Posted on 03/10/2008 2:53:28 PM PDT by kiriath_jearim
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Those all-over body sprays that promise to turn teenage boys into babe magnets? Instead of attracting girls, they could be making them sick.
A Minnesota lawmaker proposed a bill Monday urging a fragrance-free educational campaign to discourage students from dousing themselves in scents that aggravate classmates with asthma and other health problems.
Odors that fill hallways come mostly from boys who douse themselves in body sprays like Axe, said Mikolai Altenberg, a senior at Minneapolis South High School. He said the smell is "indescribable" and unavoidable.
"You can smell it from 10 feet away," Altenberg said. "Mostly it's just guys who just think that putting Axe all over them is a substitute for showering."
Rep. Karen Clark, a Democrat, first proposed banning fragrances in Minneapolis schools, one of the state's largest school districts. The bill she introduced Monday scales that back to an awareness campaign in Minneapolis and in other districts that volunteer. The campaign could include letters to parents, fact sheets, signs in schools, e- mail and Web sites.
One in eight Minneapolis students has asthma, and school nurses have treated students for wheezing and headaches brought on by the fragrances wafting from classmates, said Mary Heiman, a nursing service manager who runs the district's asthma program.
An awareness campaign would mirror the approach of policies at the University of Minnesota's Disability Services office and in a recent version of the Minneapolis teachers contract.
If the awareness campaign works, it could be expanded, Clark said.
A trade group for toiletry makers, the Personal Care Products Council in Washington, said it doesn't oppose fragrance policies as long as they're voluntary.
"We really don't think it's a good idea to legislate personal hygiene," said John Hurson, the group's head of government affairs.
Rhode Island and Massachusetts are the only other states where lawmakers have proposed fragrance-free bills in the past two years, Hurson said.
It’s for the chilruns.
Forget the fact that the chilruns have had it up to here with their tofu and non fat milk school lunches and there will be an open rebellion much like in 1775.
History will repeat itself. The adult sheeple don’t get, I’m sure the powers at the NEA have stricken all mention of the “Sons of Liberty” from History textbooks for the Hitler Youth. Can’t have the youngins knowing that they can rebel.
I hate the scent of it. I’m perfectly fine with just a fresh out of the shower smell.
Where the Hell is the darn RESET button?
The only reset button would require all Americans to read up on their history.
95% of the crap that goes on today would have the founding fathers wondering why they risked their lives against German George in the name of liberty.
But mandated history lessons for libs would be unconservative. They should read it themselves without Gubmint mandates.
I agree. Just sayin’ what my kids tell me.
Key Ingredients in perfumes may cause cancer and lead to asthma, bronchitis and other respiratory ailments. Scientists also ponder links to neurological diseases and brain damages.
Details at Ten.
You must’ve heard about the lady in Boulder fined a thousand for dying her poodle pink (with natural beetroot dye, no less). She works in a beauty salon, prolly changing the color of her customers hair!
My oldest wore it. I had to put a stop to it.
Mandate birth control pills.
I liken the word "forbidden" to the PC laws which deprive us of our freedom. A gentle suggestion from the choir director may have solved the problem.
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