4. Mai Welt Asthma-Tag

[Karlheinz]

Am 4. Mai war Welt-Asthma-Tag.

In Schweden machte man dabei auch auf die Gefahren durch Parfüm und Chemikalien aufmerksam. In Västra Götaland empfiehlt man parfümfreies Personal für Krankenhäuser.

WAD in Sweden: raising awareness of symptoms caused by fragrances and chemicals

Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association will coordinate their local asthma and allergy associations’ action to point out the problem with asthma- and allergy-like airway symptoms triggered by fragrances and other chemical substances. For World Asthma Day the association is publishing an article on this topic in a leading medical journal “Dagens Medicin”. Currently one county in Sweden, Västra Götaland recommends all staff to be fragrance free when working in hospitals. The Association will try to spread this message to the rest of Sweden! The target audiences are the local hospitals, patients, pharmacies and the local politicians.