ATLANTA, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- CURE Childhood Cancer wants to alert parents about the substantially greater risk of cancer to children versus adults from a variety of pollutants, based on a recent EPA environmental guidelines update.

(“Use fragrance-free fabric softeners and dryer static sheets when doing laundry, and avoid plug-in or other room fresheners. Chemicals that make dryer sheets smell good are known poisons.”)

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051003/clm047.html?.v=22

Shutesbury, MA “…recommended, and the town agreed, that the annual town meeting would be scent-free with a separate area for people who forgot…”

http://www.pc.gov.au/inquiry/dda/subs/sub194.pdf

Ohio Governors Council on People with Disabilities, OH “The Committee established a ‘scent free' environment for participants with disabilities attending the …”

http://www.gcpd.ohio.gov/Aug1503Mins.htm

Transportation and the 2005-06 California Budget, CA “…please attend the meeting smoke and scent-free...”

http://www.sccrtc.org/packet/2005/0505/TPWagenda0505.htm

Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors Agenda: 3/8/2005, CA “… please attend the meeting smoke and scent free...”

http://www.sccounty01.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/bds/Govstream/

ORGANIZATIONS / OFFICES IN USA

American Public Health Association

http://www.apha.org/meetings/access.htm - cs

Protection Advocacy Inc., Sacramento, CA “ PAI requests that employees (and applicants) refrain from wearing scented products (e.g. scented perfumes/colognes or lotions etc.) in all PAI locations. This includes an employee’s regular work site and other PAI offices, regional centers, state hospitals or other facilities.”

http://www.ndrn.org/jobs/CA_PATIENTS_RIGHTS_ADVOCAT.htm

National Institute of Building Sciences - Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Cleaner Air Rooms “…be perfume and scent free (no hair spray, no mousse gels, lotions...”)

http://www.ieq.nibs.org/rooms/app_b.php

Artists with Disabilities Alliance

http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/awda

Santa Cruz AA Boulder Creek Meetings, Santa Cruz, CA (fragrance free)

http://www.aasantacruz.org/schedule/BC.htm

Scent-free environmentally conscious office, Colorado Springs, CO

http://www.snowcrest.net/lassen/eident.html

Seattle Job Board, Seattle, WA (fragrance free office)

http://www.businesscareers.com/

INTERNATIONAL

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health

http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/hsprograms/scent_free.html

South Australian Task Force on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Response to The Environmental Public Health Crisis Of Chemical Injury, Port Adelaide, South Australia

http://www.feast.org.au/2005/?article=news&view=news&id=10220624

GreenCampus (appeal to the staff of the University of Ottawa for scent-free indoor spaces) Ottawa, ON, Canada

http://www.ie.uottawa.ca/English/ AboutIE/green campus description.pdf

The SGS Library at 1870 Lorne Street in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

http://www.saskgenealogy.com/general/sgs_library_hours.htm

Canadian Association of Electroneurophysiology Technologists, IWK Health Centre

Halifax, NS, Canada (scent free)

http://www.iwk.nshealth.ca/

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/hsprograms/scent_free.html

Canadian Hearing Society, London, ON, Canada “…all visitors, consumers and clients to the London Office refrain from wearing perfume, cologne and scented lotions.”

http://www.chs.ca/offices/london/pdf/fall winter 2005.pdf

Australian Chemical Trauma Alliance Inc

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:rNjce6OQZIgJ:www.pc.gov.au/inquiry/dda/subs/sub194.rtf+scent-free+hospital&hl=en&client=opera

http://www.pc.gov.au/inquiry/dda/subs/sub194.rtf

Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists / Société canadienne des pharmaciens d'hôpitaux “Smoke-Free, Scent Free”

http://www.cshp.ca/productsServices/cjhp/2004/february_e.asp

Application For Child Care Subsidy Brampton and Mississauga, ON, Canada

“…we request that you refrain from wearing scented...”

http://www.peelregion.ca/childcar/pdfs/subsidy-application.pdf

SCHOOLS with scent-free policy IN USA

Jefferson City Public School, MO

http://www.adaproject.org/FragranceFreePolicy.html

Shutesbury Elementary School, Shutesbury, MA (scent free)

http://www.shutesbury.k14.mass.edu/ parentguide/7SchoolProcedures.html

INTERNATIONAL

Healthy Schools Project Advisory Committee, Peel Region, ON, Canada

“…scent-free strategies…”

http://www.pollutionprobe.org/Reports/schools append.pdf

Digby Regional High, Digby, NS, Canada (scent-free school)

http://www.digbyregionalhigh.ednet.ns.ca/pages/administration.htm

Landmark East (International School for students with learning disabilities), Wolfville, NS, Canada (scent free school)

http://www.landmarkeast.org/pdffiles/ Student & Parent Handbook.pdf

Vernon Barford School, Edmonton, AB, Canada (scent free school)

http://www.vbarford.epsb.ca/

Meadowbrook Elementary School, Coquitlam, BC, Canada (scent free school)

http://www.meadowbrook.sd43.bc.ca/NR/rdonlyres/ E06761DB-5A09-400A-AD70-4F337A8F1B48/41747/News_sep_25_05.pdf

Northeast Kings, NS, Canada (scent-free school)

http://www.nkec.ednet.ns.ca/News.htm

Colby Village Elementary School, Halifax, NS, Canada (scent free school)

http://www.colbyvillage.ednet.ns.ca/policies/scentfree.htm

UNIVERSITIES IN USA

Office of Career Services at Polytechnic University (fragrance- free)

http://media.poly.edu/alumni/job_posting/job_display.cfm?volID=105&vol_num=25&vol_date=2005-01-01

University of Wisconsin-Stout, Student Health Services, W. Menomonie, WI “Avoid fabric softeners and use scent-free detergents.”

http://www.uwstout.edu/studenthealth/ documents/BattlingDrySkin.doc

INTERNATIONAL

University of Calgary Scent Free Awareness Program, a joint health promotion project of University of Calgary Indoor Air Quality Committee, Calgary, AB, Canada

http://www.ucalgary.ca/scentfree/

University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada “the 3rd floor of the University Center, will be designated a scent-free area...”

http://www.slcs.uoguelph.ca/csd/UofGCSDscentfreecampaign.cfm

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada “Avoid using scented products; instead, use scent-free alternatives.”

http://www.utoronto.ca/safety/ScentsGuidelines.htm

University of Toronto School of Social Work. (scent free guidelines)

http://www.socialwork.utoronto.ca/fsw/

McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada “Persons entering our facilities should be encouraged to use scent-free...”)

http://www.workingatmcmaster.ca/link. php?link=eohss:eohss-sa%20guidelines

Athabasca University, Calgary Learning Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada (scent free)

http://www.athabascau.ca/html/depts/lrn_centres/clc.htm

Athabasca University, Edmonton Learning Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada (scent free)

http://www.athabascau.ca/html/depts/lrn_centres/elc/elc.htm

University of Prince Edward Island Occupational Health and Safety, PEI, Canada (“scent free on campus is voluntary…”) Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT)

http://www.upei.ca/humanres/20Dec02.min.pdf

University of King's College, Halifax, NS, Canada (scent free)

http://www.ukings.ns.ca/kings_3483.html

University of Waterloo Campus Sustainability Assessment. Framework Guide, Waterloo, ON, Canada “ Total square metres of scent-free indoor spaces…”

http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infowast/watgreen/projects/library/w04sustframework.pdf

University of Windsor, Faculty of Nursing, Windsor, ON, Canada (make-up may be used conservatively, but must be scent-free)

http://www.athena.uwindsor.ca/units/nursing/nursing.nsf/0/c9e81bde10a1471a85256b960061d091?OpenDocument

FRAGRANCE FREE BUSINESSES IN USA

Envirologics - Non toxic Design and Building.

http://www.envirologics.com/

Environmental Depot - Non Toxic Building Materials and Home Improvement.

http://www.ed-austin.com/

Trattoria Nostrani Restaurant, Santa Fe, New Mexico (fragrance free environment)

http://www.trattorianostrani.com/reservations/

CyberWolf Inc., 1596 Pacheco, Suite 203 , Santa Fe, NM, 87505: ...

http://www.acumenbook.com/Home/howapply.cfm

Anderson Laboratories

http://www.andersonlaboratories.com/alweb30.htm

http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/donmix.htm

FRAGRANCE FREE LODGING IN USA

Bed and Bagels of Tucson, Tucson, AZ (Saltillo tile floors, scent-free cosmetics, natural insecticides, no fresh paint or carpeting odors, cotton bed linens, a chlorine filter in the shower, non-allergenic cleaning products, and stainless steel cookware) “Bed and Bagel accommodates even those with the toughest of environmental and chemical sensitivities”

http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/report/Spring-05/asksandy.htm

Garratt Mansion, Alameda, CA (certified by Alameda County as a green business, waste management, water, appliances, and cleaning supplies pass rigorous inspections, landscaping redesigned for water conservation, pest control, and composting areas, drains flushed monthly with baking soda and vinegar, linens are line-dried,no potpourri, room deodorizers, and fragrance dryer sheets, most cleaning is done with microfiber cloths, vinegar and baking soda, cotton linens and robes, and choice of feather or hypo-allergenic pillows)

http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/report/Spring-05/asksandy.htm

The Stone Lion Inn, Wellfleet, MA (low-allergen environment, scent and dye-free detergents for laundry and washing, unscented, all natural cleaning agents used for day-to-day cleaning, low concentration bleach-water mixture (mixed at the inn to avoid dyes & perfumes) for sanitizing toilets, down-alternative comforters and fiberfill pillows, wood floors, no wall-to-wall carpeting)

http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/report/Spring-05/asksandy.htmCountry Life B&B, Saratoga Springs, NY (environmentally sensitive innkeeper, pillows and mattress covers are hypo-allergenic, all cleaning and laundry done with fragrance-free cleaning products utilizing vinegar, baking soda, and other natural products)

http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/report/Spring-05/asksandy.htm

Walnut Lawn B&B, Lancaster, PA (committed to maintaining a healthy, chemical-free environment, no strong-scented or aerosol cleaning products or room deodorizers, air-conditioning and HEPA filters in vacuum cleaners, a portable HEPA room filter is also available, hormone-free eggs and milk from local farms served at breakfast with organic fruits in season)

http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/report/Spring-05/asksandy.htm

1807 Phoebe Pember House, Charleston, (allergy-sensitive innkeeper, organic soy-based detergents and fabric softeners, hardwood floors cleaned regularly with plain black tea, vinegar is the main cleaning staple, guests can request hypo-allergenic pillows)

http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/report/Spring-05/asksandy.htm

Barclay Cottage, Virginia Beach, VA (hypo-allergenic mattress toppers and pillows, fragrance-free detergents used to clean all linens, no chemical softener additives, non-allergenic amenities including soaps and shampoos)

http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/report/Spring-05/asksandy.htm

Holly Inn Gardens, Bainbridge Island, WA (ask for the allergy-free units, bedding and toweling washed in fragrance-free detergents, non-toxic cleaning products) http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/report/Spring-05/asksandy.htm

White Pines Victorian Lodge, Sturgeon Bay, WI (chemically-sensitive innkeeper, no pesticides or herbicides, natural cotton linens washed with perfume and dye-free natural soap, cleaning is done with white vinegar, baking soda, sea salt, and organic cleaners, guest amenities are organic and natural products, facial and toilet tissue are certified recycled, guests are discouraged from using hair sprays, perfumes, candles, other chemically laden products)

http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/report/Spring-05/asksandy.h

The Lily Pad Bed & Breakfast - Milford, Connecticut “This is a smoke free environment, and one guest room is kept scent free for guests.”

http://www.bbonline.com/ct/lilypad/

Smoke-free, scent-free accommodations for those with MCS visiting the Syracuse,

New York area

http://www.members.tripod.com/cparkh1001/Links.htm

FREE OR FRAGRANCE FACILITES OUT OF USA -INTERNATIONAL

Maitland Vacation Rentals Villa 4BR, 2 Bathrooms, Sleeps 10, Oceanfront, Close to Halifax, Shore Haven, Maitland, NS, Canada “…provide scent-free laundry and dishwasher soaps, all linens are free of scented fabric softener products.”

http://www.a1vacations.com/vacationbythesea/2/

http://www.perfectplaces.com/vacation-rentals/5002.htm

Environmental Bed Breakfast, Brampton, ON, Canada (fragrance-free) Centrally located for day-trips to Toronto, Niagara and Muskoka Regions

http://www.geocities.com/environmentalbb/

Nova Scotia Hotels, Inns, and Motels Business Directory Search Engine

“Elegant chemical and fragrance-free accommodations. Serving organic and locally…”

http://www.novascotiabusiness.ca/html/Nova_Scotia/

Scent-free accommodation on Digby Neck, NS, Canada

http://www.checkinnovascotia.com/ enewsletter/August2004_issue.htm

Downtown Digby, NS, Canada (scent and smoke-free)

www.bbcanada.com/associations/novascotia/2004BB.pdf

Waverley hotels and lodgings, 4-Star scent-free accommodations. Close to downtown Halifax, NS, Canada

http://www.ase.net/servlet/HotelList/ 607/44.78312/-63.60311/Waverley

EscapeRental “…We also provide scent free laundry and dishwasher soaps and all of our linens are free of scented fabric softener...” Nearest Airport: Halifax International. ...

http://www.escaperental.com/viewproperty.asp?PropertyID=1580

Tennecape, NS, Canada Vacation Rentals - Oceanfront Retreat, 1 hour north of Halifax “We also provide scent free laundry and dishwasher soaps.”

http://www.krazymoose.com/kmns1026.asp

Halifax Nova Scotia - House - Sleeps: 10 (Halifax International Airport, 45 minutes Halifax 1 hour) “We also provide scent-free laundry and dishwasher soaps.”

http://www.vrbo.com/51518

Halifax Regional bed and breakfast directory (scent-free and smoke-free)

http://www.halifaxregional.worldweb.com/ WheretoStay/BedBreakfasts/

Chanterelle Country Inn and Cottages, Baddeck, Cabot Trail, Cape Breton, NS, Canada “A "Green" environment, using natural fibers, organic soaps, fragrancefree cleansers, solar space and water heat.”

http://www.canadaselect.com/NovaScotia/CapeBretonTrails/ChanterelleCountryInnandCottages.cfm

The King George Inn, Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada “… a scent- and smoke-free inn. “

http://www.area902.com/local/Nova_Scotia/ city/Annapolis_Royal/421

Fragrant free churches

Unity Santa Fe, 1212 Unity Way. ... Saturdays: 10 am-11 am Open Fragrance Free Meeting, Santa Fe, NM

http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/31905.html

Calvary Chapel Eastside, Bellevue, WA (fragrance- free zone during

Sunday morning services in a separate room next to the main auditorium with glass panels and a T.V. monitor)

http://www.calvarychapeleastside.com/

Calvary Eastside, Bellevue, WA (ministry that reaches out to the chemically sensitive: Aroma of Christ Ministry)

http://www.aromaofchrist.com/.

RECREATIONAL FACILITES FREE OF PERFUMES -USA

Heather and the Rose Country Dancers

Contact: Brooke Friendly and Chris Sackett , 645 Glenwood Drive, Ashland, OR 97520

http://www.opendoor.com/heatherandrose/index.html

Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Seattle Branch, Seattle, WA

http://www.scn.org/scottish/calendar.htm

Pilates Studio (fragrance free)

http://www.pilatessantafe.com/studio.php

Mid-Kansas Contra Dancing: Salina, KS (fragrance- free)

http://www.kansasfolk.org/contra/salina.htm

Santa Fe Vipassana Sangha, Santa Fe, NM (fragrance- free)

http:// www.santafevipassana.org/news.htm

DNE - Dance New England , Wendell Town Hall, Santa Fe, NM (fragrance-free)

http://www.dne.org/dancedirectory/

Community Drum Circle, Saturday, Jul 09 2005 to Saturday, Dec 10 2005, Santa Fe, NM (fragrance-free)

http://www.nmculturenet.org/calendar/org_viewevent.php?eventId=15691&printer=yes&orgId=%25

Owldance , Wendell Town Hall, Wendell, Massachusetts (fragrance-free)

http://www.dne.org/dancedirectory/

Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV (scent-free women’s martial arts camp)

http://www.nwmaf.org/

BACDS English Dance Week 2005 -- Fragrance-Free Policy

BACDS will supply all hand-washing locations with fragrance-free soap.

http://www.ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/~winston/eweek/fragfree.html

IronWorks Fitness Center, Boulder, CO (scent-free)

http://www.ironworksfitness.net/

CAMPING/ HIKING WARNINGS

St. Francis Hospital Wilmington, Delaware “Choose a fragrance-free product (sun screen) to avoid attracting insects.”

http://www.stfrancishealthcare.org/ html/healthdocs/hi_personal_sunscreen.htm

INTERNATIONAL

Dundas Consolidated School, Dundas, ON, Canada

Swimming provides fun, great cardio-vascular fitness, and builds strong bodies. (smoke and scent Free fitness center)

http://www.edu.pe.ca/dundas/bulletins/ previousbulletins/sept.10.04.htm

Interlude Spas, Dartmouth and Halifax, NS, Canada (scent free changing room)

http://www.interlude.com/member2.shtml

Winnock Physiotherapy, Amherst, NS, Canada (smoke and scent free environment)

http://www.winnockphysio.com/About.html

Tri-County Women's Centre (and walking club), Yarmouth, NS, Canada (scent free)

http://www.tricountywomenscentre.org/events.htm

Health Care Corporation of St. John’s, NS, Canada (scent free fitness sclasses)

http://www.hccsj.nl.ca/about/pub/ENews/ENewsJuly5_2004.pdf

Dalhousie University Cardio Fitness Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada (scent free)

http://www.registrar.dal.ca/calendar/gr/RESC.htm

The Physical Fitness Centre (scent-free)

http://www.admin.ukings.ns.ca/redbook/OHS/hs_plan.pdf

Centrepointe Theatre, Ottawa (in the former city of Nepean), ON, Canada (scent free theatre)

http://www.centrepointetheatre.com/boxoffice_en.shtml

The Victoria English Country Dance Society Dancing in Clean Air, Victoria, BC, Canada

(scent free)

http://www.victoriaenglishcountrydancesociety.bc.ca/ fragrance free.htm

EVENTS FREE OF PERFUMES AND FRAGRANCES IN USA

25th Annual English and Scottish Spring Ball Weekend, Ashland, OR (scent free)

http://www.opendoor.com/heatherandrose/index.html

Dance weekend with Bare Necessities at Sky Camp, OR, October 7-9, 2005

http://www.opendoor.com/heatherandrose/index.html

Commonbond’s 7^th Annual Grandegala, Santa Fe, NM June 12, 2005 (fragrance-free)

http://www.mapnp.geeks.org/pipermail/ housinglink-housingnews/2005-June/000200.htm

Northern California DA Meetings, San Francisco, CA (scent free)

http://www.ncdaweb.org/meetingsbyweekday.html

Women with Disabilities & Allies Forum (scent free)

http://www.aapd-dc.org/NOW/NOWagenda.html

San Francisco Dyke March 2005, San Francisco, CA (scent-free zone)

http://www.dykemarch.org/ada.html

Quilt camp in the Pines, Sedona, AZ (campus of Northern AZ University scent-free)

http://www.quiltcamp.com/QuiltCamp/AllAboutCamp2005.htm

Francesca Lee Acoustic Show, San Francisco, CA. (scent free)

http://www.francesca-lee.com/shows.htm

University of Missouri Law Review “…events are scent-free…”

http://www.web.mit.edu/lbgt/announcements-mar05.htm

Speaker, Ask-it-Basket, Steps, OA Literature, Sonoma State University, Sonoma County, CA (scent free meeting)

http://www.sonomacountyoa.org/meetings_only.html

NOW Foundation Women with Disabilities & Allies Forum (scent free event)

http://www.nowfoundation.org/issues/ disability/forum2003/speakers.html

http://www.aapd-dc.org/NOW/NOWagenda.html - 25k - Oct 25, 2005

Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle Biotech Legacy Foundation (SBLF) and organized by Institute for Children’s Environmental Health, Puget Sound, OR (fragrance-free)

http://www.iceh.org/CHE-WAlectures.html

All public events in Shutesbury, MA strive to be fragrance-free

http://www.andersonlaboratories.com/alweb30.htm

INTERNATIONAL

GNH 2: Pre-Conference Proceedings

St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, Canada, June 20 - June 24, 2005

http://www.gpiatlantic.org/conference/program.htm

“All business, education and social events held by the College of Registered Nurses are scent and smoke-free.”

http://www.crnns.ca/documents/nursinginfocusspring2003.pdf

Info For Presenters - International Institute for Qualitative ... (scent free)

http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/iiqm/nav03.cfm?nav03=32608&nav02=32518&nav01=32516

Dr. Bruce Elliott Memorial Lecture - Gulf War Syndrome Aftermath, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada (scent free event)

http://www.environmentalhealth.ca/may01elliott.html

International Conference on Rural Human Services, Halifax, NS, Canada (“…facilities at Mount Saint Vincent University are smoke and scent free…”)

http://www.stu.ca/academic/scwk/rural/………………………………..

Local Pathways to Global Wellbeing, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, Canada (scent free) June 20 to June 24, 2005

http://www.gpiatlantic.org/conference/program.htm

INTERESTING ARTICLES

Paul Klinkman

“…Southwest Airlines flight attendants regularly move passengers around on full...”

http://www.toxicsinfo.org/canary/Protocols/PaulAirline.htm

fragrancescentfree@yahoo.com. “If you know of products that are free of fragrance and scent, please let us know at our email : fragrancescentfree@yahoo.com...”

www.lutheransonline.com/fragrancefree

Univ. of Toronto

“A product labelled as "scent-free" or "unscented" may mean that no fragrance chemicals...”

http://www.socialwork.utoronto.ca/fsw/ fswsupport/mswprogram/handbook/cultural.html

A.R.T.A.C. (Association française pour la Recherche Thérapeutique Anti-Cancéreuse)

(Sign the Paris Appeal)

http://www.artac.info/static.php?op=AppelPremPageen.txt&npds=1

http://www.artac.info/static.php?op=Signatories.txt&npds=1%22

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