M4.5: Think about it / Group Exercise

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Overall, our blog group was in agreement that policies need to be changed to protect consumers rather than the companies who sell harmful chemicals. Kera mentioned that fragrance industries rely on the "proprietary information" excuse as their way to not disclose ingredients of their product. I think that the information might not need to be given to the public, but should be given to the U.S. EPA (or in our case, CalEPA) for review before the fragrance is put on the market. It would force accountability from both companies and the government to ensure safe products sold to consumers. Marisa and Carmen both mentioned how there can be alternatives such as essential oils and herbs. This idea is great in terms of a fragrance policy because it is attempting to use organic, safer components to create products with less toxic chemicals. Lastly, it was mentioned that a fragrance-free policy would be beneficial in hospitals and medical office buildings to reduce the amount of fragrance we absorb and put out in the environment. As someone who works in faculties that are fragrance-free, it makes people conscious of other people's health exposures and sensitivities. 

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  1. UnknownSeptember 21, 2018 at 8:01 PM

    Hi Daisy,
    I really enjoyed working with you and our group on this assignment. It seems like we all had the same idea when it came to this policy development. I liked how we were able to bring in our different experiences to be able to collaborate on this assignment.
    Great job!
    Kera

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2018 at 3:33 PM

    Hi Daisy,

    I enjoyed everyone's contributions to this group assignment. To get rid of fragrances would be challenging, but to come up with a list of ingredients that would work as environmentally-safe replacements might be our best bet. Thanks for sharing!

    Carmen

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  3. UnknownSeptember 25, 2018 at 9:03 AM

    Hi Daisy,
    I enjoyed working together as a group and sharing our ideas. It is important to discuss these issues and brainstorm how we can make a change. I like that we all had similar ideas but we all brought something new to the group and were able to elaborate on how we would address implementing a fragrance free policy.

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