Get a Whiff of This: Perfumes (fragrances) -- the Invisible Chemical Poisons (Paperback)

~ Connie Pitts (Author)
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Presently, there is not a book quite like Get A WhiffOf This. Books have been written about cosmetic ingredients, yet most people are not aware of the serious, harmful health effects of fragrance chemicals due to false advertising, failure to bear warning labels, and lack of media attention. Millions of people are disabled from repeated exposures to these deleterious products. Synthetic fragrances are ubiquitous in the U.S., and avoidance is nearly impossible unless a person remains housebound. Many people are under the false impression that perfumes are derived from flowers and other natural sources. Get A Whiff Of This will educate people and, therefore, give readers the knowledge they need inorder to protect their health and the health of their loved ones. Incidents of Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS), which has become an alarmingly growing epidemic in the U.S., asthma, and central nervous system and neurological disorders are on the rise. Women are being diagnosed with breast cancer at younger ages. Read and learn what expert doctors have to say about breast cancer and the perfume connection - and much more...

About the Author

Connie Pitts is a wife, mother of two grown daughters, and adores her two young granddaughters. She resides in Colorado, enjoying the majestic beauty of the mountains. As a young adult, she was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, which eventually led to disability. Being a former perfume user, she is also plagued with a secondary disabling condition, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS). Searching for answers to her perfume sensitivities, she learned shocking information. Connie is a first time author, compelled by a strong sense of commitment to share her new found knowledge with other people, as she believes everyone has a right and a need to know the truth.

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (October 31, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1414008457
• ISBN-13: 978-1414008455
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #702,119 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Get a Whiff of This, October 8, 2009

By	Connie M. Pitts (Aurora, CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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People have been wearing perfumes and using various other scented products for decades. What changed? Perfumes are *not* made from natural sources, nor are they safe, as falsely advertised to be. They contain hundreds of deleterious chemicals, having maimed and disabled millions of people -- people of all ages. Given the fact that perfumes do no bear warning labels, I wrote this book in hopes to educate people about the truth behind an industry that has no regard for health and a government that condones it. Please read my book and demand safer products. You and you children deserve much better. Perfumes are only nice if you enjoy slathering yourself in greasy petrochemicals, neurotoxins, hazardous waste and nearly 100 carcinogens, just to mention a few of their products' contents. Get a Whiff of This will enlighten you to the truth. Personally, I wish someone would have informed me years ago, as I'm a former perfume user.

7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Eye-Opener!, December 13, 2003

By A Customer

Until I read this book I had no idea as to how fragrances and chemicals have so severely affected the health of so many, nor did I realize that we are ALL being poisoned unknowingly. This book "tells it like it is" including the author's own testimony as to how her life has changed, how confined she is by not being able to be out in public places due to all the fragrances and other chemicals everywhere. There also is documentation and research done on the subject to verify and stress this seemingly unknown growing problem. Hopefully people will read this, as I have, and change their habits before they too suffer the drastic consequences experienced by so many.

6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST READ!, June 15, 2004

By A Customer

This book is scarier than a Stephen King Novel, as it contains TRUE FACTS. It astounds me that our government doesn't do something about this atrocity. All people are at risk, and it's no wonder that people are being diagnosed with Alzheimers, breast cancers, and all kinds of neurological diseases at earlier ages, and it will keep getting worse. Also, I had no idea that millions of people live lives like hermits due to hazardous perfume chemical exposures. This is a book that all people should read. I found the information very disturbing, especially when I think of children and unborn children.