Want to approach an agency, business, faith community, or healthcare facility and ask them consider starting a fragrance policy? Follow these simple steps to ensure that the process is friendly and informative.
Find people that can help
The Massachusetts Nurses Association is the go-to resource in the U.S. that serves as the model for fragrance policies across the country. Their website suggests some guidelines on how to advocate for a fragrance policy. These include:
- find like-minded people;
- identify the person in charge of human resource policies; and
- sett up a meeting and keep things positive by laying out a win-win kind of approach.
Gather information
Poll
You may also send around an interactive poll of your colleagues or friends like the one below to gather some opinions about fragrance before meeting with people in charge.
Loading ...
Survey
Or you might write up, print and pass out an informal survey (shown here, adapted from the MA Nurses website) and ask members of the organization to fill it out anonymously and return it to you.
The association also posts some basic guidelines for framing a fragrance policy that can be adapted to just about any situation. These include:
- define fragrance and its sources;
- set up a procedure for implementing; and
- specifically state who will be covered by the policy and how it will be enforced.
Tell us about it
If you have advocated for or plan to request a fragrance policy, please share your story with us.
There is a reason you can now find all types of person care product in unscented and fragrance free versions. There are all types of products available without a smell like shampoo deodorant and laundry detergent. There is a big market for these products because many people are bothered by so many fragrances and chemicals and have found they really are not necessary. .Is fragrance free right for you? Many people opt for fragrance free products because they suffer from allergies or their skin is sensitive. Fragrances can be irritating especially when you a conditions such as acne or other skin disorders. .There are many people who are fragrance sensitive and chemical sensitive. Fragrance sensitivity can cause things like headaches and migraines tight chest wheezing and rhinitis. Some people also report problems like upper respiratory distress dry burning eyes sinus problems rashes dizziness and nausea. Some people even claim to have more serious problems including memory loss depression and anxiety. There is even a push by some people to limit fragrances in public areas. This sounds like extreme measures but some chemical and fragrance sensitive advocates say that is unfair for these people to be suffer everywhere they go. Even some workplaces have begun to adopt a no fragrance policy. .When choosing fragrance free products you have to be cautious. Not all products labeled unscented or fragrance free are completely free of fragrance chemicals. Some manufacturers actually use chemicals to mask the smell of other chemical products. There may not be a scent but the chemicals that can be so irritating are still there. The FDA requires manufacturers to list fragrance in the ingredients when any fragrance even a masking one is used. Read labels closely and you should be able to tell the truly fragrance free products from the fakers.