Comment: This study was published in a peer review journal. Of interest is that it appears the products were merely placed in a sterile room one at a time and the ambient air was tested, showing toxic levels of carcinogens and VOC's. This is the typical exposure of walking into a grocery store where these products are sold or a room where someone else who used the products is present.
Toxic chemicals found in common scented laundry products, air fresheners
A University of Washington study of top-selling laundry products and air fresheners found the products emitted dozens of different chemicals. All six products tested gave off at least one chemical regulated as toxic or hazardous under federal laws, but none of those chemicals was listed on the product labels.
"I first got interested in this topic because people were telling me that the air fresheners in public restrooms and the scent from laundry products vented outdoors were making them sick," said Anne Steinemann, a UW professor of civil and environmental engineering and of public affairs. "And I wanted to know, 'What's in these products that is causing these effects?'"
