Daubert Case
"DAUBERT v. MERRELL DOW PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 509 U.S. 579 (1993)
"Petitioners, two minor children and their parents, alleged in their suit against respondent
that the children's serious birth defects had been caused by the mothers' prenatal
ingestion of Bendectin, a prescription drug marketed by respondent. "
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=509&invol=579

DEA
Diethanolamine and Cosmetic Products
"The National Toxicology Program (NTP) completed a study in 1998 that found an
association between the topical application of diethanolamine (DEA) and certain
DEA-related ingredients and cancer in laboratory animals. For the DEA-related
ingredients, the NTP study suggests that the carcinogenic response is linked to
possible residual levels of DEA. The NTP study did not establish a link between
DEA and the risk of cancer in humans. ..."
Hypertext updated by dms/cjm 2001-JUN-14
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-dea.html

Death
Yes, we all have to go sometime, but let's strive for quality of life in the meantime. If each of us
makes wise purchasing decisions and works to clean up our own environment, we will also
be cleaning up the environment for the next person, and for our fish and wildlife. -- barb

• 10 Leading Causes of Death, United States
  1999, All Races, Both Sexes
  http://webapp.cdc.gov/cgi-bin/broker.exe

  Or, start with this URL . . .
  http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/leadcaus10.html

• Death by perfume
  
  REAL:
  
  • 11 Algerians . . . huffing
    Acute asthma - acute tachycardia - anaphylactic reactions caused by Fragrance & Perfume
    "In January of 1995 11 young Algerians deceased, following an attempt to get high on
    perfume of the international brand name ".............". They did not have a chance; only a
    few toxins are rapidly effective to such an extent, that death comes into effect within
    48 hours, as seen in this case.

    +++ "According to a recent opinion of the Swiss professor and pediatrician Ottmar Tsnz,
    breastfeeding mothers and women should boycott scented laundry-detergents. It is
    known from general medicine, that todays common mixture of scents can be (partly)
    responsible for any symptom of illness: .... [goes on to give a lengthy list . . . barb[
    http://www.tox-doc.de/englisch/duft.htm

  • Scents To Die For -- Literally
    Charles W. Moore; September 1999
    Pull quote: "In July 1998, 16-year-old Jonathan Capewell of Manchester, England died
    due to spraying his body with too much deodorant. Jonathan had 10-times the lethal
    dosage of propane and butane in his blood when he suffered a fatal heart attack. The
    coroner's report determined that chemical fumes built up in his body following months
    of "high" deodorant use."
    Also see EHN's section on Death at http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnlinx/d.htm#Death
    http://www.naturalmoods.com/scents_to_die_for.htm

  • Washington Post
    Obituaries: Saturday, March 16, 2002; Page B
    Samantha Snyder Turner, Nurse Practitioner
    " Samantha Turner, 52, a nurse practitioner who specialized in obstetrics and
    gynecology for the Kaiser Permanente HMO in Reston, died Feb. 28 at Inova
    Fairfax Hospital. She died of complications from an allergic reaction to perfume.
    
    NOT REAL:
    
  • Death by Perfume?
    A story by Amy Marsh, June 1998
    http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/newreact/watsntes.htm

• Aspirin-like drugs are 15th leading cause of death
  Optimal Wellness Center
  Posted by Herfea on June 16, 1999 at 18:49:17 PT:
  " BOSTON (Reuters) -- Aspirin and related drugs kill almost as many
  people every year as AIDS and are responsible for a "silent epidemic,"
  researchers said in an article to be released Thursday.
  http://www.cannabinoid.com/wwwboard/drugpolicy/messages/369.shtml
  
  
• Chronic diseases that can lead to premature death
  ~ Diseases of Civilization / Degenerative Diseases ~
  http://home.naturalhealthperspective.com/civilization.html

• Doctors Are The Third Leading Cause of Death in the US, Killing 250,000 People Every Year
  Optimal Wellness Center
  " ... 250,000 deaths per year from iatrogenic causes!!

  "What does the word iatrogenic mean? This term is defined as induced in a patient by a
  physician's activity, manner, or therapy. Used especially of a complication of treatment. ..."
  http://www.mercola.com/2000/jul/30/doctors_death.htm
  
  

• Doctors Kill More People Than Guns and Traffic Accidents Combined
  By Don Harkins; The Idaho Observer - April, 1999
  http://www.rense.com/politics2/doctors.htm
  
  
• Medical errors kill tens of thousands annually, panel says
  CNN; November 30, 1999
  http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9911/29/medical.errors/

• MEDICAL ERRORS, THE FDA, AND PROBLEMS WITH PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
  "The JOURNAL of the AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (JAMA) Vol 284, No 4,
  July 26th 2000 article written by Dr Barbara Starfield, MD, MPH, of the Johns Hopkins
  School of Hygiene and Public Health, shows that medical errors may be the third leading
  cause of death in the United States.

  "The report apparently shows there are 2,000 deaths/year from unnecessary surgery;
  7000 deaths/year from medication errors in hospitals; 20,000 deaths/year from
  errors in hospitals; 80,000 deaths/year from infections in hospitals; 106,000 deaths/year
  from non-error, adverse effects of medications - these total up to 225,000 deaths per
  year in the US from iatrogenic causes which ranks these deaths as the # 3 killer. ..."
  http://www.cancure.org/medical_errors.htm

• New York Times
  Reactions to Prescribed Drugs Kill Thousands Annually, Study Finds
  By DENISE GRADY; Wednesday, April 15, 1998
  http://members.iinet.net.au/~rabbit/reac.htm

• ATSDR - ToxFAQsTM for Diethyl Phthalate
  CAS# 84-66-2; September 1996
  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts73.html

• B|BRAUN "The Safety Company in Health Care^TM"
  DEHP-free and PVC-free products
  http://www.bbraunusa.com/safety/non-pvc.html

• EHN's Citizens' Petition, 99P-1340, Analyses
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm#Analyses

• Health Care Without Harm
  http://www.noharm.org/index.cfm?page_ID=6

• Not Too Pretty
  2002: Phthalates found in fragrances and cosmetics. -- barb
  http://www.nottoopretty.org/

• Scientific Instrument Services
  The Analysis of Perfumes and Their Effect on Indoor Air Pollution
  By John J. Manura; Presented at EAS, Somerset, NJ., November 1998
  "709. Diethyl Phthalate"
  http://www.sisweb.com/referenc/applnote/app-73i.htm

• Denny Wholesale Services
  http://www.dennywholesale.com/dennyfoil.htm

• E. L. Foust, Company, Inc
  Dennyfoil Vapor barrier
  http://www.foustco.com/homeenvironment2.asp

• University of Florida
  Designing and Installing Radiant Barrier Systems
  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_EH244

Fluoride
http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/f.htm#Fluoride

Mercury
http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/m.htm#Mercury

X-Rays
http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/x.htm#X-Rays

• Advocate-On-Line -- Environmental Illness Online Newsletter
  http://www.chebucto.ca/~cares/
  
  
  Archives ... many fine articles, including these on dentistry. -- barb
  
  • Dental Advice for the Environmentally Sensitive Patient
    by Dr. Jeff Bonang; Volume 2, Issue 4, October 1998
    http://www.chebucto.ca/~cares/v2i4dentistry.html

  • Restorative Dentistry for the Evnironmentally Sensitive by Dr. Jeff Bonang; Volume 3, Issue 1, January 1999
    http://www.chebucto.ca/~cares/v3i1dentistry.html

  • Preventive Dentistry for the Environmentally Sensitive
    Personally -- and it is strictly personal choice -- I avoid X-rays and fluoride to the extent possible.
    To learn more about each, visit EHN's General Links, pages F and X. -- barb
    by Dr. Jeff Bonang; Volume 3, Issue 2, April 1999
    http://www.chebucto.ca/~cares/v3i2dentistry.html

• Archives of AMALGAM@LISTSERV.GMD.DE
  http://www.listserv.gmd.de/archives/amalgam.html

• DAMS Inc. Dental Amalgam Mercury Syndrome, since 1987
  http://www.icnr.securesites.com/uam/DAMSIntro.html
  
  
  • A Common Sense Approach to the Mercury Issue
    http://www.icnr.securesites.com/uam/MercuryCourseLiterature.html

  • Dental / Arm Pain Connection
    http://www.icnr.com/cs/cs_09.html

  • Toxicity Symptoms
    http://www.icnr.securesites.com/uam/MercuryToxSymptoms.html

• The Dental Consumer Price Index - Has your income increased this much?
  http://www.bracesinfo.com/gendent/dentalCPI.htm
  • Alternatives To Mercury Fillings - Non-metal, non-metal dentistry is truly a reality of today
    http://www.bracesinfo.com/cgi-bin/fram.pl?to=http://emporium.turnpike.net/P/PDHA/mercury/fillings.htm

  • Amalgam-related Illness FAQs
    http://www.bracesinfo.com/cgi-bin/fram.pl?to=http://www.algonet.se/~leif/AmFAQigr.html

  • How To Find A Dentist To Remove Mercury Amalgams Safely
    http://www.bracesinfo.com/cgi-bin/fram.pl?to=http://emporium.turnpike.net/P/PDHA/mercury/dentist.htm

• Dental Disease Prevention and Resources
  Holistic Healing Web Page
  http://www.holisticmed.com/dental/

• Hugnet - Dr. Hal Huggins
  http://www.hugnet.com/
  Some topics available from Hunget ...
  • Mercury News
    http://www.hugnet.com/news.html

  • RECOVERY FROM GULF WAR DISEASE - There is Hope
    By Hal A. Huggins, DDS, MS
    http://www.hugnet.com/gwarbklt.html

  • What is the Huggins Protocol?
    http://www.hugnet.com/ltprotocol.html

• Mercury Free and Healthy - The Dental Amalgam Issue
  http://www.amalgam.org/

• Micromecurial Maze
  http://www.geocities.com/micromercurial/
  • Who Put Mercury in Me?
    http://www.geocities.com/micromercurial/intro.html

• Mercury in Toothousand
  http://www.geocities.com/toothk/
  • Mercury Compounds
    http://www.geocities.com/toothk/environment.html

• Occupational adverse reactions - in dental practice
  graphs
  http://www.shef.ac.uk/~arrp/Results/resultsdent_sep01.htm
• Organization for Safety & Asepsis Procedures - OSAP
  http://www.osap.org/
  • Patient Dental News
    http://www.osap.org/patients/news/

  • Traveler's Guide to Safe Dental Care http://www.osap.org/patients/articles/travelguide.htm

• Resources
  http://www.geocities.com/toothk/resources.html

• Root Canals
  http://www.drshankland.com/rootcanal.html

• Toxic Dentistry - Mercury Amalgam Dental Fillings...Root Canals...
  http://user.icx.net/~drherb/mercury.html

  
  
  

See Air Fresheners/Deodorizers at
http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/a.htm#Fresheners

• ATSDR's ...1.1 What are dichlorobenzenes?
  "... Each of the three types of DCBs (i.e., 1,2-DCB, 1,3-DCB, and 1,4-DCB) contains two
  chlorine atoms connected to one benzene molecule. 1,2-DCB is a colorless to pale yellow
  liquid used to make herbicides. 1,3-DCB is a colorless liquid used to make herbicides,
  insecticides, medicine, and dyes. 1,4-DCB, the most important of the three chemicals,
  is a colorless to white solid. It smells like mothballs and it is one of two chemicals
  commonly used to make mothballs. 1,4-DCB also is used to make deodorant blocks used
  in garbage cans and restrooms, and to help control odors in animal-holding facilities.
  1,4-DCB has been used as an insecticide on fruit and as an agent to control mold and
  mildew growth on tobacco seeds, leather, and some fabrics. Recently, using 1,4-DCB
  to make resins has become very important. ..."
  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/phs10.html

• Chemical Glossary
  Copyright © 1997 LifekindÆ Products, Inc.
  http://www.lifekind.com/catalog/chemical_glossary.php

• A Consumer Guide To Safer Alternatives To Hazardous
  Household Products, Part 2
  http://es.epa.gov/new/contacts/newsltrs/shopping.html#link8

• Dichlorobenzene
  Found in moth balls and deodorizers. Nasty stuff!!
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1,4-Dichlorobenzene

• Potential Hazards in Your Home
  "CONCEPT: Many products we use in our homes consist of hazardous chemicals,
  but less hazardous alternatives do exist."
  Of special interest to me . . .
  http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/TrashGoesToSchool/Potential.html

• Table 1. Chemicals Commonly Found in Household Products, and their
  Potential Effects to Health
  "ÝXylene ÝLiver and kidney damage have been observed. Possible
  reproductive hazard. Eye and respiratory irritant. Can cause dermatitis and central
  nervous system depression. "
  http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/TrashGoesToSchool/Table1.html

• Depleted Uranium
  British vets claim proof of Gulf War illness
  WebPosted Thu Feb 4 04:16:36 1999
  http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/1999/02/03/gulfwar990203
  
  
• Environmental Fallout
  By Dave Steele; Z Magazine
  http://zena.secureforum.com/Znet/zmag/zarticle.cfm?Url=/articles/steele.htm

• Allergic Contact Dermatitis -
  Haz-Map.com
  75 % Irritant Contact Dermatitis; 25 % Allergic Contact Dermatitis
  http://www.haz-map.com/workers.htm

• Alternatives to Skin Irritation Testing in Animals
  http://www.invitroderm.com/
  
  
• American Academy of Dermatology
  http://www.aad.org./
  
  
  Check for adverse effects of commonly prescribed drugs on the website of
  MedlinePlus Health Information (Drug)
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html -- barb
  
  
  • Allergic Contact Rashes
    See AAD's section, "Skin Care Products." While AAD mentions, " Perfumes, lotions, and
    cosmetics may cause allergic contact dermatitis ...," again there is no mention about not having to
    use the product to be adversely affected by synthetic scents. Remember, synthetic scents are
    only benign in the mind of the beholder AND these products volatilize. That's the nature of
    the beast. For a glimpse at the chemicals used to manufacture synthetic scents, see the FDA
    Petition and its analyses at
    http://www.ehnca.org/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm -- barb
    http://www.aad.org/pamphlets/allergic.html

  • Allergies: The Culprit Could Be Hiding In Your Cosmetic Bag
    "...Studies suggest that up to 10 percent of the population may have some adverse
    reaction to a cosmetic item over the course of his or her lifetime. These reactions are
    not gender-specific, but typically women are affected more than men since they tend
    to use more cosmetic items. ...
    Is this a no-brainer or what? Obviously missing is the fact that women use scented cleaning
    and maintenance products too. What do detractors of women who have become severely
    sensitized to the chemical compounds known as "fragrance" have to say about this bit of common
    sense? I'd say this article is a MUST read. While it says nothing about airborne fragrance
    reactions, it does give you gems such as the following . . . -- barb
    "... Fragrance is the No. 1 cause of allergic cosmetic reactions. There are more than
    5,000 basic fragrances, but this encompasses far more than cologne or perfume. ..."
    Remember to visit EHN's FDA Petition and its analyses
    http://www.ehnca.org/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm http://www.aad.org/PressReleases/allgeries.html

  • Atopic Dermatitis: Taming "The Itch That Rashes"
    Ronald C. Hansen, MD "... For reasons that are unclear, atopic dermatitis, also known as eczema
    (I'll use the terms interchangeably here), is much more common than
    it used to be.[1] This condition now affects 10% to 20% of children
    younger than 14 years at some point in their childhood; from 5% to
    10% of children in your practice probably have atopic dermatitis at
    any one time.[2] Although atopic dermatitis is not usually a major
    illness, managing it successfully is extremely important because
    intense itchiness makes the patient miserable and leads to disruptions
    in the family and a host of other psychosocial problems. ..."
    "...Caution parents not to use preparations with a fragrance, which can irritate the skin. ..." Just wondering, what it takes for dermatologists to understand that perfumed products do not
    have to be worn to have an adverse effect upon the skin? One can develop eczema, acne,
    rashes, hives, buring and itching, non-healing wounds . . . all from being around scented --
    including pesticides and disinfectants -- products used by others! Got a case of eczema, or acne
    and the person does not use fragrances? Ask about the environment! Is the individual in a
    home, school, workplace, healthcare facility, place of worship ... where fragrances are used?
    Fragrance is such an innocuous sounding word . . . but fragrance on the label means a
    combination of tens to hundreds of chemicals that are derived from petrochemicals. If our
    experts looked to the environment, which is commonly scented, the reasons for atopic dermatitis
    may become very clear. One has to measure, or one will never manage. --barb
    http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/459024

    printable: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/459024_print

  • Contact Dermatitis
    AAD recognizes, "Airborne nickel dermatitis."
    Why do they not recognize airborne fragrance dermatitis? -- barb
    http://www.aad.org/Marketplace/shopping/slides/38.html

  • DerminfoNet
    Educational info by AAD
    http://www.derm-infonet.com/
    There are more topics, I'm just bringing you two sections. -- barb
    
    • Acnenet
      http://www.derm-infonet.com/acnenet/index.html
      • Acne from cosmetics
        Again, no mentiuon of airborne contact. Synthetic scents adversely affect people at the
        secondary and tertiary levels. Let's listen to the people! -- barb
        http://www.skincarephysicians.com/acnenet/acnecos.html

      • Acne with environmental causes
        "Acne may also be due to (or aggravated by) contact with a large variety of
        comedogenic substances. For example, the airborne grease in a fast food
        restaurant can be comedogenic, as can motor oil, which someone may be
        exposed to regularly at a job. ..."
        Ah, duh, how about voliatilizing fragrance chemicals? -- barb
        http://www.skincarephysicians.com/acnenet/envirocs.html

      • The four basic "causes" of acne
        "Four basic factors, work together for the development of comedones:
        
        Hormones (androgens)
        Increased sebum production
        Changes inside the follicle
        Bacteria
        
        Now this conveniently leaves out any mention of airborne fragrance chemicals, which can and
        DO cause acne. One does NOT have to be a primary user of synthetically scented personal care
        or cleaning/maintenance products to have one's health adversely affected by them. -- barb
        http://www.skincarephysicians.com/acnenet/causes.html

    • Eczemanet
      http://www.derm-infonet.com/eczemanet/index.htm
      • Eczemas - Allergic & Nonallergic
        HOW can they not include synthetic scents? -- barb
        http://www.derm-infonet.com/eczemanet/may.html

      • Eczema Treatment
        Be sure to check drug adverse reactions. SeeMedlinePlus Health Information (Drug)
        http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html -- barb
        
        http://www.derm-infonet.com/eczemanet/treatment.html

      
      

  • Eczema/Atopic Dermatitis
    Not a mention about synthetic scents! Not even as worn or used by the individual suffering
    eczema AND, of course, no hint of AIRBORNE CONTACT DERMATITIS from scents worn
    and used by others. Why not? Surely, parents with infants and young children, who also use
    synthetically scented personal care and cleaning/maintenance products would like to know that
    they may see an improvement in the condition of their child(ren) if they switched to Eco-friendly,
    truly fragrance-free products. Remember, labels can say "fragrance-free" or "unscented"
    and yet, by law, the product can still carry masking scents. (See FDA pages.) Frankly, I'd
    rather try going fragrance-free before trying " ... cortisone creams, ointments on lotions and
    sometimes tars. ..." on my children. Look at the warnings about those treatments. -- barb
    http://www.aad.org/pamphlets/eczema.html

  • Environmental Dangers Pose a Threat to Children's Skin
    WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 2, 2001)
    Again, no mention of synthetically scented products, nor perfumes ... These are not benign substances. -- barb
    http://www.aad.org/PressReleases/enviromental.html

  • Solving Problems Related to the Use of Cosmetics & Skin Care Products
    "... Fragrances - Fragrances cause more allergic contact dermatitis than any other
    ingredient. More than 5,000 different fragrances are used in cosmetics and skin care
    products. Hypoallergenic fragrances have been developed to minimize the problem. ..."
    Alas, there's no information regarding airborne contact dermatitis. -- barb
    http://www.aad.org/pamphlets/cosmetic.html

  
  
  
• Berloque Dermatitis
  Synonyms: Berlock Dermatitis, Perfume Phototoxicity/Photoirritation,
  Bergapten Phototoxicity/Photoirritation, Bergamot Phototoxicity/Photoirritation,
  Photodermatitis Pigmentaria, Dermite PigmentÈe en Forme de CoulÈe
  http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic52.htm
  
  
• European Society of Contact Dermatitis
  http://www.dermis.net/org/escd/index.htm
  • Contact dermatitis
    Why not study AIRBORNE contact? One does NOT have to apply a chemical (e.g., synthetic
    fragrance) to one's skin to suffer adverse events including various types of dermatitis. -- barb
    "Contact dermatitis is an eczematous skin reaction caused by the direct and usually
    repeated exposure to harmful objects or chemicals. ..."
    http://www.dermis.net/org/escd/contact_dermatitis.htm

  • Fragrance contact dermatitis: a worldwide multicenter investigation (Part II)
    http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/Journals/content/abstracts/cod/2001/44/6/abstract_cod440605.asp?journal=cod&issueid=6043&artid=114602&cid=cod.2001.1&ftype=abstracts

  • Newsletter Index
    http://www.dermis.net/org/escd/newsletter.htm

  
  
• "Five Common Skin Problems - and a String of Pearls for Managing Them "
  Tor Shwayder, MD
  "...Although many mothers report that the eczema began "right at birth," skin
  needs to dry out and be exposed to antigens before eczema becomes evident. ..."
  I suggest LISTENING to the patient, or the patient's mother! IF one studies the modern petrochemically derived concoctions, innocuously termed "fragrance," AND, if one realized that hospitals and homes were flagrantly fragranced, one just might learn that infants can have eczema "right at birth." There's the disinfectants and the soaps and the perfumes used by staff, visitors, parents, shampoos and conditioners, lotions, air "fresheners," deodorizers, scented disposable diapers and wipes, scented baby lotions, and the detergents and the fabric softeners. The list of scented products goes on and on and scented products should not go on newborns! But, fragrances affect more than just the skin of the user. The chemicals volatilize to adversely affect all -- some sooner than later. That's diversity for you! Bear in mind, there is AIRBORNE contact dermatitis. -- barb
  http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/459023
  print: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/459023_print

• FRAGRANCES
  " Contact Dermatitis Information - Information for patients allergic to FRAGRANCES.
  What causes Fragrance allergy?"
  Again, folks, information is from dermatology branch of the medical industry, but sadly,
  even the dermatologist do not naturally think of AIRBORNE contact dermatitis. This page, does
  give a clue with, "Face, eyelids: Airborne musk ambrette in burned incense. But synthetic
  scents in perfumes and other personal care, as well as cleaning and maintenance products can
  cause adult onset acne, eczema, rashes, hives, flushing.-- barb
  http://archive.uwcm.ac.uk/uwcm/dm/contact/fragranc.html

• Photodermatitis
  iVillage
  "... Alergic reactions:
  Fragrances containing, for example, musk ambrette and methylcoumarin
  Sunscreens with p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) esters ..."
  http://www.ivillagehealth.com/library/onemed/content/0,7064,241012_245708,00.html

  
  -- end Derma --

  
  

DES (diethylstilbestrol) - a synthetic hormone

• A Healthy Baby Girl
  USA, 1996, 16mm, 57 min., color, English. Dirertor: Judith Helfand Written by: Irena Klepfisz
  http://www.sfjff.org/sfjff17/programs/p0720c.html
  
  Director Judith Helfand
  http://www.sfjff.org/sfjff17/filmmakers/d0720c-a.html
  
  

• Say What?
  http://members.aol.com/linja/glossary.html
  
  
• More on Detox Terms
  http://members.aol.com/linja/moreterms.html
  
  

You can get an education by reading David Lawrence Dewey.
I bring you just a very few articles. Do take time to explore his site. -- barb


• Defective Candles Lead Poisoning
  http://www.dldewey.com/cand799.htm
  
  
• Food For Thought ©
  Colognes - Perfumes - Pesticides
  Are They Slowly Killing You?
  October 7th, 1999
  http://www.dldewey.com/perfume.htm
  
  
• Hydrogenated Oils-Silent Killers
  http://www.dldewey.com/hydroil.htm
  
  
• So You Smell Good Using Perfumes and Colognes
  However... You Could Be Giving Yourself Cancer and God Knows What Else! 7-24-99
  Slowly scroll through this page and you'll learn a lot of valuable information.
  If you want to quickly get to the article on perfume and the FDA Petition,
  use your find command, keying in "Eternity." -- barb
  http://www.dldewey.com/chealth.htm

Do a google search for organic diapers . . . a few suggestions, one for disposables, are:

• Glad Rags
  For Baby & New Moms
  http://www.gladrags.com/maternity.html

• Green Home - it's your environment
  "...Commercial disposable diapers have chemicals in them that are very
  harsh, such as estrogens that can trigger early puberty and disrupt other
  cellular functions. Regular non-organic cotton diapers are treated with
  six times their weight in pesticides before they are sprayed with a
  defoliant forcing the cotton to drop from the leaves. Then they are treated
  with formaldehyde to keep them on the shelves.... "
  http://www.greenhome.com//products/prodpagenuc-dia.html

• Tushies
  Tushies is The Only Disposable Diaper
  With Patented Natural Blend Cotton Absorbency.
  TUSHIES & TENDERCARE DIAPERS CONTAIN CHLORINE FREE WOODPULP
  http://www.tushies.com/index2.html

• Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
  "Harcourt and Academic Press are proud to bring the largest scientific dictionary
  ever compiled in the English language to the Web. Search from over 130,000 terms
  defined in 130 fields of science below.
  http://www.harcourt.com/dictionary/

• A Basic Dictionary of ASL (American Sign Language) Terms
  http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html
  
  
• Dictionary - Travlang
  
  http://www.travlang.com/
  
  
  • Foreign Languages for Travelers
    http://www.travlang.com/languages/
    
    
• Encarta
  The talking dictionary! It does pronounce "piËce de rÈsistance," but not "genug" as in
  "genug ist genug" (enough is enough!) as used in St. Louis when I was growing up. -- barb
  http://dictionary.msn.com/
  
  
• Fast Health Medical Dictionary
  http://www.fasthealth.com/dictionary/
  Don't let a doctor try to convince you that you suffer from ...
  ca…cos…mia -- a hallucination of a disagreeable odor
  http://www.fasthealth.com/dictionary/c/cacosmia.php

• The Food Lover's Companion
  http://www.condenast.co.uk/content/Generic/468/360880-3-25-1.html
  
  
• German
  http://dictionaries.travlang.com/GermanEnglish/
  
  
• Human Languages Pages
  http://www.hardlink.com/~chambers/HLP/
  
  
  • Dictionaries
    http://cgi.hardlink.com/~chambers/cgi/HLPsearch.cgi?stype=CAT&CATS=Dictionaries
    
• Links to the Online Dictionaries
  http://www.geocities.com/WallStreet/8045/oldic.htm
  
  
• MedLine Dictionaries - medical included
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/dictionaries.html
  
  
• Multilingual Glossary of technical and popular medical terms
  in nine European Languages
  This project was commissioned by The European Commission(DG III) and
  executed by Heymans Institute of Pharmacology and Mercator School,
  Department of applied Linguistics.
  http://www.mercator-hs.be/medisch/welcome.html

• On-Line Dictionaries
  http://www.facstaff.BUCKNELL.EDU/rbeard/diction.html
  
  
• On-line Medical Dictionary
  http://www.graylab.ac.uk/omd/
  
  
• Go Translator
  "Computerized translations are approximations of the original text.
  They should not be considered to be an exact translation."
  http://translator.go.com/

• The WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server
  http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/index.html
  
  
• The Yamada WWW Language Guides
  http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/guides.html
  
  

• Acute Inflammatory Responses in the Airways and Peripheral Blood After
  Short-Term Exposure to Diesel Exhaust in Healthy Human Volunteers
  SUNDEEP SALVI, ANDERS BLOMBERG, BERTIL RUDELL, FRANK KELLY, et al.
  Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Volume 159, Number 3, March 1999, 702-709
  "... This study demonstrates that at high ambient concentrations, acute short-term DE
  exposure produces a well-defined and marked systemic and pulmonary inflammatory
  response in healthy human volunteers, which is underestimated by standard lung
  function measurements. "
  http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/159/3/702

• Diesel Exhaust, OSHA
  http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/DieselExhaust/index.html
  
• Fact Sheet
  http://www.afscme.org/afscme/wrkplace/diesel.htm
  
  
• Diesel Exhaust
  Go to Rachael's and key in Diesel in their search engine. Available in Spanish, too. -- barb
  Environmental Research Foundation
  "News and resources for environmental justice."
  http://www.rachel.org/home_eng.htm
  
  Executive Summary
  "The draft report "Proposed Identification of Diesel Exhaust as a Toxic Air Contaminant"
  has been released to the public to solicit written comments by March 30, 1998,
  on the revised Public Comment and SRP Version report which includes the Executive
  Summary, Part A (exposure assessment, prepared by ARB), Part B (health assessment,
  prepared by OEHHA), and Part C, Volume I (summary of ARB/OEHHA
  responses to public comments) documents. Part C, Volume II (public comment letters),
  and the appendices to Part A, are available by calling Robert Krieger at (916) 327-5615."

Kaye H. Kilburn, MD
CURRICULUM VITAE
http://www.neuro-test.com/Khk_cv.htm

• Effects of diesel exhaust on neurobehavioral and pulmonary functions.
  Arch Environ Health 2000 Jan-Feb;55(1):11-7
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10735514&dopt=Abstract

• Why is chemical brain injury ignored? Pondering causes and risks.(Editorial)
  Archives of Environmental Health, March, 2003, by Kaye H. Kilburn
  Dr. Kilburn writes, in part:
  "I presume that the numerous factors that currently slow both individuals' and society's
  acceptance of chemicals as major causes of diseases are the same as those that created
  opposition so many years ago to the demonstration that fecal contamination of water
  caused cholera. I think it imperative to identify 13 such factors. ...
  
  "3. 'It's all in your head.' Sometimes physicians dismiss unfamiliar problems of patients
  with this rejoinder, implying that the perceived problem stems from a mind disorder
  or a psychiatric problem. Seldom is the broader, literal interpretation made--that "in your
  head" means a brain problem. While 'mind' may be a nebulous concept, brain
  dysfunction is susceptible to orderly, objective investigation. It is strange that few
  psychiatrists, when evaluating chemically exposed patients, consider that the depression,
  mania, and other disorders they treat with drugs (chemicals) could be caused by
  other chemicals. Instead, the tendency is to prescribe more chemicals (drugs), thus
  further poisoning the brains of such patients. "
  http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m0907/3_58/109023553/print.jhtml
  
  

Dioxin

• An NPR Report on Dioxin: How "Neutral" Experts Can Slant a Story
  By Charlotte Ryan; April/May 1993
  http://www.fair.org/extra/best-of-extra/dioxin-experts.html

• Berkeley, CA recommends: ELIMINATE ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES OF DIOXIN POLLUTION
  http://www.thecre.com/ntp/resolution-berkeley.html

• Dioxin damage Scientists urge study of the effects of Agent Orange
  USVFA 4oct01
  http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Agent-Orange-Dioxin-Damage.htm

• Dioxins R Us
  http://dioxins-r-us.ucdavis.edu/Dioxin.HTML

• On Pyrethrin ... a mist sprayed 3 times a day from a neighbor's back yard
  http://dd.spiralfx.com/dallasnews.php?id=291

• The Dirt Doctor's Guide to Organic Gardening: Essays on the Natural Way
  by Howard Garrett, J. Howard Garrett
  http://www.growinglifestyle.com/prod/029272781X.html

disAbled/disAbility
It happens to the best of us! -- barb

A guide to filling out Disability Report Form (SSA-3368)
Complete before your appointment:
http://www.ssa.gov/disability/3368/

• A CHRONOLOGY OF THE DISABILILTY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
  http://www.sfsu.edu/~hrdpu/chron.htm
  
  
• The AbleDisabled
  "learning through living'
  http://library.thinkquest.org/C003703/learning/index.php

• AbleNet!
  "AbleNet's mission is to enhance the quality of life for all people with severe disabilities.
  Our innovative, simple-to-use products minimize individual differences and help
  people with severe/profound disabilities to build meaningful relationships with peers,
  family members, coworkers and others in their communities through shared experiences
  that are accessible and enjoyable for all.
  http://www.ablenetinc.com/
  
  
• Access Board -- U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
  http://www.access-board.gov/
  
  
  • Board Adopts Policy to Promote Fragrance-Free Environments
    http://www.access-board.gov/news/fragrance.htm

  • ACCESS BOARD MEETING POLICY
    http://www.access-board.gov/news/fragrance-policy.htm
    Press Releases regarding Access Board and the MCS Community
    
    File an Accessibility Complaint
    http://www.access-board.gov/indexes/enforceindex.htm

• Accessible Web Page Design (a page of links)
  http://www.arb.ca.gov/toxics/diesel/execsumm.wpd
  
  
• Accommodation suggestions - MCS and other fragrance-induced disabilities
  See EHN's Take Heart!
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/takheart.htm
  • ACCOMMODATING THE ALLERGIC EMPLOYEE IN THE WORKPLACE
    JAN (Job Accommodation Network)
    
    • Worksite Accommodation Ideas for Individuals
      Who Experience Limitations Due To Fragrance Sensitivity
      http://www.jan.wvu.edu/media/fragrance.html

    • Work-Site Accommodation Ideas for Individuals Who Experience Limitations Due to
      Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)-Environmental Illness
      http://www.jan.wvu.edu/media/MCS.html

  • Accommodation -- barb's Request for
    http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/mcswkpac.htm
  
  
  
• ADA - Access - Pro Se
  Ragged Edge
  http://www.raggededgemagazine.com/archive/pro-se.htm
  
  
• Adaptive Enviroments
  Universal design, education & training, publications & library, technical assistance & consulting
  http://www.adaptenv.org/default.asp
  
  
• Air Carrier Access Act
  
  Common Questions And Answers About
  Air Travel For Wheelchair Users from EPVA
  http://www.epva.org/online_docs/airaccess.html
  
  
  
• AMERICAN DISABLED for ATTENDANT PROGRAMS TODAY (ADAPT)
  
  http://www.adapt.org/
  
  
  • MiCASA
    http://www.adapt.org/casaintr.htm
  
  
• American Sign Language
  
  • A Basic Dictionary of ASL (American Sign Language) Terms
    http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html
  
  
  
• Arc of the United States, The
  "The national organization of and for people with mental retardation and
  related disabilities and their families
  http://www.thearc.org/index.htm

• Arizona Technology Access Program
  
  http://www.nau.edu/ihd/aztap/
  
  
  • What is Assistive Technology?
    http://www.nau.edu/ihd/aztap/whatisat.html
    
    
  • Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
    http://www.nau.edu/ihd/aztap/mcs.html
  
  
  
• Attention Deficit Disorder or Hyperactive children?
  Also see EHN's section on ADD
  The FeingoldÆ Association of the United States
  http://www.feingold.org/indexx.html
  
  
  • ADD or ADHD, also see, EHN's page ADD
    
    http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/a.htm#ADD
    
    
    
  • Newsletter: If Fragrances Bother You
    http://www.feingold.org/03-2001.html#if
• Awards
  
  • Sue Hodges, Assemblywoman Aroner's Woman of the Year
    http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/awardsue.htm

  • Sue Hodges wins MTC's Doris Kahn Award
    http://www.mtc.ca.gov/publications/transactions/ta09-1099/heroes_main_story.htm#hodges

• The Backdoor Institute of DisAbility Enabling Resources & Services (BDI)
  "[This] is a small grass roots DisAbility specific nonprofit agency founded,
  managed, and maintained by DisAbled people and people directly affected by
  someone with a DisAbility."
  
  http://www.nuimagedesign.com/BDI,Inc/
  
  
  
• Bandaides and Blackboards
  
  http://funrsc.fairfield.edu/~jfleitas/contents.html
  
  
  
• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
  Legal advocacy for the civil rights and human dignity of people with mental disability
  
  http://www.bazelon.org/
  
  
  • Access to Housing
    http://www.bazelon.org/housing.html
  
  
  
• Berkeley Planning Associates
  
  • ADA Consulting Services
    http://www.bpacal.com/ada-con.html
    
    
  • Disability Policy Research and Consulting
    http://www.bpacal.com/disabil.html
    
    
  • Education and Child/Youth Development
    http://www.bpacal.com/ed-youth.html
    
    
  • Job Opportunities
    http://www.bpacal.com/jobopp.html
    
    
  • Welfare Policy
    http://www.bpacal.com/welfpol.html

• Berkeley Shows the Way in Disabled Community
  Article by Ken Duffy
  http://www.towson.edu/~bhalle/voice.html
  
  
• California's Attorney General Legal Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Chapter 4 - Access)
  http://web.archive.org/web/20030209212422/http://caag.state.ca.us/consumers/general/adach4.htm

• California Disability Alliance (CDA)
  http://disweb.org/cda/
  • Memorial Page
    With this page Persons with Disabilities are remembering....
    Members and Friends of our community
    ..who are no longer with us..
    ...and for whom we grieve...
    http://disweb.org/cda/Memorial.html
    • Cindy Duehring
      http://disweb.org/cda/memorials/index.html#D

    • Julia Kendall
      http://disweb.org/cda/memorials/Memory_p1.html#K

    • Milton Marks by Barri Boone and Sue Hodges
      http://disweb.org/cda/memorials/Memory_p1.html#M

• Center for Accessible Technology
  
  http://www.el.net/CAT/
  
  
  
• Center On Disabilities
  California State University, Northridge
  http://www.csun.edu/cod/
  
  
• CENTER ON DISABILITY AND HEALTH
  1522 K Street,NW, Suite 800
  Washington, DC 20005
  Telephone: (202) 842-4408
  FAX: (202) 842-2402
  Bob Griss, Director
  • First They Came For the Uninsured
    by Bob Griss, 05/98
    http://www.uhcan.org/files/analysis/griss.html

  • Letter to Congress, re: Health Care
    http://www.house.gov/commerce_democrats/pbor/2723cdh.htm

    Alert: DeSario Ruling Threatens to Undermine the Medicaid Entitlement and to
    Limit the Effectiveness of the Patients' Bill of Rights; July 21, 1998
    by Bob Griss
    http://www.healthlaw.org/pubs/Alert980730.html

• Chicken Soup for the Soul
  
  http://www.tell-us-your-story.com
  
  http://www.ralphroberts.com/stories.html
  
  
  
• Columbia Basin College
  Disability Resource Manual
  http://www.cbc2.org/c_access/resourc5.html
  • Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
    http://www.cbc2.org/c_access/resourc5.html#MULTIPLE_CHEMICAL_SENSITIVITY

• CurbCuts to the Information Super Highway
  http://www.underdog-communications.com/nonprofit/curbcuts/index.html

• The DataHand Ergonomic Keyboard
  " DataHand Is The Provider Of The Unique Computer Ergonomic Keyboard And
  On-board Ergonomic Mouse That Is A Different Ergonomic Keyboard From All
  Other Ergonomic Keyboards And An Assistive Technology To Provide Repetitive Stress
  Injury Relief And Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Relief In The Office."
  http://www.datahand.com/

• Disability Accommodations for the Public
  Mary Minow, J.D., A.M.L.S.; March 20, 2003
  Building standards, accessiblity guidelines, etc. -- barb
  http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/handouts/2003/3-20-03_handout.htm

• DisABLED chat group
  Ardys of Berkeley
  "A forum to create an accessible disabled, and disabled-friendly, lesbian community in
  the SF/east bay area. Chat, topical discussions, planning fun things to do (movies,
  theater, dvd/video cassette viewings, meeting for coffee, etc.) are vigorously encouraged.
  No age requirement. Women questioning sexual orientation welcome. Paramount
  goals are to end isolation, lend support, meet interesting women, and widen experiences."
  disABLED_LEZES@yahoogroups.com

• Disability Grapevine
  Paul Cannaday
  http://www.disabilitygrapevine.com/index.html
  
  
  • Paul Benjamin-Dielman Cannaday
    http://www.disabilitygrapevine.com/Cannaday.html

  • Disability Grapevine - Paul Cannaday's Cartoon Archive
    http://www.disabilitygrapevine.com/PCCartoons.html

  • H.U.M.A.N. (Handicaps United Means Accountability by all Nations) Lists
    http://www.disabilitygrapevine.com/Cannaday.html
    
    
  • National Disability Party Organizes First Convention -- Online from iCan News Service -- by McKinzie Brantley; the abledisabled.com
    "The National Disability Party, a new player in the field of politics, began its first national convention
    today -- with a few twists.

    "Paul Cannaday of Croswell, Mich., said he founded the party Feb. 1 as a way to promote solidarity
    among people with disabilities and heighten political awareness of the issues they face. . . ."
    http://library.thinkquest.org/C003703/news.php?action=view&item=20000911.news

• The Council for Disability Rights
  http://www.disabilityrights.org/
  • The A.D.A. FAQ (for non-lawyers)
    http://www.disabilityrights.org/

  • October News - The End of Special Education? Private Schools at Public Expense
    By Brent Staples
    Scroll down for:
    "DOJ Policy Letters
    Employee Use of Fragrances
    Medical care facilities may be subject to either Title II or III or the ADA.
    Bad news for those already living with asthma and other respiratory illnesses,
    migraines, cancers . . . for the already chemically injured. -- barb
    
    But does this mean that they must require employees to refrain from wearing fragrances
    when they are providing services to persons with multiple chemical sensitivities?
    Probably not, responded the Justice Department. Although Titles II and III require
    covered entities to make reasonable modifications, the use of fragrances by
    employees is usually a matter of personal choice by employees; and it would
    not be "reasonable," in most cases, to require an employer to regulate the
    use of fragrances by employees. Wodatch, 8 NDLR ? 214 (DOJ 1995) "
    http://www.disabilityrights.org/1096.htm
    Mr. Wodatch wrote in 1995: "In most circumstances, it would not be 'reasonable' to require
    an employer to regulate such personal choices by its employees."
    
    Knowing what we now know about synthetic fragrances, it seems to me -- a non lawyer -- that
    it is VERY REASONABLE to require an employer to regulate such personal choices by its
    employees. Employers already regulate attire, the hours one works, where one works, how one
    works, etc. And, employers regulate smoking, which is a personal choice activity that leaves
    the user -- just as do synthetic scents -- to affect the air for all, regardless of underlying health
    conditions.

    Personally, I cannot imagine how modern synthetic chemical fragrances can be dismissed as a
    "personal choice by employees." ESPECIALLY in a healthcare setting. These modern synthetic
    scents in personal care products, as well as those gratuitously added to cleaning and maintenance
    products, including pesticides and disinfectants (which are classified as pesticides), are known
    by the National Institute of Environmental Health Services as Common Indoor Air Pollutants.
    http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/faq/indoor.htm

    What place do these superfluous toxins have being used by anyone in a healthcare facility?
    It is to healthcare facilities that one goes because one needs health care, which could include
    pregnancy and/or a respiratory distress such as asthma, sinusitis, rhynitis, laryngitis, cancers,
    Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, headaches or other central nervous system disorders, or a proclivity
    toward high ... or too low ... blood pressure (my blood pressure spikes in response to synthetic
    fragrances, a friend's blood pressure drops precipitously and neither reaction is good).

    It was not all that long ago that nurses' handbooks contained the information that they
    should NOT wear scented products to work. When, why, how did that bit of logic change?
    
    To see the ruling by Mr. Wodatch, visit the Department of Justice (DOJ) online. -- barb
    http://www.usdoj.gov:80/crt/foia/tal605.txt
    
    E-mails to the Department of Justice, including the Attorney General, may be sent to
    AskDOJ@usdoj.gov.

  • October News - "Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no fibs." (Or, Whether to
    Disclose your Non-visible Disability to a Prospective Employer)(c)
    By Margherita M. Albarello, Esq
    http://www.disabilityrights.org/1099.htm

• Deaf Resources
  http://www.deafresources.com
  
  
  • ASL e-cards
    http://www.illustrationbydesign.com/card/send2.htm
    
    
  • DeafWeb Washington
    http://www.deafweb.org/default.htm
    • Pacific Northwest Cochlear Implant Club Newsletter
      http://www.deafweb.org/cic9804.htm
  
  
  
• Definition of Serious and Complex Medical Conditions (1999) Institute of Medicine
  
  
• Disabled Women on the Web
  http://www.disabledwomen.net/
  • HOW and WHY to be SCENT-FREE
    http://www.disabledwomen.net/queer/scentfree.htm

• The Disability Barn (page of links)
  
  http://www.accessunlimited.com/by_disability.html
  
  
  
• ... Disability Basics ...
  
  http://www.bluecrab.org/health/sickids/med/med.htm
  
  THE SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY PROCESS EXPLAINED
  http://www.bluecrab.org/health/sickids/med/disabl.htm
  
  
• Disability, Berkeley's Commission on
  
  http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/bdscoms/bcdisho.html
  
  
  • Information about meetings
    http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/bdscoms/bcdisho.html#rules
  
  
  
• Disability Definitions
  http://www.asu.edu/lib/ada/geninfo/definitions/disability.htm

• Disability Etiquette
  (a free booklet from the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Assoc.,
  which includes a section on MCS, thanks to Mary Lamielle,
  National Center for Environmental Health Strategeis -- NCEHS)
  
  
  http://www.epva.org/publications.html
  
  
  
• disAbility.gov
  http://www.disAbility.gov

• The Disability Grapevine Online Newspaper
  Paul Cannaday, Executive Editor and Marijo Cannaday, Managing Editor
  http://www.disabilitygrapevine.com/DisabilityAdvocacy.html
  • How to be a disability self advocate.
    http://www.disabilitygrapevine.com/DisabilityAdvocacy.html

• disABILITY Information and Resources -- loads of links
  
  http://www.eskimo.com/~jlubin/disabled.html
  
  
• Disability History
  
  http://www.disabilityhistory.org/
  
  
• disABILITY Information and Resources
  
  http://www.eskimo.com/~jlubin/disabled.html
  
  
• Disability Information for Students and Professionals
  http://www.abilityinfo.com/index.html

• Disability News Service
  http://disabilitynews.com/
  
  
• Disability Organizations -- a page of links
  http://disabilities.miningco.com/msub8.htm?pid=2749&cob=home
  
  
• Disability Policy Consultant - June Isaacson Kailes
  http://www.jik.com/
  
  
  • Disaster Preparedness
    http://www.jik.com/resource.html#Disaster Preparedness:
    
    
  • Health, Wellness and Aging with Disability: resources
    http://www.jik.com/hwawd.html
    
    
  • June's Resume
    http://www.jik.com/resume.html
    
    
• Disability Publications
  • Mouth Magazine
    http://www.mouthmag.com/
    
    
  • Ragged Edge
    http://www.ragged-edge-mag.com/
    
    
  
  
• Disability Related Employment Resources
  http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/links/employ.htm#Emp-Disability
  
  (Also, see JAN under Government Links)
  
• Disability Related Organizations
  http://www.access-board.gov/links/disability.htm

• Disability-Related Resources (page of links)
  
  http://www.icdi.wvu.edu/Others.htm
  
  
• Disability Related Sites from Yahoo (page of links)
  
  http://www.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Disabilities/
  
  
• Disability Rights
  
  Have you thought of visiting the United Nations?
  http://www.un.org/
  
  
  Global Workshop on Children with Disabilities
  gopher://gopher.un.org/00/sec/dpcsd/dspd/disabled/bulletin/BULL1.97
  
  United Nations Disabled Persons Bulletin, Nos.2 and 3, 1996
  
  http://www.un.org/plweb-cgi/idoc2.pl?9699+unix+_free_user_+www.un.org..80+un+un+allesc+allesc++Disability%23%26adj%26Rights%23
  
  
  
• Disability Rights Advocates
  Disability Rights Advocates, A Non-Profit Organization
  449 15th Street, Suite 303; Oakland, CA 94612
  
  Phone (510) 451-8644, Fax (510) 451-8511, TTY (510) 451-8716
  Hungary Affiliate: Fax 36-1-342-0347
  e-mail: general@dralegal.org
  http://members.aol.com/dralegal/index.html
  
  
  • Kaiser settles lawsuit over disabled access
    By Josh Richman, STAFF WRITER; April 13, 2001
    http://www.oaklandtribune-ang.com/s-asp-bin/link/ShowArchiveStory.asp?URL=search.newschoice.com/Display.asp&story=d:\index\newsarchives\angtr\loc\20010413\793718_s2bs213.txt&searchtext=Kaiser,disabled&puid=557

• Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc. (DREDF) is a national law and policy center
  
  http://www.dredf.org
  
  
  • Persons with Disabilities are remembering....
    http://www.dredf.org/cda/Memorial.html
  
  
  
• Disability Rights Enforcement, Education, Services (DREES): Helping You Help Others
  Currently: http://www.station504.com

  Formerly: http://www.dizbiz.com/drees/
  
  

• Disability Rights Laws
  
  http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/kinder/pages/Guide_to_Disability_Rights_Laws.html
  
  
  
• Disability Social History Project (A great site! -- barb)
  http://www.disabilityhistory.org/dshp.html
  
  

• Disability Statistics Center - A Rehabilitation Research and Training Center
  http://dsc.ucsf.edu/UCSF/spl.taf?_UserReference=9E6ED118B4DA8778BFF7DC55&_from=default&_winame=HOME
  • Disability in the United States; Prevalence and Causes, 1992
    http://dsc.ucsf.edu/UCSF/pub.taf?_function=search&recid=65&grow=1

  • Frequently Asked Questions
    http://dsc.ucsf.edu/UCSF/pub.taf?_UserReference=9E6ED118B4DA8778BFF7DC55&_function=other&_array=OTH6&grow=1&_winame=FREQUENTLY_ASKED_QUESTIONS

• Disability Studies Online Magazine
  http://www.disabilitystudies.com/index.htm
  • MCS Multiple Chemical Sensitivity - Bibliography and Resources
    http://www.disabilitystudies.com/MCS_Printable.htm

• Disability Workbook for Social Security Applicants
  Pds [Physicians' Disability Services] Disability Facts Newsletter
  http://www.disabilityfacts.com/
  
  • Social Security Disability Insurance: Frequently Asked Questions
    By Douglas M. Smith, Attorney at Law
    http://www.disabilityfacts.com/faqs.html
  
  
  
• Disabilities and the Disabled
  
  http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/fc/World/Disabilities_and_the_Disabled/
  
  
  DisabledPerson.Com
  "Not just a resource site but a magazine"
  http://www.disabledperson.com/
  
  
• Disabled Women on the Web
  Our mission: the empowerment of women with disabilities
  
  http://www.geocities.com/~technocrone/dwow.html
  
  
  
• DisOrgNet
  
  http://www.independentliving.org/donet/index.html
  
  
  • Personal Assistance Exchange
    http://www.independentliving.org/assex/index.html
    
    
  • Vacation Home Exchange
    http://www.independentliving.org/VacationHomeSwap.html
  
  
  
• Dogs - Service Dog Resources through Wolf Packs® http://www.Wolfpacks.com/serviced.htm

• Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Assoc. email: info@epva.org
  http://www.epva.org/
  
• Electric Edge - Ragged Edge Magazine, online version
  http://www.ragged-edge-mag.com/index.shtml
  
  
• Emerging Horizons
  The Accessible Travel Newsletter
  
  http://www.candy-charles.com/
  
  
  
• Endependence Center of Northern Virginia
  http://www.ecnv.org/services.htm
  • ECNV Services
    http://www.ecnv.org/services.htm

  
  
  
• fair housing accessibility guidelines
  DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
  http://www.hud.gov/fhefhag.html
  
  
• For Your Convenience
  4435 Concerto Dr.
  San Jose, CA 95111-2508
  800-742-2454
  http://www.foryourconvenience.com
  
  
• FUN!
  
  • The Virtual Pool Association for Disabled Players of America
    You have to sign up for this, but you may preview first. I haven't gotten beyond just a looksee. -- barb
    http://www.communityzero.com/vpadpa/index.cfm

• HalfthePlanet
  MCS is listed -- go to Resources, Specific Disabilities and then click on M. -- barb
  http://www.halftheplanet.com/
  
  
  • Now there's a whole new way to reach nearly half the planet
    http://www.halftheplanet.com/advert.cfm
    
    
  • June 22, 2202 -- "Justin Dart, An Obituary"
    By Fred Fay and Fred Pelka, written at Justin Dart¼s request
    http://www.halftheplanet.com/departments/new_content/jdart_obituary.html

• Hard of Hearing People, Inc., Self help for
  
  http://www.shhh.org/
  
  
  
• Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
  "[T]he federal agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid and the
  State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)."
  http://www.hcfa.gov/
  
  
  • Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999
    "This landmark legislation modernizes the employment services system for people with
    disabilities and makes it possible for millions of Americans with disabilities to
    no longer have to choose between taking a job and having health care."
    http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/twwiia/twwiiahp.htm

• HEALTHCARE GLOSSARY: ALPHA SOUP FOR THE BODY
  http://members.aol.com/jeannandi/HOMEPAGE/HC_glossary.html#E
  
  
• Healthy Hotels
  ("Green" hotels are v. important for the chemically injured)
  
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/h.htm#Hotels
  
  
  
• Hidden Disabilities, Ms. Barbara Robertson's opinion piece on
  
  http://www.daily.umn.edu/~online/gopher-archives/1994/10/25/OFRAG1.STO
  
  B>H.U.M.A.N. (Handicaps United Means Accountability by all Nations)
  
  http://members.aol.com/disablenet/Main/AbilitiesDay.html
  
  
  
• Independent Living Programs
  http://trace.wisc.edu/conet-bin/xad?Opt=Main%20Menu&db=4&p=169&f=87&sr=&ds=901&tp=29&tm=1&Mn=index%2Ehtml
  
  
  
• INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY CULTURE
  Steven E. Brown, Founder
  http://www.dimenet.com/disculture/
  
  
• Invisible Disabilities Association of Canada
  With links to info on EI/MCS, FM, CFIDS, ME . . . etc. -- barb
  http://www.nsnet.org/idacan/

• The Invisible Disabilities Page
  
  http://www1.shore.net/~dmoisan/invisible_disability.html
  
  
• JAWS for Windows Demonstration Options
  (Demo: ". . .Screen-reading and screen-magnification software developed by
  Henter-Joyce, blind or visually-impaired computer users . . .")
  
  http://www.hj.com/
  
  
• Justice For All E-Mail Network WEB Page
  "Justice For All and our JFA E-mail Network were formed to defend and
  advance disability rights and programs in the 104th Congress. One JFA
  goal is to work with national and state organizations of people with
  disabilities to get the word from Washington D.C. out to the grassroots. "
  http://www.mailbot.com/justice/
  
  
  
• Kaiser Permanente California settles disability access lawsuit
  San Francisco Business Times - April 12, 2001
  "Oakland-based hospital chain Kaiser Permanente announced today a collaborative
  agreement with Disability Rights Advocates, an Oakland-based non-profit law center, to
  improve health care delivery and accessibility for members with disabilities.
  
  "The partnership and mprovements stem from the resolution of a Disability Rights
  Advocates lawsuit filed last year against Kaiser Permanente's facilities throughout
  California.
  
  "Under the settlement agreement, Kaiser Permanente agreed to make its facility medical
  equipment accessible to people with disabilities, by adding scales that a person in a
  wheelchair can use, examination tables that lower and similar items. ..."
  Ah, HA! so they say. But truth be told, Kaiser still is not truly accessible to the already
  chemically and electromagnetically injured. Despite reports in 2004 about a fragrance-free policy,
  Kaiser's staff are still wearing scents to the workplace and Kaiser still uses scented cleaning
  and maintenance products . . . as well as soap doctors are supposed to use just before
  examining patients. DUMB! Not to mention, HARMFUL. There's nothing like having to see
  one's doctor and being put in harm's way. Does the fragrance and flavors industry plot health harm as did Philp Morris and its infamous: Czech govt. can save money by killing off people? -- barb
  http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2001/04/09/daily41.html

http://www.satcom.net/mariposa


• Wings
  http://http://www.satcom.net/mariposa/find_it.htm#wings

• Fragrance-Free Environments and No -Fragrance Spaces--
  Not just a personal preference, but a Vital Matter of Health
  (The author, Roberta K. Rigsby, Ph.D., has kindly given permission for you to reproduce this
  without seeking reprint permission, but do check it closely for some typos. -- barb 02/02/02)
  http://www.paraquad.org/nosmell.htm

• Frequently Asked Questions About Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
  (Watch for a few typos ...) -- barb
  http://www.paraquad.org/faqmcs.htm

• Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)
  Pardon me, but is that your perfume I'm smelling?
  " ... No one would argue the fact that carbon monoxide, an odorless and colorless gas,
  is highly poisonous. But change the subject to MCS, and many of those same people will
  still affirm that 'if I can't see it, it doesn't exist.' ..."
  http://www.paraquad.org/mcs.htm
  

PO BOX 18131
WASHINGTON D.C. 20036
"If you have questions or want information about our organization, please email:
webmaster@ppcd.org. Hopefully we will be able to answer your questions or refer you
to the appropriate resource. Thank you for your interest in our organization."

• a disabled person whose needs cannot be met in a shelter
  
• a non-English-speaker who does not understand the order to evacuate
  
• a frail elder who cannot lift or carry a disaster supply kit
  
• a recent immigrant who is reluctant to ask for help

• Library languages available --
  English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese
  http://www.preparenow.org/prepare.html
  English: These four Tip sheets should be used together.
  There are more, please explore the Library via the link above. -- barb
  
  • Earthquake Tips for People With Disabilities
    http://www.preparenow.org/eqtips.html

  • Earthquake Tips for People with Environmental Illness or Chemical Sensitivties
    http://www.preparenow.org/eqtenvil.html

  • Tips for Collecting Emergency Documents
    http://www.preparenow.org/doctip.html

  • Tips for Creating an Emergency Health Information Card
    http://www.preparenow.org/tipcrd.html

  
  

• Glossary of Commonly Used Terms
  http://www.pcepd.gov/pubs/fact/glossary.htm
  
  

1. Assistive Technology
   http://www.pai-ca.org/Tech/AAT.htm

2. Californians for Inclusive Schools
   http://www.pai-ca.org/cis/

3. Office of Patients' Rights
   http://www.pai-ca.org/Opr/OprPage.htm

4. Social Security and Work Page
   http://www.pai-ca.org/ssi_work/

http://www.digitalthreads.com/rada

San Francisco Vocational Services (SFVS)
814 Mission Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94103-3018
"Our facility has a fragrance-free policy for those with environmental sensitivities" http://www.sfvocationalservices.org/welcome.htm

http://www.seeingeye.org/

http://www.shhh.org/

http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/s.htm#SOCIAL

http://www.stumps.org/


• Page of links
  http://www.stumps.org/links.html

• TASH Governmental Affairs
  http://www.tash.org/govaffairs/index.htm

http://www.tell-us-your-story.com/disc88b_toc.html

http://www.lookingglass.org/

• The Safer Travel Directory
  Travel Accommodation Guide for the Chemically Sensitive Person
  http://mcstravel.resourcez.com/

• United Nations Standard Rules
  on the Equalization of Opportunities
  for Persons with Disabilities
  
  http://www.independentliving.org/STANDARDRULES/index.html
  
  
  
• THE UNSINKABLE STONE --
  
  a paperback book about:
  Growing up with a wheelchair
  Physically-challenged traveling
  Falling in a motel swimming pool(wheelchair and all) . . .
  http://www.execpc.com/~tkojis/
  
  
  
• Virginia Disability Links
  
  http://www.handinet.org/valinks.htm
  
  
  
• WebABLE! -- ". . . the authoritative Web directory for disability-related internet resources."
  
  http://www.yuri.org/webable/
  
  
  
• Welcome To Holland
  by Emily Perl Kingsley
  
  http://www.drmom.cc/
  
  
  
• Wide Vision Productions
  
  ("... impact how people with disabilities are represented")
  http://www.wvp.org/
  
  
• Whole Access
  "...works with government officials, park planners, and community leaders to develop
  park programs and facilities that combine accessibility with sound environmental design.
  We believe that the natural environment must be kept natural. ..."
  http://www.wholeaccess.org/
  • More on Accessibility
    Going to the Source for Accessibility Assessment
    by Phyllis Cangemi, Wayne Williams, and Paul Gaskell
    http://www.wholeaccess.org/accessibility.html

• Wolf Packs®
  Supplies, signs, resources for service dogs. -- barb
  http://www.Wolfpacks.com
  • Susan & "Montana"
    http://www.Wolfpacks.com/gallery/montana.htm

  • Susan & "Montana" - Comments
    http://www.Wolfpacks.com/commentsIDCape.htm#Molloy

• World Association of Persons with Disabilities (WAPD)
  text: http://www.wapd.org/nographics/index.html
  
  frames: http://www.wapd.org/
  
  
  
• World Institute on Disability
  
  http://www.wid.org/
  
  
• Yahoo's Disability Links
  http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/fc/World/Disabilities_and_the_Disabled/
  
  
• Zoom text
  http://www.Aisquared.com

A word to agencies geared to helping people in a disaster: IF you have someone who is
chemically injued, you cannot put that person in a shelter that uses mainstream cleaners,
disinfectants, deodorants, pesticides, air "fresheners" and other scented cleaning,
maintenance AND personal care products. Our bodies do not tolerate these poisons. -- barb

• Avoiding Chemical Toxins in Your Food and Water Storage
  By Amy Marsh, President, EHN
  http://cassandraproject.org/chems.htm
  
  
• Disaster Planning Suggestions for persons with disabilities and those assisting them
  http://members.aol.com/jeannandi/HOMEPAGE/dis_plan.html
  
  
  • (Specific Needs for Persons With Multiple Chemical Sensitivity -- being further developed)
    http://members.aol.com/jeannandi/HOMEPAGE/dis_plan.html#l08

  
  
• Disaster Preparedness Resources for People with Disabilities
  June Isaacson Kailes; Updated 9/23/03
  http://www.jik.com/disaster.html
  • Disaster Preparedness, June Isaacson Kailes
    Creating a Disaster-Resistant Infrastructure for People at Risk Including People with
    Disabilities; November 30, 1999, 19 pages. Price list.
    http://www.jik.com/resource.html#Disaster Preparedness:

  • Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
    http://www.jik.com/condit.html#Multiple Chemical

• PrepareNow.org . . .
  ". . .To ensure that the needs and concerns of vulnerable people are addressed in
  emergency preparedness and response. "
  http://www.preparenow.org/

• Red Cross - Tips for People With Environmental Illness or Chemical Sensitivities
  English - http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/beprepared/chemical.html

  VersiÛn en EspanÛl - http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/foreignmat/s-eqtenv.html

  The Volunteer Center serving San Francisco and San Mateo counties
  Tips to help you prepare for THE BIG ONE
  http://www.thevolunteercenter.net/volunteers_disaster_tips.php

Diseases Dismissed

• The Prion Diseases
  "Prions, once dismissed as an impossibility, have now gained wide recognition as extraordinary agents
  that cause a number of infectious, genetic and spontaneous disorders
  by Stanley B. Prusiner.
  http://www.nmia.com/~mdibble/prion.html
  
  
  or in Scientific America
  http://www.sciam.com/0195issue/0195prusiner.html

Disinfectants

Remember, disinfectants are classified as pesticides (EPA)
http://www.epa.gov/opp00001/whatis.htm

Also see EHN's
Antibacterials/Antibiotics/Antimicrobials
http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/a.htm#ANTIBACTERIAL

Automatic dispensing units
http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/a.htm#Automatic

Spritzing Fragrance and Pesticide dispensers -- Air Polluters
http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/s.htm#Spritzing

The American Nurse Nurses attack hidden dangers of health care
by Ann Melamed, RN "Today, many patients suffer from health conditions directly related to the environment
in which they live and work. In addition, threats to patients' health often can be
found within the health care setting itself. "
http://www.nursingworld.org/tan/novdec00/pollutio.htm

Cleaners and Disinfectants
Health Care Without Harm
"...They often contribute to poor indoor air quality and may contain chemicals that cause
cancer, reproductive disorders, respiratory ailments (including occupational asthma), eye
and skin irritation, central nervous system impairment, and other human health effects.Ý..."
http://www.noharm.org/pesticidesCleaners/CleanersDis

Safe Use and Storage of Hazardous Household Products
March 1999; Fact Sheet #22
Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors in New York State
http://envirocancer.cornell.edu/FactSheet/General/fs22.safeUse.cfm

PDF: http://www.workcover.vic.gov.au/dir090/vwa/publica.nsf/0/a0344c868baba0464a2568a8002e6251/$FILE/hazards.pdf

Least toxic disinfectants include:
Tau Topics
An Eclectic Franciscan Site -- includes Least Toxic info
owned by Judy and Mike Stouffer ( mjstouff@execpc.com )
http://www.execpc.com/~mjstouff/

• Vinegar and Hydrogen Peroxide as Disinfectants
  http://www.execpc.com/~mjstouff/articles/vinegar.html

Doctors and Counselors
I've linked info which you may find of interest to print out and take to your doctor.
This category includes researchers. Please, if you know of names to add or info to change,
please inform barb at . Thank you.

To drop immediately to doctors, click here.

Asking for a diagnosis? Doctors love codes-- give 'em the following sets of codes, along
with the analyses of perfumes that form the basis of EHN's 1999 FDA Citizens'
Petition, 99P-1340. Remember to write to the FDA, just don't give identifying numbers!
! fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
http://www.ehnca.org/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm

ICD9-CM sorted by number
http://www.thera.info/icd9-cm/

• BENIGN NEOPLASMS (210-229)
  http://www.thera.info/icd9-cm/sect-210-229.html

  DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SENSE ORGANS (320-389)
  http://www.thera.info/icd9-cm/chap6.html

  346 Migraine
  http://www.thera.info/icd9-cm/sect-340-349.html#para346

• 506 Respiratory conditions due to chemical fumes and vapors
  http://www.thera.info/icd9-cm/sect-500-508.html

• TOXIC EFFECTS OF SUBSTANCES CHIEFLY NONMEDICINAL AS TO SOURCE (980-989)
  http://www.thera.info/icd9-cm/sect-980-989.html

      989.3 Organophosphate and carbamate
       http://www.thera.info/icd9-cm/sect-980-989.html#para989

• Monthly meeting schedule
  http://www.healthmedicine.org/documents/agenda.html
  
  
• History
  http://www.healthmedicine.org/documents/history.html
  
  
• Dr. Michael Segal
  
  • The Segal Guide to Asthma
    Dr. Segal says: "Avoid perfume"
    http://segal.org/asthma/
    
    
  • Letter to FDA
    http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/FDApetition/lmmsegal.htm
    
    
  • Michael Segal, MD, PhDl
    http://segal.org/Michael/
  
  
• Theodore R. Simon, MD
  Advanced Metabolic Imaging
  
  • "Abstracts from the 16th Annual International Symposium on
    Man and His Environment in Health and Disease - 1998
    http://www.aehf.com/articles/98sympabs.htm

  • "Abstracts from the 15th Annual International Symposium on
    Man and His Environment 1997"
    http://www.aehf.com/articles/97sympabs.htm

• Janette D. Sherman , M.D.
  Life's Delicate Balance - Causes and Prevention of Breast Cancer
  "[D]efines and documents known causes of breast cancer, and emphasizes the
  means of prevention.
  and
  CHEMICAL EXPOSURE AND DISEASE -
  The Professional and Layperson¼s Guide to Understanding Cause and Effect
  "Chemical Exposure and Disease is a must for all activists, whether lay or
  professional, who want to prevent disease. "
  http://www.janettesherman.org/order.html
  • Dr. Janette Sherman
    Physician • Author • Activist • Mom
    http://www.janettesherman.org/
    • More on Mammograms
      "Thursday, March 7, 2002, Letters to the Editor, The Washington Post, Page A20
      " In regard to the Feb. 22 front-page article about mammograms:
      First, a mammogram does not prevent cancer; it can only find an existing cancer.
      
      "Second, safer methods of diagnosis (without X-rays) are available, including thorough physical examinations, ultrasound, MRI and thermography. The last takes a heat picture showing the physiological function breast tissue. Thermography is available in France, Australia and some centers in the United States. Given that every mammogram, indeed every X-ray procedure, carries an increased risk of causing cancer, development of this safe, non-radiation technique should be a priority. ..." JANETTE D. SHERMAN, MD
      Alexandria, Virginia
      http://www.janettesherman.org/updates.html
  • Dr. Sherman's books also available from Safe2Use. -- barb
    http://www.safe2use.com/drsherman/about-author.htm

• Dr. Sinaiko
  
  The Medical Defense Fund
  (http://www.treatmentchoice.com)
  
  
  
• Raymond Singer, Ph.D., P.A.
  Neurobehavioral toxicology and neuropsychology
  36 Alondra Road
  Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA 87505
  Phone: (505) 466-1100
  Fax: (505) 466-1101 / E-Fax: (209) 879-5159
  E-mail: raysinger@aol.com http://www.neurotox.com
  
  
  http://members.aol.com/neurosite/
  
  
  • Biography
    http://members.aol.com/neurosite/vita.txt
    
    
  • Neuropsychological Evaluation of Bystander Exposure to Pesticides
    
    http://members.aol.com/neurosite/pest99.htm
    
    
    • Thoughts on MCS
      http://members.aol.com/neurosite/mcs.htm
  
  
  
• Doctor Harold Spear
  Hanapepe Family Practice
  Hanapepe Kauai
  808-335 5121
  Dr Spear "is learning about MCS..."
  
  
• Peter S Spencer, PhD, FRCPath
  "CROET Director & Senior Scientist and , Professor of Neurology in the School of Medicine,
  member of the interdepartmental Neuroscience faculty of OHSU, and Adjunct Professor, College of
  Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University. Honorary international academic appointments include
  Professor, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine. ..."
  http://www.ohsu.edu/croet/faculty/spencer/
  • The Health Impact of Chemical Exposures During the Gulf War:
    A Research Planning Conference - PDF file
    http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/publications/gulfwar/report.pdf

  • Chemical Weapons Debate
    Online Focus - PBS; NOVEMBER 11, 1996; TRANSCRIPT
    "Were US soldiers exposed to chemical weapons in the Gulf War? After a new report
    is leaked to the press, critics claim the Pentagon - which says there is no clear evidence
    to substantiate Gulf War Syndrome - is 'in denial,' and is losing creditability.
    Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports."
    
    "... Oregon Health Sciences University neurotoxicologist Dr. Peter Spencer is
    conducting the nation's largest probe of Gulf War illness. He says key studies
    that might link the illness to chemical exposure went unfunded, because the
    Pentagon insisted chemicals were not suspect. ..."
    http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/gulf_syndrome_11-11.html

  • CROET Homepage
    http://www.ohsu.edu/croet/
    
    
  • (Neuro)toxicogenomics and Child Health Research Center
    http://www.ohsu.edu/croet/research/genomics/index.html

  • Superfund Basic Research Center
    http://www.ohsu.edu/croet/sbrc/index.html

  
  
• Walt Stoll, MD
  Panama City, Florida
  http://bcn.net/~stoll/index.html
  
  
• Tipu Sultan, MD
  11585 W. Florissant
  Florissant, MO 63033
  (314)921-5600
  
  • Environmental ills typically misdiagnosed, doctor says
    The Jefferson City News Tribune
    http://www.newstribune.com/stories/042599/loc_0425990038.html
    
    
  • An Interdisciplinary Approach to Accommodation
    A Seminar by Tipu Sultan, MD; Friday, April 23, 1999
    Missourians with Environmental Illness
    http://www.dolir.state.mo.us/gcd/meeting/openmtg4899.htm
  
  
  
• Dr. Stefan Schwartz
  (Dipl.-Systemwiss.)
  Institut f¸r Umweltsystemforschung (USF)
  Universit”t Osnabr¸ck
  D 49069 Osnabr¸ck
  http://www.usf.uni-osnabrueck.de/~schwartz/
  • Aquatic Fate Assessment of the Polycyclic Musk Fragrance HHCB - Scenario and
    Variability Analysis in Accordance with the EU Risk Assessment Guidelines.
    http://www.usf.uos.de/~schwartz/hhcbabstract.en.html

  • Reviewed Scientific Papers
    http://www.usf.uni-osnabrueck.de/~schwartz/publications.html

• Jack D. Thrasher, Ph.D.
  Evidence for Formaldehyde Antibodies and Altered Cellular Immunity in Subjects Exposed to Formaldehyde in Mobile Homes
  By: Jack D. Thrasher, Ph.D., Thrasher & Associates
  Aristo Wojdani, Ph.D.; Geoffry Cheung, Ph.D., Allergy Immuno Technologies, Inc.
  Gunnar Heuser, M.D., Ph.D.
  http://www.drthrasher.org/Formaldehyde1987.html

• John P. Toth, MD
  Letter written on behalf of Mr. J. Hawkins
  http://www.california.com/~hawk/MCS_Proof.htm
  
  
• Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
  There is much interesting reading on this site. Check it out! -- barb?<BR> http://www.tldp.com/
  • Environmental Issues - School Environment ‚ Healthy or Hazardous?
    by Rose Marie Williams
    http://www.tldp.com/issue/11_00/environ.html

• UNION OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS
  
  http://www.uapd.com/
  
  
  • In defense of Dr. Sinaiko
    http://www.treatmentchoice.com/uapd.html
    
    
  
  
  
• Urology Centre
  "Dr. Dilipraja's Urology & Andrology Centre offer comprehensive urological services to
  diagnose and treat kidney stone diseases, urological cancers, incontinence, infertility,
  impotence, and other urinary difficulties."
  http://www.dilipraja.com

  Aristo Vojdani, Ph.D., M.T.
  IMMUNOSCIENCES LAB., INC.
  http://www.immuno-sci-lab.com/

  • ENHANCEMENT OF NATURAL KILLER CELL ACTIVITY AND
    T AND B CELL FUNCTION BY BUFFERED VITAMIN C
    IN PATIENTS EXPOSED TO TOXIC CHEMICALS:
    THE ROLE OF PROTEIN KINASE ‚ C
    http://www.immuno-sci-lab.com/news_05.html

  • PUTTING CHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITIES IN PERSPECTIVE
    Francis J. Waickman, MD, and Aristo Vojdani, PhD, MT
    http://www.immuno-sci-lab.com/news_02.html

• Dr. Wempen -- articles 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://newslibrary.krmediastream.com/cgi-bin/search/oc?NITEMS=25&search_text=Wempen&SORT=d%3Ah&date_mode=year&year=all
  
  
  
• Julian M. Whitaker, MD
  The Whitaker Wellness Institute
  4321 Birch, Suite 100
  Newport Beach, California 92660 USA
  714-851-1550
  Fax 714-955-3005
  
  http://www.internetwks.com/pauling/quack.html
  
  
• White paper on CMA [California Medical Association] Bill [SB 1045] supported by California Citizens For Health
  
  http://www.treatmentchoice.com/news_index.html
  
  
  
• Dr. Grace Ziem
  
  • Articles with data that support an organic physical basis for MCS
    MCS Referral & Resources, Albert Donnay
    http://www.mcsrr.org/resources/bibliography/organic.html

  • Dr. Grace Ziem's Environmental Control Plan for Chemically Sensitive Patients
    http://www.mcsrr.org/resources/articles/S3.html#readings

  • Letter to editor: appearing in American Academy of Family Physicians
    Understanding Patients with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
    Dr. Grace Ziem, among others responds. -- barb
    http://www.aafp.org/afp/990415ap/letters.html

  • Profile of patients with chemical injury and sensitivity.
    PubMed
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9167975&dopt=Abstract
    
    
  • Profile of patients with chemical injury and sensitivity.
    Full article for members of EHP
    http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/members/1997/Suppl-2/ziem-full.html

  • Dr. Ziem's Generic Accommodation Letters Sample form letters requesting "reasonable accommodation" from landlords,
    employers, school officials, and doctors which patients are encouraged to adapt
    for their own use. By Grace Ziem, MD, DrPH, updated July 1997
    You'll have to send for this from MCS R&R, but Patient Support Resources are free. -- barb
    http://www.mcsrr.org/resources/literature.html#patient

  
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  DOGS
  
  • NYC/WTC SAR (Search and Rescue) updates ... One year later- 9/11/02
    http://uberpest.50megs.com/nycsar.html

  • Search and Rescue Dogs at Ground Zero - Gallery of Photos
    http://www.akc.org/news/SARdogs.cfm

  • Traildog Friendly Places in the US
    http://uberpest.50megs.com/trails.html

  • Dog Bites Man
    "Obviously treatment for the immediate effects of the bite are needed, but what of the
    possibility of infection? Is there a role for prophylactic antibiotics, and are they effective
    if used?"
    http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/band16/b16-2.html
    

  
  Double-blind testing or Incident challenges
  
  • Environmentally Triggered Cardiac Disease
    By William J. Rea, MD
    http://www.aehf.com/articles/A18.htm

• Don't Be Fueled
  http://www.dontbefueled.com/

  
  

• DOSE . . . as in "The dose makes the poison."
  This expression is used by industry and lobbyists in their effort to get their products to market
  and used!, without full substantiation of safety. It is also the cop out of toxicologists with an
  industry bias who love to look at only one chemical at a time and then claim, the dose is so low it
  has no adverse effect. There is obviously no regard for amount of chemicals breathed in and
  absorbed in any one day, nor for the accumlative, or systemic effects, nor for long-term exposures.
  Of course, they throw this tired bromide out to the public: The dose makes the poison.

  Well, yes it does . . . but not as they mean it. It's just like a mainstream western medical doctor
  who has declared that MCS or fragrance sensitization is "ALL IN YOUR HEAD!" Yes it is
  in one's head because one's brains are there and fragrances contain chemicals that are
  known neurotoxins! In this case of the dose makes the poison line, they are not looking
  at reality. It is not only the very large dose, but also, the very low dose
  that makes the poisons!!! We, living with MCS, are proof positive that it is the low
  dose of poisons in products released to market without substantiation of safety that poisons us.
  And if, our medical genuises would look at cancers, Parkinson's, Alzheimers, headaches, ADD,
  ADHD, CFIDS, MCS, obesity, etc. as ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESSES, then maybe they'd start
  looking for the horrendous effects of suffered by the public as a result of the myriad of synthetic,
  petrochemicall derived products released to market without substantiation of safety. -- barb
  
  

  • A Small Dose of Toxicology
    Steven G. Gilbert
    http://www.asmalldoseof.org/index.php
    • A Small Dose of MCS
      Steven G. Gilbert
      http://www.asmalldoseof.org/toxicology/multip.chem.sensitve.php

    • Environmental Health
      „Conditions that ensure that all living things have the best opportunity to reach and
      maintain their full genetic potential.¾ Steven G. Gilbert, 1999
      http://www.asmalldoseof.org/ethics/index.php#EnvHealth

    • History of Toxicology - Milestones & Discoveries (02/04/06)
      This is a joint project of Steven G. Gilbert and Toni Hayes with research assistance from
      Patrick Kavanagh.
      http://www.asmalldoseof.org/historyoftox/index.php

  • The Dose Makes the PoisonãOr Does It?
    By Nancy Trautmann, Ph.D.
    An ActionBioscience.org original article
    http://www.actionbioscience.org/environment/trautmann.html

  • " ... Paracelsus is often cited as coining the phrase "the dose makes the poison".
    Although he did not say this precisely, it seems that Paracelsus was indeed well
    aware of the principle..."
    Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracelsus

  • Science News, October 12, 2002, Vol 162, page 228, 230; Lawn
    Agent Cues Embryo Shortfall - Herbicide weeds out mice in the womb, by J. Pickrell
    "Safety tests for chemicals generally start with high exposures and sequentially test
    different groups of animals with lower exposures until few or no toxicity effects are
    visible. 'The dogma is, As the dose goes up, the effect gets worse,' says Fred vom Saal at
    the University of Missouri in Columbia.

    "However, vom Saal notes, an increasing body of research shows different patterns. Some
    hormones, for example, cause the greatest effects at low and high doses, with little effect
    at intermediate exposures. This dose-response pattern, known as a U-shaped curve,
    has also been seen with hormonelike pollutants. [Here, folks, read in fragrances! - bw]
    Toxicologists are currently at a loss to explain it, says vom Saal.

    Porter's team speculates that their mouse results resemble the low end of a U-shaped curve.
    They conjecture that small, but not large, concentrations of herbicides might interfere
    with hormones that control embryo implantation.
    
    OK, so how about all the people with reproductive problems who use petrochemically derived
    scented products for personal care and their cleaning and maintenance chores? Why no studies for
    the effects of low dose fragrance chemicals? Because if they found that these toxins did
    adversely affect reproduction, they'd have to report it.

    And then, what if the woman does become pregnant, but continue to use fragrances? What will
    the coumarins, musks and the phthalates, which are commonly used in the manufacture of
    synthetic scents, do to the developing fetus? Why do we in the USA have such a poor record when
    it comes to reproductive problems, fetal development and low birth weight babies? What do we
    really know of the role played by modern fragrances . . . and their twin, flavors? -- barb
    
    

• Dow internal memo from 1991
  http://www.homestead.com/sosalines/DowCoverupDocument.html
  • Survivors of Salines (SOS) (a site for women who have saline-filled
    silicone breast implants, or who are considering getting them)
    http://www.homestead.com/sosalines/sos.html

  • So Where Are All The Women Who Are Sick From Saline Implants?
    It takes time . . . just as it can with fragrance or pesticide poisoning. And just as it can with
    tobacco and asbestos and radiation poisoning. But whether you get sick sooner or later, the
    chemical industry is here to deny it. Your next question should be: What government agency
    will protect me? -- barb
    http://www.homestead.com/sosalines/sowhere.html

  • Think They're Safe Now? March, 2000
    "The overall complication rate was found to be 43% for augmentation patients,
    and 73% for reconstruction patients."
    http://www.homestead.com/sosalines/fda030100.html

    Response from Al Levin to
    http://implants.clic.net/tony/Corner/K/0704.html

• Peter Downs
  http://www.wordarchive.com/authors/162
  A few of the many works of Peter Downs:
  • Chemical Warfare Comes to the Ozarks
    By Peter Downs
    http://www.wordarchive.com/articles/620

  • Dr. Ingham Puts Soil Life to Work
    By Peter Downs
    http://www.wordarchive.com/articles/607

  • Monsanto lying about effects of bovine growth hormone
    By Peter Downs
    http://www.wordarchive.com/articles/664

  • Monsanto PR mangles language
    By Peter Downs
    http://www.wordarchive.com/articles/845
    
    
  • New Air Pollution Regulations- A Business Disaster or Opportunity
    By Peter Downs
    California: Take heed. Article on electric power generation, lighting expenses, etc. -- barb
    http://www.wordarchive.com/articles/2988

  • St. Louis, Gateway to American Acupuncture Market?
    By Peter Downs
    http://www.wordarchive.com/articles/1063

  Drugs -- OTC and Prescribed
  A note from barb: First go to Medline's Health Information page, and click on
  "Drug Information" and then be sure to check the "side effects" of a drug.
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

  Arizona Health Center Alert . . .
  Grapefruit Juice and Medications: A Potential for Adverse Events
  http://www.arizonacert.org/consumers/06-grapefruit-juice.htm

  Also, visit, FDA's:

  Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
  http://www.fda.gov/cder/index.html

  Office of Medical Policy - Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising, and
  Communications (DDMAC)
  "For questions or comments about this web site, please send e-mail to wadem@cder.fda.gov"
  http://www.fda.gov/cder/ddmac/

  What are the general requirements for prescription drug advertisements directed
  toward consumers?
  "... In addition to the specific disclosure requirements, advertisements cannot be false
  or misleading or omit material facts. They also must present a fair balance between
  effectiveness and risk information. FDA has consistently required that appropriate
  communication of effectiveness information includes any significant limitations to
  product use. ..."
  http://www.fda.gov/cder/ddmac/FAQS.HTM#DTC

  MEDWATCH Reporting Program "Welcome to MedWatch, your Internet gateway for timely safety information on the drugs
  and other medical products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration."
  http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/index.html

  NewsTarget.com
  FDA's own scientists report pattern of intimidation, censorship and scientific fraud
  that undermines public safety
  Posted Friday, July 21, 2006 by Mike Adams
  Folks, this is only about drugs. Look into cosmetics. Study FRAGRANCES and FLAVORS! -- barb
  "... The FDA's nuclear bomb
  "Imagine a nuclear bomb detonating over Seattle, Washington. A hundred thousand
  citizens might be instantly killed, and two million (or more) could be seriously injured
  from the fallout. As horrific as that image may seem, this is what happens in America
  every single year from prescription drugs under the watch of the FDA. Allowing the FDA
  to continue operating as it does today kills as many Americans as detonating a nuclear
  weapon over a major U.S. city each year. ..."
  http://www.NewsTarget.com/019717.html

  DTC = Direct To Consumer advertising of drugs.
  
  Frankly, I see DTC a windfall for the pharmaceutical industry, which ties in just all too nicely
  with the proliferation of perfumed products. Perfumed products create a variety of illnesses . . .
  the mainstream doctors tell you "It's all in your head!," but write a prescription for mind
  altering drugs, along with drugs for your asthmatic symptoms or your headaches, or your vertigo,
  etc. The people I know of who have been healthiest despite MCS are the ones who have not
  relied on pharmaceuticals to get them over their adverse reactions. Medical doctors can diagnose
  distinct diseases, which are caused by modern, petrochemical-derived fragrances. It's a vicious
  circle and the only help for the already chemically injured is to avoid fragrances. But, synthetic
  scents have been crafted to pollute extensive areas and linger long after the user is no longer
  present; and when added to fabric softener products, they pollute neighborhoods while in use
  in the laundry and then continue to pollute the air for all nearby while the item is used or
  worn. Ahhhhhh, but wait just a minute and you'll see an ad on TV or hear it on the radio for a drug
  that will "cure" your adverse reaction to those fragrances that are impossible to avoid. -- barb
  MedWatch
  http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/
  
  Drugs are released to market after relatively little testing, and/or restricted testing. For example,
  Viagra was not studied in patients who have a history of the following conditions:
  • Heart attack, stroke, or life-threatening irregular heart rhythm within the last 6 months
  • Very low and very high blood pressure
  • Heart failure or unstable chest pain
  • Certain eye disorders
  • Because Viagra lowers blood pressure, your doctor will evaluate your overall medical condition to determine if Viagra, in combination with sexual activity, could adversely affect you.
  • Viagra can cause a rare but serious condition of prolonged erection (priapism). It is important to contact your health care provider immediately if your erection lasts longer than 4 hours.
  • Men for whom sexual activity is inadvisable may not be good candidates for Viagra.
  • Tell your doctor if you are taking protease inhibitors for the treatment of HIV.
    http://www.fda.gov/cder/consumerinfo/druginfo/Viagra.htm

  When the drug hits the general population, the FDA begins to learn of adverse events. Adverse events means YOUR health is down the tubes and it also means premature death. An adverse event to the FDA is your health, your life. I hope your life and health mean something to you! Visit the FDA pages for information regarding drug recalls.

  How many people living with the effects of MCS are actually the victims of IATROGENESIS?
  Iatrogenesis is doctor-caused illness, disability, death. How many people have been prescribed drugs, who really should not have been? We learn in EPA reports (e.g., "Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings") that mainstream medical doctors receive very little education in environmental health. These doctors are then given carte blanche in writing prescriptions, including mind-altering drugs. How many people have been told. "It's all in your head," and then given a prescription to help alter their illusions? Another concern is raised by people who have informed me that the mind-altering drugs that are touted as being non-habit forming, are actually quite addicting. I've also heard from people who have had serious adverse events due to

  Another thought: If it can be understood that some people suffer negative health effects from
  prescribed drugs (synthesized from chemicals), why is it so difficult to understand that some folks
  have adverse reactions to fragrances (synthesized from chemicals)? Also, have you noticed the
  similarity between the body's adverse reactions to prescribed drugs and the negative effects
  we suffer due to synthetic fragrance formulations in personal care and household and janitorial
  cleaning/maintenance products? Fragrance exposure symptoms at the primary, secondary or
  tertiary levels of exposure can include, but are not limited to:
  
  

  watery or dry eyes, double vision, sneezing, nasal congestion, sinusitis, tinnitus, ear
  pain, dizziness, vertigo, coughing, bronchitis, difficulty breathing, difficulty swallowing,
  laryngitis, asthma, anaphylaxis, headaches, seizures, fatigue, confusion, disorientation,
  incoherence, short-term memory loss, inability to concentrate, nausea, lethargy,
  anxiety, irritability, depression, mood swings, restlessness, rashes, hives, eczema, flushing,
  muscle and joint pain, muscle weakness, irregular heart beat, hypertension,
  swollen lymph glands, and more. (Candida Research and Information Foundation,
  Perfume Survey, Winter 1989-90.) From Julia Kendall's Making Sense of Scents
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnmsofs.htm#SYMPTOMS

  Drug-caused adverse reactions, unlike fragrances, only affect the primary user. Use synthetic
  scents and you are quite likely to be causing untold numbers of people adverse reactions.
  Key into the search engine of Medline something like, "drugs cause flu-like symptoms"

  Educate Before You Medicate CIGNA Health Corporation. http://www.cigna.com/consumer/services/pharmacy/educate_med.html Diclofenac and Misoprostol -- Brand name(s): Arthrotec http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a699002.html#side-effects IMPORTANT WARNING: Do not take diclofenac and misoprostol if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding. ... ...The combination of diclofenac and misoprostol is used to treat symptoms of osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis in patients who have a high risk of developing stomach ulcers. Although side effects from diclofenac and misoprostol are not common, they can occur. Most will go away in about 7 days after taking it regularly. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away: diarrhea ; upset stomach ; indigestion ; stomach pain or cramps ; gas If you experience any of the following symptoms, call your doctor immediately: skin rash ; itching ; hives ; difficulty breathing or swallowing ; swelling of the face, throat, hands, feet, ankles, or lower legs ; weight gain or swelling ; bloody diarrhea or black, tarry stools ; blood in urine ; postmenopausal vaginal bleeding ; ringing in the ears [tinnitus] ; fever ; headache ; stiff or painful neck ; sensitivity to light ; unusual bleeding or bruising, easy bruising ; tiredness ; pain in the right upper part of your stomach ; yellowing of the skin or eyes ; confusion ; drowsiness ; convulsions ; irregular heartbeat ; vomiting, especially if there is blood in it ; flu-like symptoms Fluphenazine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a682172.html "Fluphenazine is an antipsychotic medication used to treat schizophrenia and psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, and hostility." Side effects from fluphenazine are common: upset stomach ; drowsiness ; weakness or tiredness ; excitement or anxiety ; insomnia ; nightmares ; dry mouth ; skin more sensitive to sunlight than usual ; changes in appetite or weight Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away: constipation ; difficulty urinating ; frequent urination ; blurred vision ; changes in sex drive or ability ; excessive sweating If you experience any of the following symptoms, call your doctor immediately: jaw, neck, and back muscle spasms ; slow or difficult speech ; shuffling walk ; persistent fine tremor or inability to sit still ; fever, chills, sore throat, or flu-like symptoms ; difficulty breathing or swallowing ; severe skin rash ; yellowing of the skin or eyes ; irregular heartbeat Foradil: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/uspdi/500269.html It is used to help prevent the symptoms of asthma. More Common Chills; cold or flu-like symptoms; cough or hoarseness; fever; sneezing ; sore throat Less Common Body aches or pain; chest pain or discomfort ; congestion; cough producing mucous; difficulty breathing; dry throat; headache; labored breathing; pain or tenderness around eyes and cheekbones ; runny nose; shortness of breath; tender, swollen glands in neck; tightness in chest; trauma; trouble swallowing; voice changes; wheezing Rare Convulsions; decreased urine; dry mouth; fainting; fast pounding, or irregular heartbeat or pulse palpitations; increased thirst; irregular heartbeat ; loss of appetite ; noisy breathing Nateglinide Oral: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a699057.html Nateglinide is used alone or in combination with other medications to treat type 2 (noninsulin-dependent) diabetes (formerly called "adult-onset") in people whose diabetes cannot be controlled by diet and exercise alone. Although side effects from nateglinide are not common, they can occur. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away: headache ; nasal congestion ; runny nose ; dizziness ; joint aches ; back pain ; constipation ; cough ; flu-like symptoms If you experience any of the following symptoms, call your doctor immediately: seizures ; loss of consciousness Phenelzine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a682089.html Phenelzine, a monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor, and an antidepressant (mood elevator), is used to treat depression. Side effects from phenelzine are common: upset stomach ; drowsiness ; weakness or tiredness ; excitement or anxiety ; insomnia ; nightmares ; dry mouth ; skin more sensitive to sunlight than usual ; changes in appetite or weight Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away: constipation ; difficulty urinating ; frequent urination ; blurred vision ; changes in sex drive or ability ; excessive sweating If you experience any of the following symptoms, call your doctor immediately: severe headache ; jaw, neck, and back muscle spasms ; neck stiffness or soreness ; swelling of legs or arms ; fever, chills, sore throat, or flu-like symptoms ; difficulty breathing or swallowing ; severe skin rash ; yellowing of the skin or eyes ; irregular heartbeat

  -- barb
  
  Also see
  Iatrogenic
  What about people suffering from exposures to synthetic fragrances, pesticides, fertilizers,
  who go to the emergency room or to their doctor and are prescribed mind-altering drugs -- or
  other commonly prescribed drugs for allergy, et al. -- that only make them worse? Iatrogenic? -- barb
  The American Iatrogenic Association is devoted to the study and reporting of
  illness caused by physicians and other members of the medical profession.
  http://www.iatrogenic.org/index.html

  • death and disease from your doctor by Preston Peet (ptpeet@cs.com) - December 28, 2000 http://www.disinfo.com/pages/dossier/id530/pg1/

  • Just What Is An Iatrogenic Event Or Complication In Medical Care?
    "An iatrogenic complication is an unfavorable response to medical treatment that is induced by
    the therapeutic effort itself. Although some are minor, others are life-threatening. Serious or
    fatal iatrogenic complications occur in 4 to 9 percent of hospitalized patients. One retrospective
    series found that 14 percent of cardiac arrests could be traced to an iatrogenic event.

    "Clinical errors contribute to about half of all iatrogenic events. No matter how you analyze
    clinical errors the fact remains that they represent a level of medical practice that is below the
    accepted standard of care. In the law such errors are called medical malpractice or professional
    negligence." http://www.voiceoftheinjured.com/a-mm-iatrogenic-complications-medical-care.html

  • Reports about various aspects of medical error, harm and ethical lapses
    http://www.iatrogenic.org/News1.html

• ABCNews
  http://www.abcnews.go.com/
  • Some Kids on Ritalin Sell the Drug to Classmates
    By Merritt McKinney
    http://www.abcnews.go.com/wire/Living/reuters20011113_368.html

• About Drugs
  http://user.icx.net/~drherb/drugs.html

• Adverse Drug Events (ADE) - Report
  Janet Heinrich, Associate Director
  Health Financing and Public Health Issues
  U.S. General Accounting Office; February 1, 2000
  http://www.senate.gov/~labor/hearings/feb00hrg/020100wt/jmj0201/emk0201/fda0201/heinrich/body_heinrich.htm

• Adverse drug events (ADE) Reporting System
  http://www.fda.gov/cder/aers/index.htm

• Allergies often misdiagnosed: study
  Two-thirds of those taking allergy drugs may not need them
  Lifeline with Robert Bazell; MSNBC; seen May 29, 2001, SF Bay Area on KRON-TV
  NOW, if MSNBC can see that "colds" and sinusitis are often adverse reactions to chemicals
  and that to simply say "chemicals" is not enough to clue people in to the fact that they are
  loading up their bodies with superfluous toxic chemicals in the form of scented personal care and
  household and janitorial cleaning and maintenance products, maybe folks won't need to take so
  many other superfluous synthetic chemicals in the form of drugs . . . thereby, cutting down on
  the escalating cases of MCS; not to mention, asthma, cancers, Parkinson's, eczema... .
  Do I dream or what??? -- barb
  http://www.msnbc.com/news/579946.asp#BODY

• Anti-Depressants
  
  • Fluoxetine
    United States Patent 5,708,035; Young , et al. January 13, 1998
    ".... useful to treat migraine headaches, pain, in particular chronic pain,
    psychoactive substance abuse disorders and obsessive compulsive disorders. ..."
    Watch it! If you have headaches as a result of synthetic scents, your body may object to
    synthesized drugs, too. Was your doctor trained to recognize symptoms of chemical poisoning? -- barb
    http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5,708,035.WKU.&OS=PN/5,708,035&RS=PN/5,708,035
    • Clinical Trials.gov
      This page popped up from another page, and in this case starts with "Autistic Disorder."
      I cannot help but wonder how children and adults would do if they'd started eating, cleaning and
      dressing using synthetic-free products, e.g., go ORGANIC, clean and dress Fragrance-FREE., etc. -- barb
      http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D001321&recruiting=true

    • Go into "Drug Information" and search for "Fluoxetine." Look at the
      Health Topics: Developmental Disabilities, Autism, Depression. Next, go back to Drug
      Information, click on F and look for "Fluoxetine," then, be sure to check the "side effects"
      of this drug. Know the drugs doctors are advancing. It is YOUR health, afterall. -- barb
      http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ and http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a689006.html#side-effects

• Aspirin-like drugs are 15th leading cause of death
  Optimal Wellness Center
  Posted by Herfea on June 16, 1999 at 18:49:17 PT:
  " BOSTON (Reuters) -- Aspirin and related drugs kill almost as many
  people every year as AIDS and are responsible for a "silent epidemic,"
  researchers said in an article to be released Thursday.
  http://www.cannabinoid.com/wwwboard/drugpolicy/messages/369.shtml
  
  
• Asthma drug - INHALED STEROID USE LINKED TO CATARACTS
  Optimal Wellness Center
  "The prolonged use of high doses of inhalant corticosteroids, frequently prescribed to
  relieve symptoms of asthma, may increase the risk of cataract formation in older people.
  http://www.mercola.com/1998/aug/16/index.htm
  
  
• Cholesterol or lipid-lowering drugs - some adverse effect
  
  • Examples: Lipitor, Zocor . . . Baycol was withdrawn from market. -- barb
    Zocor - Supposedly side effects are not common but can include the following. -- barb
    "gas, stomach pain or cramps, diarrhea, constipation, heartburn, headache,
    blurred vision, dizziness, rash or itching, upset stomach."
    
    "If you experience the following symptom, call your doctor immediately: muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness with or without a fever "
    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a692030.html#side-effects

  • Alex Vasquez, D.C., N.D
    "BAYER VOLUNTARILY WITHDRAWS BAYCOL"
    http://www.dralexvasquez.com/baddrugs-chol.htm

    FDA site : "FDA today announced that Bayer Pharmaceutical Division is voluntarily withdrawing
    Baycol (cerivastatin) from the U.S. market because of reports of sometimes fatal
    rhabdomyolysis, a severe muscle adverse reaction from this cholesterol-lowering
    (lipid-lowering) product. The FDA agrees with and supports this decision. ..."
    http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/2001/ANS01095.html

  • Cholesterol-lowering drugs and erectile dysfunction
    http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/SexHlth/choled.html

  • The Deadly Danger Of Cholesterol Lowering Drugs
    Source Beatrice A. Golomb, MD, PhD on Statin Drugs; March 7, 2002
    http://www.chelationtherapyonline.com/articles/p217.htm
    • High Cholesterol Causes Heart Disease? Truth Revealed!
      Karl Loren
      http://www.chelationtherapyonline.com/articles/p72.htm

    • Study Shows Risk of Heart Disease, Strokes Soaring Throughout China -- WSJ Article
      http://www.chelationtherapyonline.com/technical/p3.htm

  • Fat, Sugar and Drugs on the French Riviera
    Treatment Issues: Newsletter of Experimental AIDS Therapies -
    Volume 13, Number 3, March 1999: Lark Lands
    http://www.aegis.com/pubs/gmhc/1999/GM130303.html

  • Use and Monitoring of "Statin" Lipid-Lowering Drugs Compared With Guidelines
    Susan A. Abookire, MD, MPH; Andrew S. Karson, MD; Julie Fiskio; David W. Bates, MD, MSc
    "... Conclusions Overtreatment and undertreatment for hyperlipidemia
    were frequent. Decision support may help physicians improve their performance
    compared with guidelines. ..."
    http://archinte.ama-assn.org/issues/v161n1/abs/ioi90863.html

• Desipramine hydrochloride - adverse reactions
  http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic2/desipram_ad.htm
  • Desipramine is used to treat depression
    http://www.harcourthealth.com/genrxfree/Top_200_1999/Drugs/n0964.HTM
• "DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER" DRUG AD SPENDING TO RISE
  Optimal Wellness Center
  http://www.mercola.com/1997/oct/12/drug_advertising.htm
  
  
• Doctors Are The Third Leading Cause of Death in the US, Killing 250,000 People Every Year
  Optimal Wellness Center
  " ... 250,000 deaths per year from iatrogenic causes!!

  What does the word iatrogenic mean? This term is defined as induced in a patient by a
  physician's activity, manner, or therapy. Used especially of a complication of treatment. ..."
  http://www.mercola.com/2000/jul/30/doctors_death.htm
  
  

• Doctors Kill More People Than Guns and Traffic Accidents Combined
  By Don Harkins; The Idaho Observer - April, 1999
  http://www.rense.com/politics2/doctors.htm
  
  DRUGS AND THEIR EFFECTS
  The Northern PACE Society
  Includes info on solvents. -- barb
  http://www.pace.bc.ca/workplace4.htm
  
  
• Drugs That Kill Instead of Cure
  Editorial; Copyright 1998 The New York Times; April 18, 1998
  With an industry spin to it . . . I wonder how many patients killed by prescribed drugs were
  really living with MCS . . . and had his or her doctor been astute ???

  See, "Doctors Are The Third Leading Cause of Death in the US,
  Killing 250,000 People Every Year," above. -- barb
  http://www.junkscience.com/news2/nytdrug.htm
  
  

• Drugs That Steal
  By Robert L. Pastore, Ph.D., CNC, CN
  Hoffman Center
  http://www.drhoffman.com/hoffman/drugsthatsteal/

• Eli Lilly
  " Eli Lilly has been featured as one of the most unethical of all drug companies by the
  Wall Street Journal, edition of November 14, 1996. "
  http://www.oralchelation.com/taheebo/foottah/lilly.htm
  
  
• Fluoxetine - US Patent
  See Anti-Depressants, above. -- barb
  http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D001321&recruiting=true

  The Evolution of U.S. Drug Law
  Food and Drug Administration
  http://www.fda.gov/fdac/special/newdrug/benlaw.html

• Gentamicin
  WOBBLERS are people who have been damaged by gentamicin. Gentamicin is a very powerful aminoglycoside (antibiotic) than can have devastating side effects. http://www.wobblers.com/newpage1.htm
  
  
• HEART DRUGS A REAL KILLER FOR THOSE ON VIAGRA
  http://www.internetwks.com/pauling/viagra.html
  
  HHS Announces Research To Improve Patient Safety
  IF our government and medical experts don't begin listening to the already chemically injured,
  I can't see that there'll be much chance of improving patient safety. -- barb
  http://www.rti.org/news/news_full.cfm?NR_ID=277

• "Inactive" Ingredients in Pharmaceutical Products: Update (Subject Review)
  AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS - Committee on Drugs
  " ... Some 773 chemical agents have been approved by the Food and Drug
  Administration (FDA) for use as inactive ingredients in drug products.[2] Inasmuch as
  these compounds are classified as "inactive," no regulatory statutes require listing on
  product labeling. Pharmacopeial guidelines, enforceable under the Food, Drug, and
  Cosmetic Act, do require labeling of inactive ingredients for topical, ophthalmic, and
  parenteral preparations; orally administered products are currently exempt. Because of
  pressure from professional and consumer organizations asking the FDA to require
  complete disclosure of all ingredients, voluntary labeling was adopted by the two major
  pharmaceutical industry trade associations. These voluntary guidelines contain an
  exemption for "trade secret" components and do not require complete disclosure of all
  fragrance and flavoring ingredients. Current problems encountered with "inactive"
  ingredients include benzalkonium chloride-induced bronchospasm from antiasthmatic
  drugs, aspartame-induced headache and seizures, saccharin-induced cross-sensitivity
  reactions in children with sulfonamide allergy, benzyl alcohol toxicity in neonates
  receiving high-dose continuous infusion with preserved medications, dye-related cross-
  reactions in children with aspirin intolerance, lactose-induced diarrhea, and propylene
  glycol-induced hyperosmolality and lactic acidosis. Although many other excipients
  have been implicated in causing adverse reactions, these are the most significant in
  the pediatric population .... "
  http://www.aap.org/policy/re9706.html

• Information on Prescription Drugs and Medications
  Interested in learning of the side effects of some prescribed drugs? This is your site! - barb
  http://www.lifeplushealthcenter.com/drug_warnings.htm

• Kids MD
  Medication Errors åCommon¼ in Children
  By Adam Wilkenfeld; CWK Netwo http://www.kids-md.com/Tipsheets/22_may3001/errors.html

• Legal drugs are five times deadlier than illegal drugs, says embarrassing new study
  "WASHINGTON, DC -- Doctors kill far more people every year than drug pushers do -- a surprising
  fact that should make sensible Americans start to question the War on Drugs,
  the Libertarian Party said today...."
  http://greenfield.fortunecity.com/swallowtail/204/prescribe.htm
  
  
• Look Out - Doctors Can Kill
  http://www.best.com/~joyful/lookout.html
  
  
• Lotronex
  FDA warns women about side effects from irritable bowel treatment; August 25, 2000
  http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/women/08/25/lotronex.warning.ap/

• Medical errors kill tens of thousands annually, panel says
  CNN; November 30, 1999
  http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9911/29/medical.errors/

• Medical Errors & Patient Safety
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  http://www.ahcpr.gov/qual/errorsix.htm

• Medical Mistakes Kill 100,000 Americans A Year
  http://www.mercola.com/1999/dec/5/medical_mistakes.html
  
  
• Medline Plus
  Drug Information "A guide to more than 9,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications provided by
  the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) in the USP DI® and Advice for the Patient®. "
  

  Two bits' worth from barb: Drug side effects, e.g., Flonaze:
  "Check with your doctor as soon as possible if any of the following side effects occur:
  

  More common
  
  Bloody mucus or unexplained nosebleeds; cough; headache; nausea; shortness of breath; vomiting
  
  Less common
  
  Diarrhea; dizziness; excessive mucus; fever; general aches and pains; loss of appetite; stomach pain; weakness; runny nose
  
  Rare
  
  White patches inside nose or throat"
  
  
  Or, for a lot of fun . . . check out Prozac, which too often is prescribed for people
  exhibiting symptoms of chemical injury from synthetic fragrances, pesticides, drugs . . .
  Side effects for Prozac are near page bottom.
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/fluoxetinesystemic202247.html

  Notice how so many of the side effects of just these two drugs are similar to those
  we suffer as negative side effects of fragrance chemicals. A question of the
  MCS-disbelieving mainstream medical doctors and chemical industry flacks:
  What's not to understand about our reactions to fragrance chemicals? -- barb

mycfnow.com

• Survey: Treatment Authors Tied To Drug Companies -
  87 Percent Of Doctors Reported Some Form Of Interaction
  Updated: 4:02 p.m. EST February 5, 2002
  http://www.mycfnow.com/sh/health/stories/health-122185820020205-140235.html

• Linus Pauling - The Last Interview; A9 1994 The Institute for Optimum Nutrition
  http://www.internetwks.com/pauling/lastpinv.html
  
  

Pharmaceutical Industry
http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/p.htm#Pharmaceutical

Prednisone - commonly prescribed for severe asthma

• Prednisone: Good Guy - Bad Guy
  http://www.transweb.org/reference/articles/drugs/pred.html

• Prednisone Side Effects
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/corticosteroidsglucocorticoide202018.html#SXX20

• Childbirth.org "The American College of Nurse-Midwives is pleased to report that a recentstudy
  issued by a consumer advocacy group called Public Citizen has furtherdocumented
  the safety, cost-effectiveness and benefits of nurse-midwiferycare. ..." http://www.childbirth.org/articles/PCS.html

• Flawed Medicare drug law was product of massive industry lobbying campaign
  PR: June 23, 2004 -- Drug Industry and HMOs Deployed an Army of
  Nearly 1,000 Lobbyists to Push Medicare Bill, Report Finds
  
  Study Shows Special Interests Spent $141 Million in 2003, Hired 431 Lobbyists With
  „Revolving Door¾ Connections to Congress and the White House
  http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=1733

• PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY PROMOTION
  http://www.worstpills.org/public/promotion.cfm

• Rx R&D Myths: The Case Against The Drug Industry's R&D "Scare Card"
  html: http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:UUAPZHnRogoJ:www.citizen.org/documents/rdmyths.pdf+Year+FDA+relaxed+rule+against+advertising+drugs&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

  PDF: http://www.citizen.org/documents/rdmyths.pdf

• Worst Pills, Best Pills
  http://www.worstpills.org

• ACEOLOGY MEDICAL REVIEW- Medical Information made simple for Patients
  Seldane (Terfenadine) to be banned
  http://www.aceology.com/med/mpall/seldane.htm

• FDA APPROVES ALLEGRA-D, MANUFACTURER TO WITHDRAW SELDANE FROM MARKETPLACE
  Dec. 29, 1997
  http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/ANS00843.html

• MEDWATCH, HF-2 FDA
  http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/safety/seldane.htm

• Safer Seldane; September 11, 1996
  WebMD
  http://onhealth.webmd.com/conditions/in-depth/item/item%2C2247_1_1.asp
  • Seldane Shake-up;January 31, 1997
    http://onhealth.webmd.com/conditions/in-depth/item/item%2C2353_1_1.asp

• So long, Seldane
  US NEWS; Jan. 12, 1998 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/980112/12nycu.htm

SwissTox.net
http://www.swisstox.net

• Consumer Groups Sue Claritin Makers - 2001 - 08-09
  http://www.swisstox.net/en/news_e.php?st_lang_key=en&st_news_id=656

Cindy Duehring

In loving memory of, and tribute to, Cindy Duehring who died the morning of June 29, 1999.
Cindy was poisoned by pesticides about 14 years ago. Despite severe toxic poisoning, and
resulting illnesses -- which I cannot even imagine living with -- she dedicated her life to
providing detailed and accurate information to help others who have been chemically injured.
Cindy will be truly missed, but her work will live on as an inspiration to us. -- barb

Cindy was buried in Bismarck, ND, on Saturday July 3, 1999. She requested that
donations (if any) be made to the MCS Research Fund, which CIIN intends to rename
the Cindy Duehring Memorial Research Fund.

CIIN
P.O. Box 301
White Sulphur Springs, MT 59645

Voice: 406.547.2255
Fax: 406.547.2455

• THE CINDY DUEHRING MCS RESEARCH FUND
  http://ciin.org
  
  
• Bismark Tribune
  
  
  Pesticide victim, 36, dies
  by Deena Winter
  http://www.ndonline.com/TribWebPage/jun1999/630199972230.html
  
  Still available through
  http://web.archive.org/web/19991005142912/http://www.ndonline.com/TribWebPage/jun1999/630199972230.html

  
  Held captive in her own home but locked to a mission
  by Deena Winter
  http://www.ndonline.com/TribWebPage/nov1997/11119754757.html
  
  Still available through
  http://web.archive.org/web/19991011035047/http://www.ndonline.com/TribWebPage/nov1997/11119754757.html

  
  
  Chemical-injury Survivors of Minnesota
  http://www.holoweb.com/survivors/default.htm
  
  
  • TRIBUTES
    http://www.holoweb.com/survivors/tribute.htm
  
  
  
• California Disability Alliance (C D A)
  Cindy remembered
  http://disweb.org/cda/memorials/index.html#D

• Earth Island Journal
  Cindy Duehring: A Beacon in a Toxic Storm
  http://www.earthisland.org/eijournal/spring98/sp98e_fe.htm
  
  
• In Loving Memory of Cindy Duehring
  http://members.tripod.com/~infchoice/loving_memory.html
  
  
• Many to Many
  The 1997 Right Livelihood Awards
  http://www.isleofavalon.co.uk/edu/manymany/issue-62/mm-62f.html
  
  9/1/04 - Still available through
  http://web.archive.org/web/20000918013736/http://www.isleofavalon.co.uk/edu/manymany/issue-62/mm-62f.html

  
  

• Natural Life
  Right Livelihood Awards Honour Contributions to a Sustainable Future
  http://www.life.ca/nl/59/rightlive.html
  
  
• Right Livelihood Awards Honor Roll (1997)
  "Short-term profits can short-change our future. ... The cost of ignoring the chemical
  effects on human health is quietly but steadily growing ever higher, creating a
  dangerous risk to the very underpinnings of society." - Cindy Duehring
  http://www.rightlivelihood.se/recip/duehring.htm

• Toxic Carpets -- five parts
  http://www.holisticmed.com/carpet/

  
  Tribute
  By Maggie MacRaven
  http://www.holoweb.com/survivors/tribute.htm

A few other links of possible interest from other EHN pages:

Ecology House: House Rules.
Please respect the residents and their requests by following
the instructions provided on our Ecology House page.

EHN's homepage ehnindex.htm

Government WWW LINKS

Julia Kendall (1935 - 1997) leaves a legacy. Use this info in good health
(http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/kendall.htm):

Fabric Softeners = Health Risks From Dryer Exhaust and Treated Fabrics

Making Sense of Scents

Twenty Most Common Chemicals Found in Thirty-One Fragrance Products

The New Reactor -- the newsletter of EHN

Petitioning the FDA

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