Dear Visitors: I'm all for truly sound science and certainly integrity in science. How I wish it were there in the industries producing our consumer products and releasing them to market without genuinely substatiating safety! Unfortunately, those who doth protest too much, me thinks (to paraphrase the Bard), wouldn't know science -- 'sound science,' or the 'integrity of science,' etc. -- if it came up and bit them in the back side. ---- Articles may no longer be available but in most cases, you do have titles, authors and dates so you can pursue the subject on your own, should you care too. Many organizations have articles up on the web for a few weeks and then make them available for a charge. -- barb 20/20 - ABC, John Stossel - JUNK I, for one, noticed a distinct change in attitude in my workplace following this JUNK by John Stossel and ABC's 20/20. I have since heard that many others who are living with -- and trying to work with -- MCS noticed the damage caused by this report, supported by ABC. How dare they!?! Oh, they dare, for it's industry pulling the strings. Purse stings, that is. -- barb John Stossel and ABC News on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Not "Junk Science" but "Junk Journalism" By Albert Donnay of MCS Referral & Resources, uploaded by permission http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnmcsrr.htm Stossel Offers Nothing But Junk Journalism Defending Cigarette Science Against MCS By Cynthia Wilson http://members.aol.com/linja/Wilson.html Stossel to co-anchor 20/20 - May 2003 Give ME a break!!!!! Peter Principle? Or, there is nothing like rewarding an industry apologist. -- barb http://abcnews.go.com/sections/2020/index.html American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Editor's Comment on 20/20 with Barbara Walters on 8/22/97: "A recent ABC program featuring Barbara Walters and John Stossel discussed "Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) in a straightforward way. They came to the conclusion that this a "non-disease" quoting data analyses by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, American College of Physicians, and AMA indicating that there was no scientific basis for the postulated relationship between exposure to minute amounts of chemicals in the environment and a variety of subjective complaints (without objective findings) in anecdotal reports. Mr. Stossel emphasized that this postulated relationship is re-inforced by a small group of doctors calling themselves "Clinical Ecologists" who charge sometimes substantial fees in long-term treatment of what they consider an incurable disease. ... " ... The Editor feels that this program was right on target. ... "Unfortunately, MCS and its variants may be with us for awhile, leading to isolated events such as that in Marin County, CA in which taxpayer money was spent to build an "Ecology House" for "chemically disabled" individuals who thereby may even qualify for disability payments!" http://www.aaaai.org/aadmc/inthenews/wypr/1997archive/mulitchemicalsens.html or via: http://web.archive.org/web/20010429025823/http://www.aaaai.org/aadmc/inthenews/wypr/1997archive/mulitchemicalsens.html " ... The Editor feels that this program was right on target. ..." Why, because the already chemically injured don't do well on drugs, which are also petrochemically derived products? Drugs are also scented and flavored with the flavor and fragrance idustry products. MCS hasn't gone away because the industry continues to release toxic chemicals into our air, our bodies, our water with impunity. What's more, look at the soaring rates of diseases caused by chemical injury. Just a couple springing to mind are: asthma, upper and lower respiratory diseases, cancers, migraines, ADD, Parkinson's . . . One would hope that an agency named American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology would take an interest in the public health and welfare over industry, NOT favor industry over the public's plight. This program was a crock! It was not honestly pulled together and that's another book. But then, time has passed and others have learned that, too, regarding Stossel's work. Stossel, a reporter or an industry flack? See EHN's the Word IS Out! (on Stossel). And what becomes of this reporter? May 2003, he's made co-anchor with none other than Barbara Walters. By the way, just in case you are interested, AAAAI's . . . "MISSION STATEMENT: "The Allergy and Asthma Disease Management Center (AADMC) web site has been constructed to provide timely, practical and important information to physicians from a wide variety of backgrounds and clinical practice. The AADMC is designed to be interactive. " You'd best start searching elsewhere -- like further exploration of EHN's site -- to educate your own doctors. To see their mission online in 2003, visit http://www.aaaai.org/media/about_aaaai/default.stm -- barb Absolute Non-Scents The Hittman Chronicle By Dave Hitt "... and even kicked out of school. ..." "And the worst part of it is that MCS does not exist. "The human body simply doesn't work that way. Exposure to toxins tends to raise resistance, not lower it. ..." I wish he'd get his facts straight! Synthetic scents contain known irritants and sensitizers as well as known and suspected carcinogens, teratogens and neurotoxins (adversely affect brain and central nervous system). These chemical concoctions, sold as sexual attractants have no place in a school, or other public venue where they can adversely pollutge the air for all. And then about exposure to toxins . . . WOW, is this guy dangerous! I suggest he begins reading the NIOSH POCKET GUIDE TO CHEMICAL HAZARDS. Talk about your industry apologist! -- barb http://www.davehitt.com/june00/sents.html Allergic World "ALLERGIC TO THE WORLD" [Unofficial Transcript] ABC TV's Newsmagazine, "20/20." Friday, January 3, 1997. Reporter: John Stossel. Host: Hugh Downs. To learn the truth about Ecology House, not the stosselized version, visit ecologyhouse.org. -- barb http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/comcare/news/me0042.txt Responses to Allergic to the World http://members.aol.com/linja/Response.html John Stossel and ABC News on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Not "Junk Science" but "Junk Journalism" Uploaded by permission of Albert Donnay of MCS Referral & Resources http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnmcsrr.htm Evan L Petee, Mon, 6 Jan 1997 http://members.aol.com/linja/Journalists.html FrontLine Strange bedfellows: Journalists as corporate shills Why do Americans hate the press? Maybe it's because so many reporters are in bed with the rich and powerful. By MARK SCHAPIRO http://www.salon.com/media/media961022.html Letter sent to Sponsor (Warner Lambert) http://members.aol.com/linja/Warner.html Stossel Offers Nothing But Junk Journalism Defending Cigarette Science Against MCS By Cynthia Wilson http://members.aol.com/linja/Wilson.html Contaminated Story http://abcnews.go.com/onair/2020/2020_000714_gmab_brockovich_feature.html Erin Brockovich Challenges '20/20' Report "Give Me A Break; Realities Behind Erin Brockovich Story" - July 14, 2000 Brockovich: "There is nothing fraudulent in the movie. What he [Stossel] said was irresponsible. And if he's going to insist that chromium doesn't make people sick I want him to put the chromium where his mouth is. I'm not kidding around. He can get his children around him and drink chromium-laced water." http://199.45.69.176/tony/Corner1/068.htm FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting Search for "Stossel" and you'll get a bunch of articles. Also see EHN's The Word IS Out!. -- barb http://www.fair.org/ The Nation http://www.thenation.com/ Food Fight by MARK DOWIE http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020107&s=dowie2 A Teflon Correspondent by MARK DOWIE All roles of journalists must be played by journalists (duh!). --David Westin, president of ABC News, discussing Leonardo DiCaprio's interview of Bill Clinton http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020107&c=1&s=dowie The Right in the Classroom by MARIANNE MANILOV http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=special&s=manilov20011220 FULL COURT PRESS | October 2, 2000 The Right Whines by ERIC ALTERMAN http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20001002&s=alterman Stossel's Heroes by MARK DOWIE http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=special&s=dowie20011220 The Joy of Women's Sports A WHOLE GENERATION OF GIRLS KNOWS IT'S NOT HOW A BODY LOOKS, IT'S WHAT IT CAN DO. by RUTH CONNIFF; August 10, 1998 "John Stossel of ABC's 20/20 offered one tale of the ravages of what he called 'the equality police.'" http://past.thenation.com/cgi-bin/framizer.cgi?url=http://past.thenation.com/issue/980810/0810conniff.shtml How Good is Organic Food? "20/20¼s John Stossel Investigates "Organic produce sales are growing five times faster than the sales of other foods, an indication of their popularity. " (And right there is the not so subtle answer as to why this Mr Junk Science Himself has spun off his conjured up report against organics. -- barb) http://www.abcnews.go.com/onair/2020/2020_000204_stossel_organic_feature.html Save John Stossel.org By Competitive Enterprise Institute http://www.savejohnstossel.org/ For another perspective read the following on Stossel, also see EHN's The Word IS Out!-- barb http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnhompg/wordout.htm ABC: Organic Food Report Incorrect By DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press Writer http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20000807/us/abc_stossel_1.html Read messages about Stossel and his reporting at http://boards.go.com/cgi/abcnews/request.dll?LIST&room=stossel Prime-time propagandist Is ABC's John Stossel a reporter or a right-wing apparatchik? By David Mastio; salon.com; Feb. 25, 2000 | WASHINGTON http://www.salon.com/media/feature/2000/02/25/stossel/index.html Not "Junk Science" but "Junk Journalism" By Albert Donnay, MCS R&R (http://www.mcsrr.org) http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnmcsrr.htm Junk Science Junk Journalism Or Tabloid News by Earle Phillips, NC Chem Member, former Radio News and Publisher. (Proud of Broadcast News as it used to be) http://unix.adept.net/~mcsinfo/JunkScie.htm Responses to [Stossel's] Allergic to the World from CSDA http://members.aol.com/linja/Response.html 20/20 distortions by Evan L Petee http://members.aol.com/linja/Journalists.html Junk Journalism - Using MCS as an example of junk science by Cynthia Wilson http://members.aol.com/linja/Wilson.html Letter sent to Sponsor (Warner Lambert) http://members.aol.com/linja/Warner.html "Strange bedfellows: Journalists as corporate shills: Why do Americans hate the press? Maybe it's because so many reporters are in bed with the rich and powerful." By MARK SCHAPIRO http://www.NCchem.com/Journal.htm American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) The following article and editorial appeared in the Sept. 1, 1998 issue of the American Family Physician journal. Such notables as Ronald Gots and Stephen Barrett with the title of doctor, are quoted as giving the "truth" about chemical injury. Indeed. They are simply proclaiming the chemical industry mantra. See Environmental Illness Briefing Paper, the 1990 industry call-to-arms. AAFP, for shame! Just because there has not been evidence of even adequate testing before marketing of commonly used synthetic chemical products, including our ubiquitous fragrances, doesn't mean that they don't have the capability of causing problems to the respiratory system, the brain and nervous systems . . . Synthetic fragrances contain known and suspected carcinogens, teratogens and neurotoxins. Where are the studies for their possible role in rising rates of central nervous system diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's; for the skyrocketing rates in asthma, in autism, in ADD? Where are the studies for the possible role played in the high rates of reproductive and fetal development problems by these products that are concoctions of petrochemicals? Where are the studies of fragrances as a possible link to escalating cancer rates? And, considering just the fragrance chemicals as irritants and sensitizers, where are the studies regarding indoor air pollution and its effect upon soaring "UNEXPLAINED" asthma rates for people of all ages, especially kids, Hispanics, African Americans, and our elderly? (Kids, Hispanics and African Americans are targeted by the industry for sales; our elderly are subjected to these toxic pollutants in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and nursing homes. Heavy reliance upon synthetic scents does not mean the environment is clean, it is even more polluted by the flagrant use of fragrances. The industry's lack of adequate testing, and the lack of regulation by the government agencies charged with protecting public health, does not mean the already chemically injured are psychosomatic. I think it is high time to listen to the already chemically injured. By ignoring us and or stultifying us for years, we've only seen our numbers escalate. That is NOT indiciative of "mass hysteria," but it may well be viewed as a dereliction of duty by those in regulatory positions. It is high time to put behind you, the "Never Measure, Never Manage" philosophy. AAFP, by publishing such a biased article you are doing a disservice to the public -- both those who are already living with the effects of adverse events due to chemial poisonings by commonly used consumer products and to those who do not yet recognize the cause of their often insidious diseases and illnesses. Remember, one does not have to be the primary user to be adversely affected by these toxic products with their volatile organic compounds, which are recognized air and water pollutants. For more iformation on the toxins found in scents, see FDA Petition. -- barb Editorial: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity ROY L. DEHART, M.D., M.P.H. University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma "... There is activist litigation against manufacturers of carpet, paint, household cleaning products, etc. These multimillion dollar lawsuits have been curtailed by the 1993 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Daubert versus Merrell Dow, which has given trial judges authority to exclude unscientific testimony.9 This decision has been used successfully in ruling that multiple chemical sensitivity is not a recognized clinical entity. However, this ruling does not exclude the possibility that the constellation of symptoms will reappear under another name. ..." What mainstream medical doctor receives adequate hours of training in recognizing and diagnosing illnesses clearly associated with modern toxic products, like pesticides? Another regurgitation of the chemical industry's call-to-arms, their 1990 EI Briefing Paper. -- barb http://www.aafp.org/afp/980901ap/edit.html Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome MICHAEL K. MAGILL, M.D., and ANTHONY SURUDA, M.D., M.P.H. University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah http://www.aafp.org/afp/980901ap/magill.html Actions against EI doctors You all better start thinking this is serious, because it is! If you can contribute to the medical defense funds of these doctors, please do so. If there is such a fund, that info will be available through the links given below. Also, do read The Chemical Manufacturers Association's 1990 Environmental Illness Briefing Paper. It is available in the BEST of the Reactor, 1985 - 1995, and online at http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/books/cmaeibri.htm Seems to me, this paper, this call to arms, set the stage for actions taken against EI doctors and us, the already chemically injured. -- barb Stuff Happens! to great doctors . . . and they've intention of having it happen to YOURS! Witch Hunt as defined by American Heritage dictionary An investigation carried out ostensibly to uncover subversive activities but actually used to harass and undermine those with differing views. I have put links up to doctors I've come to learn about. If you know of others, with links to information about their plight, please let me know. -- barb The Progress in Medicine Foundation (Dr. Sinaiko) (AKA: The Medical Defense Fund) http://www.treatmentchoice.com/sinaiko.html NEW Documents -- including censored materials http://www.treatmentchoice.com/news_index.html Zane R. Kime MD Dr. Kime's story, and death, told through the film documentary (in the making). The Tomato Effect By his daughter, Faun Kime http://www.rabble-rouser.com/about.html Benefit Party - Silent Auction -- Read all about it! Aug 22, 2003, San Francisco, 6-9 p.m., Delancey St. Foundation http://www.rabble-rouser.com/evite.html Dr. Jozef Krop, Canada Dr. Krop gets knuckles rapped, but vows to fight college's "Inquisition" Charlotte Gray; CMAJ 1999;161:1431-2 Canadian Medical Association Journal http://www.cma.ca/cmaj/vol-161/issue-11/1431.htm Dr. Krop¼s Punishment: Alternative Medicine at Risk Helke Ferrie; Fraser Forum http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/publications/forum/1999/09/section_10.html The Krop Case in Canada Begins Court Appeal by Helke Ferrie In Canada, the 10-year disciplinary investigation of environmental medicine expert, Dr. Jozef Krop of Mississauga, Ontario, by the medical licensing authority, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontatio (CPSO), ended after a 2-day Sentencing Hearing on June 22. It cost the defense Can $900,000, all raised by public donations........ http://www.talkinternational.com/issues_krop.htm OR http://www.jkropmd.com/articles/beginsappeal.htm The Kafkaesque Conviction of Dr. Jozef Krop by Helke Ferrie; The Fraser Institute http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/publications/forum/1999/03/dr_krop.html A precedent setting lawsuit that could establish internet rights and which may mark the beginning of the end of harassment of alternative health care practitioners, biological dentists and those who work with them to help make their services available. ATTENTION: Health Care Practitioners & Alt Health Suppliers http://www.talkinternational.com/legal_registry_quackwatch.htm Canadian Medical Association Journal http://www.cma.ca/cmaj/vol-161/issue-11/1431.htm Dr. Walt Stoll In his own words. -- barb http://askwaltstollmd.com/license.html Ronald Wempen, M.D. Environmental Medical Center of Orange County http://www.medical-library.net/doctors/dr_wempen/_index_.html Dr. Wempen -- article archived by Orange County Register "DOCTOR'S SUPPORTERS GO TO BAT FOR HIM HEALTH CARE:FOLLOWERS OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE ORGANIZE TO DEFEND PHYSICIANS THEY SEE AS UNDER ATTACK." http://www.ocregister.com/ Also available at: http://www.treatmentchoice.com/register.html American Association for Health Freedom Director's Reports, May 2001 http://www.apma.net/resources-dirreports-may01.htm The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) http://www.acaai.org/ NOTE: ACAAI's Life Quality test leaves out any reference to fragrances. However, it does ask if when you do simple chores, do you have trouble breathing or do you cough? And under "Triggers," it does state: "My asthma gets worse and worse when I'm around tobacco smoke, fumes or strong odors. But, how many people use fragrance products for "simple chores" and never figure out it's the fragrances that make them have trouble breathing or that cause their cough ... or gives them headaches, or rhinitis or ?And how many people really associate fragrance products with "fumes or strong odors" -- or a better question: How many doctors associate "fumes or strong odors" with the ubiquitous fragrances in personal care and cleaning/maintenance products? Another complaint of mine ... and I did write .... is that their idea of "accessible locations" is a far cry from reality. By screening as they are, they automatically eliminate a large body of people who are already chemically sensitive and have enough sense to avoid public places such as malls, civic centers, health fairs and even places of worship. Please inform ACAAI that malls, health fairs, stores, even doctors offices and churches are not "accessible locations" for those of us who are already living with chemical-induced asthma. -- barb "Nationwide Asthma Screenings Help Americans Breathe Easier" "Free asthma screenings will be performed at shopping malls, civic centers, health fairs and other accessible locations throughout the country. During a screening, adults who are experiencing breathing problems complete a 20-question Life Quality (LQ) Test developed by ACAAI for the program." http://allergy.mcg.edu/lifequality/nasp.html Life Quality Test "If you or your child has been told you have asthma, or even if you have occasional problems taking a good, deep breath, this simple test from the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) may help improve your LIFE QUALITY (or "LQ"). Just answer these 20 questions and decide whether a quick, free phone call could lead to a better LQ for you." http://allergy.mcg.edu/lifequality/index.html The Kids' Asthma Check In the kids' check list, they again refer to "strong odors," but how many kids or their parents would think of even mild fragrance and pesticide odors as being capable of causing or triggering asthma, and yet they can! -- barb http://allergy.mcg.edu/lifequality/kac2.html or http://allergy.mcg.edu/lifequality/kac1.html But look, there is hope! ACAAI recognizes that fragrances in personal care and cleaning/maintenance products can and do cause rhinitis. See their "public website," Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Online. This info is also where it really belongs, on EHN's The Word IS Out! -- barb Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Online http://allergy.mcg.edu/ "What triggers vasomotor rhinitis? "Irritants that can trigger vasomotor rhinitis include cigarette smoke, strong odors and fumes including perfume, hair spray, other cosmetics, laundry detergents, cleaning solutions, ... " http://allergy.mcg.edu/Advice/rhin.html American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) ACSH stories appear throughout ... use your browser's find command and key in ACSH -- barb ACSH Advisors (includes Barrett and Gots -- barb) http://www.acsh.org/about/advisors.html American Council on Science and Health Special Report: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity By Thomas Orne, Ph.D. and Paul Benedetti http://www.hcrc.org/contrib/acsh/booklets/mcsdoc.html American Family Physician; Dec 15, 2000 Mass Psychogenic Illness: Role of the Individual Physician. Author/s: Timothy F. Jones,M.D.,"... is a medical epidemiologist with the Tennessee Department of Health and assistant clinical professor of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville. ..." http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m3225/12_62/67940114/print.jhtml American Medical News "Doctors debate 'chemical sensitivity' diagnosis" http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_99/hlta0809.htm Apple Scented Products Apples for Health Enhance Your Work Day They recommend: "Enhance Your Work Day "Keep a bottle of your favorite fragrance on hand when you need a boost of confidence. Fragrance has been shown to elevate your mood. Pleasant fragrances can contribute to office harmony, even allowing for a more friendly resolution to situations of conflict. "Cure those Monday morning blues with a spritz of a lemon scent. When you find yourself in an afternoon slump, spray a peppermint or citrus scent into the air or into your palms and perk up those sluggish brain cells. "Losing focus during sustained tasks such as data entry or proof-reading? Get a quick fix with a whiff of peppermint. When the stress of deadlines and projects catches up to you, try relaxing with the scents of vanilla or lavender. " No wonder they are concerned with people "[l]osing focus," synthetic scents are neurotoxins. Folks, FIRST check with your colleagues and if it is OK with them, use a mint sprig or a cutting of lavender, if you need a scent boost. Keep it truly personal. Also, leave the toxic synthetic fragrances for your own home, if you need to use them at all. Why not write to Apples for Health to educate them about the petrochemicals they are touting?-- barb http://www.applesforhealth.com/enhance1.html Apple-scented Phone Books Apple-scented phone books CNN.com/US; Tuesday, January 7, 2003 Posted: 5:23 PM EST (2223 GMT) " WENATCHEE, Washington (AP) -- That sweet smell in Wenatchee might have been kicked up by someone who let his fingers do the walking. "The 2003 phone books distributed by Hagadone Directories in north-central Washington are scented with an apple fragrance. ..." http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/01/07/offbeat.phonebook.ap/ Townsfolk smell agriculture on their phone books Associated Press ... "... Jim Hail, co-owner and president of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho-based Hagadone Directories, said he came up with the scented phone book idea as a way to mark the company's decade-long presence in the area. 'When we initially talked about it, my staff rolled their eyes,' Hail said. 'Now we're talking about utilizing it in other markets.' ..." http://www.startribune.com/stories/1451/3576627.html ATSDR Predecisional Draft Report on MCS http://www.health.gov/environment/mcs/index.htm OSHA -Spring 2000 -- OSHA, in its infinite wisdom (yes, do read sarcasim) links to this report as well as chemical industry fronts and apologists: Statement of The Interagency Workgroup on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity November 2000 http://www.health.gov/environment/mcs/letter.htm Spring 2001 -- Comments are posted. Do you get to see all of the public comments? NO. They summarize our comments but they publish this biased document in whole. Most MCS groups and activists have soundly renounced the ATSDR report for a variety of valid reasons. For a look at a few of the public comments, in their entirety, visit EHN's page Responses to the MCS Report http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/atsdr/atsdrmcs.htm#Rebuttals April 2003, until ?: Well, OSHA got rid of its duplicitous statement: "Control: Because the cause of MCS is not currently known, control methods could only be based on unproven theories. MCS is clearly not occupationally related. " Whatever else I feel is right or wrong with OSHA's new page on MCS, their first reference under "Other" is to a chemical front organization developed by Ronald Gots MD -- "Environmental Sensitivities Research Institute." But they top themselves by also referencing, "'Clinical Ecology - A Critical Appraisal.' California Medical Association Scientific Board Task Force on Clinical Ecology. (1986). Western Journal of Medicine 144:239-245." As Albert Donnay of MCS Referral and Resources informs us: "California Medical Association, which adopted a position paper critical of clinical ecology in 1986, reclassified it as a "historical document only" in 1993." In other words, folks, OSHA seems to be misinforming employers and employees by virtue of its reference links. Just what is OSHA trying to do here? http://www.mcsrr.org/factsheets/mcsrecog.html. I suggest to OSHA that they begin studying sites like EHN's, JAN, MCS R&R, Alison Johnson's, Fragranced Products Information Network, contact Mary Lamielle . . ., visit ECHO . . . heck, just go to EHN's page of MCS Links http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/mcs.htm And, OSHA may want to follow out one of its links to the link of links, which eventually leads to Allergies: Culprit Could be in Cosmetic Bag http://www.newswise.com/articles/2000/3/ALLERGY.AAD.html Get superfluous fragrance products -- remember that includes pesticides! -- out of the workplace and you'll improve indoor air AND health! THAT is worker safety, OSHA, and it ties in beautifully with the concept of Illness and Injury Prevention programs! -- barb John Balzar Columnist for the Los Angeles Times "Busybodies, Inc.: Really, it's for a good cause" Another article with fragrance industry bias well in place. I am the last to know about Marin County resturants -- good thing Mr. Balzar informed us through his: "California's Marin County, of course, has signed up to require perfume and non-perfume seating in restaurants. An airline can go "peanut-free" because peanuts used by another could make one person violently ill, yet people requiring fragrance-free accommodation in public venues -- including on airliners -- are ready targets for ridicule and denigration. Lovely.-- barb http://www.jsonline.com/news/editorials/jun01/balzar_03060201.asp Candles Candle Makers Defend Product KSL.com; Nov. 19, 1999 http://www.ksl.com/dump/news/cc/candle2.htm Fragrance is regulated?!? response by barb; Nov. 19, 1999 http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/candle1.htm Chemical Manufacturers Association - CMA About TradeSecrets.org http://www.AboutTradeSecrets.org Chemical Industry Archives A project of the Environmental Working Group Look what is coming to light! Proof that Stuff Happens! And making sure it has . . . the CMA -- barb Grassroots: The Chemical Industry's Astroturf Agenda http://chemicalindustryarchives.org/dirtysecrets/grassroots/1.asp Cancer In A Can: What The Chemical Industry Kept Secret About Vinyl Chloride in Hair Spray http://chemicalindustryarchives.org/dirtysecrets/hairspray/1.asp Killing Right-to-Know in the States "Although battles are still being fought in California, New Jersey and Michigan to date all the [RTK] laws passed this year [1985] are generally consistent with CMA policy. We have retained our trade secret protection rights and successfully avoided costly requirements for unique labeling, environmental emission monitoring and independent risk management audits. - Chemical Manufacturers Association Report, Sept. 8, 1985 " http://chemicalindustryarchives.org/dirtysecrets/RtK/1.asp Polling, PR and propaganda: How the chemical industry creates 'Public Perception' "[What W]e propose is a person skilled in communication with women. The chemical industry very badly needs the support of this specialized and numerous group... The loyalty of women can help us tremendously if they understand the facts about food additives, labelling [sic], water pollution and even plant safety." - Public Relations Advisory Committee, February 1961 http://chemicalindustryarchives.org/dirtysecrets/PR/1.asp Responsible? Care?: As bad news mounts and polls head south, chemical companies spend millions on 'public perception' Replete with a "helping hand logo." -- barb http://chemicalindustryarchives.org/dirtysecrets/responsiblecare/1.asp Responsible Care: "Guiding Principles" " ... Responsible Care was, and remains, primarily a public relations effort to polish the image of a notorious industry that has consistently fought against meaningful health and safety precautions for workers or communities. ..." http://chemicalindustryarchives.org/dirtysecrets/responsiblecare/2.asp There is more, much more. Pleasse explore Chemical Industry Archives http://chemicalindustryarchives.org Environmental Illness Briefing Paper, 1990 http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/books/cmaeibri.htm Chirobase and QuackWatch (Stephen Barrett, M.D.) Also below under QuackWatch. -- barb http://www.quackwatch.com/index.html Chirobase "A Skeptical Guide to Chiropractic History, Theories, and Current Practices" Operated by Stephen Barrett, M.D.; William T. Jarvis, Ph.D.; Charles E. DuVall Jr., D.C. http://www.chirobase.org/index.html Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET) by Stephen Barrett, M.D. http://www.chirobase.org/06DD/naet.html Competitive Enterprise Institute - CEI http://www.cei.org/ About CEI "The Competitive Enterprise Institute is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government. We believe that consumers are best helped not by government regulation but by being allowed to make their own choices in a free marketplace." And where their last sentence falls apart is that we are not allowed to make INFORMED choices as there is little truth in advertising. When it comes to the fragrance industry, it is UNregulated. Debilitating diseases associated with environmental illnesses have soared during these past decades with the proliferation of synthetic fragrances. Come on! To give you a glimpse at CEI, here are a couple of links to check out. -- barb http://www.cei.org/about.html "More Sorry Than Safe" by Jonathan H. Adler http://www.cei.org/UpdateReader.asp?ID=844 Center for Private Conservation http://www.cei.org/cpc/index.html The Council for Scientific Medicine Members of the Council for Scientific Medicine include ... (Stephen Barrett, MD) http://www.hcrc.org/sram/#csm CFIS - Citizens for the Integrity of Science Multiple Chemical Sensitivity -- Mea Culpa (Page 1) If you want to see junk science, you've got it here. -- barb http://www.cfis.org/ubb/Forum8/HTML/000201.html Dean Edell, MD A Strange Smell, Mysterious Symptoms: Guess The Diagnosis January 12, 2000 http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/deanfulltexttopics.cfm?id=25348 Do see the rest of the media hysteria caused by the NEJM article and be sure to read the articles under What Really Happened! below. Air Fresheners Really Air Polluters by Dr. Dean (7/1/98) http://www.healthcentral.com/DrDean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=1192 (This topic is listed under The Word Is Out! where it really belong, but I've also listed it here because I LOVE the juxtaposition with the rest of his "fragrant" comments. -- barb) Dr. Dean, At Last You've Got IT! ... ... At Least Where Air "Fresheners" Are Concerned By Barb Wilkie http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/stufdgot.htm California: A (Chemically) Sensitive State (August 04, 1999; Original broadcast date: June 28, 1999) http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/deanfulltexttopics.cfm?id=13710 "Chemical Sensitivity: Real Or Imaginary?" (1/27/99) http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/deanfulltexttopics.cfm?ID=9018 Fibromyalgia Is Fibromyalgia A Pain Messenger Problem? (March 08, 2001) "Dr. Dean: Now let's make sure that we have the right diseases. There are a bunch of diseases that are similar and people often get them mixed up. But fibromyalgia is the one I had been most supportive of through the years." Emphasis added. This article becomes a hysterical blast of people living with MCS and CFIDS. -- barb http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/deanFullTexttopics.cfm?ID=49513&storytype=DeanQuestions 3/11/00 - Edell's, "But fibromyalgia is the one I had been most supportive of through the years," just didn't ring true in my mind. In a search on Health Central, under "Dr. Dean Edell" for "fibromyalgia," I turned up just two other articles. In "Magnet Madness...," fibromyalgia is barely mentioned. But check out "Is There A Test ...?". I don't see how his statements in that article are reflective of the statement in his latest on FM, which is really another diatribe against MCS and Chronic Fatigue ... And my two bits' worth says that, of course, translates to once again decrying the people who are already chemically injured/poisoned. I'll bet ol' Dean didn't give a rat's backside about pellagra either -- if he's even heard of it. A search for Pellagra under Dr. Dean Edell turned up zilch, as did a search for Pellagra under Health Central. -- barb Magnet Madness Is Really Placebo Power (September 18, 1997) http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/deanfulltexttopics.cfm?id=15140 Is There A Test For Fibromyalgia? (November 14, 2000) http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/deanfulltexttopics.cfm?id=44429 Halifax Is Making No Scents June 05, 2000 http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=35386&src=n2 How Can I Get My Chemically-Sensitive Relative Into Therapy? (March 06, 2000) http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=28920 Chemical Sensitivity IS Real What if the only PHOBIC reactions were those of the doctors who are afraid to recognize the harm done by our reliance upon modern synthetic consumer products? by barb wilkie xxx http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/stufhad3.htm Dr. Dean, YOU said it: This Illness IS Real! by barb wilkie http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/newreact/bwdrdean.htm Malathion: It's Back - To Treat Head Lice September 09, 1999 http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/deanfulltexttopics.cfm?id=16515 Carol Sterrit responds via The Coastal Post http://www.coastalpost.com/00/1/03.htm Why Do You Call People With Chemical Sensitivity Hypochondriacs? http://www.healthcentral.com/DrDean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=13371 DigiScentsTM "DigiScentsÅis an interactive media company that enables lifelike and memorable experiences through the digitization and broadcast of scent." http://www.digiscents.com/ April 14, 2001 . . . Oakland Tribune, Business, page 1, below the fold: DigiScents lays off most workers. By Staff writer Brian McClimans. Trust me, I do NOT rejoice in the fact that workers are laid off. But I do rejoice in the fact that this business news means we are less likely to suffer this particular chemical assault today, tomorrow, or the next day . . . . -- barb DigiScents Forms Strategic Alliance with Procter & Gamble http://www.digiscents.com/inside/news/releases/press_05162000.shtml Enhance Your Work Day " Work stress stinking up your day? We have some ideas on how to enhance your work day. A few smelly steps can make the world a much sweeter place." http://www.digiscents.com/scentcity/scentuallife/bodysoul/enhance_workday.shtml Hey, get a whiff of that software By Eric Auchard; Reuters; September 7, 2000 9:02 AM PT " ... agreed to acquire SenseIT, Israeli-based developers of a rival scent-sensing technology...." http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2625324,00.html iSmell http://www.digiscents.com/inside/overview/faq.shtml#how Scentual Life http://www.digiscents.com/scentcity/scentuallife/index.shtml WiredMagazine "You've Got Smell! DigiScent is here. If this technology takes off, it's gonna launch the next Web revolution" http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.11/digiscent.html Environmental Illness Briefing Paper, 1990 page 171, Best of the Reactor -- 1985 - 1995, edited by Susan Molloy http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/books/cmaeibri.htm Environmental Sensitivities Research Institute (ESRI) Gots resigned and after the State Farm expose, a search of ESRI site turns up nothing on Gots. -- barb http://www.esri.org/ Grants Program http://www.esri.org/research.htm Mission and Objectives http://www.esri.org/purpose.htm FDA - Oversight? Regulation? FDA AUTHORITY OVER COSMETICS http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-206.html The FDA does not regulate the fragrance industry, but worse, does not even follow the regulations already on its books to require warning labels on fragrances released to market without adequate testing. Take time to write to the FDA after learning about the toxic chemicals used to create synthetci scents (syn scents?) http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm -- barb Ovarian Cancer and Talc Powder - A Sixty-Year Scandal of Informed Neglect http://www.monitor.net/ovarian/talc.html The Virus and the Vaccine A simian virus known as SV40 has been associated with a number of rare human cancers. This same virus contaminated the polio vaccine administered to 98 million Americans from 1955 to 1963. Federal health officials see little reason for concern. A growing cadre of medical researchers disagree by Debbie Bookchin and Jim Schumacher; The Atlantic Monthly; February 2000 http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/02/002bookchin.htm FOX News Have you ever wondered why your local Fox News team ignore your attempt to share information on chemical poisoning via commonly used modern consumer products? Well, no need to continue to wonder ... FOX touts Steven Milloy'sJunkScience under Science and if that ain't JUNK journalism, I don't knw what is! If you feel as strongly as I do, please write to FOX News at: comments@newsdigital.com-- barb Science Index UPDATE, March 27, 2001: Fox News no longer has a Science Index ... it bounces you to its http://www.foxnews.com/science/index.sml Fragrance Use Tips "Everyone has a personal 'scent circle': approximately an arm's length from the body. No one should be aware of your fragrance unless he or she steps inside your "circle." Fragrance should be one of the most subtle, personal messages you send to those with whom you come in contact." http://www.fragrance.org/feature_tip_content.html First, is anyone granted an "arm's length" of space in a theater? In some restaurants? In a medical facility? In school? At work? On jury duty? But, given that the industry is suggesting people refrain from loading up on fragrances, they are giving a mixed message ... at best. The tips go on to tell people to "layer" scents and to apply them throughout the day. Layering scents and applying throughout the day makes it virtually impossible to have a "scent circle" that only extends "approximately an arm's length from the body." That is topped by the vact that we are dealing with volatile organic compounds, whose very nature is to become one with the air we all breath . . . it's the very nature of the beast! Lest you think I'm kidding, from their Fragrance Dos and Don'ts page: " DO ...use fragrance throughout every day. It will increase your feelings of well being...add a special degree of graciousness to daily living...make life for you and those around you infinitely more pleasurable and enjoyable." http://www.fragrance.org/dodont.html No wonder the chemically sensitive are driven from gainful employment, from education, from enjoying the theater, opera, movies, a dinner out. . .from HEALTH CARE. And folks, these are toxic chemicals that in 1986 were identified by the National Academy of Science among other chemicals to be tested for neurotoxicty. We are still waiting. The industry is still unregulated and does not have to disclose any information as it is protected by trade secret laws. And the US FDA does not require warning labels for fragrances released to market without adequate testing, despite the fact that such a regulation already exists on its books. What can you, the consumer do? Write to the FDA about your adverse reactions to synthetic fragrances. See "FDA Petition for full contact information and analyses of six popular scents. http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm Ask your representative to support a bill introduced by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL), and co-sponsored by Rep. Shelley Berkley (NV): HR 5238. The Safe Notification and Information for Fragrances Act has been referred to the House Subcommittee on Health and Environment. Go into Thomas, key in hr 5238, clidk the search button and up will pop the information. An alternative is to key in the word "fragrance" in the right box and click search. "Fragrance" will bring up: 1 . Safe Notification and Information for Fragrances Act (Introduced in the House)[H.R.5238.IH] 2 . Tampon Safety and Research Act of 1999 (Introduced in the House)[H.R.890.IH] http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html -- barb Questionnaire & Answer Guide http://www.fragrance.org/q_a.html 'Fumed! The Fragrant Door A classroom door sprayed with perfume -- Blistered! http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/doorjudy.htm London To Perfume Subway Stations By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer; Updated 1:29 PM ET April 23, 2001 "...Michelle Mackett, an American based in Germany, was doubtful. "Some people are allergic to perfume," she pointed out. London Underground says all the scent's ingredients have been safety tested. Madeleine has been used in Paris for two years without complaint, an Underground spokeswoman noted. London Underground says if the scent proves popular, it will consider introducing it across the system. But the Tube - plagued by dingy stations, frequent delays and ferocious rush-hour overcrowding - needs more than cosmetic changes. London Transport estimates it needs $575 million a year simply to arrest the decline. ..." http://news.excite.com/news/ap/010423/13/int-britain-subway-scents Occupational acute anaphylactic reaction to assault by perfume spray in the face. by Lessenger JE.; PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11314921&dopt=Abstract Fumento, Michael (see bio at page bottom - barb) http://www.fumento.com/ Also see Reason, below. -- barb Articles by Michael Fumento http://www.consumeralert.org/fumento/index.htm Thoughts from barb: Notice the newspoapers that carry Michael Fumento. How many of those same newspapers have carried any of the truthful information from/about those of us who are now living with chemical injury? But I have an even larger question: How many of our nation's newspapers -- or TV media -- have carried any of the truthful information about the many preventable Environmental Illnesses? I also wonder: How many have carried the information regarding EHN's petition currently before the FDA to declare "misbranded" (the FDA's term) fragrances released to market without adequatge testing? Have any given full FDA contact information? Unless the media provides the full, factual information, millions who are adversely affected by fragrances have not a clue that they can write to the FDA requesting that, at a minimum, the FDA follow its own regulations already on the books. See FDA Petition at http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm Our numbers of ill continue to soar -- whether we live with ADD, MCS, GWS, SBS, Asthma, Migraines, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus, Chronic Fatigue, Parkinson's ... Cancers. We all live with Environmental Illness. The medical industry continues to be flummoxed. We continue to read words of medical industry representatives to the effect: "We just don't understand these findings." . . . "We need more research." In the meantime, more people of all ages, races, worldwide, become chemically injured with a variety of symptoms. "Diversity" applies to illnesses and disabilities also. I believe our numbers continue to climb because the truth about the toxicity of commonly used -- highlly advertised -- consumer products adversely affects the research grant and advertising coffers of the medical and media industries. But, that is coupled with the huge profits of the chemical pharmaceutical industry -- they sell products that keep folks functioning for a time. Iatrogenic illnesses and deaths soar, while media coffers are filled with advertising dollars from commonly used consumer products and the drugs used to feel a little better. It's the ECONOMY, folks. But, where is the cure? We find it is in avoiding, to the extent possible, the superfluous toxins in our consumer products. And that leads to demands for access and accommodation. To learn of those gains, do visit EHN's page, Take Heart! at http://www.ehnca.org/ehnhompg/takheart.htm -- barb Another Gulf War Syndrome Fad/Theory Fails the Test by Michael Fumento; March 20, 1997 http://www.consumeralert.org/fumento/gulffad.htm Appropriately released for April Fools Day by American Specator; April 2000 -- Scents And SENSELESSNESS Scents and Senselessness By Michael Fumento> "The American Spectator, April 2000; Copyright 2000 by The American Spectator "The Anti-Fragrance Movement has its nose out of joint ‚ and sweet-smelling Canada is leading the way. ... " http://www.fumento.com/scents.html Fumento and company's articles are available online through Fumento's site. If these spin-off stories don't prove that errors compound, I don't know what does. Part of the flawed premiss begins with the fallacious and relatively recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine. See http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/stufhaps.htm#New to link out to NEJM's abstract and spinoff stories. But, the damning and damaging to the MCS community "stuff" began a decade ago when the Chemical Manufacturers Association published their Environmental Illness Briefing Paper -http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/books/cmaeibri.htm See for yourself. -- barb Senselessness About Scents or A Wilkie by any other spelling ... A response to the Fumento article, by barb wilkie http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/wilke.htm Another Fumento Spin-off article in Perfume 2000 Magazine "From A Perfumer's Point Of View" by Jean-Pierre Subrenat "It's 6:30 pm and this older lady (she just turned 84 years old the week before) is putting the finishing touches to her attire. Tonight she is going to City Hall for the monthly Council meeting. She is always looking forward to these monthly dates with her fellow citizens of the Nova Scotia Maritime capital: Halifax. ..." Proving errors compound, get a load of this line! And it's about this big as a pull quote, too. Of course, the errors by Fumento were picked up and repeated . . . but they kept the essence. I can be adversely affected by fragrances on people a block away, just as I can also be adversely affected by fabric softeners used Goodness only knows where in the neighborhood. Where, oh where, is adherence to that industry prescribed "scent circle" when you need it? -- barb "Fragrance products worn by people a block away, adversely affect the chemically sensitive," claims Marin County's Barb Wilke. http://www.perfume2000.com/magazine/Sep2000/magazine5.asp Note: For the TRUTH about that woman in Halifax, see EHN's section on the conference http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/aaprbb.htm Two bits' worth by barb: Frankly, I'm getting a little tired of the duplicity of these articles which besmirch my escutcheon -- and dishonor the reputations of other activists. We dedicate our lives and our limited personal money to bringing the truth to the public. The REAL truth, which too often is untold by mainstream western medicine, mainstream media, our government agencies -- agencies charged with PROTECTING public health, not industry. There are more than 70,000 chemicals in commerce today. And too many of those chemicals are out there polluting our air, land and water and the industry and the government and medical "science" know far too little about the consequences. Suffered by people of all ages in ruined health or premature death, suffered by their pets, suffered by the fish and wildlife downstream, suffered, indeed, by our planet Earth. Let's give some thought to PREVENTION. -- barb Environmentalists, Activists, Doomsayers and Other Alarmists The one article I've read by Fumento is the one in which he butchered facts right and left -- Senselessness About Scents, above, proving he suffers from senselessness about scents. -- barb http://fumento.com/suenviron.html Gulf Lore Syndrome "Why are the Gulf War vets getting sick? You won't find out by reading The New York Times and USA Today. " By Michael Fumento; Reason, March 1997; Copyright 1997 by Reason magazine http://overlawyered.com/articles/fumento/gulflore.html The (Irrational) Fear of Pesticides http://fumento.com/supest.html New Syndrome? Or More Silliness? By Michael Fumento Copyright 1996 by Michael Fumento http://www.fumento.com/bomis11.html Pesticides Are Not The Problem By Michael Fumento; Science adviser to the Atlantic Foundation and author of Science Under Siege http://web.utk.edu/~gwilson1/fumento.html READ this response to M. Fumento! -- barb Fumento's Distorted Spotlight By Glynn Wilson http://web.utk.edu/~gwilson1/fresponse.html Reason Online SICK OF IT ALL - People with "Multiple Chemical sensitivity" are definitely suffering. The question is, why? By Michael Fumento (The answer is: CHEMICALS ... 70,000 or so in the economy today. So much is unkown about them used singly and less about them used in combination and still less about the effects of them together as the volatilize to make new compounds ... What is known is that among the 3,000-5,000 petrochemicals used to formulate synthetic scents, you'll find irritants and sensitizers -- HELLO, ASTHMA! -- and you'll also find known or suspected carcinogens, neurotoxins (adversely affecting your brain, your central nervous system) and teratogens (adversely affecting embryonic and fetal development). But you'll not get that info from Mr. Fumento. -- barb) http://www.reasonmag.com/9606/Fe.FUMENTO.html Senseless Scent Patrol By Michael Fumento The Washington Times, May 7, 2000 Copyright 2000 by The Washington Times http://www.fumento.com/washtimesscent.html With Gulf War Syndrome, No Disease Is No News By Michael Fumento; January 7, 2000 http://www.fumento.com/gulfstudies.html Functional Somatic Syndromes Annals of Internal Medicine, 1 June 1999. 130:910-921 Arthur J. Barsky, MD, and Jonathan F. Borus, MD http://www.acponline.org/journals/annals/01jun99/barsky.htm Global Climate Coalition. "A voice for business in the global warming debate" Note, check out EWG on The Word IS Out! -- barb http://www.globalclimate.org/ Ronald Gots, MD, PhD Also see EHN's The Word IS Out! -- use your browser's FIND command http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnhompg/wordout.htm Book written with Stephen J. Barrett, Chemical Sensitivity : The Truth About Environmental Illness Environmental Sensitivities Research Institute (ESRI) Gots resigned. From what I gather, after the State Farm expose, a search now of ESRI site turns up nothing on Gots. -- barb http://www.esri.org/ Risk Management Seminar Series http://www.ualberta.ca/~envrisk/semold.html Eco-Research Chair Environmental Risk Management Newsletter December 1994 Vol. 1, No. 2 http://www.ualberta.ca/~envrisk/news.dir/vol1no2.html . International Center for Toxicology and Medicine "ICTM provides impartial medical and scientific evaluation services. Our in-house team of professionals specialize in environmental and occupational medicine, toxicology, industrial hygiene, and physical sciences. They said it, not me, but I sure question their impartiality . . . -- barb "Recent ICTM projects include: Indoor Air/ Sick Building Syndrome Occupational Toxic Exposure Accidental Release of Chemicals into the Environment Adverse Drug Reactions Health and Ecological Risk Assessment Risk Communication "Recent clients include: Legal Profession Chemical Manufacturers Pharmaceutical Companies Insurance and Financial Firms Trade Associations Environmental Organizations US Federal, State, and Local Governments International Governments" http://www.ictm.com/home.html Multiple Chemical Sensitivities: Distinguishing between Psychogenic and Toxicodynamic by Ronald E. Gots, M.D., Ph.D. http://ictm.com/articles/ICTM103.html Multiple Chemical Sensitivities‚ Public Policy by Ronald E. Gots, M.D., Ph.D. http://ictm.com/articles/ICTM134.html National Medical Advisory Service, Bethesda, Maryland. Texaco and Ecuador Information Package - Response To Claims "Dr. Ronald E. Gots, M.D., Ph.D. of the National Medical Advisory Service in Bethesda, Maryland, wrote, "As a meaningful discussion of differences in disease or health outcome prevalences it (the UPPSAE study) has no scientific merit. As an epidemiological investigation of the effects of oil petrochemicals upon health it is of no value at all." http://www.texaco.com/shared/position/docs/responsec.html Workers Comp: The real QUACKS! http://www.injuredworker.org/forums/injuredworker/posts/1078.html Gulf War Syndrome Gulf War - "Researcher says work's tie to war illness got him fired" By DAVID OLINGER; (c) St. Petersburg Times, published January 11, 1997 http://www.getipm.com/government/moss.htm Scaring our veterans sick by Howard Fienberg; November 1999; STATS at Work "Howard Fienberg explains how the spectre of Gulf War syndrome continues to haunt America." http://www.stats.org/statswork/gws_lm.htm Industry on offense in Halifax The industry on the offense is as offensive as the toxic chemicals used in their fragrances. Also see EHN's page A, Articles on Halifax, which includes gems like, "No-Scent Makes Good Sense" -- barb http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/a.htm#Halifax Environmental Illness? Nonscents! By Nancy Radcliffe The Halifax Daily News, April 16, 2000 Copyright 2000 by the Halifax Daily News http://www.fumento.com/radcliffe2.html The Lexington Institute Regulation and Environment http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/environment/index.html Doomsday activists ignore environmental progress By Bonner R. Cohen; KNIGHT RIDDER TRIBUNE (Tallahassee Democrat) Bonner R. Cohen is a senior fellow at the Lexington Institute http://www.Tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/opinion/5683778.htm Leah McLaren "Non-scents in Nova Scotia - HALIFAX HYSTERIA" The Globe and Mail, Saturday, April 29, 2000 "This morning before I left my hotel room, I showered with aloe-scented soap, applied honeysuckle deodorant, combed a glob of fruity-smelling gel through my hair and, before dressing, liberally spritzed my neck with Dior's J'adore eau de toilette (white-hot-rose notes), my wrists with Noa (an ethereal musk), and the backs of my knees with Chanel No. 5 (a classic). "Slipping into a trench coat marinated in that drugstore favourite, Charlie, I hopped in a cab and came straight here to the Grace Health Centre in Halifax. ..." http://edgeworthstreet.tripod.com/NonScentsinNovaScotia.html Or on Fumento's site at http://www.fumento.com/halifax2.html Note, there are rebuttals to Leah McLaren's hateFULL assault. See The Word IS Out! and key in McLaren to your browser's find command. http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/wordout.htm Scent Censoring Incenses - Critic says Policies are Halifax's Mania By Shaune MacKinlay The Daily News, April 16, 2000 Copyright 2000 by the Daily News http://www.fumento.com/halifax.html Scents-orship Nancy Radcliffe The Halifax Daily News, April 12, 2000 Copyright 2000 by the Halifax Daily News http://www.fumento.com/radcliffe.html Scents and Sensibility The National Post, April 20, 2000 Copyright 2000 by the National Post http://www.fumento.com/scentreact.html Senseless Scent Patrol By Michael Fumento The Washington Times, May 7, 2000 Copyright 2000 by The Washington Times http://www.fumento.com/washtimesscent.html When in Halifax, spare the deodorant Ruth Walker (walkerr@csps.com) Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/06/21/p1s4.htm Iowa professor: Dr. Miles Weinberger, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Iowa (You have just GOT to read this! A snippet ... Read the whole article, then write. -- barb) "[Dr. Weinberger] wonders if the senators have been misguided by anti-pesticide activists. "If they are using pesticides, their purpose is to eliminate roaches and flies and other insects that are unpleasant and have potential to transmit diseases themselves," said Weinberger. He noted that in older schools, particularly in the Northeast, "roaches may contribute to allergies -- so any safe measure that kills them would enhance the safety of the school, rather than create harm." http://www.drkoop.com/news/focus/october/sepa.html email to: miles-weinberger@uiowa.edu International Center for Toxicology and Medicine (ICTM) http://ictm.com/main.html Complete List of Articles http://ictm.com/subject.html#complete Multiple Chemical Sensitivities And Their Claimants http://ictm.com/articles/ICTM560.html Multiple Chemical Sensitivities: Distinguishing between Psychogenic and Toxicodynamic by Ronald E. Gots, M.D., Ph.D. http://ictm.com/articles/ICTM103.html Multiple Chemical Sensitivities‚ Public Policy by Ronald E. Gots, M.D., Ph.D. http://ictm.com/articles/ICTM134.html Dr. Koop.com We've been totally ignored by Dr. Koop and then who does he tout? Under "NEWS," no less. You betcha! But the great question: Is he a self-watcher? Stephen Barrett and his MCS: Mis-Concern Serious, parts 1 & 2 http://www.drkoop.com/news/focus/december/mcs_1.html http://www.drkoop.com/news/focus/december/mcs_2.html Conflict of Interest for Koop? Reportedly Didn¼t Reveal Payments from Manufacturer; The Associated Press " N E W Y O R K, Oct. 29 ã Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop received money from a leading manufacturer of latex gloves, a relationship he did not reveal as he insisted to Congress and others that the gloves did not present a health risk, The New York Times reported today. This subject is latex gloves, but what else?????, one wonders. Certainly partial ownership of his website does not impartial opinion make -- barb http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/living/DailyNews/koop_disclosure991029.html Koop Disputes Press Reports By Bruce Sullivan; CNS Staff Writer; 07 July, 1999 http://www.tbhonline.com/cns/9907/990707koop_disputes.htm ETHICS: Should Physician Entrepreneurs Be Held to Professional Standards? BY JOHN LA PUMA, M.D. http://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/9910/9910.ethics.html Senators Spotlight Pesticides in Schools by Jeff Stier, Esq.; American Council on Science and Health http://www.drkoop.com/news/focus/october/sepa.html Content/Editorial - To get in touch with drkoop.com editors, experts or writers, please e-mail: editorial@drkoop.com General Help and Information - For miscellaneous inquiries, help, comments and information, please send e-mail to: feedback@drkoop.com LA Times Friday, January 28, 2000 - available online limited time, then by fee "The Significance of the 21st Century Schnoz " By GREG MORAGO, Hartford Courant http://www.calendarlive.com/fashion/20000127/t000008724.html Mental Help Net (MHN) UNDERSTANDING MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY (MCS) In my opinion, there is NO understanding MCS in this opinion piece, in which the editor has the temerity to send one on to a Michael Fumento article appearing in REASON. There we learn "Michael Fumento is REASON's science correspondent, under a grant from the William H. Donner Foundation." -- barb http://mentalhelp.net/archives/editor7.htm Steven Milloy - JUNK Junkscience.com "By the Junkman..." http://www.junkscience.com/ Cato Institute, Adjunct Scholaar http://www.cato.org/people/milloy.html Steven J. Milloy Steven J. Milloy is the founder and publisher of Junkscience.com, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, and a columnist for FoxNews.com. http://www.cato.org/special/junkscience/about.html Fox News; Science (Fox News SCIENCE?, Milloy's isn't science. It is OPINION! Now you know why your local FOX network won't carry news of toxins in fragrances. -- barb) http://www.foxnews.com/science/index.sml http://www.foxnews.com/ JunkScience http://www.junkscience.com/Junkman.html The EPA's Secret Science on Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/science/junkscience/index.sml The Pesticide Myth on Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/science/junkscience/000728.sml For another perspective, see EHN's The Word IS Out! But for your convenience you can click into some info on Milloy from here . . . JUNK SCIENCE AND THE ART OF SPIN-DOCTORING (Part 1) by Stewart Fist "Who produces the 'junk-science' claims, and who decides what is junk?" http://www.electric-words.com/junk/pr/junk-doctors.html JUNK SCIENCE AND THE ART OF SPIN-DOCTORING (Part 2) by Stewart Fist The origins of junk-science spin-doctoring; how the claim is misused? http://www.electric-words.com/junk/pr/harrison.html JUNK SCIENCE AND THE ART OF SPIN-DOCTORING (Part 3a) by Stewart Fist The Junkman and the Web of Deceit; how the spin-doctors cross-fertilise? http://www.electric-words.com/junk/milloy/milloy.html MILLOY AND THE ART OF SPIN-DOCTORING (Part 3B) by Stewart Fist Milloy's own astroturf http://www.electric-words.com/junk/milloy/milloy2.html Who Determines what is Junkscience? The Corporate Corruption of Science. JUNK-SCIENCE INDEX http://www.electric-words.com/junk/junkindex.html Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome: A Clinical Perspective. II. Evaluation, Diagnostic Testing, Treatment, and Social Considerations - Abstract Authors: Sparks-PJ; Daniell-W; Black-DW; Kipen-HM; Altman-LC; Simon-GE; Terr-AI Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine, Vol. 36, No. 7, pages 731-737. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/8pmcsab-3.html The National Council Against Health Fraud http://www.hcrc.org/ncahf/ncahf.html Dubious Allergy-Related Practices: Clinical Ecology and the Feingold Diet William T. Jarvis, Ph.D. http://www.ncahf.org/articles/a-b/allergy.html Now read an opposing opinion .... NCAHF Posts Names of 2,500 Physicians on Quack List by Julian M. Whitaker, MD; Originally published July 1997 http://www.internetwks.com/pauling/quack.html National Post Online, Canada "Cosmetics industry wafts into Nova Scotia's scent debate" http://www.nationalpost.com/home.asp?f=000425/269448 New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) http://www.nejm.org After reading EI Briefing Paper, above, read the following modern spin-off of chemical industry hysteria. Then also visit Conflict at New England Journal of Medicine http://www.cqs.com/nejmrevs.htm -- barb Mass Psychogenic Illness Attributed to Toxic Exposure at a High School Timothy F. Jones, Allen S. Craig, Debbie Hoy, Elaine W. Gunter, David L. Ashley, Dana B. Barr, John W. Brock, William Schaffner http://www.nejm.org/content/2000/0342/0002/0096.asp Related Editorial by Simon Wessely, M.D. (UK) "Responding to Mass Psychogenic Illness" http://www.nejm.org/content/2000/0342/0002/0129.asp Spinoff stories proving once again that ERRORS COMPOUND -- b arb 1998 Outbreak Just Hysteria? No Evidence of Illness at Tennessee School By Jeff Donn; The Associated Press http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/living/dailynews/hysteria_outbreak000112.html Anxiety caused illness at school, study finds By Leon Alligood / Tennessean Staff Writer and Tennessean News Services http://www.tennessean.com/sii/00/01/13/hysteria13.shtml "Mass Hysteria May Be Rising - U.S. Study" from Reuters - Wednesday January 12 5:05 PM ET http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000112/sc/health_hysteria_1.html "Mind Over Matter" The Guardian, (UK) Tuesday, January 25, 2000 http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/Print/0,3858,3954445,00.html Mass Psychogenic Illness: Role of the Individual Physician. Author/s: Timothy F. Jones,M.D.,"... is a medical epidemiologist with the Tennessee Department of Health and assistant clinical professor of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville. ..." American Family Physician; Dec 15, 2000 http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m3225/12_62/67940114/print.jhtml Mysterious Illness Often Turns Out to Be Mass Hysteria By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D.; New York Times; January 18, 2000 http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/health/011800hth-doctors.html Our Biological Panic Buttons CBS HealthWatch http://cbshealthwatch.medscape.com/medscape/p/G_Library/article.asp?RecID=205496&ContentType=Library Scents And SENSELESSNESS Fumento and company's articles http://www.fumento.com/ Senselessness about Scents or A Wilkie by any other spelling ... by barb wilkie http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/wilke.htm "Students Ill? Mass Hysteria" Washington Post - compiled from Reuters and AP reports, Thursday, January 13, 2000 (no longer available without a fee) http://www.washingtonpost.com What really happened ... NEJM leads media hysteria! (Use the following info in "In Opposition to Journalistic Errors" to educate your local media. Also write to the papers, some listed above, that carried spinoff stories of the NEJM articles. This may seem distant from us, but believe me, the foul odor coming off these fallacious stories adveresely affect us all. So write! -- barb) Hysteria article angers school officials The Tennessean By Anne Paine / Tennessean Staff Writer; Monday, 2/7/00 http://www.tennessean.com/sii/00/02/07/warrenair07.shtml In Opposition to Journalistic Errors by Nancy McFadden, BURNT; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 includes the letter written by Thomas W. Hatfield, Supervisor, Department of Plant Maintenance http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/nothystr.htm Ozone Generators -- learn more about the harm they can cause http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/o.htm#Ozone NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) Call 1-800-35-NIOSH (1-800-356-4674) for additional information Read their abstracts. Then contact NIOSH! -- barb http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/8pmcspg.html? OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) Multiple Chemical Sensitivities - written well before April 2003 "Because the cause of MCS is not currently known, control methods could only be based on unproven theories. MCS is clearly not occupationally related." If YOU are as outraged by this report in general -- and specifically by the line above -- as I am, please call and/or write OSHA. Heavens, they've even linked to that predecisional draft ATSDR- released report, which contained the words of industry apologists such as doctors Ronald Gots (chemical front organizations) and Abba Terr (Workers' Comp). Furthermore, how can OSHA state on one hand that the cause of MCS is NOT known, and then state CATEGORICALLY on the other that "MCS is clearly not occupationally related"? That's HOGWASH! -- barb http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/multiplechemicalsensitivities/index.html OSHA -Spring 2000 -- OSHA, in its infinite wisdom links to this report: Statement of The Interagency Workgroup on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity November 2000 http://www.health.gov/environment/mcs/letter.htm Spring 2001 -- Comments are posted. Do you get to see all of the public comments? NO. They summarize our comments but they publish this biased document in whole. Most MCS groups and activists have soundly renounced the ATSDR report for a variety of valid reasons. For a look at a few of the public comments, in their entirety, visit EHN's page Responses to the MCS Report http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/atsdr/atsdrmcs.htm#Rebuttals April 2003, until ?: Well, OSHA got rid of their duplicitous statement: "Control: Because the cause of MCS is not currently known, control methods could only be based on unproven theories. MCS is clearly not occupationally related. " Whatever else is right or wrong with OSHA's revised page on MCS, their first reference under "Other" is to a chemical front organization developed by Dr. Ronald Gots . . ."Environmental Sensitivities Research Institute." But they top themselves by also referencing, "'Clinical Ecology - A Critical Appraisal.' California Medical Association Scientific Board Task Force on Clinical Ecology. (1986). Western Journal of Medicine 144:239-245." As Albert Donnay of MCS Referral and Resources informs us: "California Medical Association, which adopted a position paper critical of clinical ecology in 1986, reclassified it as a "historical document only" in 1993" http://www.mcsrr.org/factsheets/mcsrecog.html. I suggest to OSHA that they begin studying sites like EHN's, MCS R&R, Alison Johnson's, contact Mary Lamielle . . . ECHO . . . heck, just go to EHN's page of MCS Links http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/mcs.htm And, OSHA may want to follow out one of its links and the link of links to Allergies: Culprit Could be in Cosmetic Bag http://www.newswise.com/articles/2000/3/ALLERGY.AAD.html Get fragrance products out of the workplace and you'll improve indoor air AND health! THAT is worker safety, OSHA. -- barb Dr. Loren Pankratz Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Dancing Manias A talk by Dr. Loren Pankratz, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon. http://www.psg.com/~ted/bcskeptics/meetings/Mt990929.html Perfume 2000 Magazine From A Perfumer's Point Of View http://www.perfume2000.com/magazine/Sep2000/magazine5.asp My rebuttal to Fumento's fallacious rants Senselessness About Scents or A Wilkie by any other spelling ... by barb wilkie http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/wilke.htm Pest Control Operators of California Beyond Pesticides Daily News Once out to Beyobnd Pesticides, use your find command to locate: Fairfax, California Ordinance Disputed by Pest Control Operators of California (from April 19,2001). -- barb http://www.beyondpesticides.org/news.htm Precautionary Principle The "Precautionary Principle"... Arthur Varanelli "Remember the old tune "Prudent Avoidance"? Lots of quasi-intellectuals used to croon that tune several years ago! "The new tune is the "Precautionary Principle"! New vague and provocative words to the same old score! ..." http://pw1.netcom.com/~art16/PP.html "More Sorry Than Safe" by Jonathan H. Adler Competitive Enterprise Institute http://www.cei.org/UpdateReader.asp?ID=844 For a breath of fresh air, now view: " Precautionary Principle " http://www.safe2use.com/data/precaut1.htm Protecting Public Health and the Environment Implementing the Precautionary Principle http://www.islandpress.com/books/bookdata/protpubhe.html Precautionary Principle's presentation http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/7008/presntpp.htm Psychogenic It is easy to find the label Psychogenic Illness applied to those who live with chemical industry. You'll find many examples scattered throughout this section of EHN's website, but here are a couple for you to puruse. Be sure to read the Chemical Manufacturers Association's Environmental Illness Briefing Paper of 1990. -- barb American Family Physician; Dec 15, 2000 Mass Psychogenic Illness: Role of the Individual Physician. Author/s: Timothy F. Jones,M.D.,"... is a medical epidemiologist with the Tennessee Department of Health and assistant clinical professor of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville. ..." http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m3225/12_62/67940114/print.jhtml Chemical Manufacturers Association's 1990 Environmental Illness Briefing Paper http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/books/cmaeibri.htm Psychogenicchemical sensitivity: psychogenic pseudoseizures elicited by provocation challenges with fragrances. J Psychosom Res 1999 Aug;47(2):185-90 (ISSN: 0022-3999) Staudenmayer H; Kramer RE [Find other articles with these Authors] Behavioral Medicine & Biofeedback Clinic, Denver, Colorado 80222, USA. "A middle-aged woman with a 10-year history of disability attributed to chemical sensitivities complained that exposure to specific fragrances immediately elicited seizures. Video-EEG monitoring was performed in a hospital neurodiagnostic laboratory during provocative challenge studies employing fragrances identified by the patient as reliably inducing symptoms. The baseline clinical EEG was normal. Immediately after each provocation with air deodorant and perfume, she consistently showed both generalized tonic/clonic and multifocal myoclonic jerking, at times was nonresponsive, spoke with slurred speech, and complained of right-sided paralysis and lethargy. None of these events were associated with any EEG abnormalities. Psychological assessment (MMPI-2, MCMI-II) revealed personality traits that predisposed her to somatization and beliefs about environmental sensitivities. The convulsions were a manifestation of psychogenic pseudoseizures that had been iatrogenically reinforced. ..." original link: http://www.medscape.com/server-java/MedLineApp?/member-search/getdoc.cgi?ord=4&searchid=1&have_local_holdings_file=0&local_journals_only=0 As of Jan 2002, can find abstract at: http://www.medscape.com/Medscape/Neurology/journal/2000/v02.n03/ca-mn0503/ca-mn0503.01.html#a3 QuackWatch http://www.quackwatch.com And the Canadian version of QuackWatch, HealthWatcher, operated by Terry Polevoy MD http://www.healthwatcher.net Advisors Includes Ronald E. Gots, MD, PhD; Nat'l Medical Advisory Services, Bethesda, MD -- barb http://www.quackwatch.com/09Advisors/medadvbd.html An Analysis of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council Enforcement Subcommittee's Resolution #21 on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity by Stephen Barrett, M.D. Note: these URLs will open new pages. Just close to return to EHN's Stuff Happens! To see the entire resolution, please visit EHN's Take Heart! - barb http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/nejac.html Chirobase and QuackWatch (Stephen Barrett, M.D.) http://www.quackwatch.com/index.html Chirobase "A Skeptical Guide to Chiropractic History, Theories, and Current Practices" Operated by Stephen Barrett, M.D.; William T. Jarvis, Ph.D.; Charles E. DuVall Jr., D.C. http://www.chirobase.org/index.html Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET) by Stephen Barrett, M.D. http://www.chirobase.org/06DD/naet.html "Detoxification" with Pills and Fasting By Frances M. Berg, MS http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/detox.html "Fad" Diagnoses, Index to By Stephen Barrett, M.D. http://www.quackwatch.com/cgi-bin/mfs/24/home/sbinfo/public_html/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/fadindex.html MCS Proclamations as seen through the eyes of ... Stephen Barrett, M.D. http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mcsproc.html MCS: Mis-Concern Serious by Dr. Stephen Barrett up at American Council on Science and Health; Vol. 11 No. 1; 1999 http://www.acsh.org/publications/priorities/1101/mcs.html The Mercury Amalgam Scam By Stephen Barrett, M.D. http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mercury.html Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A Spurious Diagnosis by Stephen Barrett, M.D. http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mcs.html Chemical Sensitivity : The Truth About Environmental Illness (Consumer Health Library) by Stephen J. Barrett, Ronald E. Gots (Hey, folks, remember you are on EHN's Stuff Happens! -- here we bring you two for the price of one: Barrett and Gots! Do warning bells ring when you see "The Truth About ...?" -- barb) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ts/book-glance/1573921955/ref%3Dpm%5Fdp%5Fln%5Fb%5F1/104-3434808-4906835 Now read an opposing opinion .... NCAHF Posts Names of 2,500 Physicians on Quack List by Julian M. Whitaker, MD; Originally published July 1997 http://www.internetwks.com/pauling/quack.html "New Journal to Review Alternative Healing Only strictly run clinical trials will be permitted " By David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor; Tuesday, January 6, 1998 (" ... The founding editor of the new journal is Dr. Wallace Sampson, a cancer specialist and clinical professor of medicine at Stanford University. His colleagues include Dr. Arthur Kornberg, a Stanford Nobel laureate in medicine; Dr. Stephen Barrett, a Pennsylvania psychiatrist noted for his attacks on medical quackery; and a national group of physicians and researchers. ... ") http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/01/06/MN4441.DTL Reason On Line "Michael Fumento is REASON's science correspondent, under a grant from the William H. Donner Foundation." http://www.reason.com/ Gulf Lore Syndrome Why are the Gulf War vets getting sick? You won't find out by reading The New York Times and USA Today. By Michael Fumento http://www.reason.com/9703/fe.fumento.html Risky Journalism - April 1997 ABC's John Stossel bucks a fearful establishment. Interviewed by Jacob Sullum " While preparing a 20/20 segment on multiple chemical sensitivity that aired in January, John Stossel sent ABC associate producer Deborah Ston . . ." http://www.reason.com/9704/fe.stosselint.html LETTERS Includes response from Grace Ziem, M.D., written "...to correct misstatements and misimpressions presented by your interview with John Stossel ("Risky Journalism," April). -- barb Sensitivity Training http://www.reason.com/9710/letters.html SICK OF IT ALL - June 1996 People with "Multiple Chemical sensitivity" are definitely suffering. The question is, why? By Michael Fumento http://www.reason.com/9606/Fe.FUMENTO.html Sensitive Reactions Includes excellent responses by William J. Meggs, M.D. and Cynthia Wilson, Executive Director, Chemical Injury Information AND Michael Fumento responding to them. -- barb http://www.reason.com/9610/ltr.fumento.html Still Crazy Are federal judges taming the ADA? Don't count on it. By Walter Olson http://www.reason.com/9805/col.olson.html SafetyAlerts' HealthScout "Dust mites shoulder main blame for asthma rise in U.S." By Adam Marcus; HealthSCOUT Reporter http://www.healthscout.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Af?ap=55&id=90016 "Some allergens believed to aggravate asthma might not be so irritating after all, the panelists found. These include pesticides, houseplants and perfumes. "There are a lot of things people have assumed are really bad actors, but the data are not that clear," says Johnston."   (What was this reporter reading? I presonally think he -- and the industry -- is making too much out of the dust mite.The IOM included "For biologic or chemical contaminants that could worsen asthma symptoms, limited or suggestive evidence exists regarding exposure to... fragrances in personal care and household products. See http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/0309064961?OpenDocument -- barb) San Francisco Chronicle PERFUME IS SEXY AGAIN This year's shoppers can choose from sensual spicy or floral fragrances Cynthia Robins, Chronicle Beauty Writer; Tuesday, December 19, 2000 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/12/19/DD165825.DTL Note: Ms. Robins has heard from many people regarding this article. She is out of town in January. -- barb Scented Products Education and Information Association of Canada (SPEIAC) http://www.scentedproducts.on.ca/ "COMMON SENSE ABOUT SCENTS." Ad for Halifax conference, June 20, 2000. How in the world can the industry state what they do in this ad? http://www.scentedproducts.on.ca/hdnad.jpg Position On Scented Products and Public Policy http://www.scentedproducts.on.ca/positionfinal.htm Questions and Answers About MCS and Scent-Reduction Policies http://www.scentedproducts.on.ca/questions.htm Scent Reduction Policies and the Workplace - Important Considerations http://www.scentedproducts.on.ca/workplacefacts.htm Scented Products and Public Health http://www.scentedproducts.on.ca/scentedprodpublichealth.htm SPEIAC Position on Asthma and Allergies "While strong odours and scented products (among many other things) may act as an irritant to trigger an asthmatic attack, they do not cause asthma ‚ the predisposition to bronchial inflammation and swelling is a pre-existing condition. People who have never had asthma have developed it as a result of synthetic scents used by others. -- barb http://www.scentedproducts.on.ca/asthmapositioncanada.htm What is MCS/EI???? (barb's editorial opinion: This is HOGWASH! ) http://www.scentedproducts.on.ca/whatismcs.htm SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER Locke orders spraying of gypsy moths Irate Ballard, Magnolia residents seek a court injunction to stop it Wednesday, May 10, 2000; By PHUONG LE and ANGELA GALLOWAY http://www.seattle-pi.com/local/moth10.shtml "The state gypsy moth info page ..." http://www.wa.gov/agr/gypsy.htm "The No Spray Zone information page ..." http://www.nosprayzone.org "For a complete list of inert ingredients in the pesticide, check "List 3" and "List 4" at" http://www.epa.gov/opprd001/inerts/lists.html Skepticism.Net MTBE (#64) http://www.skepticism.net/64 Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (#65) http://www.skepticism.net/65 Abba Terr, MD Chemical Warfare The world makes them sick, say a growing number of Floridians. The cause, they claim, is pesticides. But the pesticide industry says "prove it!" © Sun-Sentinel Company 1995 Michael McLeod, Staff Writer; June 4, 1995 "But to Stanford University immunologist Dr. Abba Terr, it's a kind of networked mass hysteria. As defined and presented by its proponents, chemical sensitivity constitutes a belief and not a disease, he says. If it is hypochondria, it has a high price, causing people to lose their jobs, their homes, their health, even their friends and relatives. http://www.sonic.net/~melissk/orlando1.html CIIN - Chemical Injury Information Network http://www.ciin.org/library.htm THE CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION'S ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS BRIEFING PAPER, 1990 http://lmi.net/wilworks/books/cmaeibri.htm DSB Report: OVERVIEW Dr. Abba I. Terr, Stanford University Medical Center Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Persian Gulf War Health Effects http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/dsbrpt/overview.html MCS: A Sensitive Issue http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1994/102-9/focus1.html Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome: A Clinical Perspective. II. Evaluation, Diagnostic Testing, Treatment, and Social Considerations - Abstract Authors: Sparks-PJ; Daniell-W; Black-DW; Kipen-HM; Altman-LC; Simon-GE; Terr-AI Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine, Vol. 36, No. 7, pages 731-737. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/8pmcsab-3.html POLITICS & NATURAL HEALTH What Biased Prosecutions Cost Skip Humphrey Leo B. Cashman Judge Astle did rely heavily on the testimony of Dr. Abba Terr, an allergist who had scientifically sparred with Sinaiko at scientific forums. To say that Dr. Terr competed with Sinaiko for the same patients may be an understatement; Terr practiced in the same building as Sinaiko. The judge dismissed any concern over allowing such a potentially biased witness or the fact that Dr. Terr makes up to $600 per hour as an expert witness on the defense (insurance industry) side against claims of allergy-caused disability. http://www.tcwellness.com/archives/1998wel/december/cost.html Public Advocacy Initiatives of MCS Referral & Resources Complaints & Critiques- Advocating Scientific Integrity in MCS Research, MCS Conferences, and the U.S. Government's Response to Gulf War Syndrome http://www.mcsrr.org/advocacy.html January 8, 1998: Dr. Abba Terr, a clinical teacher on allergy and immunology Includes defense notes: " [Note from Defense Brief:] " The "clear and convincing" evidence also shows that Abba Terr, M.D., the Board's lead consultant on MCS, should be disqualified as an expert for any part of the Accusations made against Dr. Sinaiko with any of these four patients. He has both personal and professional reasons for being unsuitable as a reviewer with this Respondent. Not only did he share very difficult high-profile cases (e.g., [E.T.]'s daughter) with Dr. Sinaiko -- with dramatically different outcomes -- but he also shared very difficult situations such as the police officer's death portrayed in the "Bad Chemistry" program aired on KQED and McNeil/Lehrer, again with dramatically different outcomes. Finally, Dr. Terr practiced and still practices in close proximity to Dr. Sinaiko and competes daily for allergy referrals and patients, a single objection that is more than adequate to cause him to be disqualified per the Board's published (Exhibit A -- April 1994) conflicts standards. "Dr. Terr has believed and published for decades that MCS is -- at best -- a psychiatric or psychosomatic illness. His dogma has not changed despite the world passing him by. Early on, many mainstream medical groups from the American Medical Association (AMA) to the California Medical Association (CMA) and the American College of Physicians (ACP) joined in Dr. Terr's bashing of "clinical ecologists" and their notions of environmentally-induced illness. All of these bodies had withdrawn their position papers on this subject by the early 1990's. One can only wonder how much the $600/hr consultancies to industry on MCS continue to color his view in 1998?" http://www.legalfund.org/Wit_hold.html#AT See: originating document Who's Out of Bounds? Dr. Sinaiko versus the Medical Board http://www.legalfund.org/CA_mag.html Sweet-Scented Pesticide 'Sugarcoats a Toxic Pill' (bubblegum scent) "Critics Decry Industry's 'Perverse' Threat to Children" Andrew Duffy; The Ottawa Citizen - August 20, 2000 http://www.corpwatch.org/trac/headlines/2000/294.html Summary of Information Relevant to the Workers Compensation Appeals Tribunal (WCAT) test case of February 22, 2000   "...- Dr. Staudenmayer's definition of environmental illness (pages 22-23) includes only part of what environmental medicine experts include. It includes only the higher dose, Toxicological part. He and Doctors Gots and Terr also appear unaware of years of research, hundreds of research papers that support the physiogenic nature of environmental illness/Sick Building Syndrome.    "... Dr. Abba Terr, allergist and immunologist, testified to the lack of a connection between the immune system and EIS.....(p. 26) ...    "... Chemical Exposures: Low Levels and high Stakes Second Edition. Nicholas Ashford and Claudia Miller (a few pages are included here, but this is a very important book to this WCB issue) It is recognized in this book that Dr. Gots, Dr. Staudenmayer, and Dr. Terr are three of the strongest proponents of the psychogenic theory in the United States. (Why is it that experts of equal weight from the physiogenic point of view were not brought in from the United States, England or elsewhere?) " http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Education/CASLE/wcbinfo6.html "Dr. Abba Terr is paid $600 an hour as the 'expert' to testify against patients who try to get insurance coverage for treatment of chemical/pesticide exposure. He also testifies against a physician who diagnoses such patients with anything other than a 'somatoform disorder.' That¼s a fancy word for 'it¼s all in your head.' ..." TOWNSEND LETTER FOR DOCTORS & PATIENTS Robert Sinaiko, MD, Placed on Probation; January 2000 http://www.mindspring.com/~adaughaus/Townsend_Letter.html Workers Comp: The real QUACKS! http://www.injuredworker.org/forums/injuredworker/posts/1078.html Jesse Ventura A Breath of Fresh Air Officially Licensed Air Freshener "We are the ONLY authorized e-tailer for OTS Enterprises LLC." http://www.ibbuy.org/ventura/ OTS Enterprises, LLC presents: JESSE VENTURA - A Breath of Fresh Air Officially Licensed AIR FRESHENER AIN'T GOT TIME TO STINK? Add a breath of fresh air anywhere! http://www.otsfresh.com/ Virtual Aroma More smell in a box. -- barb http://www.virtualaroma.com/va_nosound.html Washington Post "Pesticide Coalition Tries to Blunt Regulation" By George Lardner Jr. and Joby Warrick Washington Post Staff Writers Saturday, May 13, 2000; Page A01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59369-2000May12.html Priter Friendly version http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A59369-2000May12?language=printer