Barb Wilkie's EHN Website
Last updated 2008

• Home-SAFE-Home
  This is a great guide and it is available in hard copy from Clean Water Fund. -- barb
  http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/SafeHome.htm

   

http://www.ccwater.com/home.cfm


• Los Vaqueros
  http://www.ccwater.com/html/losvaqueros.html
  
  
  • Recreation at Los Vaqueros
    http://www.ccwater.com/html/recreation.html
  
  
• Watershed Hikes
  (This URL doesn't work (12/9/99), but I've a request in for information. -- barb)
  http://www.ccwater.com/html/hikes.html
  
  

• Desalination
  http://www.earthcrew.com/earthcrew/desalination.htm

   

• FAQ's About Water Problems
  http://www.earthcrew.com/earthcrew/faqs.htm

   

• Portable Filtration Systems
  http://www.earthcrew.com/earthcrew/portable/portable.htm

   

http://www.ebmud.com/


• EBMUD Chloramine Conversion
  http://www.ebmud.com/ebmpublic/chloramineQ-A.html

Following is a link to a series of articles, starting with "UV Lights may fight 'sick building'
syndrome; 5/26/99." Also look for "Dust, cats and other indoor irritants contribute to asthma; 1/20/00."
In there you will read:
" . . . Other factors that fit in this category are formaldehyde fumes and fragrances
found in personal care and household products.
"As for pesticides, houseplant spores or material from domestic or wild rodents,
the research is still inadequate to determine if they are a major cause or
aggravator of asthma. . . ."
-- barb
http://www.pureinc.com/ThirdPartyArticles.html

• BiOzone Corporation
  http://www.biozone.com/

   

• Blue Diamond Technologies, Inc http://www.blue-diamond.com/

   

• Praxair Trailigaz Ozone Co.
  http://www.ptoc.com/

   

  • Ozone FAQs
    http://www.ptoc.com/faq.html

     

• The Pure Water Place, Inc.
  http://www.purewaterplace.com/

   

• RGF Products
  Frequently Asked Questions About Ozone and Advanced Oxidation Water Purification
  http://www.rgf.com/FAQs/Ozone-Waterqa.html

   

• New Water Purification Device Aids In Central American Relief Effort
  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (http://www.lbl.gov)
  Date: Posted 12/18/1998BERKELEY, CA.
  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/12/981218075610.htm

   

Drugged Waters
http://www.sciencenews.org/sn_arc98/3_21_98/bob1.htm

• Bookstores Selling Creek Guide and Maps
  http://www.museumca.org/creeks/stores.html

http://www.watershed.winnipeg.mb.ca/intro.html

• Adaptive Technology Centre - a fragrance-free zone
  http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/access/adapt.html

   

• Library Services for Persons with Disabilities
  "We have: the Adaptive Technology Centre, a fragrance-free zone in the Dana Porter Library..."
  http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/access/

   

• GUIDELINES ON WEARING SCENTED PRODUCTS
  Health and Safety Program Manual
  http://www.safetyoffice.uwaterloo.ca/hspm/documents/hygiene/guidelines.htm
  
  
• PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING BUILDING AIR QUALITY PROBLEMS
  http://www.safetyoffice.uwaterloo.ca/hspm/documents/hygiene/Air%20Quality%20Procedures.htm
  
  
• We Share The Air posters
  "Disclaimer: This information is intended for use by the University of Waterloo's campus
  community. While the material contained may be reproduced by other individuals
  and organizations the University of Waterloo does not warrant its application to other
  campuses or workplaces. Comments are welcomed and may be directed to the Safety
  Office."
  http://www.safetyoffice.uwaterloo.ca/hspm/documents/hygiene/Posters.htm
  
  

• Susan Polis Schutz and Stephen Schutz
  http://www.sps.com/authors/Schutz.htm

   

• Blue Mountain Cards
  http://www.bluemountain.com

   

National Weather Services
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/wrhq/nwspage.html

Weather.com
http://www.weather.com/twc/homepage.twc

Weather -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration http://www.nws.noaa.gov/

Weather Underground, Inc.
http://www.wunderground.com/

Weather for San Francisco
http://www.wunderground.com/US/CA/San_Francisco.html

• Wake Up and Smell the Chemicals
  By Merla Zellerbach
  http://my.webmd.com/content/dmk/dmk_article_5462492
  
  
• WebMD Live Chat Transcript: The Body Electric:
  New Treatment Modalities with William Eidelman, M.D.
  "The solution basically is for the individual to take responsibility for their health. The
  doctor is not a "Medical Deity (M.D.!)" Whether it's an orthodox or alternative
  practitioner, it's up to you to take personal responsibility for your health and education
  about what can and should be done to create and maintain health."
  http://kidneyfailure.shn.net/content/asset/chat_transcript.530468

Wegener's Granulomatosis Association
http://www.wgassociation.org/index.shtml

 

• What is Wegener's Granulomatosis
  http://www.wgassociation.org/aboutwg/whatis_wg.shtml

   

• Anti-Neutrophilic Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA) in
  Wegener's Granulomatosis
  Author: Nabih I. Abdou, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P.; Date: July 20, 1992
  http://www.wgassociation.org/aboutwg/anca_in_wg.html

   

• Complementary Wellness
  Group, web, newsletter, journal
  http://www.earthmed.com/member_sites/compwell/
  
  
• 1Healthy Universe
  http://www.1healthyuniverse.com/
  
  
• Optimal Wellness Center
  http://www.mercola.com/index.html
  
  
  • Doctors Are The Third Leading Cause of Death in the US, Killing 250,000 People Every Year
    http://www.mercola.com/2000/jul/30/doctors_death.htm
    
    
  • Medical Mistakes Kill 100,000 Americans A Year
    http://www.mercola.com/1999/dec/5/medical_mistakes.html
    
    
  • Asthma drug - INHALED STEROID USE LINKED TO CATARACTS "The prolonged use of high doses of inhalant corticosteroids, frequently prescribed to
    relieve symptoms of asthma, may increase the risk of cataract formation in older people.
    http://www.mercola.com/1998/aug/16/index.htm
    
    
  
  
  
  • Newest Research On Why You Should Avoid Soy
    by Sally Fallon email: SAFallon@aol.com &
    Mary G. Enig, PhD email: MGEnig@aol.com
    http://www.mercola.com/2000/apr/9/soy_research_update.htm
    
    
• Well Being Journal Online Heralding the Integration of Natural Health Remedies,
  Contemporary Medicine and Spirituality
  http://wellbeingjournal.com/index.html

   

  • Revici's Natural Cancer Protocol
    From Well Being Journal Vol. 7, No. 6 ~ November/December 1998
    by Eva Urbaniak, N.D.
    "...His work deserves much more attention and incorporation into mainstream
    medicine. Let us hope that cancer sufferers will seek out and find the doctors who are
    carrying on his phenomenal work. "
    http://wellbeingjournal.com/revici.htm

     

• Well Mind Association
  http://www.speakeasy.org/~wma/
  
  
• Wellness Web - The Patient's Network
  Do visit this site! -- barb
  http://www.wellnessweb.com/
  
  
  • Naturopathy and Environmental Medicine in the 21st Century
    By Walter J. Crinnion ND
    http://www.wellnessweb.com/ALTERN/Environment/naturopathy.htm
    
    
• Wellness Letter -- UC Berkeley
  http://garnet.berkeley.edu/~sph/Welltr.html

Our media is pushing DEET-based products. On EHN's "Pest" Management and
Pesticide Information / Insect Repellents, you'll find info on DEET and alternatives. -- barb
http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/pestcide.htm#Repellents

 

• ABCNews
  Pesticides may offer little against West Nile.
  Useless Spraying? West Nile Deterrent May Not Be Best Solution
  By Erin Hayes
  http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/DailyNews/westnile_spraying020808.html

   

• OVERKILL: Why Pesticide Spraying for West Nile Virus May Cause More Harm
  Than Good
  Prepared by the Toxics Action Center and
  Maine Environmental Policy Institute - July 2001
  http://www.meepi.org/wnv/mass.htm

   

  Maine Environmental Policy Institute
  126 2nd Street, POB 347, Hallowell, Maine 04347.
  Phone: 207-622-9766 Fax: 207-623-1117
  Email: meepi@meepi.org

  The Maine edition of the OVERKILL report
  http://www.meepi.org/wnv/mass.htm

   

  
  
• Safe2Use for alternatives
  http://www.safe2use.com

   

• Selling The West Nile Virus Vaccine
  If it's good for OraVax, is it also good for you?
  By RICHARD JANNACCIO
  http://www.NoSpray.org/sellingWNV.html

  TOP 10 LIES ABOUT WEST NILE VIRUS
  (written in 2000)
  By Robert Lederman
  http://www.abstractblack.com/ledermanvirus.html

   

• Virus or Environment?
  Commentator Questions Blame Placed on West Nile Virus
  Commentary By Nicholas Regush; ABC News, August 29, 2001
  http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/SecondOpinion/secondopinion010829.html

   

• WNV Positive Wildlife And MTBE
  Analysis of NYSDEC Pathology Unit's
  West Nile Virus Database 1999 (pub. 2/3/00)
  http://www.geocities.com/noxot/wnvDBcty.htm

   

• West Nile Virus
  Read the truth prepared by Citizens Campaign for the Environment,
  via MARIN BEYOND PESTICIDES COALITION
  http://members.aol.com/asapli/

   

• West Nile Panic Attack -
  Media foment fear of virus and obscure pesticide concerns
  By Karen Charman; November/December 2000
  http://www.fair.org/extra/0011/west-nile.html

   

• Biodiversity 911: Saving Life on Earth Clean and Green
  http://www.biodiversity911.org/toxics%20stories.html#clean

   

• The Professional Wetcleaning Network
  Avoid perchloroethylene.Check this list of "wet cleaners" found in the USA and Canada.
  Some listed are 100% wet clean -- that is indicated by an *. -- barb
  http://www.tpwn.net/page4.html

   

• Center for Neighborhood Technology
  Wet Cleaning
  http://www.cnt.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=project&projectid=2

   

• UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS
  Wet cleaning - Tips from UCS
  October, 2000
  http://www.ucsusa.org/guides/tip07.html

   

• EPA - Region 8 Wetlands Program
  Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming; and 27 Tribal Nations.
  May is Wetlands Month!
  http://www.epa.gov/region08/water/wetlands/wetlands.html

   

• PESTICIDES, WETLANDS & THE GAME OF GOLF
  Indformed Choices
  http://www.wtv-zone.com/infchoice/index.html
  
  
  • Chemical Use by Golf Course
    http://www.wtv-zone.com/infchoice/chemical_use.html

     

  • Toxic Golf Greens
    http://www.wtv-zone.com/infchoice/toxic_greens.html

     

    Golf and the Environment
    http://www.gcsaa.org/resource/environ/envirprin.html

     

    
    
  • San Francisco Bay Area
    
    • Coastal Wetlands and Sediments of the San Francisco Bay System
      USGS
      http://marine.usgs.gov/fact-sheets/SFwetlands/sfwetlands.html

       

    • Restoring San Francisco Bay's Wetlands
      http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/Conservation/TheSky.html

       

    • San Francisco Bay Area Wetlands Ecosystem Goals
      http://www.sfei.org/sfbaygoals/

       

    • San Francisco Bay, Estuary and Coastal Online Information Resources
      http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc/baylink.html

       

    • San Francisco Bay Estuary Toxic Contaminants Project
      USGS
      http://water.wr.usgs.gov/toxics/intro.html

       

      • San Francisco Bay Estuary Toxics Site
        http://toxics.usgs.gov/sites/sfbay_page.shtml

         

    • San Francisco Bay muck will mold wetlands
      By Aaron Davis, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.; Wednesday, December 13, 2000
      http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2000/12/12132000/krt_dredge_40760.asp

       

    • San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary
      http://www.epa.gov/ecoplaces/part1/site23.html

       

  • Santa Barbara ChannelKeeper Dedicated to protecting and restoring the ecological health of the Santa Barbara
    Channel, its watersheds and habitat.
    http://www.sbck.org/index.cfm

     

  • Tennessee Clean Water Network
    http://www.tcwn.org/issues/wetlands/

     

  • Wetlands in the Great Lakes Region
    http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/air-land/wetlands.html

     

• 
  WHALE [resources] Medicine, Health & Disease
  Info on vaccinations, cancer, women's health, cosmetics,
  dental toxicity, radiation ... A whale of a site! -- barb
  http://www.whale.to/index.htm
  
  
  • A temporary listing for WHALE is:
    http://www.whaleto.freeserve.co.uk/vaccines.html
    
    
• „Where are Environmental Hazards?¾
  by Holly S. Anthony
  http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1997/7/97.07.01.x.html
  
  
• Whistlers Convention, The International
  
  http://expage.com/page/whistle
  
  
  Jason Serinus
  http://expage.com/page/jasonserinus
  
  
• Whistleblowers
  
  • Government Accountability Project
    Links for Whistleblowers on the Web
    http://www.whistleblower.org/www/Connections.htm

     

  • Whistleblowing
    http://www.integrityinaction.org/issues_whistleblowing.htm

     

  • The National Whistleblower Center
    http://www.whistleblowers.org/about.htm

     

  • Rachel's News - #715 - A Textbook for Whistle-blowers, January 04, 2001
    http://www.rachel.org/bulletin/index.cfm?St=2

    Also see Rachel's page of Related Links, select Whistleblowers under topics and hit search.
    http://www.rachel.org/relatedSites/

     

  • William Sanjour - the environment and whistleblower protection
    Retired EPA employee. -- barb
    http://pwp.lincs.net/sanjour/Default.htm

     

    "... Whistleblowers are over-achievers. They are competent and efficient,
    the kind of people who are concerned that things be done right. They are also people
    who have the moral fiber to stand up to corruption. In almost every case, they became
    whistleblowers because a moral dilemma, not of their own seeking, was thrust upon
    them. They were asked to do something immoral and they refused. Ninety-nine out
    of a hundred people. when faced with such a dilemma, will hold their nose and
    remember where their bread is buttered. Or they will convince themselves there is no
    dilemma. Most whistleblowers start out doing the right thing thinking that once "upper
    management" or some figure of authority learns of the situation they will straighten
    it out. Even after they come to understand that "upper management" is not going to
    save them, whistleblowers remain unrepentant and even defiant. From that inevitably
    follows harassment, persecution. and vilification. This is not the path for a malingerer. ..."
    http://pwp.lincs.net/sanjour/Valentine.htm
  • U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC)
    The OSC disclosure channel differs from other government whistleblower hotline channels in at least three ways:
    • federal law guarantees confidentiality to the whistleblower;
      
    • the Special Counsel may order an agency head to investigate and
      report on the disclosure; and
      
    • after any such investigation, the Special Counsel must send the agency's
      report, with the whistleblower's comments, to the President and Congress.
      http://www.osc.gov/wbdisc.htm

       

  • Whistle Blower Report Area (Let's let them know about fragrances -- barb)
    "Report illegal or questionable uses of chemicals at this web site -
    including suspicious health effects observed after chemical exposure.
    http://www.tampareads.com/guest/guestbook.html

     

  • Whistleblowing
    Integrity in Action
    http://www.integrityinaction.org/issues_whistleblowing.htm

     

• Whitaker Wellness Institute, The
  http://www.whitakerwellness.com/
  
  
  • NCAHF Posts Names of 2,500 Physicians on Quack List
    Originally published July 1997 (on The Vitamin C Foundation site)
    Letter written to:
    Lyn Behrens, PhD
    President, Loma Linda University
    Loma Linda, California 92350
    http://www.internetwks.com/pauling/quack.html
  
  
  
• The White Lung Association
  P.O. Box 1483
  Baltimore, MD 21203-1483
  410-243-5864
  http://www.whitelung.org/

   

  • Asbestos Safety Information for the World Trade Center New York City
    by Paul Safchuck
    http://www.whitelung.org/wtc.html

     

• White Pages, International
  
  http://www.wajens.no/eng/amerika3.shtml#g
  
  
  
• White Thunder Medicine School
  Preserve at Mt. Shasta
  (A nonprofit organization)
  Visit site for info on Reiki class to be held in Vallego on Feb 3, 2002. -- barb
  http://www.whitethundermedicine.com/

   

• Whole Access
  "...works with government officials, park planners, and community leaders to develop
  park programs and facilities that combine accessibility with sound environmental design.
  We believe that the natural environment must be kept natural. ..."
  http://www.wholeaccess.org/

   

  • More on Accessibility
    Going to the Source for Accessibility Assessment
    by Phyllis Cangemi, Wayne Williams, and Paul Gaskell
    http://www.wholeaccess.org/accessibility.html

     

• WHY ARE YOU POISONING YOUR FAMILY?
  Edited from a consumer alert publication by Kara Possick
  http://jwunet.com/cdm53/posion.htm

  WID (World Institute on Disability)
  

  http://www.wid.org/
  
  Wide Vision Productions
  
  ("... impact how people with disabilities are represented")
  http://www.wvp.org/
  
  
  
• Elna Widell
  EW

   

  Cemetery: Forever Fernwood, Mill Valley, California I came to learn of Forever Fernwood through EHN member, Elna Widell, who died April 10, 2005 and chose this cemetery as her final resting place. -- barb http://www.foreverfernwood.com/aboutus.htm Green burials " No chemicals, no elaborate coffins, no carved markers- just eternal rest in a peaceful nature preserve " BY JILL KRAMER; Pacific Sun; December 15, 2004 "... People can now bury their dead at Forever Fernwood in an eco-friendly manner, using biodegradable materials. They can also preserve the burial site in perpetuity by purchasing a conservation easement planted with a tree, native grass or wildflowers. Of course, the old cemetery is still there, and customers can opt for a traditional burial there, but the new part will be free of all of the usual stone and bronze markers. It will look like-and will be-a nature preserve. A global positioning system will record the placement of each burial site. Visitors will be able to walk the grounds with Palm Pilot-sized devices that will guide them to the grave and screen a video tribute, if one has been made. ..." http://www.pacificsun.com/greenburial.html And, from Undernews . . . http://prorev.com/2004/06/fernwood-foreverfirst-organic-cemetary.htm   LOU STOUMEN RETROSPECTIVE PDF: http://www.uturn.org/Essays/STMNpdf.pdf Or, as HTML: http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:BKROufJFRQ4J:www.uturn.org/Essays/STMNpdf.pdf+%22Elna+Widell%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

   

  Wildlife Preservation Trust International
  http://www.wpti.org/

  The Wild Ones Scientist Network
  

  • Jerris Foote and the Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program
    http://www.thewildones.org/Scientists/jerris.html
    
    
  Wildlife Conservation Society
  http://www.wcs.org/
  
  
• Irene Ruth Wilkenfeld and her Safe Schools
  March 1, 2004 -- I am very sorry to learn that we lost Irene last night, February 29. As her
  daughter wrote: "[Irene's death was due to an] exposure to Chlordane over 34 years ago. She
  was a hero til the end, forgoing transplantation because it didn't feel right to her." -- barb

  Follow the following links to some of Irene's work, plus look for a lot more on her site! -- barb
  Safe Schools, Irene Ruth Wilkenfeld
  http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/
  
  

  • About Irene Wilkenfeld
    http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/irene.html

     

  • Bill Of Rights: Environmental Quality in Our Schools
    http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/rights.html
    
    
  • Health Statistics
    http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/h_stats.html
    
    
  • MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY = AN ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE
    Environmental Medicine
    "The following letter is eloquently written by Irene Wilkenfeld to the National
    Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC). It addresses many of the issues which
    confront those with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (a.k.a. MCS or Environmental Illness)."
    Still available through
    http://web.archive.org/web/20010524142926/http://breakoutwebsolutions.com/NEWAH3EM/Irenepg.htm

     

  • Open Letter: Perfumes Contaminate Our Classrooms
    Dr. James Cone has moved to work in New York City, their great gain, our great loss. -- barb http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/perfclasslet.html

     

  • Problem Classroom Contaminants
    http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/contaminants.html
    
    
  • Reading Resources
    http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/references.html

     

  • Sick School Syndrome
    http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/sss.html
    • Symptoms of Sick School Syndrome
      http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/symptoms.html

       

    
    
    
  
  WILSON
  
  
  Wilson, Cynthia
  CIIN (Chemical Injury Information Network)
  http://ciin.org/
  
  
  • CIIN's 2nd MCS Conference
    October 3 - 5, 2003 Fairfax, VA -- Washington DC area
    October 6, 2003, MCS Education Day
    Lobbying efforts in offices of Congress
    http://www.ehnca.org/www/events/ciin2mcs.htm

     

  • The Fragmenting Nature of MCS
    Editorial by Cynthia Wilson, CIIN
    Our Toxic Times May 2004
    Reprinted with Permission
    http://www.wtv-zone.com/infchoice/mcs/wilson.html

     

  
  Wilson's Disease and Wilson's Syndrome -- two different things!
  
  
  Wilson's Disease [from Wrong Diagnosis]
  "Genetic disorder that causes copper to build up in the body's organs."
  Click on page W from their home page, then click on Wilson's Disease. -- barb
  http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/w/wilsons_disease/intro.htm
  

  Wilson's Syndrome Institute.
  Twenty percent (20%) of American women may have Wilson's Thyroid Syndrome.
  We'll help you determine IF this might be YOU.
  http://www.WilsonsSyndromeInstitute.org/symptoms.html
  The Symptoms for Wilson's Syndrome are Similar to Traditional Hypothyroidism but with Key Differences
  http://www.WilsonsSyndromeInstitute.org/physicians.html
  Why are so few physicians familiar with Wilson's Syndrome?
  Wilson's Syndrome: There is Another Side to the American Thyroid Association's position.
  The Discovery of Wilson's Syndrome. The Story of a True Medical Pioneer.

   

  Wilson's Syndrome
  http://www.wilsonssyndrome.com/
  
  
  • FAQs
    http://www.wilsonssyndrome.com/FAQ.htm
    
    
  • Symptoms
    "The symptoms of Wilson's Temperature Syndrome are classic low thyroid symptoms.
    A patient doesn't have to have all the symptoms to respond well to T3 therapy. ..."
    http://www.wilsonssyndrome.com/WilsonsTemperatureSyndromeSymptoms.htm

   

  The Wilson World
  Glynn Wilson; University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  http://web.utk.edu/~gwilson1/default.html
  
  
  • Breathing Room - The battle over new ozone restrictions pits asthma sufferers
    against skeptical industry leaders; by Glynn Wilson
    http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/cover_dir/711_air.htm
    
    
  • Fumento's Distorted Spotlight By Glynn Wilson
    http://web.utk.edu/~gwilson1/fresponse.html
    
    
  • News Break from The Wilson World
    An excellent resource
    http://web.utk.edu/~gwilson1/newsstand.html
  
  
  
  WilWorks Writes
  Pieces by Barb Wilkie are scattered through out this site. Some links are:
  • About Barb
    http://ehnca.org/www/aboutbw.htm

     

  • Action Letters
    http://ehnca.org/www/actnletr/acletin.htm

     

  • ATSDR: A Report on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) Predecisional
    Draft August 24, 1998
    This report doesn't reflect your 'concern'
    http://ehnca.org/www/atsdr/wilkie.htm

     

  • Chemical Injury
    Now is the time to consider your health in all of your tomorrows. ...
    http://www.dizbiz.com/twbb/wwwboard/messages/2.html

    2009 available through
    http://web.archive.org/web/20030501170833/http://www.dizbiz.com/twbb/wwwboard/messages/2.html

  • Chemical Sensitivity IS Real
    The first iteration of this document was written as a February 14, 1999
    e-mail message to
    Dr. Dean Edell. It then appeared in the Nov-Dec 1999 issue
    of EHN's The New Reactor. -- barb
    http://ehnca.org/www/newreact/bwdrdean.htm

     

  • Cleaning & Household Tips from MCS Barbie's Mom
    http://ehnca.org/www/humor/Barbetip.htm

     

  • Dr. Dean, At Last You've Got IT! ...
    ... At Least Where Air "Fresheners" Are Concerned
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/stufdgot.htm

     

  • E-Magazine's Advice & Dissent
    Letters by Susan Vaughn and Barb Wilkie re: "Smelling Good but Feeling Bad"
    http://www.emagazine.com/may-june_2000/0500advdis.html

     

    • Smelling Good But Feeling Bad
      Synthetic Perfumes, Colognes and Scents Are Turning Up Noses
      By Damon Franz and Holly Prall
      http://www.emagazine.com/january-february_2000/0100gl_health.html

       

  • Environmental Health Perspectives
    Grand Rounds in Environmental Medicine: Information on MCS Needed
    by Barb Wilkie
    http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2004/112-5/correspondence.html

     

  • FDA letter: Petition Docket Number 99P-1340/CP 1
    Petition to Have Eternity eau de parfum "Misbranded"
    February 2001: The petition is still open. Please join this citizens' effort -- just tell the
    FDA about your negative reactions to fragrances used by others. -- barb
    http://ehnca.org/www/FDApetition/lbarbwil.htm

     

  • Fragrance is regulated?!?
    Response by barb to "Candle Makers Defend Product;" Nov. 19, 1999
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/candle1.htm
    
    
  • Green Home Living
    Letters To The Editor
    "Dear Folks with Green Home Living and Washington Toxics Coalition:
    "RE: Breathe Easy on Safer Cleaning Products ...
    "Dear Barb,
    "Thank you for you informative letter. We all truly are stakeholders when it comes to
    breathing.
    http://www.greenhomeliving.com/003/lettereditor.html

    Also available via The WayBack Machine at
    http://web.archive.org/web/20021223222629/http://www.greenhomeliving.com/003/lettereditor.html

     

  • INVIRONMENT®
    http://www.invironment.com

     

    • Readers Feedback
      April 2, 2001
      Dear Editor:
      Recent unwanted exposures to synthetic fragrances reminded me of an article in
      INVIRONMENT, August 2000, "Less Respiratory Impact From Fragrances." Tulane's
      testing does not reflect reality. Had I been exposed to a synthetic scent in an inhalation
      chamber for only 20 minutes and then had the luxury of having the chamber "flushed"
      with filtered air, I know I would not have acquired Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). ...
      http://www.invironment.com/inv_feedback.htm

      July 2004: available via http://web.archive.org/web/20010418141530/http://www.invironment.com/inv_feedback.htm

       

      • Readers Feedback -- letter by Betty Bridges
        August 22, 2000
        Dear Editor:
        I would like to comment on the story "Less Respiratory Impact From Fragrances"
        which appeared in the August 2000 issue.
        
        The study at Tulane University did not address several important aspects of asthma.
        Asthma has several components.
        
        Bronchoconstriction, which was addressed by the Tulane study, only addresses this
        aspect of asthmatic responses to fragrances, and simple spirometry does not always
        accurately reflect the constriction of small airways. When the constriction occurs in the
        smaller airways rather than the larger ones, spirometry readings may only drop slightly.
        Constriction of smaller airways requires more extensive testing to pinpoint. Further,
        the exposures were very short, only 20 minutes and there were measurable
        constrictions of the airways. What happens if the exposure continues all day, which
        are what most asthmatics encounter? Nor did the study take into account that there is
        usually exposure to numerous fragranced products. The study did not address at all the
        underlying inflammatory process, which is considered by pulmonary experts of
        great concern. It is this underlying inflammation that makes the airways more susceptible
        to the effects of fragrances and other irritants. And, irritants, such as fragrances,
        increase the inflammation. ...
        http://www.invironment.com/inv_feedback.htm

        July 2004: available via http://web.archive.org/web/20001022070353/http://www.invironment.com/inv_feedback.htm

         

  • Letter to CNN, written in response to:
    "What's ailing school near World Trade Center?"
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/cnnschny.htm

     

    What's ailing school near World Trade Center?
    "NEW YORK (AP) - October 19, 2001-- Dozens of teachers and students at a high school
    next to the World Trade Center site are having trouble breathing and school officials
    have brought in an epidemiology team to find out why. About 80 of the Stuyvesant
    High School's 3,200 students and teachers have complained of respiratory problems,
    headaches and nausea since returning to classes October 9. A few students are wearing
    respirator masks to school, four blocks north of where the twin towers once
    stood. "It smells bad and I know there are other things in the air that are harmful to
    my health," said Joseph Lew, 16, who left school Thursday with a white mask over his
    nose and mouth. ..."
    http://fyi.cnn.com/2001/fyi/teachers.ednews/10/19/attacks.highschool.ap/index.html
  • MCS Barbie
    http://ehnca.org/www/humor/MCSBarbe.htm

     

  • Net4TV Voice
    http://net4tv.com/

     

    • More Informed Choices: Fragrance Testing
      By Barbara Wilkie; August 1, 1999
      http://net4tv.com/voice/Story.cfm?storyID=1111

      or: http://net4tv.com/voice/story.cfm?id=1&StoryID=1111

       

  • The New Reactor, newsletter of the Environmental Health Network
    http://ehnca.org/www/newreact/nrindex.htm

     

    A few of the items appearing online . . .
    
    
    • ALA and AMA: Fragrances DO Trigger Asthma!
      http://ehnca.org/www/newreact/alaamafr.htm

       

    • An Extraordinary Woman
      My farewell to Julia Kendall, barb wilkie
      http://ehnca.org/www/newreact/julia97.htm

       

    • It's Personal! -- A conversation with an air quality district's
      representative at Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD)
      By Barb Wilkie
      http://ehnca.org/www/newreact/itspersl.htm

       

    • Who Cares? Some Do! and Berkeley [goes "fragrance-free," in its fashion]
      By Barb Wilkie
      http://ehnca.org/www/newreact/whocares.htm

       

    • Year End Story Time: A Family Visit
      AKA The Fabric Softener Story
      By Barb Wilkie
      http://ehnca.org/www/newreact/jordan.htm

       

  • 'Scent Circle'
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/fragnreg.htm

     

  • Wonderings with Wilkie
    
    
    1. I wonder if anyone has done an investigative report on the timing of open
       advertising of pharmaceuticals and the proliferation of petrochemically derived
       perfumes added to a proliferation of products?
       
       
    2. Do you see a greater need of pharmaceuticals (prescribed or over-the-counter)
       with the advent of constant sources of chemical irritants and sensitizers such as
       provided by the omnipresent fragrances?
       
       
    3. Why are coumarins, which are commonly used in perfumes, not studied for a
       possible adverse effect upon developing embryos and fetuses?
       
       
    4. Why has the flavors and fragrance industry been allowed to release to market
       such a proliferation of products without independent substantiation of safety?
       
       
    5. Why does our Congress bend to the money of industry lobbying, rather than the
       expressed concerns of its constituents?
       
       
    6. Where is that research called for before the 99th Congress -- that's way back in 1986, people! -- regarding the neurotoxics found in petrochemically derived fragrances?

       ...

    My opinions are scattered throughout EHN's site . . . I've tried to remember to put them
    in Italics and to sign them "-- barb." Barb Wilkie

     

  Wine
  If you drink wine and beer: BUY ORGANIC! Use your search engine to find sites for
  "organic wine" or ask your local wine merchant to stock organic wine and beer. -- barb
  

• Wine Grapes & Pesticides: Sonoma and Napa Counties
  http://www.alternatives2toxics.org/main.htm

   

  • Toxic Pesticides: What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us
    http://www.alternatives2toxics.org/toxicpesticides.htm

     

  
  
  Wire
  
  Ample Power
  http://www.amplepower.com/

   

  • Wiring 12 Volts for Ample Power - book
    http://www.amplepower.com/products/wiring/

     

  • Twisted Wire
    barb sez, Susan Molloy told me: "twisting a pair of wires so they wrap around each other
    every foot (?) or so keeps them from making as big an EM field. ...and recommended:
    Current Switch video
    "A very practical and easy to watch video guide to detecting and minimizing unwanted
    man-made EMFs. Includes step-by-step information on how to deal with electric
    blankets, water beds, computers, microwave transmitters, radar, and household wiring!
    By John and Trish Banta
    Available from many sources for about $29.95 - one example is:
    The EMF Safety Superstore's Books and Videos
    http://www.lessemf.com/book8.html

     

  Wired
  
  • Hole Exposes Hotmail Email
    by Declan McCullagh
    http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,36241,00.html
  
  
  WOBBLERS
  http://www.wobblers.com/
  
  
  • WHAT ARE WOBBLERS?
    "WOBBLERS are people who have been damaged by gentamicin.
    Gentamicin is a very powerful aminoglycoside (antibiotic) than can have
    devastating side effects. ..." http://www.wobblers.com/newpage1.htm
    
    
  
  Peggy Wolff, M.S., R.N.C.S.
  Healthy People, Healthy Places
  http://www.peggywolff.com/
  
  
  • American Journal of Nursing - June, 2003 - Volume 103, Issue 6 HEALTH & SAFETY Scent of a Workplace
    Fragrances are a major source of indoor air pollution.
    By Peggy Wolff, MS, APRN, HNC
    http://www.nursingworld.org/AJN/2003/june/health.htm

     

  • The Environmental Health Coalition of Western Massachusetts
    -April Grace Thomas
    http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/womst/ej2002/mcs.htm

     

  • Environmental Health Counseling
    By Peggy Wolff; Many Hands
    http://www.manyhands.com/articles/peggywolff.html

     

  • Massachusetts Nurses Association
    Addressing Important Nursing Issues Chemical Exposures
    Ways to reduce toxic exposures in the home
    By Peggy Wolff, MS, APRN, HNC
    I hope Kaiser Permenete takes a look at this! While it is written with the nurses' homes in mind,
    it is only sensible to leave off the scents when going to work, not only because of the patients'
    needs, but the wise nurse will not add superfluous toxins to her own body. -- barb
    " ... Because nurses are exposed to so many chemicals at work, it is vitally important that
    nurses reduce chemical exposure at home -- or, as environmental health experts say -- reduce their "total body load. ..."
    http://www.massnurses.org/health/articles/chemexpos4.htm

     

  • Nursing World - The American Journal of Nursing
    Scent of a Workplace - Fragrances are a major source of indoor air pollution.
    By Peggy Wolff, MS, APRN, HNC
    " More and more people have developed adverse reactions to perfume and other scented
    products. The Institute of Medicine has even placed fragrances in the same category
    as secondhand cigarette smoke in triggering asthma in adults and children. ..."
    You can see that study by visiting
    http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/0309064961?OpenDocument -- barb
    http://www.nursingworld.org/AJN/2003/june/health.htm.

     

  • NurseRadio.org
    Environmental Medicine "Peggy Wolff is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse, with a specialized practice in
    Environmental and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Pathologies. Peggy was one of the
    original co-developers and CORE Faculty members of the American Holistic Nurses
    Association Certificate Program in Holistic Nursing. She is presently the Director of
    Healthy People, Healthy Places, an environmental health counseling service, in
    Amherst, MA. Peggy donates much of her time and resources to educating the public
    on ퟙsick schoolퟘ environments, and the hazards to teachers, students and others
    that they pose. Additionally, she passionately promotes work-place toxicity awareness
    to health care workers and nurses in the hope of stemming the rising tide of
    environmental illnesses. "
    http://nurseradio.org/nurseradio/PeggyWolff.shtml

     

  
  
• Women's Environmental Network (WEN)
  United Kingdom
  "Deodorant chemicals found in breast tumours WEN welcomes a study by
  researchers at Reading University that shows chemicals commonly used in
  deodorants and other cosmetics have contaminated the human breast. ..."
  http://www.wen.org.uk/

   

  • HEALTH
    http://www.wen.org.uk/health/currproj_health.htm

     

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

     

  • Ending the cosmetics cover-up
    http://www.wen.org.uk/general_pages/Newsitems/pr_cosmeticscoverup.htm

     

  • Women's Environmental Network
    "Deodorant chemicals found in breast tumours WEN welcomes a study by
    researchers at Reading University that shows chemicals commonly used in
    deodorants and other cosmetics have contaminated the human breast. ..."
    http://www.wen.org.uk/

     

  • WEN response to åConcentrations of Parabens in Human Breast Tumours¼
    by Dr Philippa Darbre et al, Reading University,
    published in the Journal of Applied Toxicology 12/1/04 (Jan. 12, 2004)
    http://www.wen.org.uk/general_pages/Newsitems/ms_parabens_tumours.htm

     

  • Ending the cosmetics cover up --
    Companies list of products supposedly without parabens
    http://www.wen.org.uk/cosmetics/companies.htm

     

  • Why the need for such a list?
    http://www.wen.org.uk/cosmetics/companies.htm#why

     

  • Criteria for inclusion "Companies are included in this list if they claim their products are: free from Parabens*,
    and free from Synthetic Fragrances**.These two basic criteria were selected as they
    are among the most common found in many products. ..."
    *Parabens are one of the most widely used preservatives, are oestrogen mimics and have
    been implicated in a number of health issues.
    
    "**Often labelled parfum. Can contain between 50 and 100 chemical fragrances and may
    indicate the presence of phthalates linked to reproductive damage. (see separate
    cosmetics briefing, and our Pretty Nasty report on phthalates). It is worth noting that
    skin may react to natural as well as synthetic ingredients.
    http://www.wen.org.uk/cosmetics/companies.htm#criteria

    A link out from WEN to Soil Association's . . . Organic beauty products: a safer alternative
    http://www.soilassociation.org.uk/web/sa/saweb.nsf/f201148200f2e8af80256dbf005202e4/5c9dfc1d69d4302380256e210050f3b1!OpenDocument

     

• Women's Health Innitiative
  IF "scientific studies" were really scientific, people such as myself would be included, rather
  than excluded. I was not allowed to participate in this study because I refused to have a
  mammogram. They assured me I'd be put in a group that did not get HRT, but I had to have a
  mammogram. I refused. I was asked to join, repeatedly. I continued to state that I would if I'd not
  have to subject my body to the radiation required of a mammogram. They repeatedly rejected
  me as a subject. Eventually they got IT!, and no longer pestered me with the invites. And
  maybe I'm the luckier, for I do not know if there really was a guarantee that I'd not be given HRT.
  One more thought . . . To my way of thinking, folks who developed dementia or breast cancer, ...as a
  result of taking HRT are chemically injured, environmentally ill, living with IATROGENIC diseases. -- barb
  http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/

   

  • WHI Background and Overview
    http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/background.htm

     

  • WHI - Menopausal Hormone Therapy Information
    "New findings from the Women's Health Initiative and other studies offer important
    information about the risks and benefits of long-term menopausal hormone therapy. ..."
    http://www.nih.gov/PHTindex.htm

     

  • Post-Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy Information Guide
    Quick Medical Resource Center
    http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/1775/hrt.htm#start

     

    ALZHEIMER'S -- At first we were told:

     

    • Facts about the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHI-MS) of Estrogen
      and Alzheimer's Disease - 1996
      "...Recent research shows that estrogen has a beneficial effect on brain cells and
      chemicals. Brain cells form better connections in the presence of estrogen. ..."
      http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/5342/drug08.htm

       

    • Study Is Further Evidence That Estrogen Replacement May Be
      Protective Against Alzheimer's
      Wednesday, Jun. 18, 1997 http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jun97/nia-18.htm

      
      But time proved otherwise!
      
      

    • Hormone Replacement Increases Risk of Dementia
      Hormone therapy doubled the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia
      in women who began the treatment at age 65 or older, according to a large study.
      http://www.mercola.com/2003/jun/11/hormone_replacement.htm

      
      BREAST CANCER -- At first we were told:

      
      

    • Hormone Replacement Therapy May Improve Breast Cancer Detection
      And Survival Rate
      Source: Oregon Health & Science University - Date: 2002-09-13 "PORTLAND, Ore. -- A study of nearly 300 breast cancer patients at Oregon Health &
      Science University found that women who use hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
      have less aggressive tumors and are more likely to be diagnosed through mammograms
      than other methods. Also, HRT users with breast cancer had significantly better
      survival rates than non-HRT users. The study is published in the September issue of the
      journal The Archives of Surgery.

      Because hormones increase the density of breast tissue, researchers have suspected that
      HRT use would make it more difficult to detect tumors on mammograms. As a result,
      it was suspected that tumors in patients who have received HRT might not be detected
      until they were larger and more advanced. However, of 144 study patients using HRT,
      84 had their tumors detected by mammogram, while 60 were detected by other
      methods. Comparatively, of 148 non-HRT users, 63 had their tumors detected by
      mammogram, while 85 were detected by palpation (feeling for lumps).
      http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/09/020913064235.htm

      But time proved otherwise!
      
      

    • Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked to Breast Cancer
      " Adding to evidence that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can potentially raise a woman's risk of
      breast cancer, a new US study links recent, long-term HRT with a heightened risk of the disease. ..."
      http://www.mercola.com/2002/mar/2/estrogen.htm

      
      

    • Breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy: collaborative reanalysis of data
      from 51 epidemiological studies of 52,705 women with breast cancer and 108,411 women
      without breast cancer. Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer.
      Lancet. 1997 Oct 11;350(9084):1047-59. "...Whether HRT affects mortality from breast cancer is not known. INTERPRETATION:
      The risk of having breast cancer diagnosed is increased in women using HRT and
      increases with increasing duration of use. This effect is reduced after cessation of use of
      HRT and has largely, if not wholly, disappeared after about 5 years. These findings should
      be considered in the context of the benefits and other risks associated with the use of HRT. "
      http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10213546&dopt=Abstract

       

    • NABCO (National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations) News Flash
      July 10, 2002 - Hormone Replacement Therapy and Increased Risk of Invasive Breast Cancer
      NABCO Commentary on the WHI Study Findings
      http://www.nabco.org/index.php/?page_section=news-flash-one&news_flash_id=23

      And, then, there is controversy!
      Hmmm, MCS and those living with it are denigrated by the use of the word controversy. -- barb
      
      

    • "HRT and Breast Cancer
      "Recently, women have been overwhelmed with reports that HRT may increase the risk
      for breast cancer. One particular study of 46,355 women in the Breast Cancer
      Detection Demonstration Project, a national breast cancer screening program, found
      nearly a 9% increase in breast cancer risk among women who used combined HRT
      (estrogen and progestin) each year. However, Dr. Judith Reichman, a professor at the
      University of California, Los Angeles who spoke at the Congress on Women¼s Health
      and Gender-Based Medicine meeting in June 2000, said that the results of the Breast
      Cancer Detection Demonstration Project are often misinterpreted. Some women may
      incorrectly assume that a 9% increase in breast cancer risk each year would mean that
      in 10 years, a woman¼s risk of breast cancer would be 90%. In reality, the researchers
      noted a 9% per year incidence of breast cancer among women who took HRT for a long
      period (typically over five years).
      
      "Women¼s health experts blame the media for emphasizing the negative findings of HRT
      studies while devoting little attention to studies that do not find a relationship
      between HRT and breast cancer risk. Two large studies conducted by the American
      Cancer Society and the Iowa¼s Women¼s Health Study did not find an increased breast
      cancer risk with HRT, but these studies were not well reported to the public. ..."
      Imaginis sponsored by SIEMENS
      http://imaginis.com/breasthealth/hrt.asp#HRT

      
      HEART DISEASE -- At first we were told:

       

    • Understanding Menopause: Learning to make informed choices
      Brooklyns Women's Health
      "... Studies have shown that estrogen significantly reduces the risk of heart disease. It
      also has an important effect on arteries by raising good cholesterol (HDL) and lowering
      the harmful kind (LDL). Without the protection of estrogen, bones tend to lose
      calcium, leaving them weak and brittle. ..." [emphasis added]
      
      "...To counter the loss of bone calcium and avert osteoporosis, eat lots of calcium-rich
      foods, such as low-fat dairy products and dark green leafy vegetables. Daily calcium
      supplements also should be considered. A study published last year indicates that
      taking 1,200 milligrams of calcium daily has the added benefit of helping to reduce
      PMS-like symptoms by approximately 50 percent. ..." [emphasis added]
      http://www.hscbklyn.edu/ia/brooklyn_wo_health/spring2000/pages/article1.htm

      But time proved otherwise!
      
      

    • Hormone Replacement Does Not Reduce Heart Disease
      "Standard hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which is so often used in menopausal
      and post-menopausal women, does not protect them against heart disease after all,
      contrary to the belief of many physicians. A just published study in the New England
      Journal of Medicine saw no evidence that HRT had any effect on the rate of artery blockage. ..."
      August 27, 2000
      http://www.mercola.com/2000/aug/27/hormone_replacement_heart_disease.htm

       

    • Hormones Not Good for Women with Heart Disease
      July 18, 2001
      For women with heart disease, HRT can temporarily raise the risk of heart attack and death.
      http://www.mercola.com/2001/jul/18/hormones.htm

      Anyone interested in HRT might do well to read this five part series brought to you by Dr. Mercola. -- barb
      Hormone Replacement Therapy When Is It Necessary?
      Dr. Tim O'Shea (The Doctor Within at http://www.thedoctorwithin.com/)
      http://www.mercola.com/2001/jul/4/hrt.htm

      --------------

      EHN and I are not recommending lawyers . . . I'm including this link because the
      site contains information you have every right to learn about. -- barb
      

    • Side Effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy
      R,G. Taylor P.C. Law Offices
      http://www.estrogen-replacement-side-effects.com/html/effects.html

       

    
    
  
  WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH ORIGINS
  http://www.ncmdr.org/womens.html

   

  • Women's History Month/Late 60s Women's Liberation Connection
    http://www.ncmdr.org/whm98.html

     

• Women's Voices for the Earth (WVE)
  http://www.wildrockies.org/
  
  
  • Breast Cancer
    http://www.wildrockies.org/WVE/issuesd.htm

     

  • Pesticides
    http://www.wildrockies.org/WVE/issuese.htm

     

  
  WOOD

  Wood Smoke
  This section is dedicated to Judy R, who died Jan 4., 2002 due to adverse effects of wood smoke infiltrating her home. Judy had lived with EI and sadly, suffered a "premature" death. -- barb

   

  • Air Pollution from Wood-Burning Appliances and Fireplaces
    Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clearinghouse (EREC)
    http://www.eren.doe.gov/consumerinfo/refbriefs/ja3.html

     

  • Whitehorse Air Quality Alert
    http://www.city.whitehorse.yk.ca/Residents/GovtServices/Departments/environment/1999/Wood%20Smoke/AirQuality.html

     

  • Wood Energy and Health
    Regional Wood Energy Development Programme in Asia
    "The use, production and collection of wood energy can have serious health impacts,
    which mostly affect women and children. So far, health problems related to wood
    energy have received little attention from governments and international agencies,
    even though millions of people are affected. ..."
    http://www.rwedp.org/i_health.html

     

  Wood Treatment

  Also see EHN's section on CCA treated wood
  http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/c.htm#CCA

   

  • Chemical Treatment of Wood
    http://www.ncamp.org/poisonpoles/wood.html

     

    • Wood Preserving Facilities and Contamination Sites By State
      http://www.ncamp.org/poisonpoles/tables/table1.html

       

  • Copper naphthenate - Pesticide use statistics for 2003
    From Pesticide Action Network (PAN)
    http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_ChemUse.jsp?Rec_Id=PC35068

     

    • Listed as MODERATE Toxicity by PAN, but it was immediate and strong for me!
      Utility poles in front of home and on entire block treated with COP-R-PLASTIC
      WOOD PRESERVING COMPOUND, which contains Copper naphthenate, Sodium
      Fluoride, Tech. and Petroleum Distilates. I was sickened immediately, but didn't know
      why until I overheard hubby and neighbor discussing the truck on our block, the digging
      around the utility pole in front of our home and the drilling into all of the poles on
      this block for insertion of what? We didn't know at that time . . . eventually, our county
      Ag department was able to track down the MSDS sheets for COP-R-PLASTIC WOOD
      PRESERVING COMPOUND and for Woodfume, which contains Sodium Methyldithiocarbamate. -- barb
      http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Docs/ref_toxicity2.html#NarrativeTox

       

  • COPPER NAPTHENATE WOOD PRESERVATIVE - MSDS
    http://www.nelsonpaint.com/msds/MS18_01.html

     

  • 2,4-Dinitrophenol -- US EPA's info
    "Hazard Summary
    " 2,4-Dinitrophenol is used in the manufacture of dyes, wood preservatives, and as a
    pesticide. The acute (short-term) effects of 2,4-dinitrophenol in humans through oral
    exposure are nausea, vomiting, sweating, dizziness, headaches, and loss of weight.
    Chronic (long-term) oral exposure to 2,4-dinitrophenol in humans has resulted in the
    formation of cataracts and skin lesions, weight loss, and has caused effects on the bone
    marrow, central nervous system (CNS), and cardiovascular system. Limited or no
    information is available on the developmental, reproductive, or carcinogenic effects of
    2,4-dinitrophenol in humans. EPA has not classified 2,4-dinitrophenol for carcinogenicity.
    http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/hlthef/dinitrop.html

     

  • DIOXIN IN PENTACHLOROPHENOL: A CASE STUDY OF CANCER DEATHS
    IN THE LUMBER INDUSTRY
    By Richard Alexander
    http://consumerlawpage.com/article/lumber.shtml

     

  • EXTOXNET
    http://extoxnet.orst.edu/

     

    • EXTOXNET Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Line...
      http://extoxnet.orst.edu/faqs/

       

  • Rentolin -- see EHN's page R / Rentolin
    
  • Sodium Methyldithiocarbamate
    Used under name, WOODFUME, for poisoning utility poles on our block and me! -- barb
    http://toxsci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/87/1/75

     

  • Treated Timber - an introduction
    from Plantation Timber Association Australia
    http://www.ptaa.com.au/treat2.htm

     

  • Woodlife
    
    • Chemically Induced Diseases: Synergistic Effects and Cumulative Injuries
      caused by Toxic Chemicals -- Understanding the Gulf War Syndrome and Multiple
      Chemical Sensitivity [MCS]
      Alexander, Hawes & Audet, LLP; By Richard Alexander, Esq.
      This may seem like a stretch, but this article includes info on reactions to Woodlife. - barb
      "...Champion International never advised purchasers of Woodlife, or their
      employees, to be alert for an evidence of acne that was commonly associated
      associated with individuals working in the application of Woodlife, or reports of
      rashes, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, dizziness, excessive perspiration,
      conjunctivitis or crusting of the eyes, depression or memory loss, insomnia or
      irritability, tingling or numbness in the extremities, blood in the urine or stool,
      burning sensation in the trachea or bronchi, nose bleeds, asthma-like symptoms,
      altered liver function, kidney or bladder infection or complaints, immune complaints,
      ongoing infections, children born with abnormalities, low sperm count, soft tissue
      sarcomas, unexplained fevers or night sweats, herpes sores or any skin disturbances
      below the eyes, at the temples or at the back of the neck or ears.
      
      "These symptoms are common signs of low level exposure to pentachlorophenol
      contaminated with dioxins and should not be confused with common conditions that
      have similar symptoms, such as colds or flu. ..."
      http://library.lp.findlaw.com/articles/file/00083/006956/title/Subject/topic/Military%20Law_Veterans/filename/militarylaw_1_283

       

    • Chemical Injuries: Dioxin in Pentachlorophenol:
      A Case Study of Cancer Deaths in the Lumber Industry
      By Richard Alexander
      http://personalinjurylawpage.com/case-reports/lumber.htm

       

    • DIOXIN IN PENTACHLOROPHENOL:
      A CASE STUDY OF CANCER DEATHS IN THE LUMBER INDUSTRY
      By Richard Alexander
      http://consumerlawpage.com/article/lumber.shtml

       

    
    
  Women's Cancer Resource Center
  http://www.wcrc.org
  
  Women's Environmental and Development Organization (WE DO)
  
  http://www.wedo.org/
  
  
  Word IS Out!, The
  Access and accommodation information you can use -- or that which may cheer you. -- barb
  http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/wordout.htm

  Word Processing Services
  
  

  • A-Z COMPUTING
    Word Processing, Database & Paralegal Services
    http://www.jps.net/azcomp/
    
    
  
  Workers and the Workplace
  
  First, CLEAR THE AIR OF SUPERFLUOUS TOXINS! That's like: "Remove the pump
  handle." So with that in mind, curtail the use of synthetic fragrances found in commonly
  and unwittingly used personal care and cleaning/maintenance products. Develop pesticide-free
  policies and programs as well. If you need help gaining access and accommodation due to
  chemical injury (including diseases from fragrances and pesticides), please visit EHN's Take Heart! at
  http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/takheart.htm -- barb
  
  WORKERS' COMP
  
  
  • Governor's signature approves increase in benefits to injured workers
    for the first time in 19 years -- State currently ranks 49th of 50
    February 16, 2002
    " Long overdue relief is on the way for the nearly one million
    California workers who are injured on the job each year.
    Now, if the people who are chemically injured on the job are duly recognized . . . -- barb
    http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/english/featurestory/1605.htm

     

  • 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.
    Howard Baker reports; NewScientist; 21 June 1997
    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.geocities.com/fragranceallergy/NewScientist21061997.html

     

  • Definition of Injury in Chemical Exposure
    
    http://www.caaa.org/Brief_Bank/2001.htm
    
    
    
  • Enforcement Guidance:
    Reasonable Accommodation and Undue Hardship
    Under the Americans with Disabilities Act
    
    http://www.eeoc.gov/docs/accommodation.html
    
    
    
  • General Workers Compensation
    PrairieLaw -- legal on-line community
    
    http://db.prairielaw.com/HyperNews/get/generalwc3.html
    
    
    
  • Good Faith in Employment
    (Does this mean the employer may ostracise the employee with MCS to a more toxic office? -- barb)
    • The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
      "demonstrates good faith efforts, in consultation with the person with a disability"
      http://www.eeoc.gov/docs/damages.html

       

    • Integrity in Action - Uniting America's Trustkeepers
      "Join a community of trustkeepers, whistleblowers and others who support integrity
      in the workplace, particularly in government. ..."
      http://www.integrityinaction.org/

       

      • Whistleblowing
        http://www.integrityinaction.org/issues_whistleblowing.htm

         

    • Office of Human Resources, UC Berkeley Campus
      "Good faith efforts are specific actions that administrators, managers, and
      supervisors can take to fulfill EEO/AA responsibilities...."
      http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/AAEEO/goodefft.htm

       

  • Indoor Air Quality; Legal and Liability Issues
    Cooke, Clancy & Gruenthal, LLP; By Christopher T. Vrountas
    This article has a good discussion of the pitfalls of Workers' Comp. PERFUME is a pollutant! -- barb
    " ... Despite the fact that workers' compensation can often be the only form of redress
    for an employee suffering from ailments caused by poor indoor air quality in the
    workplace, there are difficulties inherent in workers' compensation claims which
    make recovery for this particular type of injury especially difficult. ..."
    http://articles.corporate.findlaw.com/articles/file/00702/002847/title/Subject/topic/Environmental Law_Air/filename/environmentallaw_2_181

     

  • Injured Workers' Coalition of New York State
    
    http://www.net1plus.com/users/weurgeu/iwc.html
    
    
    
  • Insult to Injury -- Special Report
    http://www.pressdemo.com/workerscomp/
    
    
  • Telephone Taping Laws
    http://www.pimall.com/nais/n.tel.tape.law.html
    
    
    
  • Victims of Workers Compensation
    
    http://people.goplay.com/victim_of_workers_comp/
    
    
    
  • Workers' Comp Q & A with Julie
    
    http://www.abag.ca.gov/govnet/julie/julie.html
  • Workers' Compensation
    
    http://humanresources.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa060398.htm
    
    
    
  • Workers' Compensation Community Forum
    http://www.workcompforum.com/wwwboard/
    
    
  • Workers Survival Guide from Fedup Feds
    
    http://www.fedupfeds.org/helpindex.htm
    
    
    
  • WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY - THE TOXIC CLASSROOM
    09/01 - Have not found mention of synthetic scented products ... time to educate. -- barb
    http://www.worksafe.org/Training/iaq.shtml

     

  • Workplace Injured
    http://www.injuredworker.org/index.htm
    
    
    
  • Workplace Stress
    " 'Work stress imposes enormous and far-reaching costs on workers' well-being and
    corporate profitability,' said NIOSH Director Linda Rosenstock, M.D., M.P.H."
    
    I wonder if they have a clue as to the amount of stress that is applied to the employee with
    MCS -- most often in the name of getting him or her to leave of his/her own volition. -- barb
    
    STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTING JOB STRESS SUGGESTED BY CDC IN NEW PUBLICATION
    http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/stresrel.html
    
    
    • Stress at Work
      Two bits' worth by barb -- I think one finds that the symptoms associated with "stress"
      are so often the same symptoms associated with chemical sensitivity and injury, that first
      attention should be paid to reducing the number of superfluous toxins found in
      commonly used fragrances in personal care and cleaning products, and pesticides.
      http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/stresswk.html
      
      
    • NIOSH Job Stress Research Program
      http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/jobstres.html
      
      
    • Work Stress Publications
      http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/biblio.html
  
  
  Working Assests (WALD)
  (Long-destance carrier)
  http://www.workingassets.com/home.cfm
  
  
  • ShopForChange.com
    http://www.ShopForChange.com
    
    
  • Working For Change
    http://www.workingforchange.com/

     

  Working Fragrance-Free
  Amy Marsh's Death by Perfume?
  http://ehnca.org/www/WFF/watsntes.htm
  

   

  The Noe Valley Voice
  Think Twice About Wearing a Fragrance to Work
  By Maire Farrington; October 1997
  http://www.noevalleyvoice.com/1997/October/fragrnc.html

   

  
  Workplace Info

   

  EHN's Take Heart!
  
  • Also see EHN's "Access/Accommodation (Common Courtesy)" at
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/takheart.htm#Access

     

  • Ask the Workplace Doctors - "WEGO"
    http://www.west2k.com/wego.htm
    
    
    • Archives: Perfumes and Odors
      http://www.west2k.com/wpdocs/qarchive.htm#Perfumes & Odors

       

      And a few of the responses from Dr. William Gorden of The Workplace Doctors follow. Perhaps
      if the staff but knew of the toxic chemicals they were applying to their bodies and therefore
      breathing in the ambient air, they may rethink their need -- or perceived "right" -- to wear
      synthetic scents in public venues. Remember, synthetic fragrances are acknowledge air polluters,
      which affect the air for all . . . regardless of underlying health conditions, including pregnancy! -- barb
      
      
      See NIEHS - "Common Indoor Air Pollutants"
      http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/faq/indoor.htm
      
      See EHN's section, "Pregnancy & Fragrances"
      http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/p.htm#Pregnancy
      
      See EHN's "FDA Petition"
      http://ehnca.org/www/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm
      
      See EHN's "Take Heart!" -- gather info for workplace fragrance-free accommodation
      http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/takheart.htm
      
      
      
    • Consensus report
      Airway allergy and worklife.
      Malmberg P; Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
      "... In addition, asthma is worsened by irritant exposures from dusts and fine
      particles, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide gas, cold air and exercise, strong scents,
      and environmental tobacco smoke. Common detergents and cleaning agents may
      also pose a threat. ..."
      http://www.occuphealth.fi/cgi-bin/sjweh/abst_testi.pl?key=2001|6|422--|1

       

      Yes, US OSHA, workplaces can be the cause of debilitating, disabling MCS, cancers,
      asthma, migraines . . .. I'm lucky I've only developed a benign tumor and been disabled by MCS
      in my former workplace. Others have developed cancer and died. But, of course, the workplace
      is exonerated. However, add together your monthly or so spraying of pesticides, seemingly
      constant painting of offices, hall walls and restrooms with high-emitting VOC paints, apply carpet
      cleaners, recarpet elevators with no warnings using high-VOC adhesives, install new shelves
      over night during the workweek with without outgassing the high-VOC-emitting oil, give the
      entire building a good dose of roofing sealant applied twice in one week during core business
      hours, cabinet making with the use of high-VOC-emitting adheseves, again, during core
      business hours, and staff and visitors (public agency) wearing as heavy a scent, as heavily applied
      as they like, plus a good dose of personally sprayed pesticides when one leaves one's lollypop in
      one's desk drawer to attrack ants, and there is no wonder in my mind that "MCS IS
      CLEARLY ... OCCUPATIONALLY RELATED!" See OSHA's statement regarding Multiple
      Chemical Sensitivity
      
      "Because the cause of MCS is not currently known, control methods could only be
      based on unproven theories. MCS is clearly not occupationally related. "
      
      OSHA, how can you have it both ways? IF the cause of MCS is NOT currently known, then you
      cannot so cavalierly dismiss MCS as not occupationally related. In my case, MCS was acquired
      in an office. What about workers in refineries, plastics plants, fertilizer, pesticide,
      fragrance manufacturing, ... ad nauseam? OSHA has changed its format, but it's message remains
      the same (Aug 2002). -- barb
      http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/multiplechemicalsensitivities/index.html

       

      
      
    • How Can I Create A Fragrance-Free Workplace? - question 15
      http://gwis.com/~wego/q15.htm
      
      
    • "Beautiful" Battle Reaches Management - question 54
      http://www.west2k.com/wpdocs/q54.htm
      
      barb's two bits' worth: I'm afraid most mainstream allergist just don't know. The fragrance
      tests that they may be familiar with are dermatological. Indeed, that's what most testing
      has been for ... and then, only with regard to the individual wearing/using the scented
      product. Even dermatologists haven't clearly recognized - and issued public warnings - that
      synthetic fragrances worn or used by one individual can cause eczema, acne, hives, rashes . . .
      in another individual. That's right. You can suffer adverse skin, respiratory, headaches and other
      central nervous system disorders, all thanks to secondhand fragrance "use." -- barb
      

       

    • How Can We Operate Fragrance Free?- question 175
      http://www.west2k.com/wpdocs/q175.htm

       

    • A Potpourri Of Sickness At Work! - question 180
      http://www.west2k.com/wpdocs/q180.htm

       

    • Chemical Exposure Has Me Down and Out (of work)! - question 216
      http://www.west2k.com/wpdocs/q216.htm

       

    • We Are Tired Of These Fragrance-Free Crusaders! - question 227
      http://www.west2k.com/wpdocs/q227.htm

       

    • Help! Workplace Scents Are Making Me Sick! - question 300
      http://www.west2k.com/wpdocs/q300.htm

       

    • Workplace Legal Matters - What Are My Rights?
      http://www.west2k.com/wpdocs/legalmatters.htm

       

  • Environmental Jobs and Careers
    "E Jobs links to environmental opportunities in the USA and Canada. Employment includes careers such as
    environmental engineers, nature and wetlands scientists, GIS, technicians, chemists, earth sciences
    / geologists, policy and law, wildlife conservation, planning, education, wastewater treatment and
    operations, program and project management, etc."
    http://www.ejobs.org/
    
    
  • Multiple Chemical Sensitivities at Work (NO longer available)
    A Training Workbook for Working People
    by The Labor Institute, NYC
    
    phone: 212.674.3322
    e-mail: laborinst@aol.com
    (This is an excellent resource. Of course, to gain workplace accommodation, you must
    work for an employer who wants to accommodate, believes in accessible workplaces,
    wishes to improve the indoor air quality for all, ... -- barb)
    NY Labor Institute
    853 Broadway, room 2014
    New York, NY 10003
    
    
  • The 90s Workplace
    
    There's a long-time employee in this workplace
    Who must play hide and seek with her own face
    
    Her breathing's impaired
    By perfume that's aired
    
    So she works adorned by gas mask, not lace.
    
    ©barb wilkie; Limerick Day, May 12, 1994
    (A lifetime ago, when I was still gainfully employed. -- barb)

    
    

  • "Scents and Sensitivity "
    Sick-building syndrome can cause some serious workplace woes
    By Julyne Derrick
    http://www.jobfair2000.com/html/atwork/fea10-34.htm
    
    
  • Smoke-free Workplaces
    See EHN's Smoke-Free
    at http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/s.htm#Smoke-free

     

  • Working Fragrance Free (WFF), a project of EHN, led by Amy Marsh
    Death by Perfume?
    (by A. Marsh with apologies to A. Conan Doyle)

     

    P.O. Box 460461
    San Francisco, CA, 94146-0461
    
    
    
    
  • Workplace, EHN's "Take Heart!"
    Fragrance-free accommodation suggestions
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/takheart.htm#Workplace

     

  • WorkSafe
    
  -- end workplace info --

  
  World Health Organization (WHO)
  http://www.who.int/
  

  • Asthma Statistics from WHO
    http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact206.html
    
    
  • Environmental Health Criteria Series (chemicals)
    http://www.who.int/dsa/cat97/zehc.htm
    
    
  • Publications: Chemical toxicology, carcinogenicity
    http://www.who.int/dsa/cat95/chem5.htm

     

    http://www.who.int/dsa/cat98/chemtox8.htm
    
    

  • World Health Organization Publications
    http://www.who.int/dsa/cat97/zlib.htm

  World Institute on Disability (WID)
  

  http://www.wid.org/
  
  
  World Resources Institute
  
  http://www.wri.org/health/
  
  
  World Resources Institute
  
  http://www.wri.org/health/
  
  
  Children's Special Vulnerability
  http://www.wri.org/wr-98-99/children.htm
  
  Linking Environment and Health
  http://www.wri.org/wr-98-99/wr98-001.htm
  
  World Trade Center - WTC
  See EHN's page, September 11, 2001 for articles and informative links. -- barb
  http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/sept11.htm

  World Trade Organization (WTO)

  • Corporate Watch
    "Who Owns the WTO?"
    "Early Harvest in Killer Chemicals"
    http://www.igc.org/trac/feature/wto/2-chem.html
    
    
  • FlipSide (alternative newsletter) -- search for
    CANADIAN ACTIVISTS JOIN INT'L GROUPS IN CAMPAIGN TO STOP WORLD TRADE TALKS
    By Heather Scoffield, Ottawa
    http://www.flipside.org/
    
    
  • Free Trade Runs Amok
    by Bill Duesing
    First broadcast on WSHU/WSUF-FM, November 26, 1999
    http://www.wshu.org/duesing/
    
    
  
  
  World Wide Web Search Engines
  
  • Alta Vista
    http://www.altavista.com/
    
    
  • Excite
    http://www.excite.com/
    
    
  • InfoSeek http://infoseek.go.com/
    
    
  • Lycos
    http://www.lycos.com/
    
    
  • WebCrawler http://www.webcrawler.com/
  
  
  WorldWatch Institute
  http://www.worldwatch.org/
  
  
  • GROUND-BREAKING TOXICS REPORT WILL WAKE-UP AMERICA
    Worldwatch Media Advisory
    http://www.worldwatch.org/alerts/010321a.html

     

  WorldWise
  http://www.worldwise.com/
  
  
  • AIR-TO-AIR HEAT EXCHANGERS
    http://www.worldwise.com/sustainable_living/fact_sheets/airexchanger.html

     

  • AIR FRESHENERS & ODOR REMOVERS
    by Debra Lynn Dadd
    http://www.worldwise.com/sustainable_living/fact_sheets/airfresh.html

     

  • NO VOCs & LOW VOCs explained
    http://www.worldwise.com/sustainable_living/words/vocs.html

     

  • Our roots are in nature -- sustainability
    http://www.worldwise.com/business/resale/wmnews1/roots.html
    
    
  • OZONE SAFE & OZONE FRIENDLY explained
    http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-a=000101b1-sp00000000&sp-q=ozone

     

  • WORLDWISEÆ SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT - FACT SHEETS
    http://www.worldwise.com/sustainable_living/fact_sheets/index.html

     

  Worms - Computer
  Be sure to also check EHN's links to info on
  HOAXES
  http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/c.htm#Hoaxes
  
  VIRUSES
  http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/v.htm#Viruses

   

  • AnnaKournikova.jpg.vbs
    Symantec; Discovered on: February 12, 2001; Last Updated on: April 20, 2001 at 11:31:01 AM PDT
    http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/pf/vbs.sst@mm.html

     

  • W32.Nimda.A@mm
    http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.nimda.a@mm.html
  
  Worship
  
  • The Anglican Church of Canada
    Anglican Journal, October 2001
    "Scent-free parishes in vogue"
    LEANNE LARMONDIN; WEB SITE MANAGER
    "FOR people whose throats virtually close up at the first
    whiff of incense or heavy perfume, going to church
    can not only be a health risk but lethal. ..."
    http://www.anglicanjournal.com/127/08/canada05.html

     

  • Aroma of Christ Ministry
    "But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and
    through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him.Ý For we
    are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who
    are perishing.Ý To the one we are the smell of death;Ý to the other, the fragrance of life."Ý
    2 Corinthians 2:14
    http://www.aromaofchrist.com/

     

    • Calvary Chapel Eastside
      Fragrance-free room for attendees with MCS or fragrance sensitization.
      http://www.calvarychapeleastside.com/ministry/?keyID=226794801

       

  • CNS Story: FRAGRANCE Dec-15-2004 (860 words) xxxn "Parishioners breathe easier in Seattle church's 'fragrance-free' zone"
    By Terry McGuire; Catholic News Service
    http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0406858.htm

     

  • Friends and Fragrances
    by Gerry Glodek
    copyright, 2002 Geraldine Glodek: Permission is given to make copies.
    http://www.quaker.org/friends-and-fragrances.html

     

  • Interfaith Celebration Gathering
    Established for persons with MCS/CI and other disabilities that keep them from being
    able to worship in a congregation, Jeanne says "the 'bridges' in Bridges Church is a
    statement and symbol of linkage." The linkage is "between one another and to our
    rightful places of inclusion and voice back in the general (toxic) community, including
    now inaccessible places of worship."
    
    "Bridges is another welcoming door (to) our community whose mission includes
    mutual spiritual support and encouragement, and proactive stewardship of the earth
    through avenues that promote public awareness, compassion and response."
    http://naturescountrystore.com/interfaith/

     

  • Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism Coalition on the Environment & Jewish Life http://www.rac.org/home-frame.html

     

  • Sundays That Stink
    By John Knight
    http://reformed.net/thoughts/stink.shtml

     

  • Unitarian-Universalists
    What do I say? What do I do?
    Interacting with Persons Who Have Disabilities
    http://www.uua.org/programs/justice/accessibility/what.html

     

    • Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
      http://www.uua.org/programs/justice/accessibility/what.html#multiple

       

  • United NewsTM -- News of the UNITED CHURCH OF GOD ...
    Colognes, Chemicals, Compassion and the Church
    by Don Hooser
    "... One congregation with members who had MCS included the following announcement
    in its weekly bulletin: 'Please take note: There are a few members in the congregation
    that are severely allergic to the smell of most colognes, perfumes, aftershave lotions
    and certain other scented products. Their ability to attend services and fellowship
    depends on our abstinence from wearing these scented products. If you have worn a
    fragrance today, please refrain from going into the Fragrance-Free Room.' ..."
    http://www.ucg.org/un/un0201/cologne.html

     

  • United Methodist Church - Accommodation
    Ask for publications 5136 and 5138 from the Resource Book, Pgs 9-10,
    ACCESSIBILITY AUDIT FOR CHURCHES, United Methodist Resource Book
    Reprinted by permission. -- barb
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/methodi.htm

     

  Wound Care Center
  Chemicals cause chronic wounds! For me, it was "SAFE" (Do notice the quotes!!!) pyrethroid pesticides used by my employer. My skin would suddenly and deeply crater, anywhere in size from about a nickle to a quarter. Once in a while there would be one as small as a penny, once one as big as a half dollar. Always, once the cratering happened, and it was swift!, the sore took months to heal. No topical medicine helped. -- barb
  
  http://www.marketnet.com/mktnet/wound/wcenter.html
  
  
  Write Now!
  
  • E-Mail Addresses for media contacts . . .
    
    http://ncchem.com/address.htm
    
    With thanks to North Carolina Chemical Injury Network (http://www.NCchem.com/)
    
    
  • Write to YOUR Representatives and Senators
    
    
    • Contacting the Congress
      http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/
      
      
    • Earthlaw , Activist from
      Environmental Law in the Public Interest
      http://www.earthlaw.org/index.html

       

      • House of Representatives: Alaska - Montana
        http://www.earthlaw.org/Activist/houseadd1.htm
        
        House of Representatives: North Carolina to Wyoming
        http://www.earthlaw.org/Activist/houseadd2.htm
        
        
      • Senators
        http://www.earthlaw.org/Activist/senatadd.htm
    
    
    • Other contact information
      
      • House Directory
        http://clerkweb.house.gov/mbrcmtee/mbrcmtee.htm
        
        • Form for reaching your representative
          http://www.house.gov/writerep/
          
        • Representatives' web pages
          http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html
        
        
      • U.S. Senate
        http://www.senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm
    
    
    
  • State Legislators
    
    
    • California's newly elected Audie Bock
      Green Party member from Calif. Assembly Dist 16
      How about broadening her horizons? -- barb
      http://www.greens.org/california/alameda/
      
      Issues
      http://www.greens.org/california/alameda/issues.html
    
    
    
    • Internet Sites of the State Legislatures
      http://www.ncsl.org/public/sitesleg.htm
  
  
  WWF -- World Wildlife Fund, Canada
  
  Hormone Copy-Cats video available!
  http://www.wwfcanada.org/hormone-disruptors/video.htm
  
  Information on hormone disruptors --
  http://www.wwfcanada.org/hormone-disruptors/index.html
  
  List of Known & Suspected Hormone Disruptor
  http://www.wwfcanada.org/hormone-disruptors/list.htm
  
  
  WWF UK
  
  • Chemical contamination is costing us billions, reveals WWF
    Monday 14 July 2003
    "A new report commissioned by WWF reveals that the UK could save
    over £50 billion (Euro 74.9 billion) in health expenditure over the next
    17 years due to reduced impacts of chemicals on our well-being, if the
    European Union pushes through its proposed Chemicals Regulations ..."
    http://www.wwf.org.uk/news/n_0000000934.asp

     

  • Scientists' declaration
    "Over sixty top independent scientists from across Europe, working in the field of
    hazardous man-made chemicals, have signed a WWF Declaration.
    
    "They say we should reduce our exposure to very persistent and very bioaccumulative
    chemicals, and to chemicals that disrupt hormones, and replace them where safer
    alternatives exist. ..."
    http://www.wwf.org.uk/chemicals/declaration.asp

     

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