• CSSS – Chemical Sensitivity Service & Souppor Group – Phoenix
  http://www.geocities.com/phxheal/index.htm
  • Housing Info
    http://www.geocities.com/phxheal/housinginfo.htm
  • Newsletter Archive
    http://www.geocities.com/phxheal/archive.htm
• Fragrance and Health
  “One in five Americans may experience harm from fragrance exposures!”
  http://hometown.aol.com/healnatnl/myhomepage/index.html
• HEAL On-Line – THE Supplement – Index
  http://www.pronetisp.net/~jkosta/hsindex.html
• HEALinks: Environmental science and health on-line http://www.spectra.net/~jkosta/healmed.html
• HealServices
  http://members.aol.com/HEALServic/index.html
• The Human Ecologist – recent issue index
  http://members.aol.com/heal3/page3/index.htm
• The Human Ecologist – back issue index
  http://members.aol.com/HEALServic/index.html
• HEAL – Southern Arizona
  SAFER BUILDING MATERIALS FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN’T
  TOLERATE MANY COMMONLY-USED CHEMICALS
  By Miriam Finkel, Kata Orndorff, Ariel Barfield, and Faith Spaulding
  Ecologic News, Volume 17, No. 2, Spring 1999 — in RTF
  http://www.cybercil.com/library/mcsBldgMats.rtf
• HUD blurb . . . about Twin Cities HEAL
  “Persons with Environmental Illness or Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
  The Twin Cities Human Ecology Action League (HEAL) chapter is planning to
  develop affordable, non-toxic housing for lower income people with El/MCS.
  HEAL is working toward increased awareness of the disease, new legislation for
  indoor air quality, increased research on the cause, effects and treatment, toxic
  housing remedies, development of new non-toxic housing, and a registry of such
  housing for use by those with El/MCS. ”
  http://www.hud.gov/cpes/mn/stpaulmn.html
• http://web.archive.org/web/20010417002250/
• http://www.hud.gov/cpes/mn/stpaulmn.html

• American Association for the Study of Headache (AASH)
  http://www.aash.org/
  • Headache FAQ sheet
    http://www.aash.org/faqs/Default.htm
• The American Council for Headache Education (1.800.255.2243)
  http://www.headaches.org
  One of their stated goals: “To promote research into potential headache causes and treatments. ”
  [Why not give them a call or drop them a line via snail if you feel that one of the
  easiest ways to avoid a headache is to avoid fragrant products -- personal care and
  cleaning? It seems they've yet to learn chemical sensitivity is not "allergy" and that
  prevention is an ideal alternative. -- barb]

  National Headache Foundation
  428 W. St. James Place, 2nd Floor
  Chicago, Illinois 60614-2750

  • National Headache Foundation
    Educational Resources – Headache – Frequently Asked Questions
    “The cause of migraine is believed to be chemical reactions in the brain.” How about all of the volatilizing petrochemical-derived fragrances you are forced to smell? — barb http://www.headaches.org/consumer/generalinfo/headachefaq.html
• HeadTalk
  http://www.headtalk.com/
• The premonitory symptoms (prodrome): a tertiary care study of 893 migraineurs.
  Kelman L.
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15447695

• • Sample of book, Head Lice to Dead Lice
    http://www.headliceinfo.com/book_sample.htm
  • Controversial issues regarding head lice treatments
    They say “we say”
    “The Lice Ladies at headliceinfo.com respectfully disagree with some of their esteemed colleagues over some issues in the treatment and prevention of head lice. …”
    http://www.headliceinfo.com/whatup.htm
  Note: click on Quotes when you visit this site.

American Head Lice Information Center
An informative AND interesting site! — barb
http://www.headliceinfo.com

Lice-Away® The Non-Toxic Treatment for Head Lice
http://www.mtnhigh.com/liceaway.html

NONITS
http://www.nonits.com/webdoc1.html

Not Nice to Lice® from Get Set, Inc.
Steve Tvedten
http://www.getipm.com/html/order_form.html

Not Nice to Lice® from Safe2Use.
Steve Tvedten
http://www.safe2use.com/

Poisons contained in over-the-counter head lice treatments
http://www.mtnhigh.com/poisons.html

World In Action
http://www.world-in-action.co.uk/TX971006_Organophosphates1/frameset.html

Toxic Pest Control (stories of the hazards of …)
http://intelpestmgnt.com/html/articles.html

Hazardous Chemicals, Glossary by Lifekind
http://www.lifekind.com/glossary.htm

HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND INDEX OF MSDS, LIST OF
Northern Maine Technical College Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
This site only states that they have the MSDS on hand … but you should see the
common products listed as hazardous. — barb
http://www.nmtc.net/library/msds/msds1.htm

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
If URL below doesn’t work, search The US Code for “Hazardous Substances” under
http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm
http://law2.house.gov/uscode-cgi/fastweb.exe?getdoc+uscview+t13t16+1548+28++%28%27hazardou

“The toxicity of a substance is its ability to cause harmful effects. These
effects can strike a single cell, a group of cells, an organ system, or the
entire body. A toxic effect may be visible damage, or a decrease in
performance or function measureable only by a test. All chemicals
can cause harm. When only a very large amount of the chemical can
cause damage, the chemical is considered to be relatively non-toxic.
When a small amount can be harmful, the chemical is considered toxic.

“The toxicity of a substance depends on three factors: its chemical structure,
the extent to which the substance is absorbed by the body, and the body’s
ability to detoxify the substance (change it into less toxic substances) and
eliminate it from the body.

“Are “toxic” and “hazardous” the same? “No. …”
http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ohb/HESIS/uts.htm?

California’s Occupational Health Branch (OHB)
http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ohb/Default.htm

• Atrazine-Induced Hermaphroditism at 0.1 PPB in American Frogs (Rana pipiens): Laboratory and Field Evidence Environmental Health Perspectives; Volume 111, Number 4;April 2003
  http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2003/5932/5932.html
• Hermaphrodite Frogs Caused By Popular Weed Killer?
  By Bijal P. Trivedi; National Geographic Today
  “April 16, 2002 Atrazine, a top selling weed killer in the United States and the world, has
  been found to dramatically affect the sexual development of male frogs, turning them
  into hermaphroditesãcreatures with both male and female organsãat concentrations
  30 times lower than those deemed safe by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). …”
  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/04/0416_020416_TVfrog.html
• Minnesota Center for Environment Advocacy
  http://www.mncenter.org/p.asp?WebPage_ID=7
  • Popular Pesticide Faulted for Frogs’ Sexual Abnormalities
    6/18/2003 Jennifer Lee The New York Times Ý Scientists from the Environmental Protection Agency say there is “sufficient evidence” to conclude that the country’s most widely used pesticide, atrazine, causes sexual abnormality in frogs. http://www.mncenter.org/p.asp?WebPage_ID=24&Profile_ID=258
• Profile: Hopping Mad
  A frog biologist battles an agrichemical giant
  by Kerry Tremain; Sierra Club
  http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200407/profile.asp
• New Study Finds Very Low Levels of Exposure to Common Herbicide Causes
  Sex Reversal, Hermaphroditism in Frogs
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Brandon Adams (919-541-5466); 23 October 2002
  http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/press/atrazine.html
• The Story of Syngenta & Tyrone Hayes at UC Berkeley: The Price of Research
  A Berkeley Scientist Says a Corporate Sponsor Tried to
  Bury his Unwelcome Findings and Then Buy His SilenceÝ
  By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK / The Chronicle of Higher Education v.50, i.10, 31oct03
  http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/2003/Syngenta-Tyrone-Hayes31oct03.htm

I keep asking myself: If county health officials, members of the local police, doctors, and various
management teams are still clueless about the effects of pesticides, acute and chronic, then how can
I expect them to understand about poisoning someone by perfume? Nonetheless, I fully expect
that they will use EHN’s site to educate themselves about the toxins in pesticides and perfumes
and then PROTECT those who have filed complaints against neighbors, colleagues, peers, and
even members of management, who engage in hate crimes against the already chemically injured.

Hate crimes against people who are paint-, perfume-, pesticide (HYDROCARBON)-poisoned can
take the form of spraying pesticides on windy days so the chemicals spread, paint without
warning, dump their paint clean-up on the property of the already injured, spray perfume
around the work area of the individual, spray a fellow student in the face with perfume, spray
pesticides or fragrances outside of doors, use fabric softeners at such a time as to adversely
affect the health of the person the hate is directed against,… etc.

Frankly, I’ve come to learn through my own experiences and those of others, that there is no limit
to their imaginative means of further poisoning us. This has got to stop! And, it is up to the
people with authority, to start believing the already chemically disabled people when we
try to report such actions. Please do not dismiss us, further stultify us. We are not insane, but
lack of concern and action by authority is maddening.

To those in authority, I plead: Think of us as having a violent act committed against us. As
with others under such circumstances, we become desperate, we may not be seen by you as fully
rational at the moment. That would be a given for anyone suffering a traumatic event. But,
it is more than just the emotional jolt that is normal to any other human being who has been hurt
and intimidated by another, we have become poisoned by the chemicals that include
NEUROTOXINS.

Neurotoxins adversely affect the brain and the nervous systems. And knowing that, folks, is how
I got myself through my years of harassment by a very few managers and colleagues — it only
takes one to pollute air and body. I told myself they were mentally affected by the very poisons
they used and weren’t in their “right” minds. Believe me, I had to remind myself of that daily
and I didn’t care whether that was a vialble excuse for their heinous actions, it kept me going
in the workplace where I had to remain civil to them. Why not contact a lawyer, you might ask.
I did. Several. A chemically disabled individual, it seems, is fair game. And from the request
for help that I get, I don’t see that changing. Yet.

For those wishing to deal with toxic tort cases — ATTORNEYS and clients — please read,
Chemical Injury and the Courts by Linda Price King
ehnlinx/bbooks.htm#King
For more information, see EHN’s pages:
Assaults
ehnlinx/a.htm#Assaulted

Take Heart!
Accommodation and access guidelines from cities, police, hospitals, workplaces, schools …
ehnhompg/takheart.htm
– barb

• HateCrimeNetwork
  http://hate-crime.website-works.com/overview.htm
• Hate Crime Resources
  “Hate crime is defined as ‘the violence of intolerance and bigotry,
  intended to hurt and intimidate someone because of their race,
  ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, or disability.’ ”
  National Criminal Justice Reference Service
  http://www.ncjrs.org/hate_crimes/summary.html
• Definition of a Hate Incident
  Anti-Defamation League
  “Hate-motivated incidents are defined as behavior which constitutes
  an expression of hostility against the person or property of another
  because of the victim’s race, religion, disability, gender, ethnicity or
  sexual orientation. However, hate-motivated incidents include those
  actions that are motivated by bias, but do not meet the necessary
  elements required to prove a crime. This may include such behavior
  as nonthreatening name calling, using racial slurs or disseminating
  racist leaflets. ”
  http://www.adl.org/prejudice/prejudice_hate_crime.html
• The Tomato Effect
  Film in progress by the daughter of environmental illness doctor, Zane Kime. Did this
  great doctor pay the ultimate price of a hate crime? One thing known: He died. — barb
  http://www.rabble-rouser.com/
  • About
    http://www.rabble-rouser.com/about.html
  • News and Press
    http://www.rabble-rouser.com/news.html
• Donate
  http://www.rabble-rouser.com/donate.html

http://vr.harrispollonline.com/register/

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

• Habitat for Humanity, Environmental Initiatives at
  Brought to you by Environmental Building News
  http://www.buildinggreen.com/news/habitatprograms.html

I use organic Jojoba Oil on my scalp, before shampooing, as well as on my skin, massaging
it in well. I often use baking soda as a shampoo. Otherwise, I find I can use a wide range of
Magick Botanicals products. And, I don’t use hair dye, feeling I’ve earned my gray.
You can find documents telling you hair dye is safe. But until we stop hearing about all of
the skyrocketing rates of “UNEXPLAINED” cancers, and the likely connection with
NonHodgkins Lymphoma, I’ll employ the Precautionary Principle. I like my gray streaks. — barb
• BBC News -”Hair dye cancer alert”
  Wednesday, 17 April, 2002, 07:29 GMT 08:29 UK
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1934496.stm
• Cosmetics and breast cancer — look for section, “Hair dyes”
  Cancer Research Center of America, Inc., By James W. Coleman, Ph.D.
  http://www.cancerresearchamerica.org/cosmetics.html
• Chemically Sensitive Living Store
  Fragrance Free Hair Care – online shopping
  http://chemsenlvng.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=TCSLS&Category_Code=FFHC
• CNN Health: “Study suggests lead risk in hair dyes” February 4, 1997; Web posted at: 1:43 p.m. EST (1843 GMT)
  http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9702/04/hair.dye/
• Danish Environmental Protection Agency
  2002. Survey of chemical substances in hairstyling products
  http://www.mst.dk/chemi/01081102.htm
  DEPA’s search page for “perfume inhalation” . . .
  http://search.mem.dk/MSTSearch/search/default.asp?Lang=UK&q1=perfume+inhalation&SearchType=ALL
• EPA’s EDRI Federal Project Inventory:
  63550-01a1 NonHodgkins Lymphoma‚Hair Dye and Other Exposures
  http://www.epa.gov/edrlupvx/inventory/NCI-021.html
• FDA on hair care products
  • HAIR DYE PRODUCTS
    http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-hdye.html
  • Heading Off Hair-Care Disasters:
    Use Caution With Relaxers and Dyes
    By Michelle Meadows, FDA
    Contains several sections of info, including Hair Color and Cancer. — barb
    http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fdahdye.htmlThe International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients
    http://dg3.eudra.org/F3/inci/index.htm
    • Inventory of ingredients used in cosmetic products, : 1,
      Includes CAS Numbers! Just look. You can get your fix for some great chemicals– barb
      http://dg3.eudra.org/F3/inci/incia1,.htm
  • Lead Acetate in Hair Dye Products
    http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-lead.html
• Formalin
  Brought to you by Vaccine Information
  ” Don’t forget …from the Formaldehyde Institute other names it is known as:
  ‘… Ivalon, Quaternium-15, Lysoform, Formalith, BVF, Methylene oxide, Formalin,
  Morbicid, Methanal, Methyl aldehyde, Oxomethane, Formic aldehyde, Fannoform,
  Fyde, Lofol, Oxymethylene, Formol, and Superlysoform…’ ”
  http://www.vaccinetruth.org/formalin.htm
• Ginesis Shampoo – Ginesis Conditioner
  Through Safe2Use
  http://www.safe2use.com/ginesis/shampoo/shampoo.htm
• HAIR CARE — Recipes using Essential Oils
  By Spiceworld
  http://www.spiceworld.uk.com/haircare.htm
• Hair Products
  Michigan State University Extension
  http://webdesignandleasing.com/hm_hair_product.html
• HealthFinder — Lead Acetate Used in Hair Dye Products
  http://www.healthfinder.gov/docs/doc03621.htm
• Healthy Hair, Healthy Body, Healthy Environment poster
  “A guide for people who work with hair . . . because beauty is more than skin deep”
  “… one study has shown that up to 20% of hair dressers leave the business due to
  allergies or dermatitis! After all that time and training, what a waste!”
  Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute UMASS Lowel
  http://www.turi.org/community/hairshow.html
• June Russell’s Health Facts – Chemical Sensitivities and Hair Dyes
  http://www.jrussellshealth.com/chemsenshair.html
• Magick Fragrance-Free Shampoo and Hair Care products
  Including styling gel and spray
  http://www.simmonsnaturals.com/magfraghairp.html
• UN RADIO FEATURE PROGRAMMES: a weekly programme on women’s issues
  “Women’s news and women’s views from around the globe”
  THE HARMS OF HENNA
  “Natural henna, which is derived from a plant, is used to enhance hair colour and
  increasingly as decoration on the skin. In the Sudan, where women prefer a darker
  shade of colour, a chemical form of henna is used. Dr. Iman Abubakr Osman, at the
  University of Afhad in Khartoum, talks about the harms of this chemical dye both to
  the consumers, as well as those who earn a living from applying the henna.
  http://www.un.org/womenwatch/news/unradio/progs/9917tr.htm