What is dangerous and harmful air freshener

Everyone wants pleasant aromas to reign in his home. This is easy to achieve if you use an air freshener, which is very inexpensive to buy at any hardware store. It is a pity that few people know how dangerous this artificial odor generator is. Industrial fresheners contain hazardous volatile substances that can undermine human health.

What air freshener consists of

Today, manufacturers of household chemicals produce many different fresheners and fragrances, the purpose of which is to mask bad odors and create a pleasant atmosphere in the room. These funds are made in the form of aerosols, gel, liquids or sticks. Some formulations emit a pleasant smell when heated, others simply smell until the supply of aromatic substances is depleted.

However, all chemical fresheners without exception are capable of harming human health to one degree or another, since hazardous substances are present in their composition.

Here are the main ingredients found in air purifiers:

• Ethanol - flammable alcohol, used as a solvent.
• Formaldehyde - toxic colorless gas with a pungent odor, acts as a powerful deodorizing agent.
• Sodium nitrite - reducing agent, a fire hazardous poisonous substance, is added as a reducing agent and preservative.
• Benzene - Carcinogenic liquid with a specific odor, is included as a solvent.
• Phthalates - fix odors. Precipitated in the kidneys, adversely affect the endocrine system.
• Pinen, limonene - chemical perfumes.

The biggest evil comes from aerosol preparations. When sprayed into the atmosphere, the smallest particles of chemicals penetrate the body through the respiratory system and through the pores of the skin. One must have truly good health in order to withstand such an onslaught of carcinogens.

How do fresheners affect the body?

According to scientists, the harm of fresheners is difficult to overestimate. Moreover, all the most important body systems suffer: nervous, respiratory, digestive, circulatory.

• Regular inhalation of the chemical can adversely affect the functioning of the nervous system. Formaldehyde vapors cause lethargy and drowsiness, weakness and decreased performance. With severe poisoning, a headache appears, the fingers tremble, eyesight falls.
• On the part of the respiratory system, the frequent use of a refreshing aerosol leads to a lack of air, burning and sore throat. Severe poisoning can result in bronchospasm, shortness of breath, pulmonary edema.

It is strictly forbidden to use air fresheners in an apartment where people with asthma live!

• Excessive use of air-aromatizing substances may disrupt the digestive system. In this case, vomiting and nausea appear, pain in the stomach.
• A freshener is harmful to people prone to allergies. Once in contact with the skin, the chemical causes redness, burning, and itching. Sometimes eczema can even develop.
• Harmful fumes adversely affect the composition of the blood, reducing hemoglobin, which leads to anemia.

Many people constantly use air-freshening aerosols and do not understand why they feel bad, because intoxication does not accumulate immediately. If at least one of the listed symptoms of poisoning is noticed, you must stop using the chemical, ventilate the room and consult a doctor.

How to make a DIY air freshener

Knowing how dangerous and harmful the air freshener purchased in the store is, many people make home care products from natural substances. Usually, essential oils are used as a flavoring component.

Essential oil can also cause an allergic reaction. Before you start using a freshener, you need to make sure that the body reacts adequately to essential oils.

Here are some simple ways to make safe fresheners with your own hands:

• • Choose a smelling essential oil, apply a few drops to cotton swabs or pieces of paper and place it around the apartment in inconspicuous places.
  • If a piece of cloth with essential oil is put on a warm battery, the smell will spread intensively throughout the room.
  • A piece of gauze soaked in a flavored liquid is placed inside the vacuum cleaner next to the HEPA filter. The air emitted from the vacuum cleaner will acquire a pleasant aroma.
  • As a freshener, you can use aromatic lamps and humidifiers. Just add essential oil to the liquid - and the room will be filled with captivating smells of mountain freshness or blooming lavender.

• To make an aerosol freshener, pour clean water and a little aromatic oil into the spray bottle. Using this tool is simple and safe.
• You can make a tool based on a gel. To do this, dilute a bag of gelatin, following the instructions on the package, add 1 tbsp. l glycerin and some essential oil. The mixture is poured into glasses and placed in different places. Food colorings can be used to add color to the freshener.
• Fir and pine branches can serve as a natural air purifier in the apartment.
• To remove the unpleasant odor in the toilet room, you can peel an orange and spread the crusts. Another way with an orange: a few sticks of cloves are stuck into the peel and left as a flavoring.

But the best and most natural room freshener is clean air. First of all, you need to open the window and ventilate the room well, and only then use the fragrances. Do not endanger your health by inhaling toxic compounds with a pleasant smell. It is better to make a safe freshener from natural substances.