Had been meaning to install those plug-in air fresheners but couldn’t be bothered to buy them for the past month. Then yesterday I learned that those fragrances are dispersed alongside a bunch of nasty VOCs. Looks like my inaction saved my lungs a bit of damage
What instances of laziness or forgetfulness have worked out in your favor?
Just FYI, fragrances are VOCs, pretty much by definition. They have to be “volatile” or else you wouldn’t smell them, and every chemical except noble gases is a “compound.” I suppose some plug-in air freshener fragrances could be inorganic, but I think the majority of inorganic volatile compounds probably smell bad (think ammonia or sulfur compounds).
A “VOC free” air freshener would either be pointless or BSing you.
Most of the food you smell also has VOC
Back in 2001 I had a GF whose brother worked in the WTC. On Sept 11, like so often, he slept in and was late to the office.
Saved his ass that day
