32% of adults have adverse reactions to fragrance. If you care about making the world more accessible you can start by limiting or ending your use of scented products. That means no scented beauty products, laundry products, air fresheners, bathroom sprays, or scented cleansers.
Committing to being fragrance free is a healthy choice for you too! Fragrances are largely unregulated and are known to have carcinogens in them. google.com/amp/s/amp.theg…
Fragrances are also bad for the environment and are contribute to the release of VOCs into the air we breathe. google.com/amp/s/www.allu…
Going scent free, especially in public spaces, can make a huge difference to those around you. Under the ADA I'm guaranteed a scent free work space. But for that accommodation to be met, the people around me need to commit toy access needs.
It is very very hard to enforce this type of policy. Most people with this accommodation find it often neglected or find that colleagues outright refuse to follow it. And unfortunately, that means that many disabled people are forced out of the workforce.
Because our colleagues would rather smell like flowers than allow us to work beside them safely. So if you're committed to an accessible world, you can begin by throwing out harmful products which are contributing to environmental degradation and causing harmful health issues.
I understand that scents can be grounding and that there are competing access needs. I'm all for compromising (like no air fresheners or scented cleansers in the office and a private workspace that's scent free).
But even if you cut scented products in ONE of these categories, that expands access for me. Consumer trends guide the market. Refusal to buy scented products informs companies that we won't continue to support harmful products and expands the market for fragrance free shopping.
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