We ask for your understanding and cooperation regarding chemical hypersensitivity.

There may be people around us who have chemical hypersensitivity. We ask for your understanding and cooperation regarding chemical hypersensitivity.

What is chemical sensitivity?

Once exposed to a certain amount of chemical substances (softeners, cigarettes, perfumes, cosmetics, deodorants, housing construction materials, automobile exhaust gas, alcohol for disinfection, etc.), once hypersensitivity symptoms develop, after that It is said that they react hypersensitively to even the slightest amount of chemical substances, and symptoms of health hazards appear.

The mechanisms of onset and other factors remain unclear, and no treatment methods have been established.

[Symptoms]: Flickering eyes, runny nose, tinnitus, sore throat, nausea, cough, thirst, headache, insomnia, dullness, etc.

Each of us can do something

  • Be mindful of the use of fragrances in places where people gather, such as public places.
  • When using agricultural chemicals in public facilities such as schools, nursery schools, hospitals, parks, kitchen gardens adjacent to residential areas, and agricultural land, try to prevent the scattering of agricultural chemicals.
  • When exterminating pests and rodents, devise extermination methods that do not rely on chemicals (cleaning, blocking access roads, etc.).

Efforts by Osaka City

January 2010 Raising public awareness of chemical hypersensitivity on the city website Creating enlightenment posters and leaflets on chemical hypersensitivity

May 2010 Formulation of “Basic Guidelines for Proper Use of Drugs in Facilities, etc. in Osaka City”

December 2010 Formulation of the Basic Guidelines for the Proper Use of Drugs in Facilities, etc. in Osaka City [Commentary]

In Motoichi, we utilize these contents and decide to publicize, and to enlighten.

Efforts by Osaka City

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Awareness-raising posters and leaflets on chemical hypersensitivity

Awareness posters and leaflets on chemical hypersensitivity

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Management Group, Health Policy Section, Health Promotion Department, Health Promotion Department, City of Osaka

Address: 1-3-20 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8201 (Osaka City Hall 2F)

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