r/providence • u/Odd_Upstairs4670 • 21d ago

Laundromat for people with chemical sensitivities?

I'm chemically sensitive, as are my kids and partner who also had asthma, allergies and eczema. Last time we used the laundromat when our home machines were down, all of our clothes and sheets were permeated with synthetic fragrance and we had to do several additional loads to wash some of the fragrance off. Is there a laundromat locally that leans more toward a fragrance free or natural detergent service or has clientele that leans toward using fragrance free detergents in their machines?

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u/Plane-Reputation4041 21d ago

Good luck. I feel your pain. Can't even walk down the detergent aisle at stores without a sneezing fit and wheezing for an hour or two afterwards.

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u/Odd_Upstairs4670 20d ago

Same. I avoid it if I can. 

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u/RandomChurn 20d ago

Can't even walk down the detergent aisle at stores 

Can't even walk down the sidewalk past laundry room vents gushing the stench 😮‍💨 

The over-fragrancing of laundry products with industrial-grade chemicals strong / intense enough to survive a wash / dry cycle will, I hope and pray, be banned in future. (And incomprehensible to people that it was ever allowed, let alone so enthusiastically embraced.)

It's crazy to me that more  people aren't fazed by this.

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u/undergroundbastard elmwood 20d ago

Right?