There are ingredients more toxic than horse pee in perfume.
The Health Risks of Twenty Most Common Chemicals Found in Thirty-One Fragrance Products
BENZALDEHYDE 'irritation to the mouth, throat, eyes, skin, lungs, and GI tract, causing nausea and abdominal pain.' 'May cause kidney damage.'
BENZYL ACETATE 'From vapors: irritating to eyes and respiratory passages, exciting cough.' 'In mice: hyperanemia of the lungs.' 'Can be absorbed through the skin causing systemic effects.'
BENZYL ALCOHOL 'irritating to the upper respiratory tract' ...'headache, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, drop in blood pressure, CNS depression, and death in severe cases due to respiratory failure.'
CAMPHOR 'local irritant and CNS stimulant' ...'readily absorbed through body tissues' ...'irritation of eyes, nose and throat' ...'dizziness, confusion, nausea, twitching muscles and convulsions' 'Avoid inhalation of vapors.'
ETHANOL {'...fatigue;} irritating to eyes and upper respiratory tract even in low concentrations...' 'Inhalation of ethanol vapors can have effects similar to those characteristic of ingestion. These include an initial stimulatory effect followed by drowsiness, impaired vision, ataxia, stupor...' Causes CNS disorder.
ETHYL ACETATE Narcotic. '...irritating to the eyes and respiratory tract' ...'may cause headache and narcosis (stupor)' ...'defatting effect on skin and may cause drying and cracking' ...'may cause anemia with leukocytosis and damage to liver and kidneys' 'Wash thoroughly after handling.'
LIMONENE Carcinogenic. 'Prevent its contact with skin or eyes because it is an irritant and sensitizer.' 'Always wash thoroughly after using this material and before eating, drinking, ...applying cosmetics. Do not inhale limonene vapor.'
LINALOOL Narcotic. ...'respiratory dis
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