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FDA Citizens' Petition 99P-1340
FDA, why don't you require your warning message on labels of fragrances released to
market without adequate testing? Just look at those chemicals! There are enough
people suffering adverse events due to modern fragrances, that you should require your
warning message: "WARNING: The safety of this product has not been determined."
See "FDA Authority Over Cosmetics" http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-206.html

For more information about the Petition 99P-1340 and its analyses, see
http://www.ehnca.org/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm

• Is it really fragrance-free?
  By Scheinman PL.; Department of Medical and Surgical Dermatology,
  New England Medical Center Hospital, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
  "Finally, manufacturers need to be more forthright in the labeling of their products." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9358119&dopt=Abstract

• Labeling Fragrances
  UPDATE, February 2003: we are awaiting the re-introduction into the 108th Congress. -- barb
  http://thomas.loc.gov

  106th Congress:
  

  H.R. 5238, introduced by Rep Jan Schakowsky (IL) and co-sponsored by Rep Shelley Berkley (NV)
  "Title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that fragrances
  containing known toxic substances or allergens be labeled accordingly. "
  
  NOTE: Clicking on the URL below will take you to Thomas Legislative Information
  on the Internet's info on the 106th Congress. Go into #3 "Bill/Amendment No.:" and enter
  "hr 5238" or H.R. 5238 -- without quotes -- and hit search and you'll bring up the information
  on the bill as it was introduced September 2000. -- barb
  http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d106query.html

  107th Congress:
  
  H.R.1947
  Sponsor: Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] (introduced 5/22/2001)
  Latest Major Action: 6/1/2001 Referred to House subcommittee. Status:
  Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  Title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that fragrances
  containing known toxic substances or allergens be labeled accordingly.
  http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d107query.html

  108th Congress:
  
  Awaited re-introduction to no avail . . .
  http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d108query.html

  109th Congress:
  There is promise of re-introduction of a rewritten SNIFF. Let's hope it comes soon. -- barb

  For more information on labeling cosmetics, see

http://www.labelitpoison.com/



• Common Household Products
  http://www.labelitpoison.com/product_types.html
  
  
• Labelit Poison Game
  http://www.labelitpoison.com/images/picks/index.html
  
  
• Poisons and Health by Kaylin D'Aire, co-founder
  http://www.labelitpoison.com/kaycorner.html

• Anderson Labs of West Hartford, Vermont
  http://www.andersonlaboratories.com/
  
  PO Box 323
  West Hartford, VT 05084
  Items available:
  The Whole Story
  (carpets; a booklet, which makes it easy to understand)

  Videos: perfume, air fresheners, schools

  Scientific papers
  
  

  • Reactions to Carpet Emissions: A Case Series
    
  • Acute Toxic Effects of Fragrance Products
    
  • Use of ASTM E 981 to Estimate Irritant Potency of Room Air and Offgassing of Commercial Products
    
  • The Challenge of Asthma (from the *Lancet* Conference 1997, Tours, France)
    
  • Bioassay of Indoor Air for Irritant Effects
    
  • Bioassay of Irritant Chemicals in Indoor Air
    
  • Toxic Emissions From Carpets
    
  • Toxic Effects of Air Freshener Emissions
    
  • Criterion Labs
    "Founded in 1986, Criterion Labs has built its reputation on providing rapid
    and reliable solutions to occupational and environmental health problems. ..."
    http://www.criterionlabs.com/
    • Scented Candles and Indoor Air Pollution
      "... In addition to the damage caused by this soot to home furnishings and the ventilation
      system, there may also be a health hazard associated with breathing the sub-micron
      particulate soot, especially among the elderly, children, and those with compromised
      respiratory systems. These small particulates bypass the body¼s defense mechanisms,
      and can be breathed deep into the lungs, and become embedded in the lining of the
      lungs." Use your browser's Find Command. And my two bits' worth: Too bad folks don't understand
      that while their bodies may be able to process the initial load of superfluous toxins, sooner or
      later they, too, will fall ill to one of the chronic illnesses -- the rates of which are burgeoing. -- barb
      http://www.criterionlabs.com/archives.htm

  • EMSL Analytical, Inc
    "EMSL Analytical, Inc is a full service analytical testing laboratory providing
    environmental, chemical, forensic, failure, indoor air quality, materials and industrial
    hygiene analysis services since 1981. Our laboratory provides analysis of mold,
    indoor air quality contaminations, asbestos, lead, metals, silica, pcb's, volatiles, btex,
    mtbe, base neutral acids, total petroleum hydrocarbons, diesel and gasoline range
    organics, hazardous waste and other environmental pollutants. EMSL Analytical's
    quality is recognized by many well respected state, federal and private accrediting
    agencies. Our 20 nationwide laboratory locations and committment to providing
    quality laboratory services has ranked us at one of the top 20 environmental testing
    laboratories in the nation."
    http://www.emsl.com/

  • Great Smokies Diagnostic Laboratory
    http://www.gsdl.com/
    
    
    • Laboratory Assessments
      http://www.gsdl.com/services/laboratoryassessments.html

  • Huber Research
    
    http://www.huber-research.com/
    
    
    • Analytical Service
      GC/MS and General Analyses of Fragrances and Flavors
      http://www.huber-research.com/list.htm
      
      
    • Interpretation of Fred Hayman's Type 273 [TM] Rodeo Drive for women
      http://www.huber-research.com/rezept.htm
      
      
    • Interpretation of Calvin Klein's Eternity eau de parfum
      for EHN's petition of the FDA to declare "misbranded" (FDA's word) all fragrances
      released to market without
      adequate testing.
      http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/FDApetition/analysis.htm
    
    
    
  • List of resources from LassenTech
    http://www.snowcrest.net/lassen/eilabs.html

  • Scientific Instrument Services, Inc.
    The #1 Source for Mass Spectrometery, Gas Chromatography, and Liquid Chromatography
    http://www.sisweb.com/home.htm
    
    
    • The Analysis of Perfumes and their Effect on Indoor Air Pollution
      John J. Manura, Scientific Instrument Services, 1027 Old York Road, Ringoes, NJ 08551
      Presented at EAS, Summerset, NJ., November 1998
      http://www.sisweb.com/referenc/applnote/app-73.htm
      
      
    • Volatile Organics Present in Recycled Air Aboard a Commercial Airliner
      by Joseph Brady, Santford Overton and John J. Manura
      http://www.sisweb.com/referenc/applnote/app-26.htm
  
  
  Joan LaCroix's Environmental Awareness Emblems
  http://www.angelfire.com/art2/joan/mcs.htm

  LadyBugs
  

  • LADYBUGS
    by Stephanie Bailey, Extension Specialist; University of Kentucky College of Agriculture
    " Ladybugs, or lady beetles, are a very beneficial group of insects; a single lady beetle may consume as many as 5,000 aphids in its lifetime. " http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/entfacts/fldcrops/ef105.htm

  Mary Lamielle
  National Center for Environmental Health Strategies, Inc., The (NCEHS)
  Mary Lamielle, Executive Director
  1100 Rural Avenue
  Vooorhees, New Jersey 08043
  1.856.429.5358 (new phone number, 1999)
  e-mail: ncehs@ncehs.org
  http://www.ncehs.org/ -- developing
  • MATERIALS ON MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY
    http://www.adaptenv.org/21century/chemsense.htm

  • NCEHS Press Releases on US Access Board
    http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/PressReleases/prsrelin.htm

    OSHA: Proposed Standard For Indoor Air Quality
    ETS Hearings, January 9, 1995
    Mary spoke over seven years ago. And still (5/16/02) OSHA claims
    "MCS is clearly not occupationally related. "-- barb
    http://www.tobacco.org/Documents/osha/950109osha.html

  
  Landscape
  • Easy Edible Landscaping (Organic Gardening Tip #81)
    http://www.plantea.com/edibleland.htm
    
    
  • Featured Creatures
    University of Florida; Department of Entomology and Nematology
    http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~insect/main/search_common.htm
    
    
  • Herbal Gardens - organic
    http://www.herbalgardens.com/
    
    
  • Landscape Consulting Services Online
    
    • Alternatives [to Diazinon]
      by Mark Whitelaw; Enviro-Gardening
      http://markw.com/diazinon.htm
      
      
    • Environmental Gardening
      http://markw.com/environm.htm
      
      
  • LawnCare Simple & Effective
    http://www.lawncare.london.ca/
    • Lawn Care Tips
      http://www.lawncare.london.ca/tips.htm

    • Problem Identification
      http://www.lawncare.london.ca/identifyproblems.htm

    
    
  Language -- Dictionary - Travlang
  
  http://www.travlang.com/
  
  
  • Foreign Languages for Travelers
    http://www.travlang.com/languages/
  
  
  Latex -- Rubber
  
  
  • Chemical Sensitivity - Recirculated Air Linked to Latex Allergy Among Hospital Workers
    Profession @ a glance; 5/11/01
    http://www.asrt.org/profession_glance/chemical_sensitivity_index.htm

  • Concentrations and decay rates of ozone in indoor air in dependence on building and surface materials.
    By Moriske HJ, Ebert G, Konieczny L, Menk G, Schondube M
    PubMed
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9820683&dopt=Abstract

  • Evaluation of sink effects on VOCs from a latex paint. by Chang JC, Sparks LE, Guo Z, Fortmann R
    PubMed
    NOTE: "The long reemission process can result in chronic and low-level exposure
    to the VOCs after painting interior walls and surfaces."
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9798435&dopt=Abstract
  • Volatile organic compound emissions from latex paint--Part 1.
    Chamber experiments and source model development.
    by Sparks LE, Guo Z, Chang JC, Tichenor BA
    PubMed
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10195271&dopt=Abstract

  • Volatile organic compound emissions from latex paint--Part 2.
    Test house studies and indoor air quality (IAQ) modeling. by Sparks LE, Guo Z, Chang JC, Tichenor BA
    PubMed
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10195272&dopt=Abstract
    
    
  • Latex Allergy Help
    http://www.latexallergyhelp.com/
    
  • Latex Allergy Links
    http://pw2.netcom.com/~nam1/latex_allergy.html

  • NIOSH Alert
    Preventing Allergic Reactions to Natural Rubber Latex in the Workplace
    June 1997; DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 97-135
    http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/latexalt.html

  • The Rubber Room
    "Dermatitis From Rubber Gloves" By John G. Downing, M..D.* "First Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, January 26, 1933."
    http://www.immune.com/rubber/rubber_gloves.html

  
  
  Latitudes
  Newsletter of the Association for Comprehensive NeuroTherapy (ACN)
  "ACN provides cutting-edge information on advanced, alternative, and complementary
  approaches to Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD), autism, Tourette syndrome (TS),
  and learning disabilities. With our leading advisory board, we explore the role of
  diet, nutrition, biofeedback, homeopathy, allergy treatment, immune factors, craniosacral
  therapy, environmental issues, developmental optometry, sensory motor integration,
  and other areas. Read articles from international experts on our site, and in our
  professional magazine, Latitudes."
  http://www.latitudes.org/

  Laundry information

  EHN makes this info available merely as a suggestion, to give you a clue as to what is available
  as a more eco-friendly, health-friendly, fragrance-free product. Neither EHN nor I test or
  endorse products. One thing we ask you to remember is that your personal choice to use scented
  laundry products -- especially fabric softeners -- means that your entire neighborhood is
  subjected to your "personal" choice, making it not personal at all! -- barb

  Also see EHN's sections:
  Clean
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/c.htm#Clean
  
  Tips for Fragrance-FREE products:
  
  

  • Ecover
    "Powerful Cleaning in a Sustainable Way" "Plant based ingredients" "Minimal impact on the Environment"
    http://www.ecover.com/
    • The ECOVER Cleaning Products
      http://www.ecover.com/american/html/products.htm

    • Washing Tips http://www.ecover.com/american/html/wastips.htm

    
    
  • Fragrance information via articles . . .
    Fragrances pollute air in remote areas and water downstream from the users.
    http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/f.htm#Fragrance

  • Less Toxic Living - includes laundry product suggestions
    http://www.herc.org/hhc/LessToxicLiving.html

  • Majick Botanicals Laudry & Dishwasher Products
    http://www.myvitanet.com/magbotfrelau.html

  • Seventh Generation, Inc.
    212 Battery Street Suite A
    Burlington, VT 05401-5281
    phone 802.658.3773; fax 802.658.1771
    "If every household in the U.S. replaced just one bottle of 28 oz. petroleum based
    dishwashing liquid with our vegetable based product, we could save 82,000 barrels
    of oil, enough to drive a car for over 86 million miles."
    http://www.seventhgen.com/
    • About Non-Toxic Cleaning
      http://www.seventhgen.com/html/index.html

  
  The Work of Julia Kendall - specifically Fabric Softners
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/kendall.htm

  Law
  Justice delayed is justice denied. - William Gladstone
  
  I'm not a lawyer . . . I'm not any sort of "expert" and have never claimed to be one. However,
  answer enough questions, provide enough solid information that helps folks, and people begin
  to think of you as an expert. I simply have put effort into learning that there is a ton of valuable
  information, made available by reputable doctors and researchers, and as I was driven from
  gainful employment and a job I had loved, I put my findings into a website and donated it to EHN.
  
  My career ended due to my severe fragrance sensitization, acquired as a result of daily exposures
  to fragrance products USED BY OTHERS. One of the things I've come across since then
  (October 19, 1998) is this line . . . "FELA [Federal Employers Liability Act] allows compensation
  if the railroad is judged responsible for even a ''scintilla'' of negligence and workers can be
  compensated by juries for pain and suffering," in the Louisville Courier-Journal.
  Please read this series of articles . . . before they vanish.
  http://www.courier-journal.com/cjextra/csx/day3/ke051501s23414.htm

  Believe you me, I firmly opine that my former employer was responsible for far more than just a
  '' 'scintilla' of negligence," but then, that's only my biased opinion. Certainly lawyers at
  the time didn't think so. For the sake of millions of people, I sure hope lawyers -- AND JUDGES --
  change their opinions, based upon information now available on fragrances derived from
  inadequately tested petrochemicals. They can start by checking
  Cancer-Cosmetics?

  And then, they may begin thinking in terms of Public Nuisance laws. American Heritage
  Dictionary defines NUISANCE as: "2. Law. A use of property or course of conduct that
  interferes with the legal rights of others by causing damage, annoyance, or inconvenience."
  Perfume and perfumed products, certainly cause damage to health; are damned annoying to
  those not yet seriously sensitized by those petrochemical pollutants but who simply do not
  enjoy the perfume emenating from another; and, I assure one and all, that to suddenly
  experience anaphylactic shock, an asthmatic attack, a migraine, ataxia, disorientation, rhinitis,
  sinusitis, ear ache, laryngitis, hives, rashes, acne, burning and itching skin, etc., or several of
  the above, is deplorably inconvenient, ... plus damaging and annoying.
  
  To think that it is quite all right for employers to condone the use of such illness-, disability-causing
  pollutants in the workplace, and the accompanying assaults by the users of such products, is an
  abomination. But, again, that is only my biased opinion. Just remember, it is not only the
  already chemically injured, fragrance-sensitized individual who suffers the effects of fragrances.
  The users do too. And some of them can be extremely hateful. But I try to keep in mind that they
  are suffering those effects associated with fragrance chemical neurotoxins. -- barb

  
  Also see Law on EHN"s page, Access / Take Heart!
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/takheart.htm#Law

  Please note: All names given here are merely suggestions for links you are to
  investigate thoroughly, for your own needs. EHN does not recommend nor endorse
  any product, healthcare practice, therapy or law firm. Nor is any endorsement implied. -- barb
  

  • A-Z COMPUTING
    Word Processing, Database & Paralegal Services
    http://www.jps.net/azcomp/
    
    
  • ADA Compliance Service
    http://www.adalaw.com/
    
    
  • Alexander Law Firm
    http://www.alexanderlaw.com/index.html
    
    
    "The Consumer Law Page" is a trademark of
    The Alexander Law Firm and Alexander, Hawes & Audet, LLP.
    Chemically Induced Diseases: Synergistic Effects and Cumulative
    Injuries caused by Toxic Chemicals -- Understanding the Gulf War
    Syndrome and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity [MCS]
    By Richard Alexander
    http://consumerlawpage.com/article/gulfwar.shtml
    • Chemical Injury and the Courts
      A Litigation Guide for Clients and Their Attorneys
      Linda Price King
      Foreword by Will Collette
      
      ISBN 0-7864-0624-0
      appendices, bibliography, index
      264pp. softcover 1999
      "Reviews
      "This guide to chemical-injury litigation offers strategies both clients and their attorneys can use to better serve their cases. Recommended' -- Public Library Quarterly " http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?isbn=0-7864-0624-0

    • DIOXIN IN PENTACHLOROPHENOL:
      A CASE STUDY OF CANCER DEATHS IN THE LUMBER INDUSTRY
      By Richard Alexander
      http://consumerlawpage.com/article/lumber.shtml

    • Litigating Preemption Issues After Medtronic v. Lohr
      By Brian Wolfman & Allison Zieve
      Public Citizen Litigation Group
      Copyright 1996, Public Citizen, Inc.
      "... A. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
      "... Second, like many MDA requirements, the requirements of FIFRA are general
      and ongoing. For example, if a pesticide manufacturer knows or should know of
      an environmental risk posed by its product, the manufacturer is required to
      revise its labeling to reflect that risk. Thus, if a plaintiff claims that his or her land
      was damaged by a pesticide and that the risk of damage should have been
      disclosed on the product¼s label, the complaint should allege that the defendant
      negligently failed under state law to comply with duties imposed under FIFRA.
      In many cases, the common-law duties on which the plaintiff¼s allegations are
      based will mimic the defendant¼s duties under FIFRA, which places the burden of
      product testing, identification of product risks, and hazard labeling on the
      manufacturer.
      http://consumerlawpage.com/article/medtron.shtml#Products

    • Book Review: Neuropsychological Toxicology
      Review by Richard Alexander
      "Neuropsychological Toxicology: Identification and Assessment of Numan Neurotoxic
      Syndromes. Second Edition. 525 pp. by David E. Hartman. Published by Plenum Press,
      New York, (212-620-8000) $59.50 ISBN 0-306-44922-6. Chapters: Introduction, Evaluation
      of Neurotoxic Syndromes, Metals, Solvents, Alcohol,Drugs, Pesticides, Other Neurotoxins,
      Psychosomatic Disorders, Forensic and Private Practice Issues, References, Index
      
      In the area of toxic tort litigation, this is a significant reference tool and is strongly
      recommended as a "must have" for your library. Written by a Chicago neuropsychologist
      who is a nationally-known clinical expert on human toxic exposure effects,
      Neuropsychological Toxicology is "the" comprehensive reference for attorneys,
      neuropsychologists, physicians, toxicologists and advocates who need information
      about diagnosing the effects of toxic brain injury.
      
      If Dr. Hartman's groundbreaking book can be summarized in three points it is that (1)
      many workplace chemicals and commonly prescribed pharmaceuticals cause brain injury
      and nervous system damage (2) millions of adults and children are exposed to these
      substances at work or at home and (3) the resulting "neurotoxic" damage is a special
      clinical problem that requires a specialized approach in both diagnosis and litigation. ..."
      http://consumerlawpage.com/article/neuro.shtml
      From Rachel's -- Environment & Health Weekly, October 19, 1995
      Search this site for a wealth of information, then support their efforts! -- barb
      http://www.rachel.org
      Brought to you by The Consumer Law Page
      
      • Corporate Manipulation of Scientific Evidence Linking Chemical Exposures to
        Human Disease: A Case in Point -- Cigarette Science at Johns Hopkins
        I cannot emphasize this enough . . . READ THIS! -- barb
        http://consumerlawpage.com/article/chemical.shtml

    • Toxic Chemicals
      A page of helpful links. -- barb
      http://consumerlawpage.com/resource/toxicr.shtml

  • Anderson Laboratories "Legal support: Because SBS and MCS are considered controversial subjects, pursuing
    these injuries in court is very difficult. We have much experience in these matters,
    so have your lawyer call us at 802 295 7344.
    http://www.andersonlaboratories.com/alweb7j.htm
    
    
    • Fees
      http://www.andersonlaboratories.com/alweb7z.htm
    
    
    
  • AS YOU SOW
    http://www.asyousow.org
    • About - dedicated to promoting corporate accountability
      http://www.asyousow.org/aboutus.htm

    • Gnetic Engineering: Threats to Public Health
      http://www.asyousow.org/genetic2.htm

    • Prop 65
      http://www.asyousow.org/prop65.htm

    
    
  • Attorneys in Washington
    Washington State Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Network http://hometown.aol.com/wsmcsn/index.htm

  • 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
    
    
    
  • Brobeck, Attorneys at Law
    http://www.brobeck.com
    • Labor & Employment Update
      http://www.brobeck.com/laborupdate/
      • Employee with a Heightened Sensitivity to Strong Fragrances May Be Disabled Under the ADA - August 2000
        A Utah MCS case. -- barb
        http://www.brobeck.com/publications/issues_individual.asp?newsItem=AIA2

        OR http://www.brobeck.com/news_events/issues_archive.asp?newsItem=IA2#3

        OR search Brobeck's site for "fragrance." -- barb

  • California Environmental Law
    http://www.calbar.org/enviro/index.htm
    
    
  • Calif-Legal.Com
    http://www.calif-legal.com/
    • Hydrogen Sulfide and Sulfur Dioxide
      Basic Toxicology and Primary Litigation Issues -page 1 gives toxicology
      By Thomas H. Milby, MD
      The news media -- at least the stations I watched -- simply told folks to shelter in place. That's all the info I got from the local police as well when Chevron, Richmond, CA had a "release" the night of Aug 9, 2003. I developed a sudden onset headache and irritated eyes, plus I noticed a dizziness . . . while lyingon the couch. Strange! Then and only then, I noticed the "rotten egg" odor. After I complained about it -- my husband hadn't smelled it then -- finally learned that there had been a release at Chevron. At that point, my husband closed all the windows -- and when near those open windows he could also detect the odor, but by then, he had heard about the Chevron leak, so was that odor detection merely "ALL IN HIS HEAD!"? Maybe it was a "learned experie we turned on exhaust fans to help rid our house of the gas . . . I live quite a distance away, and had reactions. I cannot imagine what it was like for folks living in proximity of the release. -- barb http://www.calif-legal.com/Articles/oct_article.html

    • Hydrogen Sulfide and Sulfur Dioxide -
      Basic Toxicology and Primary Litigation Issues - page 2 gives symptoms
      By Thomas H. Milby, MD
      http://www.calif-legal.com/Articles/oct_article_pg2.html

  • California's OAL - Office of Administrative Law
    http://www.oal.ca.gov/
    
    
  • Center for Public Health and Law
    http://www.eli.org/research/iaqdatabases2004
    • Improving Indoor Air Quality in Rental Dwellings:
      A Review of Policies in Five U.S. Localities
      http://www.elistore.org/reports_detail.asp?ID=10881

  • CODE - U.S. and California
    This may help someone . . . I don't know, I'm not a lawyer, but it seems worth looking in to. -- barb
    
    • 
      http://assembler.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode42/usc_sec_42_00003604----000-.html

      § 3604.3604. Discrimination in the sale or rental of housing and other prohibited practices

  • The Consumer Law Page^TM
    http://consumerlawpage.com/nographics/index.html
    
    
    • Brain Injury: Providing Lifetime Disability
      http://consumerlawpage.com/article/trabrain.shtml
      
      
    • Consumer Law Page, Toxic Chemicals
      http://consumerlawpage.com/resource/toxicr.shtml
      
      
  • COUNSEL.NET LEGAL SUPPORT
    http://www.counsel.net/support/
    
    
  • 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
    
    
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    http://www.dredf.org
    
    
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    [Y]our #1 source for academic info on criminal justice, criminology, law, and forensics
    with freely accessible course pages
    http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/
    • PROBABLE CAUSE
      To borrow from the Fourth Amendment, I believe there is "probable cause" enough
      demonstrated that our medical and government experts could begin looking at a possible role
      played by synthetic scents in the increases in rates of asthma and other chronic ills. -- barb
      http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/315/315lect06.htm

  • EarthJustice
    The Law Firm for the Environment
    http://www.earthjustice.org/
    • Air
      http://www.earthjustice.org/work/air.html

    • Health
      http://www.earthjustice.org/work/health_index.html

  • Earthlaw
    
    http://www.earthlaw.org/index.html
    • Activist Page
      http://www.earthlaw.org/Activist/activist.htm
      
      
    • Activist Tools
      http://www.earthlaw.org/Activist/toolsres.htm
    
    
    
  • EEOC - Fragrance Illness Accommodation - Roberts v. U.S. DOT
    http://www.ehnca.org/ehnhompg/eroberts.htm

  • EI or MCS Resources - Legal Aid
    By Julie May
    http://www.juliemay.getdh.net/legal.html

  • Environmental Law Foundation
    Visit California's "Prop 65" links -- barb
    "The Environmental Law Foundation works to protect people from
    environmental hazards, whether in the air and water, in their homes,
    workplaces and communities, or in the products they buy and use."
    http://www.envirolaw.org/
    
    
  • Environmental Law Services
    "A strength has been our representation of clients involved in hazardous and
    toxic-waste disputes in court and before regulatory bodies in Minnesota and
    throughout the United States. Our environmental attorneys have developed
    management and organizational skills to complement their legal training for
    use in these complex cases involving multiple parties."
    http://www.briggs.com/envirlaw.htm
    
    
  • Excite's list of Lawyers & Law Firms
    http://www.excite.com/guide/business/law/lawyers_and_law_firms/
    
    
  • "Futile Gesture"
    Susan Molloy thinks this is the most important piece of info I've uncovered. Thanks!, Susan.
    Section 308(a)(1) further states that,
    Nothing in this section shall require a person with a disability to engage in a futile
    gesture if such person has actual notice that a person or organization covered by this
    subchapter does not intend to comply with its provisions.
    
    Is there a lawyer out there who might be able to explain "futile gesture" to us as it might apply
    to the chemically injured and access ... e.g., restrooms with fragrance emission devices/systems
    (FEDS), or a workplace that is outgassing chemicals from pesticides or mold or personal care
    products, or a neighbor's outgassing pesticides, fabric softeners? ETC. -- barb
    http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/briefs/steger.htm

    HEALTH FREEDOM LAW - NEWS REPORT
    Sponsored by: LAW OFFICES OF
    CARLOS F. NEGRETE & HEALTH FREEDOM LEGAL DEFENSE COUNCIL
    http://www.healthfreedomlaw.com/

  • Issues of Injury
    "Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Mapping a defense"
    By Christopher E. Celichowski
    http://www.mcn.com/ioi/1994/mcslegal.htm
    
    Julie May's EI or MCS Resources - Legal Aid
    http://www.juliemay.getdh.net/legal.html

  • Jury Verdicts
    "The National Association of State Jury Verdict Publishers (NASJVP) is an
    organization of publishers of Jury Verdict Summaries from throughout the United
    States. These Publishers collect detailed Civil Litigation information directly from the
    attorneys who tried the cases, then write concise summaries, which are used by attorneys
    and insurers for case evaluation."
    http://www.juryverdicts.com/

  • Justice 4 All
    http://www.andJustice4all.com/
    
    
  • Labor Law Resources
    http://www.dsmo.com/laborres.htm
    
    
  • The Law Offices of Masry & Vititoe http://www.masryvititoe.com/Masry.htm
    • Environmental http://www.masryvititoe.com/Enviro.htm

    • Erin Brockovich
      http://www.masryvititoe.com/Erin.htm

  • The Law Office of Scott C. Van Soye "ADA: Do I Have a Case"
    http://www.swiftsite.com/adaman/
    
    
  • 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY^TM
    "Ralf Rinkle, the Library's beloved Head Librarian," states,
    "...everything's free of charge, and worth every penny."
    
    http://www.lectlaw.com/
    
    Environmental Law
    http://www.lectlaw.com/tenv.htm
    
    LAYPEOPLE'S LAW LOUNGE
    http://www.lectlaw.com/lay.html
    
    'Lectric Law Looker-Upper
    http://www.lectlaw.com/search.html
    
    MCS Legal Help
    WALKUPLAW.COM
    http://www.walkuplaw.com/index.html
    • A Message from Michael
      http://www.walkuplaw.com/about.html

      FAQs about Social Security Disability
      http://www.walkuplaw.com/faqs.html

    • Articles
      http://www.walkuplaw.com/articles.html

    • Contact
      http://www.walkuplaw.com/contact.html

    • Trial Behavior Consulting
      Practice Areas: Mold Litigation
      "First, mold cases never seem to end. "
      http://www.trialbehavior.com/pages/practice_areas/prac_ar20.htm

      Also see Mold on EHN"s site at
      http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnlinx/m.htm#Mold
      
      
      MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES:
      FACTS, FICTION, DISABILITY AND THE LAW
      By Gail Sullivan Restivo of CSL
      http://www.lectlaw.com/filesh/csl01.htm

    
    
    LAWYER MR. H. MEHRGARDT - on Tox-Doc
    (D-53 350 Rheinbach/Bonn)
    in his comment in the documentation "ERSTES BIOZID-SYMPOSION"
    "Naturwissenschaftliche und rechtliche Aspekte"
    Bundesministerium f¸r Umwelt, Naturschutz
    und Reaktorsicherheit (BMU) ; Bonn 1991
    "The experiences which the lawyer MR. MEHRGARDT has gained over the years,
    corresponds to observations which many doctors are now making, that namely the
    chronic intoxication via inhalation, through continuous or frequent inhalation from
    minuscule quantities of highly toxic environmental chemicals such as hydrocarbons,
    Ozon, pesticides, fragrances and other SMOG-components, heavy metal vapours
    (Mercury vapour from amalgam in dental fillings !) as well as biocides (pesticides) and
    combustion products, produce results which differ widely from those brought about by
    other acute or subacute intoxications which were induced via the stomach (oral)
    or via skin contact. ..."
    http://www.tox-doc.de/englisch/intinf.htm

  • Legal Information Packs from E.A.R.N.
    http://biz-comm.com/CIIN/leg.htm
    
    
  • Legal Tips and Tools YOU can use - Nolo Press
    
    • Take Charge of Your Worker¼s Compensation Claim:
      An A to Z Guide for Injured Employees (California)
      http://www.nolo.com/product/WORK/summary_WORK.html?t=00010011503202000ProductID*115

    • Worker¼s Compensation: What to Do If You're Injured on the Job (California)
      http://www.nolo.com/product/WK1C/summary_WK1C.html?t=00010012003202000ProductID*120

    • Your Rights in the Workplace
      http://www.nolo.com/product/YRW/summary_YRW.html?t=00010019003202000ProductID*190

  • LegaldocsÆ
    . . . . . Legal Documents Online
    http://www.legaldocs.com/
    
    
  • LegalMedicalWeb.com
    This site contains "thousands of dedicated search engine categories
    relating to the subjects of Health, Medicine, Law, Government, Computers
    and the Internet, and related technologies."
    Quoted from a post to me. -- barb
    http://legalmedicalweb.com/

  • Lieberman & Blecher, P.C. Attorneys at Law
    http://www.liebermanblecher.com/contactus.html
    
    
  • STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT - NO. 99 CA 2115
    * * * * * * * * * *
    WILBERT BAZERT VERSUS STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
    SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS, LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY, STATE OF
    LOUISIANA JUDGMENT RENDERED: September 22, 2000
    The finder wrote: "It's a Louisiana Appeals Court case where an individual with asthma
    and sensitivities to fragrances and chemicals was determined to be "substantially
    limited in the major life activity of breathing and was a qualified individual with a
    disability under the ADA." (The Supreme Court of Louisiana denied the appeal to hear
    the case,ðaffirming the Appeals Court ruling!) This is significant because courts
    have overwhelming determined that individuals with asthma and/or chemical
    sensitivities are not substantially limited (or limited "enough" to be considered
    disabled under the ADA)."
    Folks, this is a PDF file. Download Adobe Acrobat to open it. -- barb http://www.la-fcca.org/Opinions/Pub2000/Sept2000/99CA2115.SEPT.00.pdf

  • MCS Referral & Resources
    http://www.mcsrr.org/
    • Bibliograpy of Scientific Articles on MCS
      http://www.mcsrr.org/resources/bibliography/

  • Mealey Publications: Litigation Resource
    http://www.mealeys.com/
    
    Raphael Metzger, PLC
    http://www.toxictorts.com/
    • BENZENE: A HUMAN CARCINOGEN by Raphael Metzger, Esq.
      http://www.toxictorts.com/benzene.htm

    • CHEMICAL DANGERS IN THE WORKPLACE http://www.toxictorts.com/job-haz.htm

  • Nolo Press - Legal Tips and Tools YOU can use
    
    • Take Charge of Your Worker¼s Compensation Claim:
      An A to Z Guide for Injured Employees (California)
      http://www.nolo.com/product/WORK/summary_WORK.html?t=00010011503202000ProductID*115

    • Worker¼s Compensation: What to Do If You're Injured on the Job (California)
      http://www.nolo.com/product/WK1C/summary_WK1C.html?t=00010012003202000ProductID*120

    • Your Rights in the Workplace
      http://www.nolo.com/product/YRW/summary_YRW.html?t=00010019003202000ProductID*190

  • Prairielaw.com
    Home of email discussion groups
    http://prairielaw.com/
    
    
    • Workers' Com Info
      http://prairielaw.com/channels/channel.asp?channelId=19
  • Pro Se Lawsuit ...
    
    • Ragged Edge
      http://www.raggededgemagazine.com/
      
      "File your own access lawsuit -- here's how"
      "Thanks to the Pennsylvania Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities for
      providing this information on how to file a Pro Se Lawsuit. . . ."
      http://www.raggededgemagazine.com/archive/pro-se.htm
      
      

  • Sheller Ludwig & Badey, P.C.
    Philadelphia and New Jersey offices
    http://www.sheller.com/contact.htm
    
    
    • NEED HELP FINDING AN ATTORNEY?
      http://www.sheller.com/finda.htm
      
      
    
    
  • SNIFF - Safe Notification and Information for Fragrances Act
    "107th CONGRESS - 1st Session - H. R. 1947
    To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that fragrances
    containing known toxic substances or allergens be labeled accordingly.
    
    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
    May 22, 2001 - Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, and Ms. BERKLEY) introduced the
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
    A BILL
    
    To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that fragrances
    containing known toxic substances or allergens be labeled accordingly.
    
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
    in Congress assembled. ...
    Go to Thomas, enter 'hr 1947' without quotes, and click search. -- barb
    http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html
    
    
  • TOXLAW RESOURCES
    http://toxlaw.com/resources/
    
    
    • MCS Chat Board
      http://www.toxlaw.com/chatboards/mcs/posts.html

    • MCS Court Decisions
      http://toxlaw.com/chatboards/mcs/topic11/9.23.00.12.21.23.html

    • Sick Building Chat Board
      http://toxlaw.com/chatboards/sickbldg/posts.html
      
      
    • Toxic Tort Attorney Resources
      http://www.toxlaw.com/resources/
    
    
    
  • Victim's Justice Center
    http://www.howdyneighbor.com/JusticeDenied/
    
    
  • VICTIM SERVICES
    Information on Temporary Restraining Order
    http://www.ventura.org/vcda/Victim_Services/restraining_order.htm

  • Voice of the Injured
    "Perenich, Carroll, Perenich, Avril & Caulfield, P.A. has been the voice of the injured in thousands of claims since 1955." http://www.voiceoftheinjured.com/firm.html

  • Washington State Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Network
    ATTORNEYS WITH EXPERIENCE IN MCS ISSUES (scroll down to this)
    http://hometown.aol.com/wsmcsn/resources.htm
    
    
  • Worker Sensitive to Perfume, Hand Lotion Can Proceed with
    ADA Claim, Court Rules
    From BNA Daily Labor Report
    http://web.archive.org/web/20020607071609/http://www.shrm.org/hrnews/articles/default.asp?page=bna0517c.htm

  • Wrightslaw
    Special Education Law & Advocacy
    http://www.wrightslaw.com
    
    -- end law --

  
  

• LawnCare Simple & Effective
  http://www.lawncare.london.ca/
  • Lawn Care Tips
    http://www.lawncare.london.ca/tips.htm

  • Problem Identification
    http://www.lawncare.london.ca/identifyproblems.htm

  
  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's ELSI Project
  http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/ELSI.html
  • Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution
    Please inform these folks about volatilizing synthetic fragrances. -- barb
    http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/pollution-main.html

  Lawrence Hall of Science
  http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/
  
  
  • Kids' Corner
    http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/kids/
    
    
  • Math Around the World
    http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/exhibits/mathworld.html
    
    
  • Tools for Teachers
    http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/EdResources.html
    
    
  
  
  Lynn Lawson
  
  • Lynn Lawson in the news
    Aerosol Hazards: Untested chemicals make some sick by NBC5DFW
    A special treat: Lynn Lawson is interviewed. However, NBC5DFW's report is not quite
    accurate. Lynn IS safe in her home, which is not more toxic than outdoors, and she doesn't
    "prefer spending her days outdoors" (winter in Illinois is pretty cold). Lynn tells us: "What
    I am spraying in our kitchen is a bottle filled with vinegar and water, not an aerosol." Also, she
    provided the producer a lot of info on fragrances, which wound up on the cutting room floor because
    the producer needed to stick to her topic: aerosols and air fresheners.-- barb)
    http://web.archive.org/web/20010531173350/nbc5dfw.healthsurfing.com/health/1999/12/06/
  
  
  
• MCS: Health & Environment
  http://www.mcshealthenviron.org/
  • Canary News
    http://www.mcshealthenviron.org/freeCN.htm

  • What is MCS?
    http://www.mcshealthenviron.org/index.htm

  SNIFF (Safe Notification and Information for Fragrances Act)
  SNIFF was born of the work of Lynn Lawson with her representative. -- barb
  

  Spend a little extra energy to write to your representative and ask her/him to co-sponsor Rep. Jan Schakowsky's bill HR 1947, Safe Notification and Information for Fragrances Act (SNIFF), introduced in the House, May 22, 2001. SNIFF is co-sponsored by Rep. Shelley Berkley (D NV) on May 22,2001 and by Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) on July 18, 2001. Also, write to your state senators and ask them to introduce a similar bill in the Senate. You can follow this bill through THOMAS Legislative Information on the Internet at http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html. Key in HR 1947 in the box labeled "By Bill Number" and click the search button. If you don't have contact info for your representative or senators, visit EHN's Write Now at http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnhompg/writenow.htm#Government, or the House at http://www.house.gov/ and the Senate at http://www.senate.gov/ It was considered better to write your representatives via snail mail ... too much spam on the net. Their mailing addresses can be found via the links above. However, as a result of anthrax-contaminated mail, you may wish to write to your representative's local office, or fax your letter encouraging their support. Of course, you can always try to contact them via email. To find historical information on Safe Notification and Information for Fragrances Act (SNIFF), go into Thomas and the info on the 106th Congress at http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d106query.html Then, under "word/phrase," you can key in "fragrance" -- without quotes and click search OR at "Bill/Amendment No.:" enter "hr 5238" or "H.R. 5238" -- again, without quotes -- and click search. To learn more about why we need better labeling, see EHN's FDA Petition, Docket 99P - 1340 and the chemicals found in popular brands of perfumes in 1999, by visiting http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm July 10, 2002 -- Not Too Pretty report that analyzed perfumes and other cosmetics for phthatlates which are commonly found in synthetic fragrances. This is a MUST read! http://www.NotTooPretty.org

  
  

• Staying Well in a Toxic World: Understanding Environmental Illness,
  Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Chemical Injuries, Sick Building Syndrome
  By Lynn Lawson.
  Staying Well ... is not just a self-help book. Instead, it discusses what our illness says about
  our world. It takes on the larger issues of politics, the environment, history, sociology and the
  medical establishment. 488 pp. 1993
  Available through EHN
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/books/bookordr.htm

• STAYING WELL -- new millennium update (Copyright 2000). The little book can stand
  alone as an excellent resource, but you'll be really well-served if you order both the original
  and the newly available update for the New Millennium, which is 80 pages long and includes
  the latest info on books and other resources. To order directly from Lynn Lawson, send
  $8 plus $2 Shipping & Handling
  (Illinois residents add $0.64 sales tax).
  Make check out to Lynn Lawson and send it to:
  
  Staying Well
  P.O. Box 1732
  Evanston, IL 60201
  
  -- barb
  
• STAYING WELL IN A TOXIC WORLD
  As written up in NOHA NEWS, which Lynn Lawson used to co-edit. -- barb
  http://www.nutrition4health.org/NOHAnews/NNF94Staying%20WellToxicWorld.htm

• Alliance To End Childhood Lead Poisoning
  Global Lead Network
  e-mail at aeclp@aeclp.org
  http://www.globalleadnet.org/

  
  

• Baby Powder contains lead!
  
  GREEN LIVING YOUR HEALTH - E-Magazine Hidden Hazards - Are Medicated Baby Powders Doing More Harm Than Good?
  By Jennifer Bogo
  " Lead has been identified by the federal government as the foremost environmental health threat to American children. Nearly one million children still have elevated blood lead levels, over four percent of the population. Now, according to San Francisco's Center for Environmental Health (CEH), infants may be exposed through the most unlikely of sources--medicated baby powders. ..." http://www.emagazine.com/march-april_2000/0300gl_health.html

• CDC's Environmental Surveillance, Lead
  ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/environmental_surveillance/Lead/
  
  
• CPSC
  
  • Oscar Mayer Announce Recall to Replace Decals on Pedal Cars Because of Lead Hazard
    http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml98/98118.html
    
    
  • GapKids Announce Voluntary Recall of Kids' Anoraks
    http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml98/98120.html
    
    
• CRCQL Chester Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
  http://www.penweb.org/chester/lead/

• DC AREA LANDLORD LIED ABOUT LEAD PAINT HAZARDS
  Environment News Service; AmeriScan: March 15, 2001
  http://ens.lycos.com/ens/mar2001/2001L-03-15-09.html

• EPA's Residential Lead -- scroll down for EPA's changes in Residential Lead Standards
  http://www.epa.gov/lead
  
  
  • "The EPA's Dangerous Lead Standard" by Blake Brown, Dec. 4, 1998, San Francisco Chronicle
    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/12/0 4/ED107142.DTL
  
  
  
• HUD's Lead Poisoning page
  http://www.hud.gov/leadhm.html

• LEAD Action News - US Scented Candles Study
  http://www.lead.org.au/lanv7n4/L74-9.html