Other Disorders, Signs and Symptoms Associated with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. Ever gone to doctor after doctor with a physical problem, not been given the appropriate tests, told not to worry your pretty little head, given the brush off, given drugs that made you sicker? Take a look at these disorders that could be a result of short or long term chemical contamination of your body.
National Institute of Health's Household Products Database. Thanks to the National Institue of Health we now have REAL DATA on products that may be causing problems in your home, in an easy to use database you can access 24/7. Includes MSDS's, cross-links to specific chemical's components/toxicity.2002.
Indoor Air Quality for Health Professionals.The EPA, AMA, and ALA's guide for diagnostic criteria for chemical sensitivities.
MCS from the viewpoint of a zoologist. .
Chemical Injury Information Network.
U. S. Department of Labor Report on MCS
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.org.
Disability Studies' online magazine's multilple chemical sensitivity website.
Multiple Chmeical Sensitivity, A Disorder Triggered by Exposures to Chemicals In the Environment. from Tracey First, North Carolina Chemical Injury Network.
U.S. Department of Interior on 'greening the interior'
Janitorial Products Pollution Prevention Program's booklet on best janitorial practices. Ever wonder why there are so many old janitors, carpet installers, using the homeless shelters---they have to live outdoors now.
How to Grow Fresh Air from Nasa (those benefits of the space program just keep coming).
Toxics in Everyday Products. Take a look at this page and then explore the rest of Informinc.com
Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine on Detoxification
Toxics in Everyday Products. Take a look at this page and then explore the rest of Informinc.com
100% pure Aloe vera from the great state of Texas and Lily of the Desert.
Try some of these solutions:
desized muslin (at your fabric store--absolutely no chemicals)
Blue Corn products
Anything grape--grapes, grapejuice, grapeseed
Almond oil, carrot oil chemical free emollients
100% cotton--spread it over offensive plastics/dyed fabrics
India and Peru clothing--less chemicals in dyes and fabrics
Glass or metal containers for everything (plates, cooking, drinking)
Wind instruments--need air? relax at the same time with music
Hemp or Cotton twine wrapped around plastic (or too hard wire) handles
The Road to Immunity, How to Survive and Thrive in A Toxic World Kenneth Bock, MD and Nellie Sabin, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1997. This book contains a table of the supplements that work to restabilize your immune system.
Staying Well in a Toxic World, Understanding Environmental Illness, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, CHemical Injuries, SIck Building Syndrome.Lynn Lawson, The Noble Press, Inc., Chicago, 1993.