http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/03/24/samsung-has-a-perfume-phone-in-the-works/ Engadget Mobile Comments for Samsung has a perfume phone in the works? http://www.engadgetmobile.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgetmobile.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/03/24/samsung-has-a-perfume-phone-in-the-works/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/03/24/samsung-has-a-perfume-phone-in-the-works/Mar 24th 2006 6:21PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/03/24/samsung-has-a-perfume-phone-in-the-works/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/03/24/samsung-has-a-perfume-phone-in-the-works/Mar 25th 2006 2:30AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/03/24/samsung-has-a-perfume-phone-in-the-works/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/03/24/samsung-has-a-perfume-phone-in-the-works/
Where is your phone most of the time? In your pocket. So, when your phones goes off [in your pocket] your jeans are then saturated by perfume, and probably stained so you then turn the perfume function off, which by that point you wonder why on earth you bought a perfume emitting phone in the first place.]]>Mar 26th 2006 8:44AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/03/24/samsung-has-a-perfume-phone-in-the-works/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/03/24/samsung-has-a-perfume-phone-in-the-works/
It's all in the marketing.]]>Mar 26th 2006 7:10PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/03/24/samsung-has-a-perfume-phone-in-the-works/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/03/24/samsung-has-a-perfume-phone-in-the-works/
http://web.archive.org/web/20011101020217/http://www.digiscents.com/
]]>Mar 28th 2006 6:21PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/03/24/samsung-has-a-perfume-phone-in-the-works/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/03/24/samsung-has-a-perfume-phone-in-the-works/Thank you, Diana Buckland

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1: Arch Environ Health. 1998 Mar-Apr;53(2):138-46. Links
Acute toxic effects of fragrance products.Anderson RC, Anderson JH.
Anderson Laboratories, Inc., West Hartford, Vermont, USA.

To evaluate whether fragrance products can produce acute toxic effects in mammals, we allowed groups of male Swiss-Webster mice to breathe the emissions of five commercial colognes or toilet water for 1 h. We used the ASTM-E-981 test method to evaluate sensory irritation and pulmonary irritation. We used a computerized version of this test to measure the duration of the break at the end of inspiration and the duration of the pause at the end of expiration. Decreases in expiratory flow velocity indicated airflow limitation. We subjected the mice to a functional observational battery to probe for changes in nervous system function. The emissions of these fragrance products caused various combinations of sensory irritation, pulmonary irritation, decreases in expiratory airflow velocity, as well as alterations of the functional observational battery indicative of neurotoxicity. Neurotoxicity was more severe after mice were repeatedly exposed to the fragrance products. Evaluation of one of the test atmospheres with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry revealed the presence of chemicals for which irritant and neurotoxic properties had been documented previously. In summary, some fragrance products emitted chemicals that caused a variety of acute toxicities in mice.

PMID: 9577937 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=9577937&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=8&itool=pubmed_DocSum

Lourdes "Sal" Salvador
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The winners I see in this equation are: the manufacturing, medical, and pharmaceutical industries. And this is at the cost to taxpayers, governments, and the health and safety of the public.

How will companies sustain their market? Easily, they will "evergreen" their patent with 'new' complex chemical compounds called "fragrance" so everyone will continue to think it couldn't possibly be my phone that caused my disease. And it will all be protected by "Trade Secrets" so only specialist doctors can access the data on the health and safety of such products.

If Ancient Egypt was eradicated due to lead-lined aqueducts then maybe this generation of greed and human rights abuse can be eradicated from the face of the planet.

Samsungs reputation for reliability is less than perfect so adding solvents to the mix only makes their products more vulnerable for the customers who buy their products. What happens when you wear a solvent enriched phone that develops a fault and ignites? You get a hot phone stinking of burnt plastic that doesn’t work and third degree burns. Notice how the last result is your health.

As the advertising hook on the public is "You deserve this product" then you are just as gullible as the person feeding a one armed bandit at a casino. Wake up world, you’re addicted to solvents that produce your addictive narcotic state of mind and that makes you vulnerable to further tactics of the media to seduce you into consumerism.

According to various departments of epidemiology, between 16-25% of the civilized world report being adversely affected by chemical exposure. Between 0.9-6.3% are diagnosed with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.
http://au.geocities.com/jonno6766/mcs.pdf]]>Mar 27th 2007 9:20AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/03/24/samsung-has-a-perfume-phone-in-the-works/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/03/24/samsung-has-a-perfume-phone-in-the-works/Mar 27th 2007 10:54AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/03/24/samsung-has-a-perfume-phone-in-the-works/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/03/24/samsung-has-a-perfume-phone-in-the-works/
Being constantly offended by the scents carried everywhere by the people who wear them (whether through perfume/cologne, laundry detergent, etc.), I have realized a very basic, significant truth about the practice: Fragrance worn on people, regardless of the form, is a blatant disregard for invading other's "space". Just because the wearer wants to smell these fragrances does NOT mean the rest of the world they are in contact with wants to smell them! This will include ANY insane idea like SCENTS IN CELL PHONES!!! Fragrance and odors of ALL kinds naturally travel and permeate the surrounding air space beyond the two feet of the release of that chemical. For the most part, the smell of baking bread is something most people are not offended by, but chemical fragrances ARE. And not only can they be offensive, their chemistry is HARMFUL and TOXIC!! Making a move like this should be considered ILLEGAL! We're finally getting public places to ban smoking, and now we have to deal with THIS?! I don't think so!!]]>Mar 27th 2007 5:27PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/03/24/samsung-has-a-perfume-phone-in-the-works/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/03/24/samsung-has-a-perfume-phone-in-the-works/
With so many kids carrying cell phones and the documented demographics of childhood asthma this will definately exacerbate this life threatening disability.

"Twenty years ago the respiratory effects of fragrances were identified, "Effects of Odors on Asthma" in the Journal of the American Medical Association (Shim, Chang, M.D., Williams, M. Henry, Jr., "Effects of Odors on Asthma." The American Journal of Medicine, Volume 80, January 1986, pp. 18-22) which indicated that an alarming 72% of asthmatic attacks are triggered by perfume and cologne. According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America it is the most chronic condition among children, it is more common in children (7-10%) than adults (3-5%), nearly 5 million asthma sufferers are under the age of 18, affecting more than 1 child in 20, along with nearly half (44%) of all asthma hospitalizations are related to children.

This marketing concept is the most asinine product offered to the public. Is an innocent child going to have to die for Samsung to realize that this was not in the publics best interest.

Angel De Fazio, B.S.A.T.
President, National Toxic Encephalopathy Foundation www.ntef-usa.org
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