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Debra,

We have been searching for a new rental home in Miami for months now. We have so many environmental criteria and as a result it has been hard to find the perfect place. We finally found one with tile and hard wood floors (no carpet or laminate), no pesticides used, no new paint, not a new building, a non-smoker currently lives there, etc. Our only problems are that the current tennant uses a lot of artificial fragrance products – many candles, incense burners, glade plug-ins, fabreeze, etc. It is truly overpowering! My question is whether the dangers of these products will be gone once she vacates, and we have the place ventilated and thoroughly cleaned with green cleaning products (including a vapurclean treatment all over), or will the toxins linger? We have an infant so we want to be sure.

Also, is there any danger from using a clothes dryer that someone has previously used fragranced dryer shhets in?

Thank you for your feedback!

Debra’s Answer

Ideally, I would say err on the side of caution, but the house does sound perfect in other ways.

I can’t guarantee you can remove this fragrance. I’ve never personally tried to do that.

Readers, what is your experience with this? Any successful actions?

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