• FACT SHEET: GREEN BUILDING - March 2000
  http://www.nahbrc.org/tertiaryR.asp?CategoryID=1670&DocumentID=1934

• Green Building Activities at the Research Center
  http://www.nahbrc.org/greenbuilding

• Low- or No-VOC Paints
  ToolBase Services -The Home Building Industry's Technical Information Resource c/o NAHB Research Center
  400 Prince George's Blvd
  Upper Marlboro, MD 20774
  301-249-4000 (tel)
  301-430-6180 (fax)
  800-898-2842 (Hotline)
  email: toolbase@nahbrc.org
  http://www.toolbase.org/tertiaryT.asp?TrackID=&CategoryID=1402&DocumentID=2174

• Seniors' Housing Research - Products that maximize livability
  http://www.nahbrc.org/seniorsprodsearch.asp?&TrackID=

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

• AirSoPure Online
  EHN does not recommend any product. -- barb
  http://www.airsopure.net/beauty.htm

• An Act To Establish an Environmental Justice Designation Program
  "... small businesses whose operations threaten public health, such as nail salons and
  auto body repair shops."
  http://www.environmentalleague.org/Issues/Environmental_Justice/fact_sheet_2.htm

• ARTIFICIAL FINGERNAIL PRODUCTS
  A HESIS Guide to Chemical Exposures in the Nail Salon
  State of California Department of Health Services
  http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ohb/HESIS/artnails.htm
  • Occupational Health Branch - Resources - Last Updated 3/6/1999
    http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ohb/HESIS/resourc2.htm#Occupational Health Branch

• CARB - Calif. Air Resources Board
  "...we get a lot of complaints about nail salons polluting their neighbors in strip malls, but I don't know of similar problems in the big malls. ..." http://www.ibiblio.org/london/orgfarm/news+mail-archives/1/greenbuilding-31599

• Chemistry For Nail Techs - Part ONE!
  Some links seem to be broken, but some info is up o this page ... for instance,
  COMMON NAIL CHEMICALS/SYNONYMS/CAS NUMBERS/CHEMICAL FORMULAS. -- barb
  http://members.delphi.com/nailsplash/

• Children and Solvents
  Amber E. Barnato, MD, MPH
  "...Tell parents to avoid bringing children to nail salons ..."
  http://www.cehn.org/cehn/trainingmanual/manual-solvents.html
  
  
• Dupont Sucks
  http://www.dupontsucks.com/

• Giving Manicurists a Hand On the surface, doing nails and pedicures may not seem like
  risky work. But experts say that chronic exposure to
  chemicals -- combined with poor ventilation -- can make the
  job hazardous to your health. Here's how to polish up on safety.
  By Kristin Kloberdanz
  http://www.ahealthyme.com/topic/manicurists

• Health Hazards in Sculptured Nails & Their Prevention By Nhu-Ha Le
  NailVent2000 on the News: ABC Channel 6, Jan 17, 1998 @7:30pm with
  Vernon Ogdom & Johnnie Baxton
  http://www.ipcair.com/hazard.htm

• Hepatitis C Effects Unknown to Many
  by Shira Kantor; Minnesota Daily
  "Hair and nail salons also pose a risk for spreading HCV. Minnesota state regulations
  for hair salons include disinfecting equipment but nothing to prevent the spread of viruses."
  http://www.studentadvantage.com/lycos/article/0,4683,c5-i43-t394-a106628,00.html

• Nail Fungus
  Thyme essential oil -"one drop on the affected area in the morning and
  two drops every evening for 6 weeks."
  http://www.medscape.com/CPG/ClinReviews/2000/v10.n04/c1004.cp5.html

• Nail Psoriasis
  CBS HealthWatch
  http://healthwatch.medscape.com/medscape/p/G_Library/article.asp?RecID=151117&ContentType=Library&DietImg=1
  
  
• Nail Salons, Worker Dust & Vapor Exposure, Control of Emissions (PDF file)
  Available for downloading from
  http://www.state.ct.us/dph/Publications/BCH/EEOH/news897.pdf

• NailSplash.com
  Educational Web Site For Professional Nail Technicians
  http://www.Nailsplash.Com/

• Safety & Health Help fron Cynthia Duffield
  http://www.gate.net/~duffield/Q_A.html
  • NAIL SALON OZONE GENERATOR
    http://www.gate.net/~duffield/Q_A.html#A10

  • NAIL SALON VENTILATION
    http://www.gate.net/~duffield/Q_A.html#A6

• SENSOR Occupational Lung Disease Bulletin
  A project of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health¼s Occupational Health
  Surveillance Program, the Massachusetts Thoracic Society, and the
  Massachusetts Allergy Society
  
  Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Health Statistics, Research and
  Evaluation, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, 6th floor, 250 Washington Street,
  Boston, MA 02108 -- Tel: (617) 624-5632, Fax: (617) 624-5696
  http://asthma.about.com/health/asthma/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.magnet.state.ma.us%2Fdph%2Fmts1097.htm

N.A.I.N -- National Antimicrobial Information Network

• Antimicrobial Chemicals
  http://ace.ace.orst.edu/info/nain/chem.htm
• NAIN Manufacturer Page
  http://ace.ace.orst.edu/info/nain/manuf2.htm
• Treated Articles
  http://ace.ace.orst.edu/info/nain/topics/treat.htm

Jean Nandi's Homepage

http://members.aol.com/jeannandi/HOMEPAGE/JEANHOME.HTML

• LifeKind Naturally Safer Products
  
• Materials in Manufacturing
  The Phelps Dodge Environmental Inventory
  http://www.environment.phelpsdodge.com/1998_EPCRA_report/manufacturing_substance_list.html

• WHAT'S IN YOUR STUFF? OH, JUST A FEW CHEMICALS !!
  Use your browser's find command to search for Naphthalene. -- barb
  http://globalweargoods.com/chemical%20alert%20page.htm

• About NAS
  http://www4.nas.edu/nas/nashome.nsf/WebLink/AboutNAS?OpenDocument
  
  
• Created in 1863
  "The National Academy of Sciences was created in 1863 by a congressional charter
  approved by President Abraham Lincoln. Under this charter, the National Academy
  of Engineering was established in 1964 and the Institute of Medicine in 1970."
  http://www.nationalacademies.org/about/faq2.html

• Institute of Medicine (IOM)(an arm of NAS)
  "Study Finds Strong Evidence That Exposure to Some Indoor Substances
  Can Lead to or Worsen Asthma"
  
  "... For biologic or chemical contaminants that could worsen asthma symptoms,
  limited or suggestive evidence exists regarding exposure to material shed by domestic
  birds; certain types of pneumonia and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV); secondhand
  tobacco
  smoke in older children and adults; formaldehyde fumes from furniture and
  building materials; and fragrances in personal care and household products
  [emphasis added, bw]. The committee found limited evidence of an association
  between the development of asthma in infants and their exposure to RSV and material
  shed by cockroaches. ..."
  http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/0309064961?OpenDocument
  
  
  RSV
  From what I've been able to gather, the sites below are encouraging you to buy drugs.

  A couple of links follow, but I'm appalled to find not one word about avoiding all petrochemically
  scented products made for personal care, as well as household and janitorial cleaning and
  maintenance. According to the US Dept. Of Interior, truly GREEN products "must not have
  petrochemical-derived fragrances." There is sound reason for that! As you aren't informed by the
  FDA of the harmful effects of modern fragrances, do your own investigation and then start
  asking your store to carry products that are truly free of fragrance. By the way, just because a
  product has on its label, "fragrance-free" or "unscented" doesn't mean it is. Our FDA allows
  such products to carry petrochemnically derived scents to use to mask other objectionable ordors.
  Fragrances are known irritants and sensitizers. They affect the upper and lower
  respiratory system. Once inflammed and mucous production is underway, you are more
  susceptible to illness. Practice the PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE! -- barb
  
  RSV Info Center
  http://www.rsvinfo.com/index.html

  RSVprotection.com
  http://www.rsvprotection.com/index.html

• Multiple Chemical Sensitivities: Addendum to Biologic Markers in
  Immunotoxicology (1992 [Workshop with EPA])
  (From National Academy Press Open Book; this is a large file)
  http://books.nap.edu/books/0309047366/html/index.html
  
  
  • Cover
    http://books.nap.edu/books/0309047366/html/R1.html#pagetop
  
  
  
• Nat'l Academy of Sciences (NAS) Health and Medicine Links & excerpted Report
  http://www4.nas.edu:80/WWWCAT.NSF/6915c97fa431d8ec852564e400699f05?OpenView
  
  
• NAS report:Neurotoxins: At Home and the Workplace
  Testimony before the 99th US Congress, 1986 Keyed in by barb, typos may happen. Check that date folks!!! BTW, I've not been able to find this entire document online,
  but it was made available to me by Julia Kendall and it is available through the UC Berkeley
  Library. I will key in footnotes, only where they are important in explaining something. -- barb
  From page 4, middle:
  
  "Modern neurotoxins are of surprising variety and potency. Solvents found in both
  consumer and industrial products, such as toluene and vinyl chloride, are not only
  nuerotoxic, but can be addictive and induce intentional drug abuse. Methylene chloride
  -- an excellent solvent and paint stripper -- breaks down in the body into carbon
  monoxide, a potent indirect neurotoxin. Ironically, methylene chloride is now widely
  used in aerosols as a substitute for fluorocarbons that were suspected of damaging
  the earth's ozone layer. (20)"
  
  "(20) - On December 18, 1985, the Food and Drug Administration published in the
  Federal Register a proposed rule banning methylene chloride in aerosol cosmetic
  products, but allowing its use to make decaffeinated coffee. See 50 F.R. 51551."

  From page 5, top:
  

  "Musk AETT(23) and Musk ambrette, two tested raw materials of the hundreds of
  untested chemicals used in fragrances and flavors have demonstrated potent neurotoxic
  effects and the capacity to induce the breakdown of nerve cells and myelin sheath in
  the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. Countless other substances applied
  daily to the skin of consumers in the form of soaps, perfumes, aftershaves, and
  detergents have yet to be tested for their chronic neurotoxic effects.
  
  "In all, there are 850 known neurotoxic chemicals. Regulatory standards exist or have
  been recommended for only 167 of these
  
  "(23) - AETT is acetyl ethyl tetramethyl tetralin"
  The other notes make sense only if you have the document before you so I've not included them. -- barb

  From page 9, middle
  [Information regarding undereducated doctors; hopefully this is less true today. -- barb]
  

  "Mr. Volkmer *** [I]t appears from your testimony that most of the physicians out there
  [who] would normally be treating people who are getting sick and coming in are not
  really trained to make a dertermination as to the neurotoxic effects of chemicals or
  any other compounds; is that correct?"
     *   *   *
  "Dr. Spencer. There are remarkably few individuals who have toxicology training in medicine
  and who are sensitized to the possible problem of neurological effects, behavioral effects,
  psychiatric effects resulting from occupational exposure. They are well aware that this
  can occur as the side effects of drugs, but they, for some reason, don't put two and two
  together, nor do they ask searching questions about exposure history, chemical
  exposure history, when a patient turns up in their office.

  "The astute pjysician may, indeed ask what the occupation is and the more astute physician
  will go in perhaps and find out exactly what the individual was exposed to, but, by and large,
  physicians are not trained to search the history in the way that they should." ...

  From page 13, starting near top
  

  "Several witnesses at the hearing testified as to the need to coordinate health research
  efforts among and within government agencies Some agencies, like the National
  Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the National Institute of
  Neurological and Communicative and Stroke (NINCS), and the National Institute of
  Aging (NIA) have expressed special concern regarding the relationship between
  neurotoxic exposure and disease. Yet, other agencies, such as the FDA, are, according
  to Dr. Spencer, 'reluctant' to take the subject of neurotoxins seriously

  " Dr. Spencer illustrated this point through the story of the cosmetic AETT. In that case,
  industry scientists, assisted by Dr. Spencer, demonstrated that this fragrance compound
  was, in fact, neurotoxic. Industry took the test results to FDA and voluntarily
  withdrew AETT from the market. However, as Dr. Spencer testified ' ... it is significant,
  I think, that FDA, as far as I'm aware, choose [sic] not to regulate on that particular
  compound, so it can be introduced at any future time.'

  "Finally, the witnesses on health effects were asked by Chairman Volkmer to prioritize
  those chemicals which should be examined for neurotoxicity:
  

  DR. WEISS I think the dominant chemicals would be heavy metals, solvents, and allied
  chemical classes, insecticides, and I think, important but neglected, food additives. ... Also, certain
  air pollutants.
     *   *   *
  [And here folks, is the information on fragrance chemicals. Remember, it was 1986! -- barb]
  
  DR. SPENCER. I would support what Dr. Weiss has said. I wouldn't be so restrictive
  perhaps a [sic] to say insecticides, perhaps pesticides and fungicides, a broader category.

  "I would also add, because of my experience with regard to fragrance raw materials, that I
  strongly suspect the American public would like to know what is applied to their skin voluntarily,
  and I suspect that they would be very troubled to learn that for 50 and 30 years
  respectively agents have been applied to skin voluntarily, often under the guise that they
  are in fact improving their skin quality, but are able to penetrate skin, and a recent
  experiment with animals caused devastating changes in the pervious system. So I would
  like to add fragrance raw materials, some of which are food additives as well, to the
  list that Dr. Weiss offered. (Emphasis added.)"

  From page 14, starting near top
  
  "The testimony regarding the status of research into and understanding of the effects
  of neurotoxins was summarized by Dr. Spencer:
  
  "In summary, chemical substances with neurotoxic potential are legion. The
  majority of neurotoxic disease probably results from the side effects of therapeutic and abused
  drugs, including alcohol, although numerous examples of environmental espidemics, industrial
  accidents, and ill-advised consumpiton of purified chemicals have caused large numbers of
  individuals to develop overt neurological deficits. These probably represent the tip of
  the iceberg since more subtle neurotoxic changes go unrecognized.

  "We are ignorant of long-term effects of substances with neurotoxic potential added to food,
  present in skin care products or used in the workplace. (Emphasis added.)"

  There is ever so much more in this document! Words cannot describe how I feel about this
  report having been ignored. Industry money not only talks, it yells! -- barb
  

http://www.napcc.aspca.org/whatis.htm


• ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
  http://www.aspca.org/
  
  
• Febreze
  http://www.napcc.aspca.org/febreze2.htm

• The National Association of the Physically Handicapped On-line Brochure
  http://www.naph.net/brochure.html

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 's Statement before the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
  Arlington, Virginia, December 11, 2000Ý
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/ncehsjc1.htm

• NCEHS Press Releases on US Access Board
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/PressReleases/prsrelin.htm
  
  OHSU RESEARCHERS DISCOVER TOXICITY RISKS FOR WIDELY USED CHEMICALS
  "... Scientists at the OHSU Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental
  Toxicology (CROET) have shown that a benzene derivative damages the nervous system...."
  http://www.ohsu.edu/news/091202toxicity.html

• 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

• Understanding & Accommodating Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
  DATE: February 20, 2002
  TIME: 10:45 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  PLACE: Independent Living Resource Center
  649 Mission St.
  San Francisco, CA 94105
  
  DETAILS:
  http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/events/mpmcstel.htm

http://www.rtk.net/ncci/


• What is NCCI?
  http://ncchem.com/ncci.htm
  
  
• National Coalition for the Chemically Injured
  Free to first 1,000 folks -- Bumper Sticker, which states:
  United for a NON-Toxic millennium
  National Coalition for the Chemically Injured
  www.rtk.net/ncci
  http://www.rtk.net/ncci/NCCIWebConstruction.html
  
  

• Indoor Air Quality
  http://www.nea.org/hin/air/

• Journal of Environmental Health
  http://www.neha.org/JEHPreview.html

• Children's Environmental Health; Adopted July 2, 1997
  http://www.neha.org/position_papers/PositionChildren.html

• Position on Endocrine DisruptersÝ
  Adopted July 2, 1997
  With counterpoint. -- barb
  http://www.neha.org/position_papers/PositionEndocrine.html

• NEHA's Resolution Regarding GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS.
  Adopted by NEHA Board of Directors April 29, 2000
  Adopted by NEHA Council of Delegates June 18, 2000
  http://www.neha.org/position_papers/positionGMOs.htm

• Position on Pesticides
  Adopted July 2, 1998
  "... The purpose of this position paper is to review current information on the status of pesticide
  use and surveillance with particular emphasis on the implications for environmental and
  public health.Ý It is intended to be used as a basis for initiating discussions on the topic among
  environmental and public health practitioners and colleagues in related fields with policy makers
  at all levelsãlocal, state, national, and world-wide. ..."
  http://www.neha.org/position_papers/positionpest.htm

• RESOLUTION ON MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/thnejac1.htm

• MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY = AN ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE
  Environmental Medicine
  "The following letter is eloquently written by Irene Wilkenfeld to the National
  Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC). It addresses many of the issues which
  confront those with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (a.k.a. MCS or Environmental Illness)."
  http://breakoutwebsolutions.com/NEWAH3EM/Irenepg.htm

• Environmental Toxicology
  Principal: David Jollow, Ph.D.
  Professor of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology
  Medical University of South Carolina
  http://www.ebp.musc.edu/toxicology/toxindex.html

• Public Policy -- meetings in San Francisco March 23 and Oakland, March 24, 2001
  http://www.ebp.musc.edu/policy/np/sanfran.html

• CHILDREN ARE NOT GUINEA PIGS
  by GINA SOLOMON
  Sez barb: OH, YES THEY ARE! And so are their parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts,
  uncles and cousins. We all are guinea pigs. Superfluous toxins are rushed to market in commonly
  used personal care and cleaning/maintenance products. Even if we don't personally use them,
  we breathe in their volatile organic compounds when others use them.
  
  We are ALL guinea pigs. And only WE can change that. At the cash register. No one listens to
  the warnings. Everyone watches the bottom line. Stop buying and using the superfluous
  toxins. Once family members are chemically injured you must change your way of shopping so
  do so BEFORE you or your loved ones suffer debilitating illnesses or become disabled.
  http://environet.policy.net/proactive/newsroom/release.vtml?id=18258

• Global Warming
  http://environet.policy.net/warming/

• Learn Learn LuntzSpeak!
  "A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling
  than a dry recitation of the truth." Page 132
  LuntzSpeak is a Website of the National Environmental Trust
  Take this course in LuntzSpeak! It is most enlightening. -- barb
  http://www.luntzspeak.com

• SafeKidsNow.net - NET
  Children's Health and the Environment
  http://environet.policy.net/health/issue/?PROACTIVE_ID=cecfcfcdcacacdcec6c5cecfcfcfc5cecfcacbcccbcbcec6c7c5cf

• SafeKidsNow.net - NET
  Hormone Disruptors: New Class of Chemicals Can Affect How a Child Develops
  http://environet.policy.net/health/products/soutline.vtml?PROACTIVE_ID=cecfcfcdcacacdcec6c5cecfcfcfc5cecfcacbcccbcbcec6c7c5cf

• TOXIC BEGINNINGS: CANCER RISKS TO CHILDREN FROM
  CALIFORNIA'S AIR POLLUTION
  Folks, think about your children's toxic beginnings from womb on! Use safer, fragrance-free
  alternatives for you and for your infant, including after he/she arrives. -- barb
  http://www.net.org/proactive/newsroom/release.vtml?id=27636&PROACTIVE_ID=cecfcbcbcac9cdccc9c5cecfcfcfc5cececbccc6cacec7c9cac5cf
  

About The National Environmental Research Institute The National Environmental Research Institute is an independent research institute
that conducts research on, monitors and advises on nature and the environment in
Denmark and Greenland.
http://www.mem.dk/organisation/ukorg/ukdmu.htm

http://www.cnie.org/
Global Climate Change Briefing Book
http://www.cnie.org/nle/clim-7/ebgcctop.html

Oceans & Coastal Resources: A Briefing Book
http://www.cnie.org/nle/mar-20/index.html

Summaries of Environmental Laws Administered by the EPA
http://www.cnie.org/nle/leg-8/

http://www.pta.org/index.stm


• Environmental Resource Library
  http://www.pta.org/programs/envlibr.htm
  
  
• Links to organizations of interest to child advocates!
  http://www.pta.org/links/OrgLinks.htm
  
  
• web pages of local PTAs
  http://www.pta.org/links/ptalinks.asp
  

http://www.npr.org/


• Living on Earth
  http://www.loe.org/about/about.htm
  
  
• Living on Earth, This Week
  http://www.loe.org/thisweek/thisweek.htm
  
  
  • Story Ideas?
    http://www.loe.org/story/story.htm
  
  
  
• Your Turn
  http://www.npr.org/yourturn/

• Chemical Backgrounder Index
  http://www.nsc.org/library/chemical/chemical.htm
  
  

• Health Care & Pesticides - Improving Education and Practice
  http://neetf.org/Health/providers/index.shtm

• Practicing and Implementing Environmental Health
  http://www.neetf.org/Health/index.shtm

Aug. 12, 2002 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD:
Iso E Super --leading chemical found in Eternity with no toxicological
data available. See Analysis
http://users.lanminds.com/~wilworks/FDApetition/analysis.htm

Iso E Super -- PDF file from NTP, about 32 pages.
http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/htdocs/Chem_Background/ExSumpdf/IsoESuper.pdf

Federal Register June 12, 2002 (Vol. 67, No. 113) excerpts:
"... Comments or information should be sent to Dr. Scott Masten by August 12, 2002.
Persons responding to this request should include their name, affiliation, mailing
address, phone, fax, e-mail address and sponsoring organization (if any) with the
submission. Written submissions will be made available electronically on the NTP's
web site as they are received. ..."

"... Send comments or information to
Dr. Scott A. Masten
Office of Chemical Nomination and Selection
NIEHS/NTP
P. O. Box 12233, MD A3-07
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
telephone: (919) 541-5710; FAX: (919) 541-3647; email: masten@niehs.nih.gov . ..."
http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/htdocs/liason/ICCECFINAL02JuneFR.html

• Chemical Health & Safety Data
  http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/Main_Pages/Chem-HS.html

• List of NTP Health and Safety Reports
  http://157.98.13.224/htdocs/Chem_Hs_Index.html

• NTP What's New - updated 11/30/2000
  Subwindow pops open or click on from NTP HomePage.
  Includes link to PDF file "Endocrine Disruptors Low-Dose Peer Review" -- barb?
  http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/

• Report on Carcinogens (RoC), 9th edition. - May 2000
  http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/NewHomeRoc/9RoCFacts.html

  --- end National category ---

Native American

• Lynette Schmidt, Cherokee Shaman and Medical Intuitive
  http://www.whitethundermedicine.com

NOTE: EHN does not endorse nor recommend any product. This is informational only.
Listen to your own body, check with your own professional services. -- barb

• Animal Food Labeling Requirements
  TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
  SUBCHAPTER E - ANIMAL DRUGS, FEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS
  PART 501 ANIMAL FOOD LABELING
  Subpart B -- Specific Animal Food Labeling Requirements -- Revised April 1, 2004
  (3) "... The term natural flavor or natural flavoring means the essential oil, oleoresin, essence
  or extractive, protein hydrolysate, distillate, or any product of roasting, heating or
  enzymolysis, which contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit or fruit
  juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar
  plant material, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation
  products thereof, whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional.
  Natural flavors, include the natural essence or extractives obtained from plants listed
  in subpart A of part 582 of this chapter, and the substances listed in ß 172.510 of this
  chapter. ... "
  http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?CFRPart=501&showFR=1&subpartNode=21:6.0.1.1.2.2

  The same paragraph as above, can be found for people too!

• TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
  CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
  SUBCHAPTER B - FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION -- Revised April 1, 2004
  http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=101.22

  From

• Cosmetic Safety: More Complex Than at First Blush by Dori Stehlin
  " ... What's 'Natural'?
  "Like hypoallergenic, "natural" can mean anything to anybody.
  " 'There are no standards for what natural means,' says Bailey. 'They could wave a
  tube [of plant extract] over the bottle and declare it natural. Who's to say what they're
  actually using?' "
  http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-safe.html

• What guidance does the FDA have for Natural-Organic?
  " The term 'natural' has not been defined in FDA's law (the Federal Food, Drug, and
  Cosmetic Act) or in FDA's regulations. "
  Source: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, August 2001
  http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/qa-ind7f.html

• Allergy and Environmental Health Association - Nova Scotia (AEHA-NS).
  WARNING - "Natural" gas may be harmful to your health
  http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6847/index.html
  • About AEHA-NS & Coalition Partners
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    appliances with natural gas. ..."
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• Product Dangers
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• Stroke of Brilliance
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  http://www.naturalhomemagazine.com/current-issues/archive/2001/mayjune01/brilliance.htm

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  • Tots Need Super-Safe Surroundings
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• Natural Law Party
  http://www.natural-law.org
  
  
• Natural Moods
  Provides information on modern synthetic scents. -- barb
  http://www.naturalmoods.com
  • Do you know what you're wearing? -- a chart
    http://www.naturalmoods.com/Chart.htm

  • Truth About Perfumes
    "On this page we have decided to let you view the same information we found
    in our research on this issue so that you can draw your own conclusions."
    http://www.naturalmoods.com/Truth.htm
    • Fragrant Poison
      By Micky Absil
      http://www.naturalmoods.com/fragrant_poison.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

    
    

• The Natural Place - Environmental Residence and Hotel
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• Natural Products Industry (NPI)
  
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    Natural Resources Defense Council; November 2000 NRDC report http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/pets/execsum.asp

  • Toxic Chemicals & Health: Health Threats & Effects: In Brief: News
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• NaturalDetox.com
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    Note: To be moved onto this new site ...6/28/00 -- barb
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  Net 4 TV -- More Informed Choices: Fragrance Testing
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  http://net4tv.com/voice/story.cfm?STORYID=1111
  
  Neti pot
  Just a little info for those seeking possible solutions . . . -- barb
  

  • Health & Yoga
    http://www.healthandyoga.com/html/product/neti.html

  • The Neti Pot
    This site includes instructions for using and a couple of photos. -- barb
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  Netiquette Home Page
  
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  Neuro / Neurotoxin / Neurotoxicity
  
  Read neurotoxicity, think fragrances. Not that all the chemicals that are used to concoct
  fragrances are neurotoxins, but most people who wear and use fragrances never give the
  chemical composition a minute's thought. Those of us who have already become debilitated or
  disabled by scents used by others know of the devastaing effects these chemical soups can have
  after long-term exposure, many of us live with their systemic effects. But industry and our
  government agencies are not THOROUGHLY testing fragrances. The industry's primary focus
  has been for the skin effects of the primary user. Excuse me, but these products are made to
  be inhaled (smelled), so what's wrong with a little "thorough" testing that includes effects via the
  respiratory system of users and non-users? It is a time to say goodbye to the creed, Never
  Measure, Never Manage. OR, start sharing with the public the information you do have that
  shows we've reason to be concerned. IF the products are as safe as we've been assured, then
  certainly the information is worthy of sharing.

  By the way, don't think only of the neurotoxins when you smell or use fragrances, for there are
  some chemicals used that are known irritants and sensitizers, and some are known or suspected
  carcinogens (capable of causing cancer), teratogens (capable of adversely affecting developing
  embryos and fetuses), and hormone disrupters (like the phthalates), which can adversely affect
  men's sperm and developing male babies. -- barb
  

  • 90-day dermal toxicity study and neurotoxicity evaluation of nitromusks
    in the albino rat.
    Ford RA, Api AM, Newberne PM.
    Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632.
    A 90-day skin test by RIFM! Wow, am I impressed?!? What about absorbing musks through.
    long-term use? What are the effects of user and non-user nhaling musks? Musks found .
    stored in breast tissue and "downstream" in mother's milk? Musks found downstream in.
    wastewater, adversely affecting fish and wildlife? What about some REAL studies? Let's see .
    some of that "sound science" demanded of us who are already sick -- our concerns are cavalierly.
    dismissed as "JUST ANECDOTAL" evidence. Let's put the burden of proof where it belongs:.
    ON THE INDUSTRY. How about it RIFM? Where are the REAL studies?-- barb
    
  • Acute toxic effects of fragrance products.
    Author/s: Rosalind C. Anderson
    Archives of Environmental Health; March-April, 1998
    http://www.geocities.com/fragranceallergy/AcuteToxicEffectsOf.html

    Also see Anderson Laboratories
    PO Box 323, West Hartford, Vermont 05084
    Telephone 802 295 7344; Email jharca@hotmail.com
    http://www.geocities.com/fragranceallergy/AcuteToxicEffectsOf.html

    
    

  • The Canadian Neurotoxicity Information Network
    "Neurotoxicity is described as an adverse change in the structure or function of the
    nervous system following exposure to a chemical agent, (1)." http://www3.sympatico.ca/cnin/

    or: http://www3.sympatico.ca/cnin/index.html#web

    • Doctor's Corner
      "The World Health Organization reports that, "Most importantly, all patient
      assessments should involve input from a team of health professionals with expertise
      in neurotoxicology", (1). These include neurotoxicologist's, neuropsychologist's and
      other medical professions with expertise in environmental and occupational toxicology.
      
      This section will deal mostly with reference material to help M.D.'s understand and
      to provide supportive medical literature. If any physician who visits this website, still
      has lingering doubts about the validity of this disease, it will be comforting for you to
      know, that neurotoxicity from neurotoxic chemicals has now been firmly established, (2).
      http://www3.sympatico.ca/cnin/docs.html

      Toxicity Definitions
      http://www3.sympatico.ca/cnin/docs.html#defin

  • Chem-Tox
    http://www.chem-tox.com/
    • Environmental Causes of Learning Disabilities and Child Neurological Disorders
      Review of the Research
      Author: Richard W. Pressinger (M.Ed.)
      Project Supervisor - Professor Kofi Marfo (Ph.D.), Special Education Department,
      University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
      email: research@chem-tox.com
      http://www.chem-tox.com/pregnancy/learning_disabilities.htm

      And, I quote from their moving text at top of page . . . please take note:
      The human brain begins growing at the incredible rate of over 4000 brain cells per second
      begining in the 4th week of pregnancy.
      
      However -
      The research clearly shows many consumer products contain petroleum chemicals that can
      weaken or harm this delicate brain growth process."
      
      This information comes up as an image of a fetus of just 10 weeks appears in the black rectangle.
      Visitors to EHN's site know that there are 3,000 to 5,000 inadequately tested chemicals used in
      the manufacture of fragrances. Be sure to visit the analyses that support EHN's FDA
      Citizen's Petition 99P-1340. Then write to the FDA and your representative and senators!
      Without your efforts, it will be business as usual and it will be the future generations paying a
      supreme price. Next, while you are at it, thank Chem-Tox folks for their site!-- barb
      
      

    • Perfume and Fragrance Exposure During Pregnancy
      Links to Learning Disabilities, ADD and Behavior Disorders
      On this page, you'll also read:
      Fragrance Exposure Causes Aggression Hyperactivity and Nerve Damage
      Neurotoxicology, Volume 1:221-237, 1979
      Do notice that date. 1979! Then in 1986, in a presentation by the National Academy of
      Sciences, Congress learned that fragrances should be tested for neurotoxicity.
      That has yet to happen. It's the people -- users AND secondhand users, including developing
      fetuses -- who have had to pay a supreme price, while industry continues to unleash its
      unregulated products upon an unsuspecting or worse, mollified, public. Our Congress and
      goverment agencies charged with protecting public health continue to ignore our pleas and.
      documentation. Outragious! -- barb
      http://www.chem-tox.com/pregnancy/perfume.htm

  • Epidemiological studies of neurotoxic, reproductive, and
    carcinogenic effects of complex mixtures
    Author Shy-CM ; Volume: Pages 101 Suppl 4: 183-6 ; Year 1993
    http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1993/Suppl-4/shy-abs.html

    Or for members, the full article at
    http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/members/1993/Suppl-4/shy-full.html

  • Neurobehavioral toxicity.
    Bailus Walker, PhD, MPH; Washington, DC
    [Abstract in JAMA; (J Natl Med Assoc. 2000;92:116-124)]
    "A growing number of agents are known to perturb one or more of the interconnected
    processes of the central nervous system. At the same time, there is an increase in
    the incidence of neurobehavioral disorders that are confronting clinicians with baffling
    symptoms and presentations that seem uncommon. Fundamental to the assessment of
    the environmental-relatedness of the syndromes is a work and exposure history,
    including information different from that routinely obtained in the clinical setting.
    Exposure examples are described to suggest the scope of inquiry necessary to
    differentiate neurotoxic syndromes from nonneurotoxic illness."
    
    
  • Neurogenic Inflammation and Sensitivity to Environmental Chemicals
    Environmental Health Perspectives, Volume 101, Number 3, August 1993 (Abstract)
    By William J. Meggs
    Department of Emergency Medicine, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27858 USA
    http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1993/101-3/meggs.html

  • Neurogenic Switching: A Hypothesis for a Mechanism for Shifting the Site of Inflammation in Allergy and Chemical Sensitivity Environmental Health Perspectives, Volume 103, Number 1, January 1995
    William J. Meggs
    Department of Emergency Medicine, East Carolina University School of Medicine,
    Greenville, NC 27858 USA and New York City Poison Center, New York, NY 10016 USA
    http://www.herc.org/news/mcsarticles/meggs2-full.htm

  • Neurological Disease, ChronicIllNet
    http://www.chronicillnet.org/neuro/default.htm
    
    
  • Neuroma Pain
    
    
    • Morton's Neuroma: Getting Patients Back on Track
      Matthew B. Mollica, B Pod (Honors)
      In Brief: Morton's neuroma, known also as intermetatarsal or interdigital neuroma,
      is a common foot injury that often curtails athletic activity.
      http://www.physsportsmed.com/issues/1997/05may/mollica.htm
      
      
    • MORTON'S NEUROMA
      Dr. Douglas S. Hale and Dr. Lawrence Z. Huppin, Seattle
      http://www.halcyon.com/foot/neuroma.htm
      
      
    • MEDICAL MULTIMEDIA GROUP
      http://www.sechrest.com/mmg/foot/neuroma/neuroma.html
      
      
    • Neuroma - Diagnosis and Treatment
      http://www.podiatryinfo.com/vphtml/neuroma.html
      
      
    • Dr. Stephen M. Pribut's Sport Pages
      http://www.clark.net/pub/pribut/spnerve.html
    
    
    
  • Neuroscience and Behavioral Health Program
    http://www2.nas.edu/nbh/
    
    
  • Neurotoxic / Neurotoxicity
    
    • Proposed Guidelines for Neurotoxicity Risk Assessment
      AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
      
    • Neurotoxic properties of musk ambrette.
      Spencer PS, Bischoff-Fenton MC, Moreno OM, Opdyke DL, Ford RA.
      PubMed search
      http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=6474483&dopt=Abstract

    • Neurotoxic.com
      The Source for Information about Naturally Occurring and Synthetic Chemicals
      that may Damage the Human Nervous System
      http://www.neurotoxic.com/
      • Detergents
        http://www.neurotoxic.com/basicdetergents

    • IV.C.10. Neurotoxicity StudiesR e d b o o k 2 0 0 0
      Toxicological Principles for the Safety of Food Ingredients July 7, 2000 -
      U. S. Food and Drug Administration
      Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
      Office of Premarket Approval
      http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~redbook/redivc10.html

  • Neurotoxicology
    
    • Neurotoxicology, neurobehavioral toxicology, neuropsychology, expert testimony
      Raymond Singer, Ph.D
      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
      
      New York office: 180 E. 79th Street / Suite 1-C / New York, N.Y. / 10021
      http://members.aol.com/neurosite/
      
      
  • Neurotoxins
    
    • Neurotoxin Concerns, Controversy Escalate
      By Elizabeth Pennisi
      The Scientist 4[3]:1, Feb. 05, 1990
      "Scientists are realizing that substances in the environment
      can have devastating effects on the human nervous system"
      "... Those substances are everywhere: organic solvents
      in the workplace, chemicals in perfumes, pesticides used on
      lawns, natural and added chemicals in foods, or prescribed or
      illegal drugs. The brain is the body's kingpyn organ; yet,
      once damaged or destroyed, nerve cells cannot be replaced.
      Already, the congressional Office of Technology Assessment
      (OTA) estimates that the care and treatment of neurological
      disorders and accompanying loss of productivity can cost the
      U.S. as much as $300 billion a year. No one knows how much
      neurotoxins contribute to that cost. The longer we live, the
      more evident the damage, and the more burdened the health care
      system will become to people with behavioral, mental, and
      neurological problems. "The measure of the problem is huge,"
      says Spencer. {Peter Spencer, director and senior scientist at
      the Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental
      Toxicology at the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland} ..."
      http://www.the-scientist.com/yr1990/feb/pennisi_p1_900205.html

      or http://web.archive.org/web/20011127122459/http://www.the-scientist.com/yr1990/feb/pennisi_p1_900205.html

    • Neurotoxins: At Home and the Workplace
      (Report by the Committee on Science and Technology.
      U.S. House of Representatives, Sept. 16, 1986) [Report 99-827]
      From Julia Kendall's "Making Sense of Scents
      http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnmsofs.htm
      
      "In 1986, the National Academy of Sciences targeted fragrances as one of the six
      categories of chemicals that should be given high priority for neurotoxicity testing. The
      other groups include insecticides, heavy metals, solvents, food additives and certain
      air pollutants. The report states that 95 percent of chemicals used in fragrances are
      synthetic compounds derived from petroleum. They include benzene derivatives,
      aldehydes, and many other known toxics and sensitizers, which are capable of causing
      cancer, birth defects, central nervous system disorders and allergic reactions. "
      
      
      To check chemicals for yourself, visit Perfumers World.
      Note right-hand column: Aroma Chemicals 70% - 100% -- barb
      http://www.perfumersworld.com/chems/material.htm

    • report:Neurotoxins: At Home and the Workplace
      Testimony before the 99th US Congress, 1986 Keyed in by barb, typos may happen.
      Check that date folks!!! BTW, I've not been able to find this entire document online,
      but it was made available to me by Julia Kendall and it is available through the UC Berkeley
      Library. I will key in footnotes, only where they are important in explaining something. -- barb
      From page 4, middle:
      
      "Modern neurotoxins are of surprising variety and potency. Solvents found in both
      consumer and industryal products, such as toluene and vinyl chloride, are not only
      nuerotoxic, but can be addictive and induce intentional drug abuse. Methylene chloride
      -- an excellent solvent and paint stripper -- breaks down in the body into carbon
      monoxide, a potent indirect neurotoxin. Ironically, methylene chloride is now widely
      used in aerosols as a substitute for fluorocarbons that were suspected of damaging
      the earth's ozone layer. (20)"
      
      "(20) - On December 18, 1985, the Food and Drug Administration published in the
      Federal Register a proposed rule banning methylene chloride in aerosol cosmetic
      products, but allowing its use to make decaffeinated coffee. See 50 F.R. 51551."

      From page 5, top:
      

      "Musk AETT(23) and Musk ambrette, two tested raw materials of the hundreds of
      untested chemicals used in fragrances and flavors have demonstrated potent neurotoxic
      effects and the capacity to induce the breakdown of nerve cells and myelin sheath in
      the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. Countless other substances applied
      daily to the skin of consumers in the form of soaps, perfumes, aftershaves, and
      detergents have yet to be tested for their chronic neurotoxic effects.
      
      "In all, there are 850 known neurotoxic chemicals. Regulatory standards exist or have
      been recommended for only 167 of these
      
      "(23) - AETT is acetyl ethyl tetramethyl tetralin"
      The other notes make sense only if you have the document before you so I've not included them. -- barb

      From page 9, middle
      

      "Mr. Volkmer *** [I]t appears from your testimony that most of the physicians out there
      [who] would normally be treating people who are getting sick and coming in are not
      really trained to make a dertermination as to the neurotoxic effects of chemicals or
      any other compounds; is that correct?"
         *   *   *
      "Dr. Spencer. There are remarkably few individuals who have toxicology training in medicine
      and who are sensitized to the possible problem of neurological effects, behavioral effects,
      psychiatric effects resulting from occupational exposure. They are well aware that this
      can occur as the side effects of drugs, but they, for some reason, don't put two and two
      together, nor do they ask searching questions about exposure history, chemical
      exposure history, when a patient turns up in their office.

      "The astute pjysician may, indeed ask what the occupation is and the more astute physician
      will go in perhaps and find out exactly what the individual was exposed to, but, by and large,
      physicians are not trained to search the history in the way that they should." ...

      From page 13, starting near top
      

      "Several witnesses at the hearing testified as to the need to coordinate health research
      efforts among and within government agencyes Some agencies, like the National
      Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the National Institute of
      Neurological and Communicative and Stroke (NINCS), and the National Institute of
      Aging (NIA) have expressed special concern regarding the relationship between
      neurotoxic exposure and disease. Yet, other agencies, such as the FDA, are, according
      to Dr. Spencer, 'reluctant' to take the subject of neurotoxins seriously

      " Dr. Spencer illustrated this point through the story of the cosmetic AETT. In that case,
      industry scientists, assisted by Dr. Spencer, demonstrated that this fragrance compound
      was, in fact, neurotoxic. Industry took the test results to FDA and voluntarily
      withdreww AETT from the market. However, as Dr. Spencer testified ' ... it is significant,
      I think, that FDA, as far as I'm aware, choose [sic] not to regulate on that particular
      compound, so it can be introduced at any future time.'

      "Finally, the witnesses on health effects were asked by Chairman Volkmer to prioritize
      those chemicals which should be examined for neurotoxicity:
      

      DR. WEISS I think the dominant chemicals would be heavy metals, solvents, and allied
      chemical classes, insecticides, and I think, important but neglected, food additives. ... Also, certain
      air pollutants.
         *   *   *
      DR. SPENCER. I would support what Dr. Weiss has said. I wouldn't be so restrictive
      perhaps a [sic] to say insecticides, perhaps pesticides and fungicides, a broader category.

      "I would also add, because of my experience with regard to fragrance raw materials, that I
      strongly suspect the American public would like to know what is applied to their skin voluntarily,
      and I suspect that they would be very troubled to learn that for 50 and 30 years
      respectively agents have been applied to skin voluntarily, often under the guise that they
      are in fact improving their skin quality, but are able to penetrate skin, and a recent
      experiment with animals caused devastating changes in the pervious system. So I would
      like to add fragrance raw materials, some of which are food additives as well, to the
      list that Dr. Weiss offered. (Emphasis added.)"

      From page 14, starting near top
      
      "The testimony regarding the status of research into and understanding of the effects
      of neurotoxins was summarized by Dr. Spencer:
      
      "In summary, chemical substances with neurotoxic potential are legion. The
      majority of neurotoxic disease probably results from the side effects of therapeutic an abused
      drugs, including alcohol, although numerous exampls of enviornmental espidemics, industrial
      accidents, and ill-advised consumpton of purified chemicls have caused large numbers of
      individuals to develop overt neurological deficits. These probably represent the tip of
      the iceberg since more subtle neurotoxic changes go unrecognized.

      "We are ignorant of long-term effects of substances with neurotoxic potential added to food,
      present in skin care producs or used in the workplace. (Emphasis added.)"

      There is ever so much more in this document! Words cannot describe how I feel about this
      report having been ignored. Industry money not only talks, it yells! -- barb
      

      
      

      1. Neurotoxins in the Food, Water and Environment
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         Infinite Gratitude Toward All Things Past,
         Service to All Things Present,
         and Responsibility to All Things Future :
         http://www.trufax.org
         http://www.trufax.org/menu/chem.html
         

         <

      2. Perfume and Neurological Effects
         A couple of abstracts concerning musk are in this list. -- barb
         http://www.herc.org/news/perfume/abstract2.htm

      3. PRINCIPLES AND METHODS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NEUROTOXICITY
         ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO CHEMICALS
         INTERNATIONAL PREGRAMME ON CHEMICAL SAFETY
         ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CRITERIA 60
         World Health Organization; Geneva, 1986
         http://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc060.htm

  • <PubMed
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search&DB=PubMed
    • 1: Arch Environ Health. 1998 Mar-Apr;53(2):138-46.
      Acute toxic effects of fragrance products.
      Anderson RC, Anderson JH.
      Anderson Laboratories, Inc., West Hartford, Vermont, USA.
      "... Neurotoxicity was more severe after mice were repeatedly exposed to the fragrance
      products. Evaluation of one of the test atmospheres with gas chromatography/mass
      spectrometry revealed the presence of chemicals for which irritant and neurotoxic
      properties had been documented previously. In summary, some fragrance products
      emitted chemicals that caused a variety of acute toxicities in mice.
      http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9577937&dopt=Abstract
    • : Food Chem Toxicol. 1990 Jan;28(1):55-61. 90-day dermal toxicity study and neurotoxicity evaluation of nitromusks
      in the albino rat.
      Ford RA, Api AM, Newberne PM. Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632.
      "Musk ketone, musk xylene, musk tibetene and moskene, synthetic musks used in
      fragrances, were applied dermally to rats in daily doses of 240 (musk ketone and musk
      xylene only), 75, 24 or 7.5 mg/kg body weight for 90 days. ... While musk ambrette
      was clearly neurotoxic and caused testicular atrophy, as had been previously
      reported, the other compounds tested caused neither effect. The only effects of
      application of these materials were some organ weight changes at the higher doses,
      but these were not associated with histopathological changes in any of the tissues.
      The no-effect levels were: musk ketone, 75 mg/kg for males and females; musk
      xylene, 75 mg/kg for males and 24 mg/kg for females; moskene, 24 mg/kg for
      males and 75 mg/kg (highest dose administered) for females; and musk tibetene,
      75 mg/kg (highest dose) for males and females."
      What if RIFM tested for adverse effects to user and non-uers upon inhalation or if
      musks adversely affect user or non-user via the direct pathway to the brain??? -- barb
      http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2312014&dopt=Abstract

• New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
  http://www.nejm.org
  
  
  • Mass Psychogenic Illness Attributed to Toxic Exposure at a High School
    Timothy F. Jones, Allen S. Craig, Debbie Hoy, Elaine W. Gunter,
    David L. Ashley, Dana B. Barr, John W. Brock, William Schaffner
    http://www.nejm.org/content/2000/0342/0002/0096.asp
    
    
  • Related Editorial by Simon Wessely, M.D. (UK)
    "Responding to Mass Psychogenic Illness"
    http://www.nejm.org/content/2000/0342/0002/0129.asp
    
    Who does the cry, "Mass Hysteria," best serve?
    All those in industry, business, government agencies, schools, et al., who don't want to
    be held culpable, those who make a buck selling products that are released to market with
    inadequte testing of the chemicals used, dismissive doctors who'd rather jot down a prescription
    for drugs (more synthetic chemicals), writers who make their bucks crying "Hysteria,"
    "Psychogenic illness" without delving into the whole story . . . and anyone who doesn't believe
    the adage, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

    Stop and think for a minute about all the tens of thousands of chemicals released into commerce
    that have not been adequately tested for adverse effects on the respiratory system, the brain,
    other system organs, for long-term effects, nor for effects upon people at secondary and tertiary
    levels of exposures. Just think a minute about our trusting reliance upon modern synthetic
    drugs, fragrances, fertilizers, pesticides, disinfectants (classified as pesticides by the EPA),
    building materials, paints, carpets, mattresses . . . the list of products capable of making you or
    your children chronically ill, disabled or prematurely dead is seemingly endless. But then, so too
    is the list of chemicals used without adequate testing and no clue as to systemic or long-term
    effects. And now we are back to culpability and those culpable worry about an outflow of cash,
    (not that any dollar amount can buy back health) and that often leads to the cry, HYSTERIA.

    There are safer products. There are good fragrance-free products (watch out here, though, as the
    FDA allows scents to be used to cover other objectionable odors and still carry the label
    "fragrance-free"). There are safer ways to clean, to care for one's personal grooming. There are
    safer, synthetic pesticide-free ways to control pests -- indoors and out. There are safer ways to
    build. There are low-emitting VOC (volatile organic compound) carpets, adhesives and paints
    available. There is a market of safer products out there . . . we the consumer must be savy enough
    to support them. Only then will industry get the message. And once industry gets the
    message, maybe we can help not only ourselves and our progeny, but our fish and wildlife
    downstream who now are suffering because of our chemicals that cannot be cleaned out in our
    wastewater treatment practices. -- barb
    
    

  • Spinoff stories:
    • Anxiety caused illness at school, study finds
      By Leon Alligood / Tennessean Staff Writer and Tennessean News Services
      http://www.tennessean.com/sii/00/01/13/hysteria13.shtml
      
      
    • "Mass Hysteria May Be Rising - U.S. Study"
      from Reuters - Wednesday January 12 5:05 PM ET
      http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000112/sc/health_hysteria_1.html
      
      
    • "Mind Over Matter"
      The Guardian, (UK) Tuesday, January 25, 2000
      http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/Print/0,3858,3954445,00.html
      
      
    • Mysterious Illness Often Turns Out to Be Mass Hysteria
      By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D.; New York Times; January 18, 2000
      http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/health/011800hth-doctors.html
      
      
    • Our Biological Panic Buttons
      CBS HealthWatch
      http://cbshealthwatch.medscape.com/medscape/p/G_Library/article.asp?RecID=205496&ContentType=Library
      
      
    • "Students Ill? Mass Hysteria"
      Washington Post - compiled from Reuters and AP reports,
      Thursday, January 13, 2000 (no longer available without a fee)
      http://www.washingtonpost.com
      
  • Now for what really happened at that high school!
    (Use the following info in "In Opposition to Journalistic Errors" to educate your local media.
    Also write to the papers carrying the NEJM article without doing the requisite testing.)
    
    
    • Hysteria article angers school officials
      The Tennessean
      By Anne Paine / Tennessean Staff Writer; Monday, 2/7/00
      http://www.tennessean.com/sii/00/02/07/warrenair07.shtml
      
      
    • "In Opposition to Journalistic Errors"
      by Nancy McFadden, BURNT; Mon, 24 Jan 2000
      includes the letter written by Thomas W. Hatfield,
      Supervisor, Department of Plant Maintenance
      http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/nothystr.htm
      
      
    • Ozone Generators -- learn more about the harm they can cause
      http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/o.htm#Ozone
    
    

• Environmental Health Topics
  http://www.noah.cuny.edu/environment/environ.html
  • Chemical Sensitivities
    http://www.noah.cuny.edu/environment/environ.html#Sensitivity

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News
See: News On-Line" and "Newspapers, below; also see "Publications"

See:eNewswires.com - San Francisco Bay Area
(Newspapers, Radio, sports,TV, Weather)
http://www.enewswires.com/sfbnews.html

See: JournalismNet
Search for the News - Journalism Search Engines
from http://journalismnet.com/news/

Newsletters -- email and/or snail information

• Blazing Tattles
  http://www.concentric.net./~blazingt
  
  
• Brainstorms
  The Newsletter of the Greensboro CFS/FMS/MCS Support Group
  http://www.ncchem.com/brainsto.htm
  
  
• CanaryNews (Lynn Lawson, editor . . . until June 2001)
  MCS: Health & Environment [note the ampersand], is a Chicago-based
  national support group for the chemically sensitive has merged and is now known as
  

• The Clarion
  Edited by Sharon Wachsler
  "The newsletter of information, resources, and activism for people with
  MCS (multiple chemical sensitivity), CFIDS, (chronic fatigue immune dysfunction),
  related disorders, and our allies.
  http://www.herc.org/together/Clarion.htm

• Complementary Wellness
  Group, web, newsletter, journal
  http://www.earthmed.com/member_sites/compwell/
  
  
• The Cottage News
  Valerie Igl, MFCC
  
  http://members.aol.com/valigl/page/feministtherapy.htm
  
  
  
• Environmental Building News
  http://www.buildinggreen.com
  
  
  • Carpeting, Indoor Air Quality, and the Environment
    http://www.buildinggreen.com/features/crpt/carpets.html
    
    
    
  • Environmental Initiatives at Habitat for Humanity
    http://www.buildinggreen.com/news/habitatprograms.html
    
    
  • The Hazards of Endocrine Disruptors
    http://www.buildinggreen.com/news/stolen.html
  
  
  
• Health & Clean Air Newsletter
  CURTIS MOORE AND DAVID BATES, M.D.; The Editors
  http://www.healthandcleanair.org/index.html

• The Human Ecologis (HEAL)t
  http://members.aol.com/heal3/page/
  
  
• IRED - International Real Estate Digest
  THE ENVIRONMENT- THESE HOTELS ARE NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT
  By Stuart Lieberman, ESQ, USA
  http://www.ired.com/news/lieberman/991121.htm

• Liberty Tree Alliance
  
  http://www.libertytree.org/whatis.html
  
  
  
• MCS Referral and Resources
  http://www.mcsrr.org
  
  (publication of lists governing bodies now recognizing EI/MCS)
  Albert Donnay
  410.362.6400
  or write:
  508 Westgate Rd
  Baltimore MD 21229
  
  
  
  
• Medical & Legal Briefs (Cindy Duehring)
  Environmental Access Research Network (E.A.R.N.)
  http://biz-comm.com/CIIN/earn.htm
  
  
  EARN Processing Center
  PO Box 1089
  Minot, ND 58702-1089
  Phone: 701.837.0161
  
  
• Missouri ACCESS
  Summary of the Asthma and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Workshop
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/MOACCESS/moaccess.htm
  
  
• Multinational Monitor Online
  http://www.essential.org/monitor/
  
  
  Corporate Junk Science Corporate Influence at International Science Organizations
  http://www.essential.org/monitor/mm1998/mm9801.09.html
  
  
  
• The New Reactor (EHN's newsletter)
  Currently in hiatus; database manager too ill to handle the workload. We NEED help! -- barb http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/newreact/ehnnr.html
  • Index: The New Reactor
    Including articles by Amy Marsh and Barb Wilkie
    http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/newreact/nrindex.htm
    
    
• NEWS ON EARTH
  It seems to have disappeared off the face of the Earth. If anyone has any new info,
  please send to barb at
  Not an MCSer newsletter, but one of my favorites; a 4-pager, packed w/ environmental news! -- barb
  Public Concern Foundation, Inc
  SUBSCRIPTION Info: $15 annual dues to Public Concern Foundation, Inc.
  101 West 23rd Street, PMB2245
  New York, NY 10009-9991
  email: subscriptions@news-on-earth.org
  subscription: http://www.news-on-earth.com/subscribe/subscription_main.htm
  http://www.news-on-earth.org
  
  
• NOHA's Quarterly Newsletter, NOHA NEWS
  Nutrition for Optimal Health Association, Inc.
  http://www.nutrition4health.org/
  • Articles available online from the 1980s
    Editors: Marjorie Fisher, Andrew Fisher
    http://www.nutrition4health.org/NOHA_NEWS.htm

• The n.o.s.e. - The Northern Ohio Sensitivity Extra
  "A networking publication for chemiclly sensitive individuals of Ohio published by the
  National Association of the Physically Handicapped, Chemical Sensitivity Awareness
  Chapter of Northern Ohio"
  Send check for $12 for four issues, made payable to N.A.P.H. and address to:
  
  The N.O.S.E. P.O. Box 49
  Rootstown, Ohio 44272
  
  phone: 330.297.8741 or 330.325.5555
  
  
• Our Toxic Times (Cynthia Wilson)
  Chemical Injury Information Network (CIIN)
  http://biz-comm.com/CIIN
  
  
  Chemical Injury Information Network
  Phone: 406.547.2255
  Fax: 406.547.2455
  
  PO Box 301
  White Sulphur Springs, Montana 59645-0301
  
  
  
• Realty Times
  http://www.realtytimes.com/
  • Hotels, Apartments Specializing in Sensitivity Training
    By Stuart Lieberman, Esq.   at StuartLieberman@realtytimes.com
    http://www.realtytimes.com/rtnews/rtcpages/19990902_sensitivity.htm

• Revisions -- an online magazine, including column by Dr. Ann McCampbell
  
  http://www.graywolfad.com/revisions

• The Road Home
  an electronic newsletter published by Reel Mowers, Etc. All rights reserved.
  http://www.reelmowersetc.com/The_Road_Home.htm
  
  
• Seaweb's Ocean Update
  http://www.seaweb.org/17update/17update.html

Newspapers

Air News Link, a site of links to major news sources
http://ajr.newslink.org/news.html

eNewswires.com, San Francisco Bay Area newspapers, radio, TV )
http://www.enewswires.com/sfbnews.html

News Directory.com
http://www.newsdirectory.com/news/press/na/us/

Newspaper Links
http://www.newspaperlinks.com/home.cfm

Also see EHN's

• Online News and References
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/o.htm#OnLine
  
  
• Publications
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/p.htm#Publications

MTMomma News, a site of links to articles
http://web.mountain.net/~mtmomma/#NEWS

Index of newspapers listed:



Following are alternative press and major newspaper articles of potential interest to the chemically aware -- by all means, take this opportunity to let your "voices" be heard. Remember, newspapers often archive their articles. If the links don't work, you can still use the titles to do your own searches. --barb

Berkeley Voice Bismark Tribune Coastal Post Contra Costa Times Daily Express The Dallas Morning News Halifax Houston Chronicle Jefferson City News Tribune Las Vegas Review-Journal Los Angeles Times Marin Independent Journal The Massachusetts News Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Minneapolis Star Tribune Montreal Gazette New Haven Advocate New Orleans Times Picayune New York Times

Oakland Tribune Orange County Register Philadelphia Inquirer Sacramento Bee Saint Louis Post Dispatch San Francisco Bay Guardian San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Examiner San Jose Murcury Santa Rosa Press Democrat Seattle Post Intelligencer Seattle Times Sun Sentinel, South Florida The Tennessean The Toledo Blade Topeka Capital-Journal Wall Street Journal Washington Post

Also see other Online news sources at
http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/o.htm#On-Line

• Berkeley Voice
  email: bkyvoice@idiom.com
  

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• Bismark Tribune
  Pesticide victim, 36, dies
  by DEENA WINTER
  http://www.ndonline.com/TribWebPage/jun1999/630199972230.htmlhttp://www.ndonline.com/TribWebPage/jun1999/630199972230.html

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• Coastal Post
  http://www.coastalpost.com/
  
  Read Carol Sterritt -- here are a few of Carol's articles, search Coastal Post for more
  
  
  • Can Cell Phones Kill?
    January 4, 2001
    http://www.coastalpost.com/01/1/04.htm

  • Do Fabric Softeners Cause Crib Death?
    http://www.coastalpost.com/99/5/4.htm
    
    
  • Do Vaccinations Lead To Sudden Infant Deaths?
    "All truth goes through three stages. First it is revealed. Then it is violently opposed.
    Finally it is accepted as self-evident." -Schoepenhouer
    http://www.coastalpost.com/00/2/04.htm
    
    
  • Malathion Causes New Health Concerns
    January 3, 2000
    http://www.coastalpost.com/00/1/03.htm
    
    
  • MTBE Ban Faces Uncertain Future
    March 1, 2001 http://www.coastalpost.com/01/3/05.htm

  • Not Worrying About EMFs Is A Cause For Concern
    July 4, 1998
    http://www.coastalpost.com/98/4/7.htm
    
    
  • They're Still Spraying Pesticides In Marin Schools
    December 4, 1999
    http://www.coastalpost.com/99/12/04.htm
    
    
  • Water Horror Grows With MTBE In Gas
    February 2, 1999 http://www.coastalpost.com/99/2/2.htm
    
    

• Contra Costa Times
  http://www.hotcoco.com/
  
  Disability Act Being Redefined
  
  Workplace discrimination cases
  http://www.hotcoco.com/newslib/index.htm

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  • Daily Express Archive search page
    http://www.lineone.net/express/express_archive.html

  • Bitter war of words over the safety of $1 billion sweetener
    By Lucy Johnston
    http://www.lineone.net/express/00/01/09/news/n0120war-d.html
    • The Dallas Morning News
      http://www.dallasnews.com/
      
      Catnip - by Calvin Klein
      It takes an Obsession to drive female ocelots wild, Dallas Zoo finds; 08/03/99
      By David Flick
      http://www.dallasnews.com/metro/0803met1ocelot.htm
      
      
    • Houston Chronicle
      http://www.chron.com/
      
      
      • in strictest confidence, The chemical industry's secrets
        http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/vinyl/stories.html
        
        
      • TOXIC SECRECY
        http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/vinyl/index.html
    • Jefferson City News Tribune
      email: newstribune@mail.ultraweb.net
      
      
      • Environmental Ills Typically Misdiagnosed, doctor says
        by David Fults
        
        http://www.newstribune.com/stories/042599/loc_0425990038.html
        
        
        
      • Middle school completes first year as model for indoor air quality
        by David Fults
        
        http://www.newstribune.com/stories/060599/loc_0605990019.asp
        
        
        • Capitol Caroling concernt to be presented Tuesday [fragrance-free!]
          http://www.newstribune.com/stories/121299/ent_1212990065.asp
          
          But it helps the singers, too! Good choral groups require fragrance-free attendance.
          Read a related article from the perspective of actors. -- barb
          
          
          • Success Smells Sweet to 'Phantom's' Vroman
            JERRY CARROLL, SF Chronicle Staff Writer; Thursday, December 12, 1996
            http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1996/12/12/DD15845.DTL
        
        
        
  
  
  

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  • Las Vegas Review-Journal
    
    • Clean Living
      
      http://www.lvrj.com/plweb-cgi/fastweb?getdoc+view2+1999+562+0+wAAA+%28Clean%26Living%29%26AND%2619990107%26AND%26%28Clean%26Living%29%3AHEADLINE
    
    
    
  • Los Angeles Times
    e-mail: letters@latimes.com
    
    http://www.latimes.com/
    
    
    Archival search, help with
    
    http://www.latimes.com/HOME/HELP/ARCHIVES/
    
    
    Asthma Statistics Ý
    
    http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/SCIENCE/REPORTS/ASTHMA/graphs.htm
    
    
    Childhood Asthma: Touched by the Trauma -- 'Her Asthma Is Just Like a Job . . .
    24 Hours a Day, Seven Days a Week'
    
    http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/SCIENCE/REPORTS/ASTHMA/rochelle.htm
    "Her latest attack came when she smelled perfume at a movie theater.
    'I was breathing real hard and tried taking inhalers, but it didn't work,'
    Rochelle said."
    
    Count the times you see reference to fragrances in this article, outside the quote,
    above. As far as I could tell that was it, but at least it was mentioned once and for
    that, I'm thankful. More people should understand about the chemicals they are
    using.
    
    For more information on the chemicals in fragrance products, personal care
    as well as cleaning/maintenance, please see the work of Julia Kendall (http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/kendall.htm)
    Betty Bridges (http://www.ameliaww.com/fpin/fpin.htm) and Anderson Lab's
    (http://www.andersonlaboratories.com/).
    
    For more information please go to EHN's outbound links regarding Fragrances
    (http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/f.htm#Fragrances). -barb

    District to Ban Insecticide, Weedkillers
    Health: Parents, activists spur school officials to approve less toxic methods.;
    Wednesday, March 24, 1999
    

    HTTP://WWW.LATIMES.COM/home/news/etro/T000026466.html
    
    
    Easing Symptoms,
    
    http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/SCIENCE/REPORTS/ASTHMA/tips.htm
    Source: National Institute of Health, Global Initative for Asthma, 1995
    Their source does a fine job or "rounding up the usual suspects" -- cats, cock roaches and dust mites. Additionally, the "tips" include using vinyl furniture, which could make the chemically sensitive very sick.
    
    Also, it says nothing about suggesting fragrance-free cleaning and laundry products -- Bon Ami comes readily to mind (Dawn Free dishwashing detergent has been pulled from the market by P&G!). Other non-fragrant options -- easily obtainable and relatively inexpensive -- are products such as Borax, baking soda, vinegar, lemon juice. All do a fine job of nontoxic cleaning -- tried and proved by your mothers and grandmothers! --barb
    
    
    How Asthma Attacks
    
    http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/SCIENCE/REPORTS/ASTHMA/works.htm
    
    Leaving a Generation Gasping for Breath Ý
    
    http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/SCIENCE/REPORTS/ASTHMA/breath.htm
    
    Teacher Fights Alleged Perfume Harassment
    
    The LA Times has archived this article. It is available, but there is a charge.
    http://www.latimes.com/
  
  

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  • Marin Independent Journal
    email: lsbrocco@marinij.com
    
    
    http://www.marinij.com/
    
    
    State's school toxics bill advances
    http://www.marinij.com/news/stories/index4.shtml
    
    Marin IJ Classifieds
    http://www.marinij-classifieds.com/ads/index6.html
  
  

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  Ý

  • The Massachusetts News
    http://www.massnews.com/index.htm
    
    
    • Hepatitis Vaccine May Harm Children Parents, Scientists Say Shot Isn¼t Needed
      Falmouth Baby Boy is Still Recovering, Two Years Later
      http://www.massnews.com/hepw.htm
      
  Ý
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    http://www2.startribune.com/
    
    email: patrinos@jsonline.com
    
    
    Kenosha students treated for fumes from body lotion
    By David Cole
    Special to the Journal Sentinel
    November 17, 1998
    http://www.jsonline.com/news/Metro/981117kenoshastudentstreate.asp
  
  
  

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  • Minneapolis Star Tribune
    http://www.startribune.com/stonline/html/special/aids/

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  • Montreal Gazette
    http://www.montrealgazette.com/PAGES/default.html
    
    
    • Is hospital making staff sick?
      A conflict over health and safety has ruined staff morale at the
      Montreal Neurological Institute's MRI unit. By JEFF HEINRICH; Monday, March 22, 1999
      http://www.montrealgazette.com/PAGES/990322/2400629.html
  
  

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  • New Haven Advocate
    email:jmamis@newmassmedia.com
    
    
    http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/
    
    • MOLD: "Why Johnny Can't Breathe"
      
    http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/articles/amity.html
  
  

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  • New Orleans Times Picayune
    email: jdonley@nolalive.com
    
    
    Kids Page
    http://www.nolalive.com/kidspage/
  
  
  

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  • New York Times
    (Note: The New York Times archives its articles, but at least you know what to request, even if they've been taken off-line.)
    
    email: letters@nytimes.com
    
    http://www.nytimes.com/
    
    
    Canada Sniffs and Dislikes the Smell
    By JAMES BARRON; August 15, 1999
    http://www.nytimes.com/library/review/081599halifax-scent-review.html
    
    Changes May Be Needed in Study of Gulf War Syndrome, Scientist Says
    December 10, 1996
    http://search.nytimes.com/search/daily/bin/fastweb?getdoc+site+site+16433+0+wAAA+organophosphates
    
    Court Rules Pollution Criminal,
    March 20, 1999
    http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/a/AP-Water-Pollution.html
    
    Gulf War Illness Index
    http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/indexchemical.html
    
    
    A Growing Sensitivity to What's in the Air
    By DENNIS M. BLANK
    
    [MCS and the workplace, from 2/22/98 NY Times Business Section, page 11]
    http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/sunday/022298earn-chem.html
    
    New Toxins Suspected as Cancer Rate Rises in Children
    By JOHN H. CUSHMAN Jr., September 29, 1997
    http://search.nytimes.com/search/daily/bin/fastweb?getdoc+site+site+30617+0+wAAA+epa
    
    Sick of Paperwork? Some Office Workers Say It's the Paper
    By KEITH MULVIHILL
    http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/sunday/092699personal-paper.html
    
    TAKING IN THE SITES, By SREENATH SREENIVASAN
    Exploring Environmental Issues
    http://search.nytimes.com/search/daily/bin/fastweb?getdoc+site+site+14131+6+wAAA+epa
    
    When Illness Is Real, but Symptoms Are Unseen, By JANE E. BRODY
    http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/031699sci-symptom-related-disorder.html
  
  
  

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• News Target
  Sham cancer industry relies on unproven diagnostic tests to
  scare people into cancer treatments
  Original source: The Guardian, UK
  "Here's how the cancer scam works: cancer industry operatives rely on entirely unproven
  cancer "screening" tests that have absolutely no scientific merit. (In fact, mammograms
  have been shown to actually cause cancer.) "
  I've said it before and I'll say it again, NO MAMMOGRAMS FOR ME! -- barb
  http://www.newstarget.com/000895.html
  • Researcher says whole body medical imaging scans have no medical benefit
    http://www.newstarget.com/004060.html

  • Now, to meet the Health Ranger, Mike Adams (a man after my own heart! Read on.)
    The Health Ranger "Avoid List":
    (near bottom of page)
    • Sodium nitrite (causes cancer)
    • MSG / monosodium glutamate / yeast extract (causes obesity and nerve damage)
    • Hydrogenated oils (causes heart disease)
    • High-fructose corn syrup / sugar / sucrose (causes diabetes and obesity)
    • Artificial colors (causes behavioral disorders)
    • Aspartame (causes brain damage, optic nerve damage)
    • Homogenized milk fats (cause heart disease and cardiovascular disorders)
    • Red meat (absolutely no beef, pork, or other red meat)
    • Cows' milk, cheese and dairy products
    • Soft drinks, junk foods, snack foods or fast foods
    • Processed foods such as cookies, crackers, frozen dinners, etc.
    • Fried foods
    • White flour and any foods containing white flour
    • Refined carbohydrates such as breads, cereals, pastries, pizza dough, etc.
    • Fruit juice drinks
    • Brand-name laundry detergents (loaded with toxic fragrance chemicals)
    • Popular deodorants (contain aluminum)
    • Fluoride toothpaste (fluoride is a dangerous ingredient)
    • Popular shampoos / soaps / conditioners (all contain harmful fragrance chemicals)
    • Dryer sheets (contain fragrance chemicals)
      http://www.newstarget.com/adamshealthstats.html
    • Oakland Tribune
      email: edtrib@angnewspapers.com
      
      http://www.oaklandtribune.com/
      Contact Information
      http://www.newschoice.com/newspapers/alameda/tribune/default.asp
      
      Clearing the Air About Smoke-Free Bars
      12:00 p.m. Mar 04, 1998 Eastern
      http://www.infoseek.com/Content?arn=BW0095-19980304&qt=%22Oakland+Tribune%22&sv=N5&lk=lb&col=NX&nh=20&ud4=1&kt=A&ak=news1486
      
      Try to search for: Conflict looms in use of pesticide
      Oakland Tribune, Matt Carter, March 1, 2001
      About the GWSS (glassywinged sharpshooter)
      http://www.oaklandtribune.com/
      See EHN's GWSS info at
      http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/g.htm#GWSS
      
      Pesticides
      http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnlinx/pestcide.htm

      County Board calls for fewer pesticides
      by Donna Horowitz, May 11, 2001
      "...[Supervisor Keith Carson, Alameda County, California] ... asked department heads
      how much pesticide they use to kill weeds and rats in January after a Berkeley constituent
      who was active in Marin on
      the issue contacted his office. ..."
      NOTE: The link works on my computer, ONLY if I use Explorer ... the page won't come up in NetScape. -- barb http://www.oaklandtribune-ang.com/s-asp-bin/link/ShowArchiveStory.asp?URL=search.newschoice.com/Display.asp&story=d:\index\newsarchives\angtr\loc\20010511\855007_t4bs211.txt&searchtext=county board calls for fewer pesticides&puid=557

      Emma's creates jobs for women
      Cleaners use nontoxic products
      By Tim Simmers; Thursday June 24, 1999
      http://www.newschoice.com/WebNews/AngTrBus1/99-06-24_tbus.asp?GPC=AngTr
      
      

    • Experts check risks of common chemical
      By Suzanne Bohan
      STAFF WRITER; April 16, 2001
      "Americans soap up with it, spritz it on hair, paint it on nails and smooth it on hands.
      
      It's a chemical also found in many types of flexible plastics, as well as solvents, lubricating
      oils, vinyl flooring and wood finishes, among many other products. Called phthalate,
      it's a type of plastic that has become ubiquitous in modern life. Billions of pounds are
      now produced annually, according to the Environmental Working Group.
      
      And now, with last month's federal study revealing that phthalates (pronounced
      "thalates") have gotten under Americans' skin to a degree that surprised federal
      researchers, research is revving up to find what -- if any -- health risks the chemical poses. ..."
      http://www.oaklandtribune-ang.com/default.asp?puid=490&spuid=490&indx=798985
      • Folks, PHTHALATES are commonly used in the formulations of synthetic fragrances!
        See Analyses, part of the FDA Petition. -- barb
        http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm#Analyses

      Some gifts are freer than others
      By Jan Freeman, Monday, December 29, 1997
      "... The fragrance aisles of department stores are choked with displays
      promising "Free gifts that double your luxury" when you buy this or
      that variety of scent. ..."
      The topic is on the term "free gifts," but we get
      a look at the marketing ploys of a multibillion dollar industry. ã barb
      http://www.oaklandtribune.com/

      
      
      X-rays may kill, Berkeley professor says
      He cites own nationwide radiation study
      November 22, 1999
      By William Brand; STAFF WRITER
      (Frankly, I do not have dental xrays made, nor do I have mamograms. -- barb)
      Find through search:
      http://www.newschoice.com/ASP-Bin/ContentFrmBldr.asp?PUID=557
      
      

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• Orange County Register
  email: ocregister@link.freedom.com
  
  
  "DOCTOR'S SUPPORTERS GO TO BAT FOR HIM
  HEALTH CARE:FOLLOWERS OF ALTERNATIVE
  MEDICINE ORGANIZE TO DEFEND PHYSICIANS
  THEY SEE AS UNDER ATTACK." (Dr. Wempen)
  http://newslibrary.krmediastream.com/cgi-bin/search/oc?NITEMS=25&search_text=Wempen&SORT=d%3Ah&date_mode=year&year=all
  
  http://www.ocregister.com/
  EDUCATION: Irvine district was among those
  surveyed for chemicals that pose a cancer risk.
  January 8, 1998
  By ELIZABETH CHEY, The Orange County Register