Wholefoods Perfumes Making us Sick
Most grocery stores are built its reputation on one promise: clean. Clean ingredients. Clean sourcing. Clean labels. A store where health-conscious shoppers could trust that what they were putting in their bodies — and bringing home to their families — met a higher standard than the average grocery chain. But something has changed. And the MCS community is done staying quiet about it. Across the country, shoppers with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities , asthma, MCAS, and fragrance sensitivity are reporting the same experience: walking into a Whole Foods and being hit by a wall of synthetic fragrance. Not from other shoppers. Not from the cleaning products. From merchandise — scented candles, perfumed soaps, fragranced bath bombs and body products — displayed in open proximity to produce, bulk foods, pet food, and other consumables. And those synthetic fragrances? They stick. To your organic apples. To your spinach. To the dog food you feed your pet. To the bread you bring home fo...