<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">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.</font>
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1. From the Green Lantern: Smells Like Green Spirit (Miles, Karen)<br>
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<br><font size=6 face="Arial">Smells Like Green Spirit</font>
<br><font size=3 face="Arial">Are air fresheners bad for the environment?
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<p><font size=2 color=#620042 face="Georgia"><i>By Brian Palmer</i></font><font size=2 color=#002041 face="Georgia"><i>
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<p><font size=1 face="Verdana"><b>Is air freshener earth-friendly? </b></font><font size=1 face="Arial"><b>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?</b></font>
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<p><font size=1 face="Verdana">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.</font>
<p><font size=1 face="Verdana">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 </font><a href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/aerosol-can3.htm" target=_blank><font size=1 color=#0062e1 face="Verdana">propellants</font></a><font size=1 face="Verdana">
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 </font><a href=http://www.slate.com/id/2229859/><font size=1 color=#0062e1 face="Verdana">Green
Lantern's full update on the ozone layer</font></a><font size=1 face="Verdana">.)</font>
<p><font size=1 face="Verdana">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.</font>
<p><font size=1 face="Verdana">Does the new generation deserve a clean
bill of environmental health? </font>
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Like Green Spirit</u></font></a>
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