This opinion post is related to the poll:
See this post by Barbara Rubin:
http://armchairactivist.us/2007/07/15/better-labeling-needed-for-fragran...
Alternative Medicine magazine published an article about the dangers of synthetic fragrances a couple of months ago. The industry objected to the assertion that it used unsafe ingredients in their products and complained about the sources cited by that author. Of course, they provided no proof that their ingredients actually were safe and could not do so - they won’t risk actually publishing their ingredients list anywhere since they are allowed to hide behind a single label term on every package: Fragrance
and:
Since thousands of ingredients are incorporated into fragrance formulas, blanket assertions of their safety by the industry are rather unconvincing. Today’s synthetic fragrances rarely boast the natural ingredients of earlier centuries as their sole contents. Instead we have petrochemical derivatives: aldehydes, phenols, alcohols/ethers, ketones, esters, and alkanes. The body can absorb these chemicals through contact with skin or mucous membranes or inhalation (by users and bystanders).
and her bio:
http://armchairactivist.us/about/
As political reform seeks to increase transparency in government, so must consumers question why we aren’t permitted to know the ingredients in our purchases (e.g. formaldehyde in construction materials; benzene derivatives in fragrances; flame retardants in electronics and fabrics; pesticides; food additives and treatments etc.). It is hard to believe that Americans have no right to ‘choose’ what we eat, drink and breathe out of mandated ignorance. The EPA tells us indoor air quality is two to five times worse than outdoor air, illustrating how poor our involuntary ‘choices’ have been. Decision making takes data, so the first step will obviously require full disclosure of product ingredients.