We are in and out of a lot of houses and, as expected, we encounter a lot of different smells; some good, some bad. Today, we want to talk about the bad smells we encounter.
When you are in your home long enough, you get used to a smell and don’t smell it anymore. That is referred to as nose blind. Unfortunately for us, what you no longer smell hits us like a ton of bricks when we first open the door!
The odors we encounter can be anything from what you cooked for dinner the night before (fish anyone?), to a litter box that hasn’t been cleaned in a while or the latest one we’ve been encountering lately; scented plug ins.
Did you know that plug ins and scented air fresheners are actually a form of air pollution and can be hazardous to your health?
You can read more about that here at the National Capital Poison Center.
Personally, I find the plug in air fresheners overwhelming. They aggravate my allergies and make me sneeze and/or they give me a migraine headache.
Usually I can tolerate them during the length of my pet sit, but if someone is gone for more than a few days I usually unplug them until my last visit. Most homes I’ve been in usually only have one or two; but recently I visited a home that had a plug in, a gel air freshener AND an automatic, timed, spray freshener in EVERY. SINGLE. ROOM. It was sensory overload and meant instant headache whenever I entered.
I kept wondering how this family could breathe with all these scented air fresheners going 24/7!
According to PetMD air fresheners can be toxic to your pets. You can read about that here.
I’m bringing this topic up because I fear that a lot of people don’t know just how toxic these things can be.
So tell us, do you use Plug Ins? Did you know the potential detrimental affects they can have on you and/or your pets health?
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