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Scented products cause indoor air pollution on par with car exhaust

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371 points clumsysmurf | 6 comments | 19 Feb 25 23:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.952s | source | bottom
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porphyra ◴[20 Feb 25 00:35 UTC] No.43109695[source]▶
I wonder just how bad those essential oil diffusers are, compared with, say, smoking, laser printers, and tyre microplastics.
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huang_chung ◴[20 Feb 25 00:50 UTC] No.43109799[source]▶
My plan to sell flavoured printer toner has been foiled.

Who would not want their print out to smell like fresh apple pie?

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1. jedbrooke ◴[20 Feb 25 02:25 UTC] No.43110365[source]▶
I mean scented markers are a thing (or are they gone now because they’re “too toxic”?) so scented (or flavored) printer toner doesn’t seem too far fetched

and yes I am one of those people who enjoyed the smell of freshly laser printed pages

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2. wongarsu ◴[20 Feb 25 03:05 UTC] No.43110624[source]▶
Also scented paper

Maybe offer unique toner scents to companies as part of their brand identity. Imagine all letters from Jack Wolfskin smelling like pine cones, or the acceptance letter from a surf school smelling like the ocean.

3. DonHopkins ◴[20 Feb 25 07:17 UTC] No.43111973[source]▶
Maybe you're not old enough to have cultivated a taste for (or addiction to) the smell of fresh ditto printed pages.
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6. vidarh ◴[20 Feb 25 08:07 UTC] No.43112241[source]▶
Scented markers, as well as pencils, are still a thing.

You can also get scented paper, but it seems mostly thicker paper meant as drawer liners.

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