Barb Wilkie's EHN Website
Last updated 2008

EHN Board President Barb Wilkie was very ill from chemically-induced kidney disease for several years. She passed away May 31, 2011. EHN presents this site both as a tribute and as valuable information. Many links and references will be out of date but Barb's research holds up over time. We will be transferring the site page by page, with updated details, to EHN's main site. If you would like to reach an EHN staff person, please contact us directly.

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Now, a special note . . . If I get zapped by superfluous toxins found in my neighbors' very
fragrant detergents and fabric softeners, I cannot alphabetize anything, no matter how hard I
work at it. So use your find command if you think the topic is covered on this page. -- barb

Many of the links to articles are removed by the site holder. You may be lucky enough to find an old article by virtue of the Wayback Machine at http://www.archive.org -- barb


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  • A 1999 Consensus: (Multiple Chemical Sensitivity)
    http://heldref.org/html/Consensus.html

    A CALL TO INDOOR ARMS
    Richard L. Corsi
    The University of Texas at Austin
    An excellent read on Indoor Air Quality. -- barb
    http://www.utexas.edu/research/ti2e/IAQ_Briefs/calltoarms.html

     

  • ABCNews.com
  • About's "Fragrance Sensitivity"
    A very informative article with active links to even more information. -- barb
    http://allergies.about.com/health/allergies/library/weekly/aa022299.htm

     

  • Access
  • Achieving Healthy Indoor Air
    Report of the ATS Workshop: Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 16-19, 1995
    THIS WORKSHOP REPORT WAS APPROVED BY THE ATS BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
    MARCH 1997
    Other Point Sources in Homes and Offices
    " . . . Control of pollution sources is incomplete if the odors from the occupants are not
    minimized. Perfumes are among the most difficult to control since they are perceived
    by their users as pleasurable. Personal rights and preferences for perfumed products
    must be evaluated against the discomfort that scents cause for some people. The
    odoriferous materials are highly volatile synthetic chemicals; in effect, they contribute
    to the total VOCs. Scented personal products are not limited to perfumes; they include
    residual scents on clothing from detergents and fabric softeners, soaps, shampoos,
    deodorants, skin lotions, and cosmetics. The only successful method of control is to
    eliminate these odors, either by avoiding their use, as with perfumes, or by using
    unscented products. ...

    Two-bits' worth by barb: Let me assure everyone, it is not mere "discomfort that scents
    cause for some people," although, they too, should not have to be forced to inhale another person's
    choice of odor. But for the already chemically injured -- POISONED -- it can be a life and death
    situation. Now, how can any employer, school administrator, healthcare administrator and
    professional or executive of government entities grant the right to odorovect toxic chemicals
    from personal care products over another's right to breathe? I ask you. The goal should be
    cleaner air for all; not the pleasure of wearing or using toxic synthetic fragrance products for some.
    http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/156/3/S33

     

  • Acute asthma - acute tachycardia - anaylactic reactions caused by Fragrance & Perfume
    In January of 1995 11 young Algerians deceased, ...
    http://www.tox-doc.de/englisch/duft.htm

  • Addicted to fragrances? Years ago -- early 90s -- a co-worker said, I HAVE to wear
    perfume! You can imagine tone of voice and look upon face as that was stated. I mentioned it to
    Julia Kendall, who responded, "Oh, the poor dear is addicted to fragrances. I'm sure of it, based on
    my research!" -- barb
      PubMedQuery
      Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1999 Apr;63(4):743-8
      Potentiation of GABAA receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes by perfume and ytoncid.
      Aoshima H, Hamamoto K
      Department of Physics, Biology and Informatics, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
      aoshima@po.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
      " ... Since it is known that the potentiation of GABAA receptors by benzodiazepine,
      barbiturate, steroids and anesthetics induces the anxiolytic, anticonvulsant and
      sedative activity or anesthetic effect, these results suggest the possibility that the
      intake of perfume or phytoncid through the lungs, the skin or the intestines modulates
      the neural transmission in the brain through ionotropic GABAA receptors and
      changes the frame of the human mind, as alcohol or tobacco does."
      http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=10361687&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b

  • Air Fresheners Really Air Polluters
    by Dr. Dean Edell (7/1/98)
    (For other, not so supportive comments of Dr. Dean, please see Stuff Happens! -- barb)
    http://www.healthcentral.com/DrDean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=1192

      For other versions of aerosol/ air "freshener" story, also see
    • PlanetArk
    • New Scientist
    • Aerosol Hazards
    • BBC News Online


      For much more information see EHN's General Links, page A/Air "Fresheners"
      http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/a.htm#Fresheners



      • Exposure Pathways - EPA's Emergency Response Program
        "... Air. When the hazardous substance takes the form of vapors or is absorbed by
        particulate matter (e.g., dust), the simple act of breathing can expose people to
        contamination. In some cases, a person's skin can absorb a hazardous substance in vapor
        form, although inhalation is considered the greater threat. ..."
        http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/er/hazsubs/pathways.htm

      Aerosol Hazards -- NBC5DFW
    • Aerosol Hazards: Untested chemicals make some sick
      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/


  • Air Quality - A look at Environmental Illness Dan Knight; May 7, 2000
    http://www.lowendmac.com/soapbox/air-quality.shtml

     

  • Airborne pigmented contact dermatitis due to musk ambrette in incense
    Hayakawa R, Matsunaga K, Arima Y
    Pub Med
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=3568644&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b


  • Airliner Air
  • The Albuquerque Tribune
    Conference highlights costs of chemical sensitivity
    By Nancy Salem; Tribune Reporter; Aug. 2001
    CIIN'S MCS Conference in Santa Fe Aug. 13 - 15, 2001. -- barb
    http://www.abqtrib.com/archives/business01/082001_business_chemical.shtml

     

  • Alcohol Hits Women Harder
    NurseWeek 12/17/2004 6:15:00 AM
    http://www.nurseweek.com/news/ShowNews.asp?251664

     

    I ask for a little deductive reasoning be applied by those who are truly interested in why more
    women than men react to the toxins in fragrances. Until such time as our government agencies
    charged with protecting public health really study fragrance chemicals as tobacco smoke has been
    studied, we have to rely on the case histories of the already fragrance sensitized. And, we must
    look at what we know about fragrances. One, fragrances contain a lot of alcohol. Two, women
    have been subjected to more products for personal care, as well as cleaning and maintenance
    projects, that contain petrochemical-derived fragrances than men over a longer period of time.

    As more fragrance products are marketed to men, will we see an "unexplained" increase in cases
    of male breast cancer and prostate cancers? What about upper and lower respiratory illnesses?
    Will those stats rise? What about mysterious headaches? Parkinson's? Alzheimers? IF/When
    the men are affected with chronic debilitating diseases as a result of increased fragrance product
    use, will they be debased as women have been? -- Just-curious-barb

    Allergy Info

    Links may die . . . search the Internet for "Allercare recall" if these links are no longer available.
    For more info, please visit EHN's page A / AllerCareTM -- barb

  • Exposure Pathways - EPA's Emergency Response Program
    "... Air. When the hazardous substance takes the form of vapors or is absorbed by
    particulate matter (e.g., dust), the simple act of breathing can expose people to
    contamination. In some cases, a person's skin can absorb a hazardous substance in vapor
    form, although inhalation is considered the greater threat. ..."
    http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/er/hazsubs/pathways.htm


    • AllerCare Recall
      • EPA: AllerCareTM Product Recall
        "On January 14, 2000, S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc., at the urging of the Environmental Protection Agency, issued an immediate voluntary recall of AllerCareÅ Dust Mite Powder and AllerCareÅ Dust Mite Allergen Spray for Carpet and Upholstery. This action was taken after more than 400 consumers reported experiencing medical problems after using these products, including asthma attacks, respiratory problems, burning sensations, and skin irritation. Since the January 14 recall, the company reports that 98 percent of the products have been removed from store shelves. However, some consumers unaware of the recall have continued to report adverse effects from using the products. To ensure protection of public health, EPA again urges consumers, particularly those who suffer from asthma, respiratory conditions or allergies to consult their physician if they have concerns. For information regarding returning the products, consumers should contact
        the manufacturer, S.C. Johnson and Son, at their toll-free number: 1-877-255-3722. http://web.archive.org/web/20010607171337/http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/citizens/allercareq_a.htm

         

        • Questions & Answers - AllerCareTMProduct Recall
          http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/citizens/allercareq_a.htm#1

          January 11, 2000. Memorandum. 11 Pages.
          Jerome Blondell. Chemistry & Exposure Branch I.
          Review of AllerCare (benzyl benzoate) Incident Reports.
          http://www.epa.gov/opppmsd1/foia/reviews/009501.htm

           

        • Annual Report 2000 - Office of Pesticide Programs
          "Ä Allercare: To avert additional possible harmful effects to consumers, at our urging,
          S. C. Johnson and Son, Inc., issued an immediate voluntary recall after more than 400
          people reported experiencing medical problems after using one of two products:
          AllerCareÅ Dust Mite Powder or AllerCareÅ Dust Mite Allergen Spray for Carpet
          and Upholstery. "
          January 2000
             
        • AllercareTM Products Recalled Due to Asthma and Respiratory Problems.
          http://www.epa.gov/Annual/2001/2000annual.htm

           

        AllerCare Dust Mite Powder Recall
        Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America, Florida Chapter Inc.
        "Today S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. issued an immediate recall of AllerCare Dust Mite
        Powder and AllerCare Dust Mite Allergen Spray for Carpet and Upholstery. EPA
        urged the company to initiate this action based on incidents from consumers who
        reported experiencing asthma attacks and other medical problems associated with
        the use of these products.

        Today¼s action will result in a voluntary stop sale and full recall of these products from
        retail store shelves. EPA is conducting an extensive scientific investigation into the
        reported reactions to ensure protection of public health, and is overseeing the recall
        closely. The products are being removed from store shelves immediately. The Agency
        also is working with other government agencies on this issue. Consumers who currently
        have this product in their home, especially those individuals with allergies or
        respiratory conditions, should consult their physician or allergist before using the
        product. If consumers want to return the product, they should contact the company,
        S. C. Johnson, toll free at 1-877-255-3722. AllerCare was labeled to control dust mites,
        which may contribute to allergic reactions in people. Some of the serious symptoms
        that were experienced include: asthma attacks, respiratory problems, burning
        sensations and skin irritation.

        For further information, consumers may contact the National Pesticide
        Telecommunications Network at (800) 858-7378, or visit EPA¼s website at
        http://www.epa.gov/pesticides. If consumers need additional information on allergic
        diseases or asthma, they may contact the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and
        Immunology at (800) 822-2762, or http://www.aaaai.org.
        http://www.aafaflorida.org/recall_1_18_00.htm

        or http://web.archive.org/web/20000615221631/http://www.aafaflorida.org/recall_1_18_00.htm

         

      • AllerCareDust mite spray, powder recalled
        WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters)
        "S.C. Johnson said that it believed the fragrance of its dust mite spray and powder
        was to blame for the allergic reactions in consumers. "
        http://www.reutershealth.com/eline/open/2000011421.html

        or see http://www.americanmedicalassociation.org/special/asthma/newsline/reuters/01177612.htm

        or http://web.archive.org/web/20010413214236/http://www.americanmedicalassociation.org/special/asthma/newsline/reuters/01177612.htm

        DreamHome.comProduct Recall Info

      • S.C. JOHNSON ALLERCARE DUST MITE POWDER AND DUST MITE
        ALLERGEN SPRAY FOR CARPET AND UPHOLSTERY
        "Strong fragrance could cause asthma attacks, respiratory problems, burning sensations,
        and skin irritation in highly allergic individuals.

        "Products: Alert affects any and all products, most of which have been removed
        from stores, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. However, those
        still in homes could pose a hazard to people with asthma, other respiratory
        conditions, or allergies. The EPA urges consumers with these products to call
        their doctors if they have concerns. For more information, contact the National
        Pesticide Telecommunications Network at 800 858-7378, or visit EPA's web
        site at www.epa.gov/pesticides. For information about allergic diseases or
        asthma, call the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology at
        800 822-2762, or visit www.aaaai.org.

        What to do: Call S.C. Johnson at 877 255-3722 for refund information.
        http://www.dreamhome.com/listingsEntry.asp?ID=197628&PT=Product+Recall+Info

         

      • JAMA Asthma Information Center
        "... 'A number of consumers, particularly those with severe allergies or asthma, had
        reported concerns and reactions related to the level of fragrance in the products,' the
        company said. The fragrance, it added, caused allergies in less than 1% of the population.
        How can they limit "allergies" to less than 1% of the population? That statement doesn't take
        into account all of the folks who would never buy such a product in the first place. Perhaps
        their scented pesticide affected about 1% of their purchasing consumers. How many more people
        were affected that unwittingly entered a home where this product was used? The rest of us
        aren't counted because we don't purchase such poisons in the first place. -- barb
        http://web.archive.org/web/20011118230342/www.ama-assn.org/special/asthma/newsline/reuters/01177612.htm

         

      • SC Johnson Voluntarily Removing AllerCareÅ Products From Shelf
        Fragrance Too Strong for People with Severe Allergies and Asthma
        "JANUARY 14, 2000 (RACINE, WISCONSIN)ääää.. SC Johnson has advised retail
        stores across the country to remove AllerCareÅ Dust Mite Carpet Powder and
        AllerCareÅ Dust Mite Allergen Spray from store shelves.

        "The company's decision came following an analysis of phone inquiries and reports into
        its toll-free consumer help line. The analysis revealed a number of consumers,
        particularly those with severe allergies and asthma, had reported concerns and reactions
        related to the level of fragrance in the products. [Emphasis added.] While the vast
        majority of consumers, over 99% of those who purchased. AllerCareÅ, were well
        satisfied with these convenient and affordable home allergen control products, the
        level of dissatisfaction was such that the products do not meet the high standards of
        the company.

        "The company has reported these findings to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
        who is aware of and supports this voluntary action.

        "Dust mites are the #1 indoor allergen, a key factor in the rise in childhood asthma.
        AllerCareÅ products were a welcomed alternative to the costly removal of carpet or
        upholstery which doctors recommended to help reduce allergen exposure in the homes.
        The products were nearly ten years in development, and used in tens of thousands
        of homes the year before launch with no indication that fragrance was an issue.
        Extensive product efficacy and product safety testing conducted on AllerCareÅ far
        exceeded the norm for SC Johnson or other household products. However, following
        national introduction, a small subset of the population (less than 1%)* with uniquely
        high sensitivities, particularly among those with severe allergies and asthma, was
        detected. Unfortunately, the company could not separate these highly sensitive
        consumers, who should not use these products, from the general allergy-suffering
        public for whom the products were designed. Hence, the company felt that the
        appropriate action was to remove these products from store shelves.

        "Consumers are being asked to contact the company directly toll-free at
        1-877-255-3722 with any questions. If a consumer has purchased AllerCareÅ
        products and suffers from severe allergies and asthma, as with any other
        household product, they should consult their physician before use.
        *Note: I am suspect of information linking such a very small subset of the population with high
        sensitivities. I find fault because there is no effort to look at the vast number of people who,
        because of recognized pesticide and fragrance sensitization, are smart enough to not even try
        such a product. IF we even enter stores that carry them, we certainly avoid the aisles where
        they are shelved and we sure as hell do not spend our money on them, to bring them into our
        homes to further poison ourselves and our family with fragrance or pesticide chemicals. Dust mites
        have been around a lot longer than petrochemical derived fragrances and pesticides. Keep your
        home clean with truly fragrance-free products, keep the areas dry, enjoy air flow. -- barb
        http://web.archive.org/web/20000408172227/www.allercare.com/announcement.html

         

        • TGSC Material Safety Data Sheet for BENZYL BENZOATE FCC --
          a fragrance ingredient in AllerCare
          The Good Scents Company
          I¼ve been told that when you read MSDS info and see „NO,¾ it means they haven¼t tested
          for that aspect of the chemical, not that there¼s nothing to be concerned about. -- barb
          http://www.hazard.com/msds/mf/gsc/files/md101390.html


      AllerCareTM Dust Mite Carpet Powder and Dust Mite Allergen Spray Recalled
      "Racine, WI (SafetyAlerts) - SC Johnson has today initiated a recall
      of AllerCareÅ Dust Mite Carpet Powder and AllerCareÅ Dust Mite
      Allergen Spray because some consumers, particularly those with
      severe allergies and asthma, have reported reactions related to the
      level of fragrance in the products. "
      No longer available:http://www.recalls.net/recall/p/00/allercare.htm

      The POISON to "stop" allergies causes allergic reactions
      Safe2Use
      http://www.safe2use.net/ca-ipm/00-01-15.htm


  • Allergies: The Culprit Could Be hiding In Your Cosmetic Bag -
    American Academy of Dermatology
    http://www.aad.org/PressReleases/allgeries.html

     

  • Solving Problems Related to the Use of Cosmetics & Skin Care Products
    http://www.aad.org/pamphlets/cosmetic.html

    Also available . . .

  • "Allergies: Culprit Could be in Cosmetic Bag" http://www.newswise.com/articles/2000/3/ALLERGY.AAD.html Do read this article. The only thing lacking is that all reference is to and about the user of
    cosmetic products. What should be acknowledged by AAD is that all of the negative reactions
    listed, and more, can be suffered by those just breathing the air that is polluted by synthetic
    chemical fragrances. Just as there are negative effects of "secondhand smoke" there are negative
    effects of secondhand fragrances.

    How do I know? Because my EARLY warning sign was "adult onset acne" and a daughter's
    eczema flares when she is forced to breathe air polluted by modern synthetic scents in personal
    care and janitorial/household cleaning and maintenance products. Some of the other illnesses
    triggered are sinusitis, rhinitis, asthma, chronic bronchitis, migraines and sinus headaches,
    dizziness, tinnitus, muscle pain and joint ache . . . I've been there, done that. Secondhand!

    It is easy to feel there are a thousand symptoms -- debilitating and disabling illnesses -- by the time
    you get sick enough to reach MCS (Multiple Chemical Sensitivity). But when you consider
    the facts, it is not surprising that these products can and do cause a wide variety of illnesses.
    There are around 5,000 chemicals used to create fragrances. Information available for individual
    chemicals runs something like this:

     

    • This chemical is in the EPA inventory under TSCA.
      Label Precautions. TARGET ORGAN DATA: PATERNAL EFFECTS
      (TESTES, EPIDIDYMIS, SPERM DUCT)

    • May be harmful by inhalation, ingestion, skin absorption. Vapor or mist is
      irritating to the eyes, mucous membranes and upper respiratory tract. Causes skin
      irritation.

       

    • Irritant, CNS effects

       

    • Irritant, CNS effects, may cause fetal effects.

       

    • Irritant, skin & respiratory sensitizer. The chemical, physical, and
      toxicological properties have not been thoroughly investigated.

       

    • Toxic. May cause CNS effects. Irritant, may cause cancer based upon animal
      studies. The chemical, physical, and toxicological properties have not been
      thoroughly investigated.

       

    And far too many chemicals carry just this information:

    • "The chemical, physical, and toxicological properties have not been thoroughly investigated."


    And still other chemicals do not have any information readily available.

    To check the veracity of this for yourselves, use MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets)
    available on line. Aldrich is one of the sites I use; you must register to use the site,
    but it is free. https://www.sigma-aldrich.com/.

    You can find chemicals used in fragrances through "Analyses" on the FDA Petition at
    http://ehnca.org/www/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm


    We don't know enough about most of the individual chemicals that go into fragrance formulations,
    let alone the adverse effects of combining tens to hundreds of chemicals as is done to formulate
    any one synthetic scent. Add to that, what is known about these individual chemicals is that
    they are volatile organic compounds, which means they become one with the air we all breathe;
    they are acknowledged sensitizers and irritants; they are known or suspected neurotoxins,
    carcinogens and teratogens (adversely affect fetal development).

    Top that off with the fact that there are new combinations of chemicals formed when various
    fragrances volatilize from any one person. That, in turn, is compounded when several scented
    individuals gather -- especially in a warm, poorly ventilated area. The warmer it is, the more the
    chemicals volatilize ("offgas" or "outgas"). And make no mistake about it, everyone's clothing
    and bodies absorb these chemicals, regardless of the individual's underlying state of health.
    It is suggested that pregnant women avoid fragrances. How can they avoid these volatilizing
    chemicals anymore than can the asthmatics or the migraineurs or the MCSers who are also told
    to AVOID fragrances?

    The oft given message to "avoid fragrances" is a good one, but unrealistic considering synthetic
    fragrances are volatile organic compounds. Any scented product used by anyone is also used
    by all who come in contact with the air holding those toxins. And that, dear folks, is exactly
    why fragrance products should be eliminated from workplaces, including healthcare facilities,
    schools, government agencies, public transit conveyances, banks, restaurants ... Restaurants,
    now there is one for you: How can any restaurant manager allow staff to wear scents to work?
    My goodness, who in the world wants to smell someone's idea of a wonderful scent when eating is
    an olfactory pleasure?

    For the astute individual, there is little wonder as to why there are a wide variety of reactions to
    synthetic fragrances. The experts and doctors should even be able to figure out why there are
    millions of us living with MCS and its Many Chronic Symptoms. It's the chemicals! And the
    more information available proving that point, the more the synthetic chemical fragrance
    industry's flacks and appologists work hard to discredit those of us who are already living with
    chemical injury. They decry us in poorly written articles written with little to no research. The
    shame is on them. Not on us.

    We ALL are worthy of safe products, proved safe BEFORE marketing. And we ALL should
    demand that the FDA follows its regulations and require labeling information on products released
    to market without adequate testing. See FDA Petition and analyses of six fragrances at
    http://ehnca.org/www/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm

    We have the RIGHT TO KNOW. We have an obligation to our children, ourselves, our pets and
    our planet to make purchases of safe products. In any case, we should be able to make our
    purchases through informed consent, especially when the products contain chemicals that can affect
    not only the user but also the inadvertent recipient, regardless of health status. -- barb wilkie

     

  • Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Online
    • "What triggers vasomotor rhinitis?
      "Irritants that can trigger vasomotor rhinitis include cigarette smoke, strong odors and
      fumes including perfume, hair spray, other cosmetics, laundry detergents, cleaning
      solutions, ... "
      http://allergy.mcg.edu/Advice/rhin.html


  • Alternet.org
    http://www.alternet.org

     

    • The Chemical Papers: Secrets of the Chemical Industry Exposed
      by Don Hazen, AlterNet; March 15, 2001
      "Bill Moyers TV special to reveal how the public was kept in the dark about the dangers
      of toxic chemicals."
      Don't forget to write to the FDA about your adverse reactions to synthetic fragrances. -- barb http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10600

       

  • The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
    Press Releasses, including:
    "Asthmatics' reactions to common perfumes"
    "SAN DIEGO --Fragrances are often cited by asthmatics as initiating or exacerbating
    asthma; and different fragrances vary in the number and intensity of allergic reactions
    they cause, researchers said today at the AAAAI Annual Meeting. ..."

    "...Samuel B. Lehrer, Ph.D., FAAAAI from Tulane University Medical Center investigated
    asthmatics for their responses to fragrances. ..."
    http://www.aaaai.org/media/news_releases/2000/03/000304.html

  • The American Academy of Environmental Medicine - HealthWorld Online
    http://www.healthy.net/pan/pa/NaturalTherapies/aaem/index.html



    Dogs and Cats OK????? Two down out of the round-up of the usual suspects!!!!!
    Of course, the usual suspects include: cats, dogs, cockroaches, dust mites . . . , which can't fight back. Now mind you, I'm NOT saying they cannot or do not cause asthma and allergies. BUT, to never look at the role played by our modern synthetic products, including pesticides and fragrances, I feel is a dereliction of duty. -- barb

  • American Chemical Society
    http://pubs.acs.org/

     

     

  • The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
      "What triggers vasomotor rhinitis?
      "Irritants that can trigger vasomotor rhinitis include cigarette smoke, strong odors and
      fumes including perfume, hair spray, other cosmetics, laundry detergents, cleaning
      solutions, ... "
      http://allergy.mcg.edu/Advice/rhin.html


  • American Journal of Epidemiology
    http://www.aje.oupjournals.org/

  • Anchorage Daily News
  • Appalachian News-Express
  • Arcata, California -- Arcata City Council puts people before poisons
    http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/00-03-10.htm

  • ASTHMA One Reason for the Allergy Explosion and the Increase in Asthma
    by Albert F. Robbins, D.O., M.S.P.H., F.A.A.E.M.
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/albrob1.htm

     

    • " More than 17 million Americans suffer from asthma, which is the seventh-ranking
      chronic condition in America. " © 2000 American Lung Association.
      http://www.lungusa.org/asthma/

       

       

    • Assaulted by fragrance
      • Occupational acute anaphylactic reaction to assault by perfume spray in the face.
        by Lessenger JE.; PubMed
        http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11314921&dopt=Abstract

         

      • Stories of Horror Faced by Students and Teachers
        • The Fragrant Door - A classroom door sprayed with perfume -- Blistered!
          http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/doorjudy.htm

           

        • Halifax, Nova Scotia
          Includes articles of incidents of scented products causing adverse events in school.
          These are old stories, links might not work, but you've got the info to begin research. -- barb
          http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/articles.htm#Halifax

           

        • Kids' lack of respect threatens teachers
          http://www.jewishworldreview.com/dr/laura050200.asp

           

        • Pikeville County, Kentucky
          • Family wants perfume, deodorant banned from schools
            News-Journal wire services; Thursday, October 03, 2002
            and scrolling to the bottom of the page and its form. -- barb
            " PIKEVILLE, Ky. -- Kristian Childers cries when she thinks about what she's
            missing while holed up in her house.

            "The 16-year-old hasn't been to school since she reported that a campus
            bully sprayed her in the face with perfume a year ago, causing a severe
            asthma attack that landed her in the hospital.

            "Childers said she is afraid to return to Shelby Valley High School until
            administrators ban perfume, cologne, and other smelly aerosol sprays
            that could be used as weapons against asthmatics. ..."
            Write this newspaper by going to http://www.n-jcenter.com/opinion.htm#letters
            and scroll to bottom. -- barb
            http://www.n-jcenter.com/2002/Oct/3/NOTE1.htm

             

          • Fragrant fracas: Lawyer asks that perfume be banned from schools
            MyInky;September 28, 2002
            " PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- The Pike County school board has voted down a
            proposal to ban students from bringing cologne, body spray or perfume to
            schools in the eastern Kentucky district.

            "The policy was proposed in response to an incident last year in which a
            student at Shelby Valley High School was attacked with the smelly products,
            causing her to have a severe asthma attack. ..."
            Write to: Paul McAuliffe, Editor mcauliffep@courierpress.com;
            J. Bruce Baumann, Managing Editor baumannb@courierpress.com -- barb
            http://www.myinky.com/ecp/news/article/0,1626,ECP_734_1445132,00.html

             

          • Attorney: Proper steps not taken to protect asthmatic
            BY PETER W. ZUBATY, STAFF WRITER; Appalachian News-Express
            "A local attorney says the Pike County School Board failed to accommodate a
            student¼s disability when it voted down a proposed policy prohibiting possession
            of cologne, body spray, perfume or other aerosol products by students.

            "And that failure to act, said Elkhorn City attorney Tim Belcher, could potentially
            land the school board in a lawsuit to force the issue. The vote was 4-1 against, with
            Ravine Ratliff voting in favor of the policy.

            "The policy was proposed in response to an incident last year in which two Shelby Valley
            students allegedly attacked another student with such products, causing her to have
            an asthma attack. ..."
            Write to: David Gross, Editor, E-mail: news@news-expressky.com or
            dgross@news-expressky.com -- barb
            http://www.news-expressky.com/news-expressky/myarticles.asp?H=1&S=547&P=695283&PubID=11583

             

          • Our views ä on proposed perfume ban at schools
            Editorial by David Gross; Appalachian News-Express;Wednesday, October 2, 2002
            "Even in the face of threatened litigation, the Pike County Board of Education made
            the right decision recently when it rejected a proposal to prohibit students from
            possessing cologne, perfume and other aerosol products while at school.

            "While we sympathize with the asthmatic teen-age girl whose mother initiated the
            proposal, we also understand the majority of school board members¼ concern ã that
            such a policy likely would be unenforceable. ..."
            Mr. Gross doesn't say one word about the spraying. That's an assault with a deadly weapon,
            not a prank! Email: dgross@news-expressky.com-- barb
            http://www.news-expressky.com/news-expressky/myarticles.asp?H=1&S=547&P=697979&PubID=11623

             

          Now, for all those who want some hope, a middle school in Faribault, MN
          has banned fragrances, and there are fragrance-free accommodations working in
          Jefferson City, MO.           -- barb

        • "Faribault school bans students' use of perfumes, colognes"
          http://www.startribune.com/stories/1556/1701620.html

           

        • Jefferson City, Missouri, Public Schools Section 504 Accommodation Plan
          "[A]n example of a progressive school that has implemented a comprehensive plan to
          provide a student with severe asthma triggered by perfumes a fragrance free
          educational environment including:
             Fragrance Free school bus
             Fragrance Free school
             Fragrance Free Basketball team as well as all competing teams,
          coaches and officials - the team was 10-0 last season!
             Fragrance Free extracurricular activities (dances) including
          chaperones and parent volunteers
          http://immune.best.vwh.net/stephanie/504.html

           

        • Stephanie's (Jefferson City) Plan
          http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/s.htm#Stephanie's

           


        -- end of assaults -- I SINCERELY HOPE!!!!!! -- barb

         

      Assurances by fragrance industry that their products are safe

        Chronological order:
      • Some say a popular perfume is a health danger!!
        "... After contacting Calvin Klein for a response to the petition
        that the group filled with the FDA the company had this
        statement: 'All of Calvin Klein's products meet or exceed the
        requirement of the Federal Public Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act.'

        "Dr. Jacob Offenberger is an Allergist; 'No manufacturer would like to
        sell any product that has real toxins in it or real irritants in it because it
        won't sell.' Dr. Jacob Offenberger is spokesperson for the Asthma
        Foundation of America. He says some people are just sensitive to
        perfume chemicals....and they are blowing this issue out of proportion. ..."

        Write-up following EHN-Cancer Prevention Coalition press release,
        "Perfume: Cupid's Arrow or Poison Dart?," Feb. 7, 2000, immediately below
        Includes words of Judith Sanderson, Teacher, Culver City High -- barb
        http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?s=58076

         

      • Scented Products Education and Information Association of Canada (SPEIAC)
        Ad published following their press conference
        (http://www.ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/aaprbb.htm) in
        Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 20, 2000
        "COMMON SENSE ABOUT SCENTS"
        http://www.scentedproducts.on.ca/hdnad.jpg
        In this ad, you are assured that:
        • All fragrance ingredients have been tested for safety.
          The Research Institute for Fragrance Materials is an international
          independent body dedicated to evaluating fragrance ingredient safety.

           

        • Fragrance ingredients are tested to the same standards that
          apply to consumer goods like food.

           

        • The composition of perfumes hasn¼t changed much in hundreds
          of years. They contain primarily water and alcohol -- of the same
          type and purity we drink in beverages -- as well as essential fragrance oils.

           

        • Fragrance formulations do not contain toxic ingredients such as
          carcinogens or neurotoxins.*

           

        • Perfumes and scented personal care products are regulated by
          Health Canada.

           

        • The safety of an ingredient does not depend on whether it is
          natural or synthetic. For example, almost half of the ingredients
          no longer used in fragrances are naturals that caused skin irritation.

         

          * Raw Materials of Perfumery
          http://www.perfumersworld.com/chems/material.htm

          Now let's check another source other than the fragrance industry's ads and public relations campaigns.
          Acetaldehyde Chemical Backgrounder
          From the National Safety Council
          Acetaldehyde is just one commonly used flavors and fragrance ingredient
          "Health effects:

          "Acetaldehyde is a substance which may reasonably be anticipated to be a carcinogen,
          according to the Seventh Annual Report on Carcinogens, National Toxicology Program,
          U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is also classified in EPA's Toxic
          Release Inventory (TRI) to be a known or suspected carcinogen. When ingested or
          inhaled, acetaldehyde can irritate the eye, nose, and throat; cause conjunctivitis,
          coughing, central nervous system depression, eye and skin burns, dermatitis, and
          delayed pulmonary edema.          " [Emphasis added.]
          http://www.nsc.org/library/chemical/Acetalde.htm

           


      • Scents and sensitivities
        What to know before buying a Valentine¼s Day perfume
        By Francesca Lyman; Feb. 6, 2002; MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR
        http://www.msnbc.com/news/702445.asp

         

          Notice the duplicity, as first we learn . . .

          "Products are thoroughly tested before being marketed to assure their health
          and safety, says Glenn Roberts, spokesperson for the Research Institute for
          Fragrance Materials, an industry-sponsored group that does testing of chemicals. "

          And then, further along we find:

          "In response to the perceived problems of fragrances in the air, Roberts says
          that his industry group has begun the first study to examine fragrance inhalation.
          'We¼re spending a lot of money on this,' he says, 'to understand the systemic
          effects of fragrances on organs and nervous system, what happens when
          fragrances are inhaled.' "

          Emphasis added . . . and notice the dollars whine! The price the already injured
          person has paid is beyond measure.

           

        July 10, 2002: Again, following release of information on phthalates found in fragrances by
        NotTooPretty.org, the industry assures reporters who in turn assure the public that
        fragrance products are safe; phthalates are safe. But, synthetic scents are not safe for me
        at secondary and tertiary levels of exposure. . . and I am but one of millions of people adversely
        affected by these inadequately- tested-before-marketing products. Remember, the FDA does not
        require pre-market testing of fragrances! See FDA Authority Over Cosmetics
        http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-206.html

        Following is an excerpt from the latest article in which assurances are given. I don't have
        a link to provide to this article.

        I wish our mainstream medical and government experts would stop using the word
        "UNEXPLAINED" when queried about the skyrocketing rates of chronic illnesses and
        premature deaths, and start seriously looking into the toxic chemicals which the public
        applies daily to their bodies, and releases into the ambient air for all others to breathe as well.-- barb

        July 10, 2002
        Groups Seek Ban on the Use Of Phthalates in Cosmetics
        By JILL CARROLL
        Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

        "... The cosmetics industry said it believes phthalates in cosmetics pose no
        problems. "There is no public-health concern [relating to] its use in
        cosmetics," said Gerald McEwen, vice president of science for the Cosmetic,
        Toiletry and Fragrance Association. "We think they are safe as we are using
        them in our products."



      -- end industry assurances -- I hope we'll soon see some REAL assurances. -- barb


      Asthma --

       

    • See EHN's General Links, page A, Asthma
      http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/a.htm#Asthma

       

    Atlantic Monthly Online

     

  • Avoid Fragrances
    An extensive, but not exhaustive, list of august bodies that acknowledge that synthetic scents
    in personal care and cleaning/maintenance products can cause and/or exacerbate various
    debilitating illnesses. -- barb
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/a.htm#AVOID
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  • BBC News Online
    Feedback: newsonline@bbc.co.uk

     

    -- end BBC Online, but do search the BBC site! --


  • Berkeley, California
  • Birth Defect Research for Children (BDRC)
    BOEING
    • Washington Free Press
      A Free Press Investigation: "It's All In Your Head"
      "Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Boeing workers say they've been sickened by the
      chemicals used at Boeing plants throughout Puget Sound. But instead of giving these
      workers the medical and financial help they need, Boeing- with the help of its connections
      within state government and the medical establishment- is saying many workers just
      have psychological problems. We'll tell you how Boeing has been getting away with
      this, and why it should stop."

      This link takes you to a series of stories. -- barb
      http://www.speakeasy.org/wfp/08/

       

  • The Boston Globe
    http://www.boston.com/
    Note: Search and pay ... OR you can see spinoff stories through the Chicago Tribune and the Seattle Post Intelligencer
    • THE SMELL TEST
      HALIFAX STIRS EMOTIONS WITH BAN ON SCENTS
      By Colin Nickerson, Globe Staff
      This story ran on page A01 of the Boston Globe on 5/26/2000
      Go into http://www.boston.com/ and use their search and pay, if you want the entire story.

      Note: For more information on Halifax and the Industry-called press conference, see
      http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/a.htm#Halifax

       

  • Brobeck, Attorneys at Law

     

  • BSAEN - British Society for Allergy, Environmental and Nutritional Medicine
    http://www.bsaenm.org.uk/

     

    The Bug Stops Here by Steve Tvedten -- A MUST read!
    http://www.thebestcontrol.com/bugstop/

     

      " ... Examples of the How Typical Pest Control Measures Can Hurt Children

      "A June l998 study by Philip Landrigan, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics at Mount Sinai
      School of Medicine in the Environmental Health Perspectives compared two culturally
      and genetically similar groups of Mexicans/Indians. The amount of pesticide contact was
      comparable to what is typically used in the USA for crops. One-half the children who
      were exposed to a total of 80 pesticide crop applications twice a year. This group was
      drastically different than the similar control group which had virtually no pesticide exposure.

      "Four to five year olds that were exposed to "registered" pesticide poisons:

      • could not remember what they were told 30 minutes later,
      • had less stamina,
      • had decreased fine eye/hand coordination,
      • could not draw a stick figure, they could only scribble
      • had many disruptive behavior problems, particularly aggression.

       

     

  • Business & Health
    http://www.businessandhealth.com/

     

  • Business Week
    Is Your Office Killing You?
    Sick buildings are seething with molds, monoxide--and worse
    "...The culprit: a stew of largely undetected dangers--from the carbon monoxide and other contaminants sucked into a building when air-intake vents overhang exhaust-filled loading docks and parking garages, to the volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) seeping out of building materials, furniture, office equipment, carpet, paint, and pesticides, to the molds and bacteria funneled through muck-filled heating, ventilation, and cooling systems (HVACs). Even the smoke from those puffing away at entrances gets sucked back into the building, chimney-style, because of the suction from revolving doors (what engineers call ''the stack effect''). ...

    "... All this may signal the day when owner-operators make it a priority to choose
    building materials that are safer, companies demand air-quality reports before signing
    leases, and employees are as aware of their office's health as their own. Just like stock
    options and signing bonuses, workers are certain to start demanding fresh air and
    sunlight once they find out that other employees are getting them. Perhaps one day
    the office will even have its own annual checkup. If not, many American workers
    may not be around to complain. They'll be at home--sick.

      When you read about VOCs (volatile organic compounds), remember that all synthetically
      derived fragrances belong in that category. They are created to be highly volatile, to become
      one with the air we all must breathe, and to last longer on the ambient air (thanks to phthalates).
      NIEHS informs us that fragrance products and pesticides are
      "COMMON INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS." -- barb
    http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_23/b3684001.htm

    From Business Week, you can click out to other links that pretain to this story.

    It is mirrored also, but alas, these don't contain the extra pages linked to from the article.





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  • The Calgary Herald
  • Canada's Scented Products Education and Information Association of Canada (SPEIAC)
    Follow the Directions !!!
    " ... Presently, manufacturers can be contacted for ingredient information for
    personal care products. However, with the upcoming new Cosmetic Regulations,
    ingredient labelling on the package of personal care products will be mandatory.    "
    http://www.scentedproducts.on.ca/directions.htm

  • Cancer Prevention Coalition
    http://www.preventcancer.com/

     

     

  • Cancer Research America, Inc.
    Our investigative study focuses on known carcinogens in cosmetics, personal care
    products and other everyday products that are in widespread use by girls and women.
    http://www.cancerresearchamerica.org/

     

    • Cosmetics Linked to the Causes of Breast Cancer and Fatal Breast Cancer
      http://www.cancerresearchamerica.org/edu.html

       

    • Editorial by Dr. Coleman, appearing in the Louisville Courier Journal
      reprinted with permission granted
      (Coming soon . . . soon as I can get it up without crashing! -- barb)

       

    <
  • Cancer Shock in Cosmetics -- This News article appeared in the
    UTUSAN - Konsumer - newspaper article, published December 1998
    Healthy Communications.com.
    http://www.healthy-communications.com/konsumer1.html


  • Candles
    Also see EHN's Candles on General Links, page C
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/c.htm#Candles

     


  • CBC National -- Canada
    CBS News
  • Center for Disease Control (CDC)
    National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
    http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/dls/report/

     

  • Chatelaine.com
    Something in the air
    "Between 1989 and 1993, 800 workers at Halifax's Camp Hill Medical Centre fell sick because of
    chemically contaminated air. More than 100 are still off work--and a fight is raging over the reasons
    why. Kim Pittaway explores the modern fears and slippery truths behind the environmental illness debate
    First published in Chatelaine's November 1995 issue.
    © Kim Pittaway
    http://www.chatelaine.com/read/health/air.html

     

  • Chemical dependency - Environmental illnesses: diseases for the '90s
    http://www.excal.on.ca/archives/9899/jan27/features.htm

  • CHEMICAL INJURY AND SENSITIVITY
    From the Congressional Record of the United States
    CONGRESSMAN BERNARD SANDERS
    Extension of Remarks to the House of Representatives
    "Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss the issue of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
    as it relates to both our civilian population and our Gulf war veterans. . . . "
    http://members.aol.com/BoycottSBU2000/RepSandersChemicalSensitivity.html

     

  • Chemical Injury Relief Foundation (CIRF)
    http://www.cirf-hub.ca/

  • CHEST Journal
    http://www.chestjournal.org/

     

  • The Chicago Tribune
    http://chicagotribune.com/

    Note: You may have to register for free access to some of the Tribune's stories and for others, you will have to pay!


  • The Chicago Tribune
    Schools flunk food safety
    - One in four city schools cited for rodent infestation in food storage areas.
    - When food-handling problems are found, a report is filed but follow-up is rare.
    By David Jackson, Tribune staff reporter. Tribune staff reporters Michael Martinez and
    Geoff Dougherty contributed to this report; Published December 10, 2001
    "Rodents and bugs infest Chicago school kitchens and cafeterias. ..."
    Seems to me Chicago school district ought to be introduced to Steve Tvedten of
    www.getipm.com and www.safe2use.com -- barb
    http://chicagotribune.com/news/chi-0112100242dec10.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

     

  • Children's Environmental Health Coalition
    http://www.checnet.org/

     

  • The Christian Science Monitor
    http://www.csmonitor.com/

     



  • Clean Water Fund's Home-SAFE-Home Guide - online
    "Each year, United States industries produce over 250 million tons of hazardous waste
    in the manufacture of consumer goods. That equals more than one ton per man, woman,
    and child currently living in America, and the numbers increase when we use and
    dispose of these products! Convenience items, disposable products, quick-fix household
    goods, and an array of non-biodegradable packaging contribute to the pollution of
    our air, soil, and water. Over 55,000 chemicals are contained in various household
    products and over 1,000 new synthetic chemicals appear on the market each year.
    Pesticides, cleansers, chemicals, and hosts of other products may offer instant results,
    but many also present health threats and continue to leave their mark on the
    environment for hundreds of years!

    You can help curb the massive tide of pollution threatening our health. Our
    Home Safe Home guide will help you make choices that don't expose your
    family to toxic chemicals or harm the environment."
    I have been able to get this guide in hard copy as an 11x17 folded newsletter format. Both
    charts contains ommonly used consumer product, problems caused and a safer solution. - barb
    http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/SafeHome.htm

    CleaningPro
    Cleaning Solutions For a Healthier Environment
    http://www.cleaningpro.com/

     

    Clearing the Air: Asthma and Indoor Air Exposures
    Committee on the Assessment of Asthma and Indoor Air, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine
    456 pages, 6 x 9, 2000; ISBN: 0-309-06496-1
    To read or search online . . . pages 247 and 400 deal with fragrances
    http://www.nap.edu/books/0309064961/html/

     

  • Cleveland Scene
  • Conscious Choice
    http://www.consciouschoice.com/

     

  • ConsumerAffairs.Com
  • Consumer Reports Online
    Cornell author warns about breast milk -- Sandra Steingraber
    http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf?/newsstories/state/20000422_rpnmilk.html

    Cosmetics . . . Reform!

    • Crackdown on cosmetic surgery near
      Sun Sentinel
      By FRED SCHULTE and JENNI BERGAL Staff Writers; Web-posted: 9:03 p.m. Apr. 30, 1999 http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/daily/detail/0,1136,11500000000076986,00.html

       

    • Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D. IL)...
      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

       

        History:
        ... felt so strongly about labeling and about people's RIGHT TO KNOW about the toxic
        products they are buying for their personal care and their cleaning and maintenance projects,
        she introduced a bill into Congress -- the 106th -- on 9/21/2000. It was known as HR 5238.
        It was co-sponsored by
        Rep. Berkley, Shelley (D. NV) - 10/5/2000.

        But, it has to be re-introduced into the 107th Congress. So we are waiting for Rep. Schakowsky to
        do that this year.

        To find all the information on Safe Notification and Information for Fragrances Act
        (SNIFF),         go into Thomas and the info on the 106th Congress (URL follows), then, under
        word/phrase, you can key in "fragrance" -- without quotes and click on the search button OR you
        can go into "Bill/Amendment No.:" and enter "hr 5238" or "H.R. 5238" -- again, without
        quotes -- and click on search. -- barb
        http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d106query.html

         

    • STATEMENT OF SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY
      FDA REFORM AND COSMETIC PREEMPTION
      Sept. 5, 1997
      "... [O]ur country's regulation of cosmetics as the fool's gold standard. ..."
      "... The FDA has no authority to require manufacturers to register their
      plants and products. It cannot require manufacturers to file data on the ingredients
      in their products. It cannot compel manufacturers to file reports on cosmetic-related
      industries. It cannot require that products be tested for safety or that the results
      of safety testing be made available to the agency. It does not have the right of
      access to manufacturers1 records. It cannot even require recall of a product. ..."
      http://www.senate.gov/~kennedy/statements/970905fdacosmetics.html

       

    http://www.senate.gov/~kennedy/
  • Cosmetics Unmasked
    http://www.cosmeticsunmasked.com/

     

    • News
      Perfumes cause allergies
      "...The study concluded that the number of eczema patients with perfume allergy has
      doubled since 1979 from one in twenty eczema patients to one in ten in 1995. ..."

      "Tests by the perfume/cosmetics industry
      "The majority of studies have been undertaken by the perfume/cosmetics industry, and
      only a minor part are publicly available. Jeanne Duus Johansen suggests that when
      the results are made public, they are likely to show better results than those of the
      studies she has been involved with. This is because the industry tests perfumes on healthy
      persons and so the number of allergic eczema reactions will always be lower than in
      the studies at Gentofte University Hospital, where the substances are tested on
      eczema patients. This means that the industry's research will not show how the
      products affect people with allergy problems. ..."
      http://www.cosmeticsunmasked.com/


    • Q & A
      http://www.cosmeticsunmasked.com/
  • Chronic Fatigue, MCS
  • Dangerous Lawn Chemicals
    Kitty Tucker wears this mask to try to avoid a severe reaction to lawn chemicals. By Shae Crisson; February 23, 2001; Eyewitness News 11
    http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/features/022301_EX_lawnpesticides.html


  • ctNOW.com
    A 'Health Gap' Is Targeted
    By DANIEL P. JONES; The Hartford Courant
    "Chronic health problems with suspected or known links to environmental causes,
    such as asthma, birth defects, cancer and development disabilities, afflict more than
    100 million Americans a year at a cost of $325 billion. ... "
    http://www.ctnow.com/scripts/editorial.dll?bfromind=1425&eeid=3027007&eetype=article&render=y&ck=&ver=1.41

     

  • Creative Loafing
    http://www.cln.com/

     

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  • The Daily Express
    Daily Hampshire Gazette
    • Shutesbury goes 'fragrance-free'
      By SCOTT MERZBACH, Staff Writer
      "Tuesday, September 18, 2001 -- SHUTESBURY - Next Town Meeting, skip the musk aftershave and the flowery cologne. This town is making its public meetings 'fragrance-free.' ..." http://www.gazettenet.com/09182001/news/6550.htm

       

  • Dancing in Clean Air: Our Fragrance-free Policy
    "The Seattle English country dances are advertised as "fragrance free". This is because
    about 15% of the general population and about 20% of our English country dance
    community have adverse health effects from perfume and solvents, and become ill
    from even small amounts of fragrance products. ..."
    http://www.halcyon.com/mrich/ball2000/fragrance.html

     

  • Denver Post
    Denver Rocky Mountain News
  • David Lawrence Dewey
    author/syndicated columnist
  • Disability Studies Online Magazine
    http://www.disabilitystudies.com/index.htm

     


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    Earth Crash Earth Spirit
    Documenting the Collapse of a Dying Planet

  • East Bay Express
    http://www.eastbayexpress.com/

     

  • Ecologist
    Home sickness.
    (health hazards of everyday life in the modern world)
    (Statistical Data Included)
    Author/s: Martin J Walker
    Available through Find Articles . . . references the FDA Petition's findings!
    http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2465/4_31/74583523/print.jhtml

     

  • EcoTalk
    Betsy Rosenberg, CBS radio, SF Bay Area, KCBS
    http://www.ecotalk.net

     

  • EHN's links to:
  • EHN Petitions FDA to declare Calvin Klein's Eternity 'Misbranded'
    http://ehnca.org/www/PressReleases/fragmisb.htm

  • Electric Words
    By Steven Fist
    Mr. Fist is restructuring his site, so some links might not work for a time. -- barb
    http://www.electric-words.com/



  • Environmental and Health Assessment of Substances in
    Household Detergents and Cosmetic Detergent Products
    The Danish Environmental Protection Agency
    Environmental Project, 615, 2001
    Abstract: http://www.mst.dk/udgiv/publications/2001/87-7944-596-9/html/default_eng.htm

    TOC: http://www.mst.dk/udgiv/publications/2001/87-7944-596-9/html/indhold_eng.htm

    http://www.mst.dk/udgiv/publications/2001/87-7944-596-9/html/kap12_eng.htm

     

  • E-Magazine


  • Employee with a Heightened Sensitivity to Strong Fragrances May Be Disabled Under the ADA
    Labor & Employment UPDATE
    Brobeck - Attorneys at Law
    http://www.brobeck.com/laborupdate/#3

     

  • Environmental Causes of Child Cancers and Remission Information
    Wayne Sinclair, M.D., Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
    Cancer Causes Research Index
    http://www.chem-tox.com/cancerchildren/default.htm

     

  • Environmental Causes of Learning Disabilities - Index
    http://www.chem-tox.com/pregnancy/learning_disabilities.htm#index

  • Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP)
    http://ehis.niehs.nih.gov/

     

      Search EHIS
      http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/ehpsearch.html

      Environews by Topic: Phthalates http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/topic/phthlat.html

       

    • A 4-Year-Old Girl with Manifestations of Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
      Alan Woolf
      http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2000/108p1219-1223woolf/abstract.html

       

    • Baby Ills from Beauty Aids?
      http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2001/109-5/forum.html

       

    • Human Exposure:The Key to Better Risk Assessment
      by Julie Wakefield
      Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 108, Number 12, December 2000
      " ... In July 2000, [Vice President Al] Gore told the Children's Environmental Health
      Network that he supported the establishment by 2004 of a national tracking system for
      asthma, cancer, and other diseases afflicting children that are potentially linked to
      environmental causes. The system would use the Internet to facilitate information
      collection by local public health agencies and health care providers, which would help
      focus efforts to address environmental health risks.

      "Such a network might have mitigated the tragedy in Libby. "Active tracking of
      environmental disease might have picked [the disease cases] up much sooner, and
      started preventive activities decades earlier," says Campolucci. "We need an
      environmental surveillance system that evaluates human health." Adds O'Hara,
      "All too often we haven't had all the exposure information we need to make good
      policy." But better coordination and expansion of human exposure assessment
      programs at the federal level and by industry should help fill the gaps, leading to
      better policies--and healthier people.
      http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/members/2000/108-12/focus.html

       

    • Killer Environment
      Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 107, Number 2, February 1999
      http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1999/107-2/forum.html#kill

    • Like Sugar for Poison: Glucose as a Substitute for Benzene
      Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 103, Number 6, June 1995
      "... Benzene helps make jeans blue--it's the feedstock for indigo dye--and ice cream vanilla
      flavored--it's the source of vanillin. It's also the starting point for a number
      important industrial chemicals including hydroquinone, used in film developing, phenol,
      used to make solvents, and adipic acid, which is used to make nylon. Benzene is also
      a potent carcinogen.       [emphasis added]
      http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1995/103-6/innovations.html

       

    • Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the Environment:
      Agents of Subtle Change?
      Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 107, Supplement 6, December 1999
      http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1999/suppl-6/907-938daughton/abstract.html

    • Phthalates
    • Profile of Patients with Chemical Injury and Sensitivity
      By Grace Ziem and James McTamney
      Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol 105; supplement 2, March 1997
      http://www.herc.org/news/ehp/ziem.html

       

    • Scents and Sensitivity
      Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 106, December 12, November 1998
      http://members.aol.com/enviroknow/perfume/EHPscents.htm

       

  • Environmental News Network Inc. (ENN)
  • Environmental News Service
  • Environmental News Service
    Urban Babies Loaded with Environmental Toxins
    By Cameron la Follette; NEW YORK, New York, March 30, 2000 (ENS)
    http://ens.lycos.com/ens/mar2000/2000L-03-30-05.html

  • EWG - Environmental Working Group
    http://www.ewg.org/

     


  • Science and Environmental Health Network
    Asking the Right Questions
    By Nancy Myers
    http://www.sehn.org/Volume_5-4_2.html

  • Environmental Protection Agency
    "Studies have found that levels of several organics average 2 to 5 times higher
    indoors than outdoors. During and for several hours immediately after certain
    activities, such as paint stripping, levels may be 1,000 times background outdoor levels."
    Of course, you'll be hard pressed to find that synthetic scents are recognized air pollutants.
    For that information you have to visit NIEHS (below) -- barb
    http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/insidest.html

     

  • E.P.A. Says It Will Change Rules Governing Industrial Pollution
    By MATTHEW L. WALD; NY Times; November 23, 2002
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/23/politics/23POLL.html?position=top&todaysheadlines=&pagewanted=print&position=top

     

  • European Union
  • Everyday Exposure to Toxic Pollutants, Scientific American
    http://www.sciam.com/1998/0298issue/0298ott.html

  • Excessive Use of Fragrance Products in Public Places
    by the Conservation Committee of the SF Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/sfbaccff.htm


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  • FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
    Key in Stossel in FAIR's search and you'll turn up a lot of excellent reports.
    For more on Stossel, see Stuff Happens. -- barb
    http://www.fair.org/

     

  • FamilyFun.com
    Family Practice.com
    • Occupational Acute Anaphylactic Reaction to Assault by Perfume Spray in the Face
      by James E. Lessenger, MD, From a private practice.
      Trust me! You can suffer asthma -- at the very least -- as well as severe migraines, dizziness,
      and an anaphylactic reaction from perfume being sprayed at your doorways, just outside your
      room; from scented individuals sashaying through your office space as happened to me --
      they had no other reason than to spread their scent; as a result of a highly scented HR manager
      determined to "visit" the chemically injured while loaded with her favorite scented product or
      call in the chemically injured for a myriad of useless meetings; from staff wearing their favorite
      scented products . . . Talk about a hostile work environment! This behavior should not be
      tolerated . . . yet it was participated in by management in my former workplace. And in those days,
      the EEOC saw nothing wrong with it -- I was told that if I were missing a limb my disability
      would be understandable because it would be obvious. Imagine!! MCS is not sufficiently
      recognized and, from my personal experience, neither was asthma until it became a drug
      moneymaker! -- barb
      http://www.familypractice.com/references/referencesframe.htm?main=/journal/2001/v14.n02/1402.07/art-1402.07.htm

       

  • Faribault Middle School in Faribault, MN -- FRAGRANCE FREE!
    "Faribault school bans students' use of perfumes, colognes"
    Associated Press
    http://www.startribune.com/stories/1556/1701620.html

     

  • FDA Petition ... see the six fragrances analyzed by two laboratories
    http://ehnca.org/www/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm#Analyses

     

  • Eertilizers
    • Study Finds That Nitrates in Water May Kill Frogs Even at Low Levels
      Chemical Market Reporter; Jan 17, 2000
      "FERTILIZER LEVELS that the Environmental Protection Agency consider safe in
      drinking water can kill some species of frogs and toads, according to a new study."
      http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0FVP/3_257/59042417/print.jhtml

       


  • Flavour and Fragrance Journal
    ISSN: 1099-1026 Print ISSN: 0882-5734
    Volume 17, Issue 5, 2002. Pages: 361-371
    Fragrance: emerging health and environmental concernsÝ
    Articles Available Online in Advance of Print
    Published Online: 16 Apr 2002
    Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
    (posted 4/19/02: bw)
    http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/93514043/START

     

  • FlipSide Alternative Daily
    http://www.flipside.org/


  • Fluoride: Citizens for Safe Drinking Water; Santa Cruz, CA
    http://members.tripod.com/~safewater/index.html

    The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights (FTCR)
    http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/

     

  • Fragrance . . . manufactured
      Chemical formulations volatilize, therefore, the industry-prescribed "scent circle" (your scent
      should not reach beyond an arm's length from your body), puts the onus on their customers
      to do the impossible. Perfumes pollute. It's the nature of the beast. NIEHS lists them among its
      Common Indoor Air Pollutants (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/faq/indoor.htm). -- barb

      Also see the following EHN pages:
        Avoid Fragrances
        A list of august bodies that suggest people living with asthma, rhinitis, sinusitis,
        migraines, . . . AVOID fragrances. Sage advice. Impossible to follow. Synthetic scents
        are volatile, they become one with the air we all must breathe! -- barb
        http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/a.htm#AVOID

        FDA Petition with analyses of popular synthetic scents
        By December 2001, the FDA received over 1200 letters because of this petition. When will the
        FDA start listening to the public and their reports of adverse health events? -- barb
        http://www.ehnca.org/www/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm

        Fragrance free
        http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/f.htm#Fragrance-free

        Fragrance Info
        http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/f.htm#Fragrance

        Perfume
        http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/takheart.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

         

          History:
          • Fragrance Bill: H.R. 5238; introduced by Rep. Jan Schakowsky
            MUST be reintroduced into the 108th (year 2002) Congress -- barb
              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,

              SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

              This Act may be cited as the `Safe Notification and Information for Fragrances Act'.

              SEC. 2. LABELING OF FRAGRANCES WITH RESPECT TO KNOWN TOXIC
              SUBSTANCES OR ALLERGENS.

              Section 602 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 362) is amended by
              adding at the end the following:

               

                '(g) If it is a fragrance that contains a known toxic substance, unless it bears labeling
                stating that fact and the common or usual name of such substance.

                '(h) If it is a fragrance that contains a known allergen, unless it bears labeling stating
                that fact and the common or usual name of such allergen, or the name specified in
                any definition and standard of identity for the allergen under section 401, as applicable.'.

                 


              COSPONSORS(1): Rep Berkley, Shelley - 10/5/2000

              Follow through Thomas at http://thomas.loc.gov/
              To find all the 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 hit search

              OR

              you can go into "Bill/Amendment No.:" and enter "hr 5238" or "H.R. 5238" -- again,
              without quotes -- and hit search and you'll bring up the information on SNIFF

             


      • Fragrances chemicals absorbed through eyes --
        Provocations with perfume in the eyes induce airway symptoms
        in patients with sensory hyperreactivity.
        Allergy 1999 May; 54(5):495-9 (ISSN: 0105-4538)
        MEDLINE Search Result on Medscape. Use their search engine; register first. -- barb
        "... During the 30-min exposure to perfume, there was a gradual increase in three main
        symptoms; i.e., eye irritation, cough, and dyspnea, after both the airway and eye
        exposures. The increases were significant compared with placebo. CONCLUSIONS:
        Asthma-like and other symptoms, such as irritation of the eyes, may be induced by
        exposure of both the airways and the eyes in patients with sensory hyperreactivity. This
        points to the importance of studying the sensory nervous system, not only in the
        airways, but also in other organs. "
        You must register, but it is free. -- barb
        http://www.medscape.com/

      • The Fragrance Foundation Update - Trends for 2001
        By Anita Fontana
        "... Work
        " Women in the workplace will lean towards lighter, transparent, clean and fresh scents
        including citrus notes, florals, muguets, etc. Being confident in the workplace, they
        need not rely on overpowering romantic scents, but rather focus on their intelligence.
        All-over-body mists that are not overtly fruity or sweet will be sought out as well as
        fragrances that use essential oils that aid concentration, to help calm, etc. ..."
        http://www.ecrm-online.com/Expose/V4_10/Fragrance.htm

         

      • SALON
        Strange bedfellows: Journalists as corporate shills
        Why do Americans hate the press?
        Maybe it's because so many reporters are in bed with the rich and powerful.
        By MARK SCHAPIRO; Frontline
        ""A pitch for sponsors is generally not what an investigative reporter does," observes
        Jeff Cohen, director of FAIR. "But Stossel's reputation preceded him into that room ã
        his attacks on environmental, consumer activist, and regulatory agencies got into that
        room way before he walked in. He's famous for being the reporter who 'champions
        the overdog.'" According to FAIR, two producers on Stossel's specials quit because,
        they say, he refused to accept information counter to his thesis about government regulation. "
        http://www.salon.com/media/media961022.html

         

  • Frogs
    • Study Finds That Nitrates in Water May Kill Frogs Even at Low Levels
      Chemical Market Reporter; Jan 17, 2000
      "FERTILIZER LEVELS that the Environmental Protection Agency consider safe in
      drinking water can kill some species of frogs and toads, according to a new study."
      http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0FVP/3_257/59042417/print.jhtml

       

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  • Genetic Engineering
    • "You"ll Never Guess What DNA Can Be Found In Potatoes"
      hear this Canadian show ... about 1/2 hour
      Go down the page to the heading: "Archives" then select the title:
      "You'll never guess what kind of DNA can be found in potatoes!
      Tune in and find out."
      You will need RealVideo software to view the lecture.Ý TheÝ softward is free, and can be downloaded at the site.
      http://www.mediaontap.com/aroundtheworld

     

  • The Globe and Mail

    To view original Leah McLaren article, visit Stuff Happens!
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/stufhaps.htm

    Rebuttals to Leah McLaren's hateFULL assault by toxic synthetic fragrance chemicals.
    McLaren deliberately and pridefully loaded up with superfluous toxins -- fragrances -- and
    went to a fragrance-free hospital. How about psychologically analyzing that behavior??? -- barb
    • Air Quality - A look at Environmental Illness
      By Dan Knight; May 7, 2000

      "I would certainly call Ms. McLaren an insensitive reporter, at the very least. She's one
      of the vocal few who believe environmental illness is 'probably all in their heads,' so she
      apparently doesn't think twice about how offensive the actions she reports are. She
      not only shows blatant disregard for those who suffer chemical sensitivity, but also of
      the law, hospital policy, and those who simply find bad smells offensive."
      http://www.lowendmac.com/soapbox/air-quality.shtml

       

    • Industry Motivation: Personal Rights or Profits
      By Betty Bridges, RN; June 20, 2000; Halifax, Nova Scotia
      "Columnist Leah Mclaren claims she deliberately applied numerous fragranced products
      and went to the waiting area of Halifax Children's Hospital which had a fragrance
      ban. This children's hospital serves many asthmatics and others affected by fragrance
      chemicals. There should be no debate over fragrance bans in medical facilities as health
      care should be accessible for all. Such actions by a few demonstrate how mean-spirited
      people can be. It only takes the actions of one person using fragrance to undo the efforts
      of many that are willing to be courteous and responsible.(14) "
      http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/aaprbb.htm#Industry
    • The Leah McLaren article Rebuttal by Judy Spence, RN, the Environmental Illness Society of Canada to a
      hate-filled Leah Mclaren article in which Mclaren bragged about loading up with various
      fragrance products and then deposited herself in a hospital waiting area despite its
      fragrance-free policy. To read the article go to EHN's Stuff Happens!-- barb
      http://www.eisc.ca/mclaren.html

       



  • Ronald Gots, MD
    Also see EHN's Stuff Happens!
    http://www.ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/stufhaps.htm

    • Best Science Money Can Buy, The
      By Will Moredock; Creative Loafing Online
      The following is reportedly, in response to the "May 1996 issue of Our Toxic Times ..."
      "Speaking from his office in Rockville MD, Gots denied ever making an
      Internet posting concerning the Berlin workshop. "I've never posted anything
      on the Internet," Gots said. "I was involved with an organization that may have
      posted something on the Internet."
      Folks, does the quote above sound similar in intent to the one from the Dateline expose?
      "Dr. Gots: 'It was our report, but someone else did the calligraphy.' ¾ -- barb
      http://web.cln.com/archives/charlotte/newsstand/c031498/cover11.htm


    • CIGARETTE SCIENCE AT JOHNS HOPKINS
      RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY

      464 - Cigarette Science at Johns Hopkins, 10-19-95
      " The problem isn't chemicals, it's the environment. Executive director and founder of
      ESRI is Ronald R. Gots, who openly scoffs at MCS patients and the physicians who
      treat them. For example, Dr. Gots has said MCS is 'a peculiar manifestation of our
      technophobic and chemophobic society.' [7] In other words, MCS patients aren't really
      sick --they're just irrationally frightened by technology and chemicals. "
      (Gotten through RACHEL'S search engine -- just incase this link doesn't work -- barb)
      http://www.rachel.org/search/index.cfm?St=1

    • Junk Science - Junk Journalism Or Tabloid News
      by Earle Phillips, NC Chem Member, former Radio News and Publisher
      .(Proud of Broadcast News as it used to be)
      http://unix.adept.net/~mcsinfo/JunkScie.htm

    • Not "Junk Science" but "Junk Journalism"
      By Albert Donnay; MCS Referral & Resources
      http://ehnca.org/ehnmcsrr.htm

      Gots got by Dateline
      barb's favorite line:
      "Dr. Gots: 'It was our report, but someone else did the calligraphy.' ¾
      http://www.msnbc.com/news/437401.asp


  • Greenbiz.com
    "The Resource Center on Business, the Environment, and the Bottom Line." http://www.Greenbiz.com/

     

  • The Guardian
  • Gulf War
    Also see EHN's General Links, page G, Gulf War Syndrome
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/g.htm#Gulf

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  • HALIFAX -- See EHN's General Links, page A, Articles
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/a.htm#Halifax

  • Health Care Without Harm, The Campaign For Environmentally Responsible Health Care writes about Steven Milloy ...
    "... Milloy is the man who disparaged the memories of Senator John Chaffee and
    Dr. David Rall after their deaths and castigated the European Commission for Health
    and Consumer Protection for its efforts to use precaution and protect children from
    toxic chemicals. Thus, we should not be too surprised that our efforts to protect hospital
    patients should be a subject of Milloy's sneering vitriol. But the issue of PVC medical
    products is not something to be mocked. ..."
    http://www.noharm.org/hcwh/library/admin/uploadedfiles/Chemical_remains_a_threat_to_health.htm

     

  • The Hartford Courant
      A 'Health Gap' Is Targeted
      By DANIEL P. JONES; The Hartford Courant
      "Chronic health problems with suspected or known links to environmental causes,
      such as asthma, birth defects, cancer and development disabilities, afflict more than
      100 million Americans a year at a cost of $325 billion. ... "
      http://www.ctnow.com/scripts/editorial.dll?bfromind=1425&eeid=3027007&eetype=article&render=y&ck=&ver=1.41

       

    • A Scent of Trouble
      By MAURICE TIMOTHY REIDY; December 04, 2000
      "Carolyn Wysocki worries about opening her mail. It's not those letters from the credit
      card companies that bother her. It's the catalogs. One whiff of those perfumed
      department store ads can trigger an asthma attack. ..."
      http://www.ctnow.com/scripts/editorial.dll?render=y&eetype=Article&eeid=3564891&ck=&ver=2.11

       

    • Wheezing Kids and Mice
      Another RED HERRING! Now make no mistake, I'm not saying that protein-based
      allergens shouldn't be considered as sources for asthma. But what I am saying is that for the
      experts to continue to ignore the role played by the chemicals used to formulate modern, synthetic
      fragrances should be viewed, in my opinion, as a serious dereliction of duty. The fragrance
      industry is unregulated. Not even the FDA has full disclosure about the chemical formulations,
      and those discovered through the FDA Petition process ( http://ehnca.org/www/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htmshows that commonly used fragrances in personal care and in household and
      janitorial cleaning/maintenance products contain known sensitizers and irritants, as well as
      known
      or suspected neurotoxins, carcinogens and teratogens. It is time our experts broadened their horizons, for to continue to think the same they always thought will be to get what they always got. And in the meantime, asthma cases continue to soar!-- barb
  • HealthWorld OnLine
  • Herald-Mail Online
    "At odds with his world"
    By TERRY TALBERT; Staff Writer; December 01, 1996 "On March 23, 1988, Hagerstown resident Jacob B. "Jack" Berkson breathed fumes meant
    for termites, and it changed his life forever...."
    http://www.herald-mail.com/news/1996/12/01/local/At_odds_with_his_world.html

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  • if Looks Could Kill
    From The Cosmetic Health Report Newsletter
    by Judi Vance
    "...The deodorant soap has a pH of 9, which removes the protective acid mantle of the
    skin making it more alkaline and therefore, more vulnerable to penetration. It also
    contains ammonia, formaldehyde and phenol, which are known carcinogens and
    triclocarban, which is under suspicion of being a cancer causing agent with daily use...."
    http://www.healthylivingintl.com/bath/newsletter.htm

     

  • In Harm's Way - Toxic Threats to Child Development
      Facts of Concern:
      Fact: According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 17% of
      children under 18 in the U.S. have one or more developmental disabilities.

      Fact: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is considered a
      common syndrome that affects 3-6% of all school children. Ongoing studies suggest
      the incidence may be much higher.

      Fact: Some commonly used pesticides cause lifelong hyperactivity in
      rodents exposed to a single small amount on a critical day of brain development.

      Fact: Fetal mercury exposure may impair learning, memory, and
      attention in children as they grow older.

      Fact: IQ deficits in adolescent children are linked to fetal PCB exposure.

      Fact: Studies suggest there are both genetic and environmental components
      to autism.
      http://www.igc.org/psr/ihw.htm

       

  • Independent Living Research Utilization
    http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/ilru/index.htm

     


  • Independent Media Center (IMC)
    http://www.indymedia.org/

     

  • Indoor Environment Connections
    U.S. Access Board Adopts Fragrance Free Policy; Volume 1, Issue 10, August 2000
    http://www.ieconnections.com/archive/aug_00/8_2000article2.htm

     

  • InfoBeat
    Scientists Track Pollutant's Course
    By By MATT CRENSON; AP National Writer; 10/03/00
    http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2570348204-b17

     

  • Institute of Medicine (IOM)
    "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."
    http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/0309064961?OpenDocument

  • Institute of Science in Society
    http://www.i-sis.org.uk/

     

      GM Foods:
    • Beyond Bad Science and Big Business
      Lecture for åBig Money Bad Science¼ Teach-in on globalisation and genetic engineering,
      Vogue Theatre, Vancouver, November 10, 2000.
      Dr. Mae-Wan Ho
      http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Vancouver.php

       

    • Open Letter from World Scientists to All Governments Concerning
      Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
      http://www.i-sis.org.uk/list.php#letter

      Vaccine:

    • Doubts Deepen over Safety of AIDS Vaccines
      ISIS Report - 1 May 2002 "Another key AIDS vaccine is abandoned before phase III trial. This latest setback comes
      at the end of a string of failures in developing vaccines that may be worse than useless.
      Dr. Mae-Wan Ho reports.
      http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ddosoav.php

       

  • Integrity in Science
    A CPSI Project
    http://www.cspinet.org/integrity/

     


    • Integrity in Science database (May 23, 2001)
      Keyed in "Gots" and got:
      "Ronald E. Gots, M.D., Ph.D., International Institute for Toxicology and Medicine.
      President, National Medical Advisory Service, Bethesda, Maryland.
      Consultant to DowElanco (J. Am. Med. Asso., 8/6/97, letter).
      ACSH-Advisory Board (1999). "
      http://www.cspinet.org/integrity/search.html

       

    • Telling the Truth: What Drug Companies Don¼t Want You to Know
      by Thomas Bodenheimer & Ronald Collins
      http://www.cspinet.org/integrity/tell_truth.html

       

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  • JAMA
    • Lead Exposure From Candles - Research Letters http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v284n2/full/jlt0712-6.html

       

    • Lung Cancer, Cardiopulmonary Mortality, and Long-term Exposure to
      Fine Particulate Air PollutionÝ
      By C. Arden Pope III, PhD; Richard T. Burnett, PhD; Michael J. Thun, MD;
      Eugenia E. Calle, PhD; Daniel Krewski, PhD; Kazuhiko Ito, PhD; George D. Thurston, ScD
      http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v287n9/abs/joc11435.html

       

    • "Treatment" Cosmetics: Hype or Help?
      Lynne Lamberg; JAMA contributor
      © 1998 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.
      "...John Bailey, PhD, director of the FDA's Office of Cosmetics and Colors, said in an
      interview. Cosmetics are defined by law as products not intended to affect the body's
      structure or functions, and drugs are defined as products that do so. ...

      "... But most studies of cosmetics, he [Bailey] stressed, have only short-term safety end
      points. More than 5000 ingredients are used in cosmetics, and for most of them, no long-
      term safety data exist, alone or in combination.

      "Physicians will find a list of cosmetics associated with adverse reactions on the
      FDA Web page on the Internet at http://www.fda.gov and may report adverse
      reactions to their local FDA office, listed in the blue pages of their local phone
      directory. If there is a need for follow-up, Bailey said, it will be at the local level."
      http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v279n20/ffull/jmn0527-1.html

       

        Okey-Dokey folks, anyone who suffers an adverse reaction to synthetically scented
        products, take the information regarding the chemicals used to make fragrances --
        available on EHN's website and on Fragranced Products Information Network --
        to your doctor. Have your doctor report your adverse reactions to your local FDA office.
        Of course, if your experience is anything like mine had been, your local FDA will not take any
        reports of adverse reactions suffered at the secondary and tertiary levels of exposures. -- barb

         

  • Jefferson City News Tribune
    • Environmental Ills Typically Misdiagnosed, doctor says
      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
        "The San Francisco company of the enormously popular 'Phantom of the Opera' marks
        its third anniversary and its 1,260th performance at the Curran Theatre today,
        pleasant enough milestones. But the actors are bracing for one not so nice, the annual
        New Year's Eve performance.

        "The house is always packed that night, and therein lies the problem. 'Everyone dresses
        up big time,' said Lisa Vroman, who plays the virginal Christine in the Andrew Lloyd
        Webber musical. 'And everyone wears a different scent.' Some really pour it on.

        "As the play unfolds, body heat in the theater builds and, as it unleashes powerful waves
        of perfume and cologne, the term 'the smell of the crowd' takes on new meaning for
        folks on the stage. By the time the action has moved to the roof of the Paris Opera
        House at the end of Act 1, co-star Franc D'Ambrosio, playing the Phantom, buries his face
        against the fumes as he waits to reveal himself in the nest of gilded nudes high above
        the footlights.

        " 'Individually,' said Vroman, 'the scents might be nice, but in combination you literally
        gag. Some people are allergic and it wreaks havoc with sinuses. Sometimes I can't get
        my breath. So on behalf of the company, I beg people to go easy on the scent.' ..."
        So, folks, have a care for the air. If you want to hear a great performance, leave the scented
        products for your own enjoyment in your own home, among consenting, non-pregnant adults!
        We ALL are stakeholders when it comes to breathing. -- barb
        http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1996/12/12/DD15845.DTL

        Printer friendly: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1996/12/12/DD15845.DTL&type=printable

         


    • School administrators seek 'fragrance free' attendance at meeting
      Jefferson City News Tribune; Monday, May 8, 2000
      http://www.newstribune.com/stories/050800/loc_0508000004.asp



  • JUNK - the REAL word is out on Junk Science
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    Ken Keyes Jr.

  • Dan Knight's work
    • Soapbox: Air Quality- A look at Environmental Illness
      By Dan Knight; May 7, 2000
      http://lowendmac.net/soapbox/air-quality.shtml

       

    • Reformed.Net:Scents in the Workplace
      By Dan Knight; October 1999
      "This article is adapted from one submitted to my employer's company newsletter.
      Permission is hereby given to adapt it in your own efforts to raise awareness of
      fragrance problems in the workplace. Dan Knight"
      http://reformed.net/thoughts/workplace.shtml

       

    Dr. Koop
    Note from barb: Also see Stuff Happens!
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/stufhaps.htm#Koop

     
    • Sanford J. Lewis - Strategic Counsel on Corporate Accountability
      Recent Accomplishments
      "... DISCOVERING C. EVERETT KOOP'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST. In work for the
      environmental and medical coalition Health Care Without Harm, we discovered a
      major conflict of interest issue that made breaking news. We found a million dollar
      consulting
      contract by former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop with a latex glove
      company. Koop had not disclosed the contract when he testified before Congress
      against latex glove guidelines by OSHA. The story appeared in the NY Times of
      Oct. 29, 1999. Email us for a copy of the article. ..."
      http://home.earthlink.net/~gnproject/strategiccounsel.htm

       

    • ThomasPaine.common Sense
      DRKOOP.CON? America's Family
      Doctor and His Conflicts of Interest
      The Doctor in Need of Doctoring
      Sidney Wolfe M.D. is director of Public Citizen's Health
      Research Group, and the co-author of Worst Pills,
      Best Pills (www.worstpills.org)
      http://www.tompaine.com/features/2000/03/28/

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  • Las Vegas Review-Journal


  • 'Lectric Law Library
    MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES: FACTS, FICTION, DISABILITY AND THE LAW
    http://www.lectlaw.com/filesh/csl01.htm

  • Lemon-scented products spawn pollutants
    Janet Raloff; Science News; Week of Dec. 9, 2000; Vol. 158, No. 24
    Contains a terpene called limonene. Check MSDS for Limonene!
    Please learn about lemon- or orange-scented products. They can trigger asthma. Something so
    "natural" as peeling an orange can trigger asthma in some people. -- barb
    http://www.sciencenews.org/20001209/fob7.asp

     

  • Life Media
    http://www.life.ca/lifemedia.html

     

  • Los Angeles Times
    Note: The LA Times has old stories for sale. -- barb
    • Chemicals in Home a Big Smog Source
      Cleansers, cosmetics and other products pump 100 tons of pollutants daily
      into the Southland's air, ranking second to tailpipe emissions, studies show.
      By Gary Polakovic; Times Staff Writer; March 9, 2003
      "Ordinary household products such as cleansers, cosmetics and paints are now the Los Angeles region's second-leading source of air pollution, after auto tailpipe emissions, air quality officials say.

      " Regulators have long known that smog-forming chemicals escape with every squirt of antiperspirant, each bubble of detergent and every spritz of aerosol hair spray. And they have been controlling some products' emissions for years, with mixed success. But new research shows that products common in kitchens, bathrooms and garages contribute more to Southern California's smog problem than previously thought.

      " 'It's the same stuff that comes out of a tailpipe or a smokestack,' said Jerry Martin, a spokesman for the California Air Resources Board. 'We're talking hundreds of different kinds of products, stuff everyone uses. It's almost one secret area of emissions that you don't hear about and no one talks about.' " http://www.latimes.com/templates/misc/printstory.jsp?slug=la%2Dme%2Dhomesmog9mar09&section=%2Fnews%2Fprintedition%2Ffront

       

        Excuse me all to hell and back, but we've been talking. A plenty. Do the PTB (Powers That Be)
        listen? The reason I ask:

         

          It's Personal! A conversation with an air quality
          district's representative at Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD)
          regarding fabric softeners on the ambient air
          http://ehnca.org/www/newreact/itspersl.htm

          Consumer Products, VOCs, Ozone and Smog

        http://ehnca.org/www/newreact/carbvocs.htm

        -- 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

    U.S. Will Use Once-Banned Human Tests
    Pesticides: EPA says it will accept industry data gathered by giving paid subjects chemical doses.
    By ELIZABETH SHOGREN, Times Staff Writer; Nov. 27, 2001
    Good grief, our government should look at the data from all of its unpaid, unwilling guneia pigs.
    Those of us who are already chemically injured should be believed. -- barb
    http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-112701tests.story


  • Valdez
    • Brockovich Working on Valdez Claims
      By MARY PEMBERTON, Associated Press Writer; November 6, 2001
      http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-exxon-valdez-illness1106nov06.story

       

    • Exxon Oil Spill's Cleanup Crews Share Years of Illness
      Health: Workers say chemical exposure left them debilitated.
      Firm insists toxicity was low. (Soooo, what else is new? -- barb)
      By KIM MURPHY; TIMES STAFF WRITER; November 5 2001
      "..."Stubblefield hasn't worked since. He gasps when he breathes, gets
      spasms when he is exposed to perfume, cigarette smoke, truck exhaust.
      'He'll never breathe right again. Never,' said his former wife,
      Melissa Stubblefield. 'If he even starts to laugh, he gets to
      coughing so he gasps for air.' ... "
      PERFUME caught my eye. Stubblefield and others with the Valdez clean-up, how many more
      with the Pentagon and World Trade Center horrific events? Remember, our government gave
      false air assurances and the mayor of New York, rushed people back into that area. And
      remember all the earlier scense of rescue workers with no masks or masks hanging on their
      chests. MCS in the making! -- barb
      http://www.latimes.com/templates/misc/printstory.jsp?slug=la%2D000088459nov05

       

  • Louisville Courier-Journal
    http://www.courier-journal.com/

     

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  • Maine Environmental Policy Institute (MEPI)
    http://www.meepi.org/

     

  • Conference highlights costs of chemical sensitivity
    By Nancy Salem; The Albuquerque Tribune Reporter; Aug. 2001
    CIIN'S MCS Conference in Santa Fe Aug. 13 - 15, 2001. -- barb
    http://www.abqtrib.com/archives/business01/082001_business_chemical.shtml

     

    • MEPI releases report OVERKILL: Using pesticides to control West Nile Virus
      mosquitoes in Maine may do more harm than good
      http://www.meepi.org/wnv/release.htm

       

    • Changing the climate- June 14, 2001
      " President Bush¼s offer this week to further study climate change rather than do something about it looks a lot like President Bush¼s offer made in 1990 to study climate change. The difference between the son¼s offer and the father¼s, however, is that a decade ago there was legitimate uncertainty on the issue that outweighed the understanding of it. Now, the reverse is true, and the time to act has arrived. ..." http://www.bangornews.com/cgi-bin/article.cfm?storynumber=36193

       

    • Family fearing chemical exposure moves - Sept. 14, 2000
      "HOPE -- A family has moved after spending years fighting to keep a chemically sensitive daughter safe from what family members considered to be exposure from a nearby blueberry farm. ...

      "...Codey is tutored at home, because exposure to perfume or ink in a new book can
      make her violently ill. ..."
      http://www.meepi.org/files/20819.htm

       

    Marin Independent Journal
    http://www.marinij.com

     

    • Fairfax prepares for court
      By Rebecca Rosen Lum
      "... The California Department of Pesticide Regulation slapped the Fairfax Town Council
      with a letter last month demanding it rescind the ordinance or be sued. Councilman
      Lew Tremaine said the town would mount an aggressive legal defense against the
      state, "but not on the taxpayer's dime."

      "Today we are launching an initiative we call Fairfax's right-to-know legal defense
      fund," Tremaine said. "It's ridiculous for the state to step in, especially since they're not
      stepping forward to defend its citizens."

      Tremaine quoted two lines from a song by Don Henley: "We will not go quietly/We will
      not lie down."

      "As for the pesticide industry puppets in Sacramento, I say, 'Gentlemen, we have a date
      with the mat, and we will meet you there,'" Tremaine added. ..."
      It's more than just politics that make strange bedfellows . . . Has the state of California
      hopped into bed with the pesticide industry? Sure looks that way . . . there's more info under
      GWSS and Pesticides on EHN's site. -- barb
      http://www.marinij.com/news/stories/index5001796.html

       

  • MCS Would Be Bad Enough Without Derisive Attacks From Skeptical Ignorami
    By Charles W. Moore
    This is such a worthwhile read! And then, after reading this to get the full appreciation of
    Moore's comments about reporters, go to EHN's page on Halifax. -- barb
    http://www.environmentalhealth.ca/june01attack.html

     

  • Medical College of Wisconsin
    http://healthlink.mcw.edu/mcw-health-news/

     


  • Medline finds
    • Occupational asthma to perfume. Allergy 1999 Dec;54(12):1334-5 (ISSN: 0105-4538)
      Register to use. -- barb
      http://www.medscape.com/server-java/MedLineApp?/member-search/getdoc.cgi?ord=3&searchid=1&have_local_holdings_file=0&local_journals_only=0

       

    • Provocations with perfume in the eyes induce airway symptoms
      in patients with sensory hyperreactivity.
      Allergy 1999 May; 54(5):495-9 (ISSN: 0105-4538)
      MEDLINE Search Result on Medscape. Use their search engine; register first. -- barb
      "... During the 30-min exposure to perfume, there was a gradual increase in three main
      symptoms; i.e., eye irritation, cough, and dyspnea, after both the airway and eye
      exposures. The increases were significant compared with placebo. CONCLUSIONS:
      Asthma-like and other symptoms, such as irritation of the eyes, may be induced by
      exposure of both the airways and the eyes in patients with sensory hyperreactivity. This
      points to the importance of studying the sensory nervous system, not only in the
      airways, but also in other organs. "
      http://www.medscape.com/

  • Dr. William J. Meggs
    Department of Emergency Medicine, East Carolina University School of Medicine,
    Greenville, North Carolina; Environ Health Perspect 105(Suppl 2):473-478 (1997)
    Hypothesis for Induction and Propagation of Chemical Sensitivity Based on Biopsy Studies
    http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1997/Suppl-2/meggs.html

  • MILLOY, Steven -- the word IS out . . .
  • Ann McCampbell, MD
  • Minnesota

     

  • U department's scent ban garners national attention By Dan Robrish, Staff Reporter; Publish Date: 11/09/1994 http://www.mndaily.com/daily/gopher-archives/1994/11/09/%3CMJ239%3EU_department's_scent_ban_garners_national_attention%3CD.txt

     

  • Missouri-SMPL Jr.
    (Safer Management of Pests and Landscapes)
    Questions Prepared by and for Elementary School Children On Pesticides
    http://www.aehf.com/IAQSchools/MO-SMPLJr.htm

  • MIT News
    MIT researcher recommends national research into multiple chemical sensitivity
    illnesses - Could have implications for veterans with Gulf War Syndrome
    http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/1998/ashford.html

     

  • Mother Jones
    • Danger in the Air.(pesticide use in US airliners) Author/s: Karin Winegar; July-August, 1998
      " ... Several major U.S. airlines, including American, Continental, Delta, TWA, and
      US Airways, confirm that they use pesticides regularly or occasionally, but would not
      disclose what types they use. ..."
      http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1329/n4_v22/20908466/print.jhtml

       

  • Bill Moyers
  • MSNBC
    See many MSNBC articles pertaining to the World Trade Center on EHN's page Sept. 11
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/sept11.htm

     

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

       

    • Dateline June 23, 2000
      Email your thanks for Paper Chase to: Dateline@NBC.com
      Ronald Gots, MD and State Farm Insurance
      The Paper Chase by John Larson, NBC Correspondent
      barb's favorite line: "Dr. Gots: ' It was our report, but someone else did the calligraphy.' "
      If this report doesn't expose the industry biases of Dr. Gots, not to mention his obfuscation of
      facts, I don't know what does. Ronald Gots has been well known for years in MCS circles for
      his chemical industry front organizations with environmentally-friendly sounding names.,
      Remember, Dr. Gots is one of the men hauled out as an expert witness on [against] MCS and
      whose opinion, of course, appears in the Interagency Report on MCS -- barb
      http://www.msnbc.com/news/437401.asp

    • Francesca Lyman's work
      Be sure to do a "save as" when you find Ms. Lyman's articles that are extremely important
      to you, as they have a very short "shelf life" on MSNBC. I believe Lyman's work is timeless
      and I wish MSNBC would keep it always available, but alas, that is not the case. -- barb
      • Be sprayed -- or be evicted? Can you deny exterminators home access for health reasons?
        Tenants' rights regarding pesticide spraying differ from state to state. By Francesca Lyman, SPECIAL TO MSNBC; Sept. 20, 2000
        http://www.msnbc.com/news/464003.asp

      • Candles: a burning controversy
        By Francesca Lyman; SPECIAL TO MSNBC
        Ban on certain types proposed as links to toxic emissions emerge

        The growth in sales of candles, some say, is presenting new problems in an industry
        that has been operating without mandatory standards.
        http://www.msnbc.com/news/523325.asp

         

      • Concerns over chemicals in cosmetics
        Are åplasticizing¼ substances causing health woes?
        By Francesca Lyman
        http://www.msnbc.com/news/472235.asp

         

      • Flunking the lead test -- Many kids still at risk
        Lead-based paint, used before 1978, continues to pose a threat to children. By Francesca Lyman; SPECIAL TO MSNBC
        http://www.msnbc.com/news/623884.asp

         

      • 'Greener' pest control in schools
        Growing number of districts now rely on fewer chemicals
        By Francesca Lyman; SPECIAL TO MSNBC; July 5, 2000
        http://www.msnbc.com/news/427679.asp

         

      • Gauging impact of a nuclear shootout
        South Asian Armageddon, but limited fallout elsewhere
        By Francesca Lyman; SPECIAL TO MSNBC; June 5, 2002
        http://msnbc.com/news/761598.asp?cp1=1

         

      • Is your child going to a sick school? Classrooms plagued by dust, mold, chemicals
        By Francesca Lyman, SPECIAL TO MSNBC
        http://www.msnbc.com/news/563344.asp#BODY

         

      • Poisoned minds? Pesticide use in schools
        By Francesca Lyman SPECIAL TO MSNBC; June 21, 2000
        "June 21 ã A school is sprayed for weeds while classes are
        in session and has to be evacuated after students and staff
        are treated by paramedics. Another school reports dozens
        suffering from the effects of ant killer, and one staff
        member describes the odor as being 'like nothing he had
        experienced since tear gas in the military.' "
        http://www.msnbc.com/news/423807.asp

         

      • Scents and sensitivities
        What to know before buying a Valentine¼s Day perfume
        By Francesca Lyman; MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR; Feb. 6, 2002
        Notice, the industry says it tests its products . . . and then states it has BEGUN testing.
        Can't have it both ways, me thinks! -- barb
        http://www.msnbc.com/news/702445.asp

         

      • Toxic gardens?
        Concerns raised on health risks of green grass         By Francesca Lyman; MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR; Sept. 18, 2002
        "Sept. 18 ã It¼s one of America¼s top pastimes ã a great
        source of fresh air and exercise, not to mention stress relief.
        Gardening may not be so healthy, however, for the
        three-quarters of households that use lawn and garden
        chemicals. Experts explain the risks and suggest some
        greener tactics to start using this fall. ..."
        http://www.msnbc.com/news/809243.asp

         

      • WTC
        • Yearning to breathe in a toxic zone
          By Francesca Lyman; SPECIAL TO MSNB; Jan 11, 2002
          "Four months on, WTC attacks still haunting New Yorkers -- and their health
          "Half of the occupants of Battery Park City have moved out. Its sprawling playgrounds
          teem with debris, not children.
          http://www.msnbc.com/news/686072.asp 

           

        • Uneasy Breathing
          By Francesca Lyman; SPECIAL TO MSNB; Jan 11, 2002
          "As the dust settles in New York, concerns linger about health risks in the air."
          http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/634336.asp

           

    • Pesticide Poisoning Report - California HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
      "105200. Any physician and surgeon who knows, or has reasonable cause to believe,
      that a patient is suffering from pesticide poisoning or any disease or condition caused
      by a pesticide shall promptly report that fact to the local health officer by telephone
      within 24 hours and by a copy of the report required pursuant to subdivision (a) of
      Section 6409 of the Labor Code within seven days, except that the information which
      is available to the physician and surgeon is all that is required to be reported as long as
      reasonable efforts are made to obtain the information. . . .

      " In no case shall the treatment administered for pesticide poisoning or a condition
      suspected as pesticide poisoning be deemed to be first aid treatment.       ..."
      http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate?WAISdocID=9917826175+0+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve

       

    • Pesticide rules shaped by politics, not science
      Four-part series looks at how Guthion got through
      By Brent Walth and Alex Pulaski
      NEWHOUSE NEWS SERVICE
      http://www.msnbc.com/news/365276.asp

    • Suit contends cell phones responsible for brain cancer
      http://www.msnbc.com/local/wbal/13440.asp

    • What are the health risks? Children are extra susceptible to the effects of pesticides
      By Francesca Lyman; SPECIAL TO MSNBC; June 21, 2000
      "June 21 ã Children spend much of their young lives in
      school ã as much as three-quarters of their waking
      hours. In that time, they may be exposed to weed killers
      used on school grounds, insecticides used to kill ant
      infestations, and various other pesticides and
      disinfectants without their parents or teachers even
      knowing about it."
      http://www.msnbc.com/news/423927.asp

       

    • Yearning to breathe in a toxic zone By Francesca Lyman; SPECIAL TO MSNBC; Jan 11, 2002
      http://www.msnbc.com/news/686072.asp

     

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  • NapaNews.com
    Follow the GE issue, and the GWSS plus beneficial bugs, people and their pets poisoning here. -- barb
    http://www.NapaNews.com

     

  • The Nation
    http://www.thenation.com/

     

  • National Institute of Health Sciences (NIEHS)
    Common Indoor Air Pollutants
    Includes fragrances and pesticides! -- barb
    http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/faq/indoor.htm

     

  • National Post Online
    http://www.nationalpost.com/

     

  • National Public Radio (NPR)

    "FAIR's four-month study of National Public Radio found that All Things Considered
    and Morning Edition devoted less than 2 percent of stories -- 45 out of 2,296 -- to the
    environment. This parallels commercial broadcasting trends, where coverage of the
    environment has been declining since 1990 (Tyndall Report, 1/92)."
    http://www.electric-words.com/junkscience/dioxin-npr.html

  • Natural Life Magazine
    "Spraying Yourself With Toxic Chemicals is Not Sexy"
    by Wendy Priesnitz; Sept-Oct2002
    http://www.life.ca/nl/87/perfume.html

     

  • Natural Resources Defense Council
    Toxic Chemicals & Health: Health Threats & Effects: In Brief: News
    Pet Products May Harm Both Pets and Humans
    Products intended to kill fleas and ticks can also poison pets and the people who handle them.
    http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/npets.asp

     

  • Net 4 TV -- More Informed Choices: Fragrance Testing
    Barbara Wilkie (August 1, 1999)
    http://net4tv.com/voice/story.cfm?STORYID=1111


  • New England Journal of Medicine
    NEJM leads media hysteria
    What really happened ...

    To learn what the NEJM article wrought, see "Stuff Happens!"
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/stufhaps.htm#New

    (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.)



  • New Scientist
    http://www.newscientist.com/

     

    • Chemical warfare at work
      Don't trust anything or anyone--not your computer, your colleagues, the phone, the faxor
      the furniture. They're all out to get you.
      By Howard Baker; NewScientist; 21 June 1997

      "... Humans are contributing to the problem in a big way.

      "For example, freshly dry-cleaned clothes emit a stream of trichloroethane, the solvent used by dry-cleaners. On a more personal note, after a good wash and freshen-up our bodies give off the scent molecules and other chemicals left by shampoos and soaps, as well as the pleasant smelling chemicals in deodorants and perfumes such as limonene, terpinene, camphene and alpha-pinene. Some perfumes contain as many as 100 different ingredients providing potent additions to the office soup. On top of this, we contribute acetone and isoprene which our bodies produce naturally. ..."
      But, with all of those VOCs affecting your breathing and thinking, do you think for one
      moment that they are concerned about the health of you, the worker? Think again. -- barb
      http://www.newscientist.com/

      OR, http://www.geocities.com/fragranceallergy/NewScientist21061997.html

       

    • Far from fragrant
      by Rob Edwards
      "FREQUENT USE OF AEROSOLS and air fresheners in the home may make babies and pregnant women ill. ..."
      http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19990904/newsstory6.html

     

  • New York Times
    Register to use.
  • NEWS.scotsman.com
    http://www.news.scotsman.com/

     

    Newswise
    http://www.newswise.com/

     

      You can also go out to their Mednews at http://www.newswise.com/menu-med.htm

       

    • "Allergies: Culprit Could be in Cosmetic Bag" http://www.newswise.com/articles/2000/3/ALLERGY.AAD.html

       

    • Allergy Symptoms But No Allergies?
      "...With nonallergic rhinitis, the lining of the nose is simply more sensitive to
      temperature changes or strong or unpleasant odors, like perfume or smoke.
      These triggers cause nasal membranes to swell, resulting in congestion. The best
      treatment is avoiding irritants. ..." [emphasis added]
      http://www.newswise.com/articles/2002/4/ALLERGY2.MMC.html

       

    • Asthma Medication Misusage Rampant
      I thought this would be on OVERuse of asthma medication, but it is about underuse.
      And underuse would surely be the problem if one PREVENTS asthma by avoiding to the
      extent possible all synthetically scented personal care products and cleaning and maintenance
      products. Is it the business of the medical industry to help people, or make money? (YES, that is
      a rhetorical question!) Check out drug reactions at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/-- barb
      http://www.newswise.com/articles/1999/12/ASTHMA4.JHM.html

       

      • NHLBI Supported Study Finds Inhaled Steroids Accelerate Bone Loss in
        Women with Asthma Treatment Still Recommended for Persistent Asthma
        "...Premenopausal women who use inhaled corticosteroids to treat persistent asthma
        may experience accelerated bone loss in the hip compared to those who do not use
        inhaled steroids ..."
        http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/sep2001/nhlbi-26.htm

         

    • Dermatologic Conditions in Veterans of the Persian Gulf War
      How to Protect Yourself When Going Abroad
      "...Travelers should consider the following precautions when traveling abroad to avoid
      returning with any unintended souvenirs:
         -- Avoid perfumes and scented lotions
      which may serve as an attraction to insects. ...
      http://www.newswise.com/articles/2001/8/TRAVEL.AAD.html

       

    • Holiday Safety Tips from UCSD Medical Center
      Near bottom, warning about kids & the alcohol content of cologne, perfume, aftershave. -- barb
      http://www.newswise.com/articles/2002/11/HOLIDAY.UCD.html

       

    • Increase in Children's Risk of Accidental Injuries
      " ... Bug Safety -- Don't use scented soaps, perfumes or hair sprays on your child ..."
      This is sound advice, but for more reasons than just "bug safety." L@@K at the chemicals
      used in concocting our modern fragrances. Then when the industry apologists and possibly your
      doctor accuses you of "chemophobia," ask them for an explanation to the soaring rates of
      asthma, cancers, reproductive problems, fetal development problems. And when that expert
      gives you the standard one-word non-explanation explanation, "UNEXPLAINED" you reply:
      "That is unacceptable! Start studying the respiratory, neurotoxic, teratogenic, carcinogenic
      systemic and long-term effects of our modern fragrances, which appear in a myriad of persoal
      care products, as well as in household and janitorial cleaning and maintenance products.-- barb
      http://www.newswise.com/articles/2001/6/KIDSAFET.CED.html

       

    • Most People With Allergy-Like Symptoms Don't Have Allergies
      "...'Millions of people suffer unnecessarily because they really don't have allergies,'
      said Sheryl Szeinbach, a study co-author and a professor of pharmacy at Ohio State
      University. 'They're often prescribed antihistamines that don't help the problem. ...'

      "The subjects in the current study first completed a questionnaire on the severity of
      their allergy symptoms. The researchers followed the questionnaire with a blood test
      for common external allergens. All patients in the study had previously been diagnosed
      with allergies and were taking prescription antihistamines.

      "Sixty-five percent of the patients tested negative for allergies; the blood samples from
      only 35 percent of the subjects showed true allergic reactions. 'This means that two-thirds
      of the patients were on the wrong kind of medication to start with,' Szeinbach said.
      'And this led to other problems, such as an increased use of anti-depressants.

      " 'As a population, people with allergies or allergy-like symptoms tend to use
      antidepressants at a higher rate, and we found that this rate was even higher in the
      group of patients that tested negative. These same patients also visited their doctor
      more often.' ...

      "...Almost anything can cause allergy-type symptoms - perfumes, sinus infections,
      exercise, dust, cold air - whether it's an allergy or not. ..."
      Perfumes can also cause those sinus infecttions! Laryngitis, chronic asthma, bronchitis ...
      And, just guess how patients get those prescriptions for anti-depressants! From doctors who
      are inadequately trained in medical school to recognize symptoms of chemical poisonings from
      pesticides, fragrances, carpets, paints and other high-emitting VOC (volatile organic compound)
      products. It is time to adequately train the doctors, regulate the fragrance industry, reduce
      the levels of VOCs being emitted by consumer products, and stop blaming the patients. -- barb
      http://www.newswise.com/articles/2001/3/NOALLRGY.OSU.html

       

    • Nausea in Pregnancy Connected to Sense of Smell
      " 'Women have told us this for eons,' said Heinrichs. 'They say they can't stand the smell
      of cooking foods, particularly meats, bacon. They often state that the smell of coffee,
      perfumes, cigarette smoke, petroleum products -- anything volatile -- triggers their
      nausea.' "
      It is the wise body that warns the pregnant woman! RE: Harmful effects of phthalates, a
      common fragrance ingredient, see Not Too Pretty at nottoopretty.org
      http://www.newswise.com/articles/2000/9/NAUSEA.SUM.html

       

    • Physicians Miss Opportunities to Improve Care for Oldest Asthmatics
      "... Twenty percent did not use an inhaled corticosteroid. Taken once or twice daily
      to quiet lung inflammation, this drug reduces the likelihood of an asthma attack before
      it begins, helps change the course of the disease, and is considered the first line of
      defense against the disease. Underuse of the drug increases the risk of an asthma attack
      triggered by allergens such as dust, cockroaches, pets, perfume or pollution.
      I wonder if any consideration is given to keeping the residences and healthcare facilities
      serving our elderly CLEAN, and NOT SCENTED? My bet is if there weren't such a heavy
      reliance on fragranced products, there wouldn't be such a high rate of asthma. Of course, if
      that's the case, then the need for drugs goes down . . . and sales go down . . .       -- barb
      http://www.newswise.com/articles/2001/5/ASTHMA8.JHM.html

       

    • ProtectingYour Skin as the Snow Flies
      "[I]f you find your skin becoming dryer in the winter months, look for a milder soap
      that is fragrance-free."
      Good advice anytime of the year! -- barb?
      http://www.newswise.com/articles/2002/12/WINTER2.AAD.html

       

    • Solving Problems Related to the Use of Cosmetic & Skin Care Products http://www.newswise.com/articles/2002/8/SENSKIN.AAD.html

       

    • Travelers at Risk for Tropical Skin Diseases
      "...Berloque dermatitis is a skin condition which mimics sunburn. Since it is caused by a
      reaction between sunlight and certain plant extracts which may be found in perfume or
      fruit, it commonly affects travelers who visit beaches where they enjoy tropical fruits
      or beverages. ..."
      http://www.newswise.com/articles/1999/3/CASTRO.AAD.html

       

    • Winter Health Tips 2002
      "If your skin is the least bit sensitive, use creams that are simple and without perfumes
      and apply generously and repeatedly. "
      Remember perfumes -- fragrances -- in lotions adversely affect the air for others, not just
      the skin of the users!!!!!!!! -- barb
      http://www.newswise.com/articles/2002/11/WINTER.MCW.html

       

  • NHLBI Supported Study Finds Inhaled Steroids Accelerate Bone Loss in
    Women with Asthma Treatment Still Recommended for Persistent Asthma
    "...Premenopausal women who use inhaled corticosteroids to treat persistent asthma
    may experience accelerated bone loss in the hip compared to those who do not use
    inhaled steroids ..."
    http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/sep2001/nhlbi-26.htm

     

  • No Scents Is Good Sense
    From the January/February, 1998, issue of OHS Canada
    By Brenda Marsh
    http://www.ohscanada.com/virtual-issue/artucle/health.htm

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  • Oakland Tribune



  • NEJAC's Resolution on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/thnejac1.htm

     

  • Optimal Wellness Center, Dr. Mercola
    http://www.mercola.com/

     


  • Our Planet
    http://www.ourplanet.com/

     

    • Women's war against cancer
      By BELLA S. ABZUG; March 1997
      "... Women's exposure to chemicals is great - but the odds
      against those working to establish connections between
      the environment and health are greater. Industry giants
      and chemicals manufacturers continue to resist the
      precautionary principle: a willingness to take protective
      action without waiting for scientific proof because delay
      may cause irreparable harm. ..."
      http://www.ourplanet.com/imgversn/86/abzug.html

       

  • OUR Stolen Future
    Recent press coverage
    http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/Commentary/News/press.htm

     

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    Palantir Information Systems of Canada Limited



    PAN UK
    Multiple Chemical Sensitivity ‚ recognition and management British Society for Allergy, Environmental and Nutritional Medicine,
    K Eaton & H Anthony
    http://www.pan-uk.org/pex/pexartilces/MCSrep.htm

     

    • Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Recognition And Management
      A document on the health effects of everyday chemical exposures and
      their implications
      moderated by KK Eaton and HM Anthony
      Synopsis of the Third Scientific Report of the
      British Society for Allergy Environmental and Nutritional Medicine
      http://www.bsaenm.org/Pages/mcsrm.html

       

  • PANNA's Recommendations: Controlling the Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter and
    Pierce's Disease--Alternatives to Pesticides and Genetic Engineering
    http://www.panna.org/panna/campaigns/docsSustCA/docsSustCA_011103.dv.html

    "The California Department of Food Agriculture (CDFA) has endorsed the use of the nerve toxin carbaryl and other synthetic pesticides to control glassy-winged sharpshooter, an insect that spreads Pierce's disease to grapes. Meanwhile, with financial support from the USDA, growers in Southern California are using a wide variety of insecticides to attempt to knock down sharpshooter populations to manageable levels in areas where it is already established. "These chemically based approaches are flawed because:

    • Pesticides endanger human health and the environment.
    • Insecticides are unlikely to bring the sharpshooter below its economic threshold because it damages crops by spreading disease rather than consuming the plant.
    • Broad-spectrum insecticides kill beneficial insects, including parasites and predators of sharpshooters and other pests. This creates an ecological vacuum that will create more pest problems in the future. ..."
    http://www.panna.org/panna/campaigns/docsSustCA/docsSustCA_011103.dv.html

     

  • Peoria Journal Star - PJStar.Com
    Many share stories of sensitivity by Terry Bibo;7/11/2000 http://www.pjstar.com/frontpage/bibo/pjs7998a.html

     

  • Perfume
    • Perfume triggers reaction via the eyes
      NEW YORK, Jun 18 (Reuters Health) [1999]
      http://www.reutershealth.com/cgi-bin/ssi/framethis?catalog=eline&file=1999061812.html

      • Perfume triggers reaction via the eyes
        Also available through HealthCentral
        http://www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?id=13404&StoryType=ReutersNews

         

      • Provocations with perfume in the eyes induce airway symptoms
        in patients with sensory hyperreactivity.
        Allergy 1999 May; 54(5):495-9 (ISSN: 0105-4538)
        MEDLINE Search Result on Medscape. Use their search engine; register first. -- barb
        "... During the 30-min exposure to perfume, there was a gradual increase in three main
        symptoms; i.e., eye irritation, cough, and dyspnea, after both the airway and eye
        exposures. The increases were significant compared with placebo. CONCLUSIONS:
        Asthma-like and other symptoms, such as irritation of the eyes, may be induced by
        exposure of both the airways and the eyes in patients with sensory hyperreactivity. This
        points to the importance of studying the sensory nervous system, not only in the
        airways, but also in other organs. "
        http://www.medscape.com/

    • Perfumers World - "Materials Used In Perfumery"
      http://www.perfumersworld.com/chems/material.htm

       

        Check the last two columns on the right of Perfumers World 's "Aroma Chemicals - 70-100%"
        Compare that with what the industry states through a Canadian ad. See SPEIAC at
        http://www.scentedproducts.on.ca/hdnad.jpg-- barb

    • Pesticide
      Also see EHN's section on Pesticide Information
      • Pesticide Poisoning Tied to Asthma Symptoms Reuters Health
        Thursday, February 27, 2003
        "FOZ DO IGUA?U, Brazil (Reuters Health) - Pesticide poisoning substantially increases
        the risk of developing asthma symptoms, or having existing symptoms worsen,
        according to a study presented here this week at the 27th International Congress on
        Occupational Health. ...

        " 'We found a clear association between asthma symptoms and a history of pesticide
        poisoning,' Fara told Reuters Health.

        " People who'd been poisoned by pesticides in the past had a 72%-greater risk of having
        asthma symptoms, even after the researchers accounted for other factors that could
        play a role, such as smoking and socioeconomic level.

        "Other recent investigations, including the American Agricultural Health Study, have
        reached similar conclusions.

        "The chemical category of unhealthy pesticides was not examined in the study, but the
        most dangerous ones appear to be organophosphates and pyrethroids, Fara noted. ..."
        Pyrethroids! Used in my former workplace. Time and again I was most impatiently told how
        SAFE they were. Yeah? Explain that to my ears and their tinnitus, my lung and their asthma,
        my legs and feet and their spontaneously cratering, deep, non-healing wounds. -- barb
        http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_11832.html

         

    • Phoenix Times
      • Buzz Kill Crop dusters spray pesticides on homes, animals and people while the Arizona Department of Agriculture does little to stop them
        By Jennifer Markley; June 14, 2001
        http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/issues/2001-06-14/feature.html/page1.html

         

          Why is it that the high burden of proof always falls on the public whose lives have been
          ruined or taken? Where is the moral fiber of the mainstream medical industry? Of our government
          agencies charged with protecting public health? Of industry, itself? Perhaps it's time for more
          of the Powers That Be to read The Man in the Glass. -- barb

         

    • Placebo-controlled challenges with perfume in patients with asthma-like symptoms.
      Allergy 1996 Jun;51(6):434-9 (ISSN: 0105-4538)
      MEDLINE Search Result on Medscape. Use their search engine; register first. -- barb
      http://www.medscape.com/

       

  • Pesticide-Free!
    Help us grow out this list of cities -- send info to (Barb's email is no longer valid, please contact EHN). Thank you.



  • Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine
    Pilot Online - North Carolina
  • Pioneer Planet
  • PlanetArk


  • Poisoning Case May Lead to Test for Chemical Exposure
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -Tuesday April 25 1:23 PM ET
    http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000425/hl/poisoning_1.html

  • PR Newswire
    http://www.prnewswire.com

  • "Precautionary Principle"
    http://www.safe2use.com/data/precaut1.htm

  • Pregnancy and fragrance use
    See alerts to pregnant women - fragrances and learning disabilities
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/p.htm#Pregnancy

     

  • Pretty Nasty: Phthalates in European Cosmetic Products
    http://www.wen.org.uk/health/prettynasty.htm

     

  • Pride and Joy Environmental Resort [MCS safe resort opening Sept 1, 1998]
    http://www.pridejoyresort.com/

  • PubMed
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

     

      Querying PubMed for "fragrance effects on brain" brings up these among others. -- barb
    • 1: Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1997 Dec;61(12):2051-7 Modulation of GABA receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes by
      13-L-hydroxylinoleic acid and food additives.       Aoshima H, Tenpaku Y.
      Department of Biology, Physics and Informatics, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
      Then effects of various kinds of food additives on GABA receptors were also examined; perfumes such as alcohols or esters potentiated the responses strongly, while hexylamine, nicotinamide, or caffeine inhibited the responses, mainly in a competitive manner, and vanillin inhibited the responses noncompetitively. These results suggest the possibility that production of LOOH and LOH, or intake of much of some food additives, modulates the neural transmission in the brain, especially through ionotropic GABA receptors and changes the frame of the human mind, as alcohol or tobacco does. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9438986&dopt=Abstract

       

    • Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1999 Apr;63(4):743-8
      Potentiation of GABAA receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes by perfume and ytoncid.
      Aoshima H, Hamamoto K
      Department of Physics, Biology and Informatics, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
      aoshima@po.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
      " ... Since it is known that the potentiation of GABAA receptors by benzodiazepine,
      barbiturate, steroids and anesthetics induces the anxiolytic, anticonvulsant and
      sedative activity or anesthetic effect, these results suggest the possibility that the
      intake of perfume or phytoncid through the lungs, the skin or the intestines modulates
      the neural transmission in the brain through ionotropic GABAA receptors and
      changes the frame of the human mind, as alcohol or tobacco does."
      http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=10361687&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b

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  • THE LAST DAYS OF THE QUACKBUSTERS...
    Opinion by Tim Bolen
    http://www.castle.net/~mystic/pages/watquack.html#quackbuster

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  • Jill Rabe's Home Page
    Through about.com
    http://homepages.about.com/jillrabe/index.html

     

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  • St. Louis Post Dispatch


  • San Francisco Chronicle
  • Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health Airway allergy and worklife.
    Malmberg P
    2001;27(6):422-425.
    They state, "strong scents." -- barb http://www.occuphealth.fi/cgi-bin/sjweh/abst_testi.pl?key=2001|6|422--|1

     

  • Scents and Sensitivity
    Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 106,
    December 12, November 1998
    http://members.aol.com/enviroknow/perfume/EHPscents.htm

     

  • "Scents and Sensitivity "
    Sick-building syndrome can cause some serious workplace woes
    By Julyne Derrick
    http://www.jobfair2000.com/html/atwork/fea10-34.htm

  • Scents and sensitivities
    What to know before buying a Valentine¼s Day perfume
    By Francesca Lyman; Feb. 6, 2002
    MSNBC CONTRIBUTO
    http://www.msnbc.com/news/702445.asp

     

  • The Science and Environmental Health Network
    Science, Action and Ethics in the Public Interest
    http://www.sehn.org/

  • Science News Online
    http://www.sciencenews.org/

     

  • Scientific American
    Everyday Exposure to Toxic Pollutants
    http://www.sciam.com/1998/0298issue/0298ott.html

  • The Scientist
    Neurotoxin Concerns, Controversy Escalate [sic]
    The Scientist 4[3]:1, Feb. 05, 1990
    By Elizabeth Pennisi
    "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. ..."
    This report is 12 years old, yet we continue to hear, "more research needs to be done." -- barb
    http://www.the-scientist.com/yr1990/feb/pennisi_p1_900205.html

     

  • Scots study may link deodorant to breast cancer
    By Sue Leonard; October 31 1999; SCOTLAND; The Sunday Times
    http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/resources/sunday_times_searchpage.html

     

  • Seattle Post Intelligencer
    City's perfume ban is no-non-scents, but some say it smells like Big Brother
    By COLIN NICKERSON; THE BOSTON GLOBE ; Saturday, May 27, 2000
    http://www.seattlep-i.com/national/fume27.shtml

     

     

  • Seattle Times
    • Troubling chemicals detected in people
      Saturday, August 26, 2000, 12:00 a.m. Pacific
      Background, Related Info & Multimedia:
      by Daniel P. Jones
      The Hartford Courant
      "Chemicals commonly used in everyday plastic products and beauty aids
      - everything from nail polish and perfume to garden hoses and food
      wrap - are being detected in people at levels that concern federal health
      experts.
      "The family of chemicals, called phthalates, includes some that can cause
      birth defects and disrupt hormonal functions, which control normal cell
      development and reproduction. ..."
      http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/nation-world/html98/chem26_20000826.html

       

    • Report cites side effects seen after drugs get OK By Lindsey Tanner; The Associated Press; Wednesday, May 01, 2002 - 12:00 a.m. Pacific
      http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/healthscience/134446275_drugs01.html

       

  • SF Gate
  • Silent Spring Institute
    Researching the environment and women's health
    http://www.silentspring.org/index.html

  • 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

     


      SNIFF - Fragrance Bill: H.R. 1947; reintroduced by Rep. Jan Schakowsky, 5/22/2001
      (SNIFF was first introduced September 21, 2000.)
      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,

      SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

      This Act may be cited as the `Safe Notification and Information For Fragrances act.'

      SEC. 2. LABELING OF FRAGRANCES WITH RESPECT TO KNOWN TOXIC
      SUBSTANCES OR ALLERGENS.

      Section 602 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 362) is amended by
      adding at the end the following:

       

        '(g) If it is a fragrance that contains a known toxic substance, unless it bears labeling
        stating that fact and the common or usual name of such substance.

        '(h) If it is a fragrance that contains a known allergen, unless it bears labeling stating
        that fact and the common or usual name of such allergen, or the name specified in
        any definition and standard of identity for the allergen under section 401, as applicable.'.

         


      COSPONSORS(2):
      Rep Berkley, Shelley [D NV] - 5/22/2001;
      Rep Fattah, Chaka [D PA] - 7/18/2001

      Follow this bill via Thomas at http://thomas.loc.gov/
      To find the 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 hit search

      OR

      you can go into "Bill/Amendment No.:" and enter "hr 5238" or "H.R. 5238" -- again,
      without quotes -- and hit search and you'll bring up the information on SNIFF

    Society for Occupational and Environmental Health (SOEH)
    An International Society
    http://www.soeh.org/
    6278 Old McLean Village Drive
    McLean, Virginia 22101
    Telephone: (703) 556-9222
    Facsimile: (703) 556-8729
    Email: soeh@degnon.org

      SOEH 2002 Annual Conference
      International Aspects of Pesticide Exposure and Health
      NEW DATE - July 8 - 12, 2002 (Old date - December 17 - 21, 2001)
      Natcher Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD

      Will stress topics of pesticide exposure in the home, school, workplace (agricultural,
      military, etc) and in public health situations. There will be an attempt to incorporate
      participation/presentations by colleagues from less industrialized countries. Will
      include definition on what is a "pesticide".

       

  • Sojourners
    The Texas Two-Step
    " George W. and Laura Bush's new Crawford, Texas home boasts a stunning array of eco-friendly
    featuresãperhaps not what you'd expect from one of the least environmentally friendly
    administrations sinceäum, creation.
    By Rose Marie Berger
    http://www.sojo.net/magazine/index.cfm/action/sojourners/issue/soj0107/article/010722.html

     

  • Some say a popular perfume is a health danger!!
    Judith Sanderson, Teacher, Culver City High
    http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?s=58076

     

    • Dr. Jacob Offenberger
      Quoted from Some say a popular perfume is a health danger!!, above:
      "Dr. Jacob Offenberger is an Allergist; 'No manufacturer would like to sell any product
      that has real toxins in it or real irritants in it because it won't sell.' Dr. Jacob Offenberger
      is spokesperson for the Asthma Foundation of America. "

      What? Dr. Offenberger hasn't heard of the tobacco industry?

      On his own website Dr. Offenberger states ...
      "The worst disease in the world is ignorance. Anything that can alleviate ignorance will
      contribute to the wellness of society." -Jacob Offenberger, MD-
      (Go to About Dr. Offenberger.)
      http://www.asthmadoc.com/

    • FDA's statement:
      "Neither cosmetic products nor cosmetic ingredients are reviewed or
      approved by FDA before they are sold to the public. FDA cannot require
      companies to do safety testing of their cosmetic products before marketing. If,
      however, the safety of a cosmetic product has not been substantiated, the
      product's label must read 'WARNING: The safety of this product has not been
      determined.'"
      http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-206.html

       

    • Yet the FDA does not bother to enforce its own rules already on its books! Hence was born the FDA Petition.
      http://ehnca.org/www/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm

       

    • Judith Sanderson, Culver City High teacher

  • SF Weekly
    http://www.sfweekly.com/
    • Poisoned Gods
      As museums return stolen religious artifacts, Native Americans are learning that their
      most sacred objects may kill them
      BY MATT PALMQUIST
      "... Federal law compels institutions to return artifacts only if they are
      used in religious ceremonies, leaving tribal leaders like Hostler in a conundrum:
      Their regalia, after being stolen by whites, contaminated in museums, and
      returned at great expense to the tribes, are too poisoned to use and too
      precious to pack away. If they bury the items, they risk contaminating the
      soil and poisoning their ground water; if they burn them, they risk scarring
      their lungs by inhaling the pollutants. In short, Hostler's initial excitement
      about repatriation, envisioned as a means to reopen long-lost connections
      with his most sacred beliefs, has been displaced by the fear that
      communicating with his God could wind up killing him. ... "
      The story is in four-page format:
      http://www.sfweekly.com/issues/2002-09-04/feature.html/1/index.html

      Printer Friendly, one-page version:
      http://www.sfweekly.com/issues/2002-09-04/feature.html/print.html

       

  • John Stossel
    Promoted! Now co-anchor to Barbara Walters on 20/20, May 23, 2003 . . . instead of being kicked out, he's been kicked upstairs. Give ME a break! For more on Stossel, see
    Stuff Happens. -- barb

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