{"id":760,"date":"2014-10-28T07:19:12","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T11:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=760"},"modified":"2014-10-28T07:19:12","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T11:19:12","slug":"how-you-make-big-companies-listen-queen-of-green-david-suzuki-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=760","title":{"rendered":"How you make big companies listen | Queen of Green | David Suzuki Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidsuzuki.org\/blogs\/queen-of-green\/2014\/10\/how-you-make-big-companies-listen\/\">How you make big companies listen | Queen of Green | David Suzuki Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"imgcaption\" style=\"font-size: 0.814em; padding: 6px 0px 9px 0px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 0.938em; margin: 0px;\">Companies aren`t required to itemize specific fragrance ingredients, not even known allergens. But with your help we brought this message to the government and companies. (Credit: Lindsay Coulter)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 0.938em; margin: 0px;\">I&#8217;m no doctor. But people often ask me, &#8220;What cream should I use or make for my rash?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 0.938em; margin: 0px;\">My advice: Stop using scented laundry soap, dryer sheets, lotions and home cleaners!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 0.938em; margin: 0px;\">You already know scents can\u00a0<a style=\"color: #26797f; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-color: #9e9e9e !important; margin-bottom: 4px;\" href=\"http:\/\/davidsuzuki.org\/blogs\/docs-talk\/2011\/02\/hazards-are-hiding-in-fragranced-consumer-products\/\">make you sick<\/a>. Many of you have helped the David Suzuki Foundation combat potential allergens like &#8220;fragrance&#8221; and &#8220;parfum&#8221; (and other undesirables in household cleaners and cosmetics).<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.188em; line-height: 1.375em; padding: 13px 0px 7px 0px; margin: 0px;\">Over the years, we asked you to:<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc; padding: 0px 0px 0px 32px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em 0px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><a style=\"color: #26797f; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-color: #9e9e9e !important; margin-bottom: 4px;\" href=\"http:\/\/davidsuzuki.org\/issues\/health\/science\/toxics\/dirty-dozen-cosmetic-chemicals\/\">Avoid the Dirty Dozen<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><a style=\"color: #26797f; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-color: #9e9e9e !important; margin-bottom: 4px;\" href=\"http:\/\/davidsuzuki.org\/publications\/reports\/2011\/failing-the-sniff-test\/\">Write to cosmetics<\/a>\u00a0companies asking exactly what is meant by &#8220;parfum&#8221; or &#8220;fragrance&#8221; in their product ingredients<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\">Break up with toxic home cleaners, like\u00a0<a style=\"color: #26797f; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-color: #9e9e9e !important; margin-bottom: 4px;\" href=\"http:\/\/davidsuzuki.org\/blogs\/queen-of-green\/2012\/05\/my-letter-from-windex\/\">Windex<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How you make big companies listen | Queen of Green | David Suzuki Foundation. Companies aren`t required to itemize specific fragrance ingredients, not even known allergens. But with your help we brought this message to the government and companies. (Credit: Lindsay Coulter) I&#8217;m no doctor. 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