[Knitting A Conundrum]

Hasn't seemed to hurt the help the coffee gives me...I don't use milk, I use artificial creamer and that might be the difference. Milk would probably make it worse. You never really want to drink milk when you have a lot of coughing problems, no matter what the source. Talk about adding fuel to the fire.

But I am lactose intolerant, so I tend to avoid milk.

[patton]

BTW, I read somewhere that the problem for most folks is not the scent in the perfume, but the carrier agent used to minimize the expensive perfume required. Can't remember what the stuff is called, but it is like alchohol - it evaporates, carrying the perfume with it, so the scent is greatly magnified, over just the perfume itself.

It seems that whatever this chemical is, is what a lot of folks are allergic to.

It seems to be toxic to about 10% of the population (migranes, asthma, etc.)

I might support banning that carrier chemical.