Halifax
For extensive list of articles, regarding the industry-staged “counterattack”
see EHN’s General Links, page A, Articles on Halifax (a few appear below)
ehnlinx/articles.htm#Halifax
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
- When in Halifax, spare the deodorant
- 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 3A5Telephone: (902) 490-4010
Fax: (902) 490-4012
E-Mail: fitzgew@region.halifax.ns.ca - 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
- Presentation to the Halifax Regional School Board on the
- 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
- Scents-orship
- 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
- Cosmetics industry wafts into Nova Scotia’s scent debate
- 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
- Fragrance Industry Fights to Regain N. S. Market
- 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
- For another perspective, see
- 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
- Chemical dependency – Environmental illnesses: diseases for the ’90s
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