People, I've noticed, love to smell good and surround themselves with artificial scents! They apply scented hand creams, liberally douse themselves with perfume, they spray air freshener in bathrooms, and use those scented plug-ins or the electric wax warmers. The problem is that most of these scents aggravate people's asthma. I work in a school and notice as I walk the halls that almost every room has some different artificial scent wafting out. I see that this is a problem that I don't understand why it hasn't been taken more seriously.Schools have done a really good job keeping the schools safe for food allergy sufferers. The problem is those children with asthma aren't being given the same consideration. It is well know that artificial scents and perfumes cause aggravate asthma and cause an asthma attack, which like a food allergy attack, can be life threatening. School districts need to ban the use of artificial air freshers and perfumes at school for the health of the children attending. I know it will be a hardship for some, all those sweaty bodies packed in a hot classroom (phew), but think big picture. What is merely annoying to you can be causing someone else to struggle to breathe and it is really hard to learn when you can't breathe.
