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Help! Moved into apt. & asthma triggered by laundry

5 years ago

After 9 years with my own washer/dryer, I moved to a fancy new building -- better in every way except one -- my asthma is going nuts from the laundry. The laundry room dryer exhaust comes right into my living room (even with A/C and HEPA) and there seems to be no way to do laundry in the building laundry or sending out to wash & fold that doesn't come back with so much perfume that I'm coughing.


No washer/dryer hookup and I can't move out/find another apartment at the moment [might want to, but legitimately can't].


Is there anything at all I can do about the a) airborne lint/stink from the dryers and b) the perfumed smell on my clothes?


[I also tried sending out to a specialist laundry that let me pick detergent , rinse with vinegar & do a 2nd rinse, opt for no dryer sheets, and mark allergies. Cost a fortune, but it still came back REEKING of perfume. I have sealed in airtight box in the back of my closet and I can still smell it. I tried spraying with white vinegar, I tried hanging outside in the sun, I tried sealing a bowl of baking soda in the box.


I can air dry clothes but wth do I do about sheets in a one-bedroom apartment? I feel like I'm being tortured by the smell in the air and on my fabrics and my doctor has added a bunch of asthma medications. At this point I'm having panic attacks and all the searching I do just has answers for people with their own w/ds or houses. I can't be the only person in the world with asthma and an apartment! So sorry so long but I'm losing my mind.


TL:dr -- dryer sheets --> asthma, but I live in apartment and can't get my own w/d and the link/smell comes in the window. HELP.

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