Wilkie Wages War: Barb’s Footers

Environmental Health Network leader Barbara Wilkie discovered in July 2005 that her chemical injury/multiple chemical sensitivities had suddenly manifested as stage 4 (later stage 5) kidney disease (kidney failure). Despite dire warnings of death within a year, she eschewed dialysis and Western Medicine drugs and took a route of alternative medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and strict dietary changes. She lived well for six years, far beyond the doctors’ predictions.  Barb died at home, surrounded by friends and family, on May 31, 2011.

During this time, Barb documented her journey. From diagnosis through June 2008, she created one huge website page packed with details, plus some side documents on diet and other topics.  We have divided these works into smaller pieces, by date or topic, to make it easier to read and find things.  For dates after June 2008, we have letters, online posts, and other documents.

Barb intended her work to be read and used. We hope this presentation will help you do just that.

Wilkie Wages War on Kidney Disease
(aka Renal Disease or Failure)

OR, AS I SEE IT: Life with yet another facet of living with MCS.
I want to live life while dying.

Barb’s Footers…or items she finished this article with and ones she liked to end her emails with.

Ecology House
Please respect the residents and their requests by following the instructions provided on EHN’s Ecology House page or Ecology House’s page
EHN — e.htm#House

EcHouse — http://www.tikvah.com/cc/eh/

EHN’s homepage ehnindex.htm

EHN’s FDA Citizens’ Petition (YOUR petition), docket number 99P-1340,
http://www.ehnca.org/www/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm

Petition 99P-1340 requests that the FDA do the work it is supposed to do to protect public health. The US FDA does not even require its alert on all fragrances released to market without substantiation of safety. Analyses show that fragrance you buy, described as various flower essences, are really petrochemically derived. Those fragrances should carry the FDA’s required: ‘WARNING: The safety of this product has not been determined.’
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-206.html
[Note 8/2/11: This link no longer works. Here is the latest version.]

Fabric Softeners = Health Risks From Dryer Exhaust and Treated Fabrics
By Julia Kendall
http://www.ehnca.org/www/ehnfs.htm

Government WWW LINKS
http://www.ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/govlinks.htm

Making Sense of Scents
By Julia Kendall
http://www.ehnca.org/www/ehnmsofs.htm

The New Reactor
http://www.ehnca.org/www/newreact/nrindex.htm

Twenty Most Common Chemicals Found in Thirty-One Fragrance Products
By Julia Kendall
http://www.ehnca.org/www/ehn20.htm

In progress — it may be slow but it is steady. Please bear with me. Thank you. — barb