Visakha

Have you seen those Febreze commercials with the pseudo-scientific experiments in which people are blindfolded and exposed to garbage?  When the blindfolds are removed people are elated and overjoyed that they couldn’t smell the filth right below their noses.  There is no miracle odor-elimination chemical at work here—just the work of toxic chemicals.

As if spraying this stuff around the house wasn’t enough, now household garbage just got a lot more disgusting.  The Glad Products Company—the makers of Glad garbage bags—decided it wasn’t enough that people are breathing Febreze in so-called “air fresheners,” they’ve started adding it to their garbage bags as well, under the guise of “OdorShield.”  But what exactly are you breathing when you use these Febreze-infused garbage bags?  According to Proctor and Gamble—the makers of Febreze—there are three ingredients in its product.  But, according to the Environmental Working Group, an American-based non-profit that advocates for health protection, there are a whopping 89 chemicals in Febreze Air Effects.

The Glad Products Company states on its website:  “Glad is committed to doing everything we can to create a better environment for generations to come.”  You might disagree once you know about the chemicals in their Febreze-infused garbage bags.

Here is some information about 11 of the disease-causing chemicals in Febreze…and now in Glad garbage bags too