[OKC] From the Green Lantern: Smells Like Green Spirit

[KJones at ODOT.ORG]

There was a time that eculyptus was used and probably in someplaces still 
is for floral air freshner.  They're natural and can be rejuvenated by 
scrunching them a bit after the smell dies down.  Can last for sometime a 
month.    Fresh is best and floral shops should have them.  Soy candles 
also could be helpful with natural oil scents.  Lavender in bed pillows or 
as a sachet.  Cedar blocks of wood good too.
Kendra Jones 




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   1. From the Green Lantern: Smells Like Green Spirit (Miles, Karen)

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[OKC] From the Green Lantern: Smells Like Green Spirit

Smells Like Green Spirit
Are air fresheners bad for the environment? 
By Brian Palmer 
 
Is air freshener earth-friendly?  I like having air fresheners around the 
house, but the other day it occurred to me that I don't know what exactly 
they're puffing into my living room. Am I despoiling the planet by 
freshening my air?
 
Air fresheners seem to occupy a special place, along with Hummers and 
offshore drilling, in the environmentalist's doghouse. Maybe it's the 
synthetic smell or the phony alpine meadow on the packaging. But the 
Lantern suspects people have never gotten over the chlorofluorocarbon 
crisis of the 1970s and '80s.
Americans fell for the flowery goodness of canned aerosol air fresheners 
in 1956, when the S.C. Johnson Co. first released Glade. (It was a big 
year for aerosols. The company rolled out Raid insecticide around the same 
time.) The magic ingredients in the aerosols were chlorofluorocarbons, or 
CFCs. These propellants are nontoxic, unlikely to explode, and don't react 
with other ingredients. Then two chemists published a paper in 1974 
showing that CFCs could break up ozone molecules, which protect us from 
ultraviolet light. In 1985, scientists confirmed the breakdown of ozone in 
the stratosphere, and over the next seven years most countries agreed to 
phase the chemical out. (Check out the Green Lantern's full update on the 
ozone layer.)
While manufacturers quickly developed CFC-free aerosols, the public soured 
on spray cans. Companies have since developed alternative ways to perfume 
your living room, most of which rely on some form of automated delivery 
system. The most common use heat to evaporate the fragrance or fans to 
disperse it.
Does the new generation deserve a clean bill of environmental health? 
Article continues at: Smells Like Green Spirit
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