed in laboratories at the University of British Columbia, under the supervision of Prof Christian van Netten, a leading toxicologist.

Twenty-eight were found to contain high levels of tricresyl phosphate (TCP), an organophosphate contained in modern jet oil as an antiwear additive, which can lead to drowsiness, headaches, respiratory problems or neurological illnesses.

Scientists refer to the condition as Aerotoxic Syndrome. Dr Mackenzie Ross, a clinical neuropsychologist at University College London, says the illness may be affecting up to 200,000 passengers each year.

A Telegraph Travel investigation last February revealed that hundreds of incidents of contaminated air had been reported by British pilots.

Scientists and pressure groups claim that the toxins enter the cabin as a result of the “bleed air” system that is used on modern aircraft."

An investigation into health threats posed by air circulating in aircraft has been launched by the UK Government.

Inquiry into 'poisonous' cabin air launched by Government

Extract from the Telegraph:

"According to the Department for Transport there were 116 reports on contaminated air submitted to the Civil Aviation Authority in 2007.

Hundreds of reports of fume incidents have also been filed by pilots across the world in recent years.

They deal with what happens when toxic air seeps into the cockpit or the cabin from the engine.

Critics have accused the aviation industry of trying to cover up a long-established problem, although this is strongly denied by airlines.

The impact of toxic fumes – known as “aerotoxic syndrome” by specialists – can be dramatic.

Neils Gomer, the captain of a Swedish aircraft, was rendered almost helpless. He said many of the 73 passengers on board his aircraft fell into a very deep sleep.

It was such incidents and a battery of complaints by pilots which led to the establishment of the Committee on Toxicity."