Ban Perfume Immediately!

FORT WORTH, Texas - At first, fire officials suspected that carbon monoxide or some other poisonous fumes might have sickened almost 150 people at a Fort Worth bank call center.

They learned someone’s perfume was to blame.

MedStar ambulance spokeswoman Lara Kohl said 34 people were taken to hospitals, 12 by ambulance, after reporting dizziness and shortness of breath at the Bank of America call center. She said another 110 were treated at the scene and released…

I can just about hear those obsessed nutcases now, demanding that perfumes be banned from public places and have a warning label put on the bottles for consumers because of this and other stories like it, can’t you?

Being an ex-smoker, I use to say that if you ban my smoking because it ‘bothers’ your breathing or the smell bugs you, then perhaps we should also ban perfumes, deodorants and hairsprays?  I’m sure some people, like in this story, have health issues with certain odors — so…let’s ban EVERYTHING that smells!  Except food that is…..Who’s with me on this????