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Current fragrance-free policies and indoor air quality approaches frequently fail to ensure accessibility, leaving individuals with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity exposed to indoor pollutants and excluded from full participation in public spaces. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine indoor air quality accessibility barriers and identify perceived implementation gaps in existing fragrance-free policies among individuals with multiple chemical sensitivity.

August 22, 2026International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthOpen Access

Fragrance-Free Policies in Practice: Identifying Perceived Implementation Gaps Through Lived Experience in a Qualitative-Dominant Mixed-Methods Study

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SRSudipta RoyUniversité du Québec NDNene A. DialloUniversité du Québec JMJohn MolotUniversity of Ottawa

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Mixed-methods study reveals widespread indoor air accessibility barriers among individuals with multiple chemical sensitivity, highlighting the need for enforced fragrance-free policies.

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To examine indoor air quality accessibility barriers and identify perceived implementation gaps in existing fragrance-free policies among individuals with multiple chemical sensitivity.
Conducted a qualitative-dominant mixed-methods study involving N=60 individuals with multiple chemical sensitivity across 10 focus groups.
Gathered parallel quantitative survey data and qualitative focus group data, analyzing themes with NVivo software.
Dissatisfaction with encountered indoor environments was reported by 63.3% of focus group participants.
Participants identified persistent exposures to fragranced products and indoor air contaminants as critical barriers driving exclusion from workplaces, healthcare settings, and public spaces.

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Roy et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895f0dca7ade938187d692 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph23081077

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Mixed-methods study reveals widespread indoor air accessibility barriers among individuals with multiple chemical sensitivity, highlighting the need for enforced fragrance-free policies.

Fragrance-Free Policies in Practice: Identifying Perceived Implementation Gaps Through Lived Experience in a Qualitative-Dominant Mixed-Methods Study

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Fragrance-Free Policies in Practice: Identifying Perceived Implementation Gaps Through Lived Experience in a Qualitative-Dominant Mixed-Methods Study

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