EBBCA - Fragrance Free Environment

Fragrance-free Environment

A fragrance-free environment helps create a safe and healthy workplace. Fragrances from personal care products, air fresheners, candles and cleaning products have been associated with adversely affecting a person’s health including headaches, upper respiratory symptoms, shortness of breath, and difficulty with concentration. People with allergies and asthma report that certain odors, even in small amounts, can cause asthma symptoms. The Acton School Department will work with building management to ensure that products used to clean the workplace are fragrance-free and follow best practices to limit employee exposure to cleaning chemicals.  The Acton School Department recognizes the hazards caused by exposure to scented products and cleaning chemicals and we have a policy to provide a fragrance-free environment for all employees and visitors to keep a safe and healthy workplace environment. This policy applies to both employees and non-employee visitors of the Acton School Department.  

Policies 

1. The Acton School Department expects that all offices and spaces used by the staff and their visitors remain free of scented products. 

2. Personal care products such as cologne, perfume, aftershave lotions, scented lotions, fragranced hair products and/or similar products are not to be worn in the facilities owned and operated by Acton School Department including company owned vehicles.  

3. Use of air fresheners and candles are prohibited from the facilities owned and operated by the Acton School Department including company owned vehicles. 

4. Use of cleaning products other than those purchased by the Acton School Department are prohibited for cleaning personal workspaces.  

Reference:   EBBCA-R Fragrance-free Environment Procedure 

 Adopted: July 13, 2021

           Revised:  December 12, 2024