Posted on 03/14/2010 5:20:55 PM PDT by JoeProBono
DETROIT, - City officials in Detroit say workers at three city buildings will soon have to monitor their scents or face possible warnings.
The Detroit News said Sunday that placards will be put up in the three Detroit buildings detailing the new guidelines on employees' use of such scented items as cologne or perfume.
The notices due at the Cadillac Square Building, Coleman A. Young Municipal Center and First National Building will also ask employees to refrain from using air fresheners and scented candles while on the job.
The new regulations are the result of the city's settlement of a 2008 lawsuit filed by a city planner, who claimed she had breathing sensitivity due to a co-worker's perfume.
Attorney Ann Curry Thompson, who represents city planner Susan McBride, said her client's lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act could prove beneficial to others, the report said.
"It's unique. I think it should be used as a model for other people who are having similar problems," Thompson told the News.
The Detroit ruling class doesn’t make that much in the way of scents.
Just don’t bathe — then you will always be in compliance.
It’s Detroit — no one will notice.
Some of the perfumes and deodorants that idiots wear are strong nausea-inducers.
I don’t blame them.
Have you ever been at the 36th District Courthouse?
Absolutely no reason for people to wear perfume or cologne in an office and force everyone else to smell that crap all day.
With all the major problems Detroit has — this is the issue they are focusing on first?
Yeah, the bathrooms out to smell pretty sweet too. ;-)
Enough with the "breathing sensitivities."
It's weakening the race and eroding combat readiness.
You ever see a commie use a rescue inhaler?
I didn't think so.
I knew this guy who used to bathe in Polo. We jokingly said that we were going to pay his bonus with Polo.
I love perfume.
I will wear it, but I won’t take a bath in it.
Maybe some people shouldn’t be out in public.
As someone who becomes physically ill from perfumes, colognes, etc. I’m glad to see this.
I’ve banned one guy from my office (I go outside and speak to - staying up wind from him) when I have to deal with him. My boss and his are aware of this banning. I’ve told mine that either I go home sick (which means that someone else has to be pulled off of their work and cover for me) or he stays outside the building and I deal with him there. I will gladly get a note from my doctors explaining why scents make me physically ill.
Just don’t bathe — then you will always be in compliance. It’s Detroit — no one will notice.
Yeah, the bathrooms (ought) to smell pretty sweet too. ;-)
Yep (LOL)
In 1986 the National Academy of Sciences targeted fragrances as one of the six categories of chemicals that should be given high priority for neurotoxicity testing. The other groups include insecticides, heavy metals, solvents, food additives and certain air pollutants. The report states that 95% of chemicals used in fragrances are synthetic compounds derived from petroleum. They include benzene derivatives, aldehydes, and many other known toxics and sensitizers - capable of causing cancer, birth defects, central nervous system disorders and allergic reactions. “Neurotoxins: At Home and the Workplace” (Report by the Committee on Science and Technology. U.S. House of Representatives, Sept, 16, 1986) [Report 99-827]
A few chemicals found in fragrances known to be neurotoxic: hexachlorophene; acetyl-ethyl-tetramethyl-tetralin; zinc-pyridinethione; 2,4,dinitro-3-methyl-6-tert-butylanisole; 1-Butanol; 2-butanol; tert-Butanol; Isobutanol; t-Butyl Toluene. Neurotoxic properties of chemicals found in fragrances have caused testicular atrophy in lab animals as well as myelin disease. The myelin sheath protects the nerves and does not regenerate. (Compiled from TOXLINE database of fragrances industry and medical journals.)
The most blighted and unemployed city in the US and they are worrying about smells? The place does smell of poverty.
Have to read the paper soon.
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