To learn more about the Halifax “counterattack” see Another Perspective, which includes statements of those supporting cleaner air for all, and the industry.
ehnlinx/aaprbb.htm

• C A S L E – Citizens for A Safe Learning Environment
  Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  ehnlinx/casle.html
• Christian Science Monitor
  • When in Halifax, spare the deodorant
    Ruth Walker (walkerr@csps.com)
    Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor; TORONTO
    http://csmweb2.emcweb.com/durable/2000/06/21/p1s4.htm
• Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  http://www.region.halifax.ns.ca/welcome.html
  • Councillors
    http://www.region.halifax.ns.ca/districts/councillors.html
  • Mayor Walter R. Fitzgerald
    Halifax Regional Municipality
    Office of the Mayor
    1841 Argyle Street
    P.O. Box 1749
    Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Canada
    B3J 3A5

    Telephone: (902) 490-4010
    Fax: (902) 490-4012
    E-Mail: fitzgew@region.halifax.ns.ca

    http://www.region.halifax.ns.ca/council/mayor/mayprof.html

  • Halifax Regional Municipality
    “No-Scent Makes Good Sense
    “Halifax Regional Municipality has had a “No-Scent” encouragement program in effect for the past four years. It encourages people to be aware of others who may suffer allergies or sensitivities to fragrances found in perfumes, hair sprays, deodorants, creams and many other personal grooming products.”There has been tremendous positive feedback from the public and visitors to this policy. However, we must emphasize that this is a “public awareness” program only. It is not a by-law or any other form of legislation; it is not an enforceable issue, and there are no fines or penalties. …”
    http://www.region.halifax.ns.ca//mediaroom/scents.html
  • Police
    http://www.police.halifax.ns.ca/
  • Citizens for A Safe Learning Environment (CASLE)
    http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Education/CASLE/
    • Presentation to the Halifax Regional School Board on the
      Proposed Scent Policy; September 15, 1998
      http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Education/CASLE/present2.html
    • Scent-Free Healthy Schools; September 1998
      by K. Robinson
      http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Education/CASLE/scentfree.html
  • Halifax Regional Municipality Proposed Pesticide Bylaw
    http://www.region.halifax.ns.ca/harboursol/pesticides/pesticides.html
  • Some of the various articles … for more, see EHN’s General Links, page A,
    Articles on Halifax
    ehnlinx/a.htm#Halifax
    • Chemical dependency – Environmental illnesses: diseases for the ’90s
      http://www.excal.on.ca/archives/9899/jan27/features.htm
    • HALIFAX LEADS THE WAY WITH FRAGRANCE FREE POLICIES
      By Betty Bridges, RN; appearing on FlipSide Alternative Daily
      http://www.flipside.org/
    • The Halifax Daily News
      • Scents-orship
        By Nancy Radcliffe; April 12, 2000
        http://www.fumento.com/radcliffe.html
      • Environmental Illness? Nonscents!
        By Nancy Radcliffe; The Halifax Daily News, April 16, 2000
        http://www.fumento.com/radcliffe2.html
    • The Halifax Herald Limited
      No one has outlawed the smell of money . . . yet
      By Roger Taylor COMMENTARY; Tuesday, May 2, 2000
      http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaystory?2000/05/02+203.raw+Business
    • The Hittman Chronicle
      Absolute Non-Scents
      By Dave Hitt
      “… and even kicked out of school. …”"And the worst part of it is that MCS does not exist.

      “The human body simply doesn’t work that way. Exposure to toxins tends to raise resistance, not lower it. …”

      I wish he’d get his facts straight! Synthetic scents contain known irritants and sensitizers as well as known and suspected carcinogens, teratogens and neurotoxins (adversely affect brain
      and central nervous system). These chemical concoctions, sold as sexual attractants have no
      place in a school, or other public venue where they can adversely pollutge the air for all. And then about exposure to toxins . . . WOW, is this guy dangerous! I suggest he begins reading the NIOSH POCKET GUIDE TO CHEMICAL HAZARDS.
      Talk about your industry apologist! — barb
      http://www.davehitt.com/june00/sents.html

    • Mounties punish fragrant offences
      By Sandra Jordan; The Observer; Sunday June 4, 2000
      http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,327920,00.html
    • National Post
      • Cosmetics industry wafts into Nova Scotia’s scent debate
        Jonathon Gatehouse; Tuesday, April 25, 2000
        http://www.nationalpost.com/home.asp?f=000425/269448.html
      • Scents and Sensibility
        April 20, 2000
        http://www.fumento.com/scentreact.html
      • Smell-sensitive teacher takes no chances, brings antidote
        Armed with medication: Police not sure if school scent-policy violator will be charged
        By Adrian Humphreys; Friday, April 21, 2000
        http://www.nationalpost.com/news.asp?f=000421/266138.html
      • 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.htmlhttp://web.archive.org/web/20010305173812/http://www.chatelaine.com/read/health/air.html
      • Student may face criminal charge for wearing smelly hair gel
        N.S. school has strict non-scents policy
        By Shaune MacKinlay and Adrian Humphreys; The Daily News; National Post; Wednesday, April 19, 2000
        http://www.nationalpost.com/home.asp?f=000419/263522.html
    • Nova Scotia Allergy and Environmental Health Association
      There’s a lot of valuable information available through this site! — barb
      http://www.environmentalhealth.ca/
      • Fragrance Industry Fights to Regain N. S. Market
        UPdate June 2000
        ” It started with the Wall Street Journal. …”
        http://www.environmentalhealth.ca/june00perfume.html
      • MCS Would Be Bad Enough Without Derisive Attacks From Skeptical Ignorami
        By Charles W. Moore
        http://www.environmentalhealth.ca/june01attack.html
    • Scent Censoring Incenses
      Critic says Policies are Halifax’s Mania
      By Shaune MacKinlay; The Daily News; April 16, 2000
      http://www.fumento.com/halifax.html
    • Scents and Senselessness
      by Michael Fumento; The American Spectator; April 1, 2000
      http://www.fumento.com/scents.html
      • For another perspective, see
        Senselessness about Scents or
        A Wilkie by any other spelling …
        ehnhompg/wilke.htm
    • University of Kings College, School of Journalism
      Chemically sensitive people redefine their lives
      “… ‘Environmental illness is fact, not fiction,’ says Dr. Roy Fox, director of the
      Environmental Health Clinic in Fall River. Fox was at the Dartmouth General Hospital
      on Feb. 17 talking about the illness, its cause its symptoms and treatments.

      “People who suffer from environmental illness and chemical sensitivity or multiple
      chemical sensitivity (MCS) are people who have a lower threshold to chemicals than
      others and experience severe symptoms due to exposure.

      “Fox says approximately five per cent of North Americans suffer from environmental illness and chemical sensitivity, while another 16 — 18 per cent may get some symptoms of the disease.

      “‘As a species,’ says Fox, ‘all of us are environmentally sensitive — after all, we all build houses to escape the elements. Some of us are just more sensitive than others.’

      “Fox says some of the symptoms of environmental illness and chemical sensitivity include inflammation of the nose, sinus pain, coughing, shortness of breath and even the change in the ability to think clearly. He calls this ‘brain fog.’

      “‘Brain fog is a change in the emotional state,’ says Fox. ‘A person might experience
      shivering spells, hot flushes, blurred vision, one’s hearing might become extremely
      sensitive to sounds, cramping, diarrhea and an irritated bladder.’ ”
      http://novanewsnet.ukings.ns.ca/stories/99-00/000218/mcs.htm

    • The Wall Street Journal
      One City Turns Up Its Nose Against the Use of Perfumes
      By Larry M. Greenberg; Copyright 1999 Wall Street Journal; July 28, 1999
      http://www.silencingscience.com/july99/perfume.htm
    • WSFA, Montgomery, Alabama
      Some say a popular perfume is a health danger!!
      http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?s=58076