i am looking for research materials on the effects of air freshener substances on the brain, i have seen some materials but they are not scientifically backed. i know some of the substances causes toxic encephalopathy, dementia and other neurological diseases but i need their scientific basis
Hi, Air fresheners can include fragrances, aerosol propellants, and solvents. As fragrances, air freshener preparations often include terpenes such as limonene. Also, many air freshener products emit allergens and toxic air pollutants including benzene, formaldehyde, terpenes, styrene, phthalate esters, and toluene, plus formaldehyde, hydroxyl radical, and secondary ultrafine particles. Defining the substances will be importanto to find the references. We have some studies on the effects of solvents such as toluene in humans and animal models. One has also to consider the dose that you want to refer to- are you looking at the abusive use of air freshners or the most common and thought way of using it in domestic setting?
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There is a US website for "Household Products Database". You can search "air freshener" and obtain information on different products (as of Feb 19, 2015, 520 entries come up when "air freshener" was entered as a search term).
http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/searchall
Information on the chemical constituents in the product is included in the database records although some are more complete than others. Concentrations are provided for some of the chemicals but detailed proprietary fragrance information is not usually provided.
As noted by the previous responder, you would then need to look for information on the individual chemicals. Although some of the records have a brief summary of health effects, this is more akin to the type of information you would find in an MSDS.
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This is a good overview of neurotoxicity from para-dichlorobenzene which is one of the most common chemicals added to air fresheners:
Janet
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3994922/
Thank you Helena Barros, i am grateful for the explanation. I am looking for literature's on air freshener substances like p-dichlorobenzene and their effects on the brain either histological or biochemical. i will be grateful if you can share some of your materials with me. my email address is [email protected]. Thank you Janet Mcalister, i am grateful for the paper but i will be happy if there are other chemicals you can share with me
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