Kansas - Toxic Injury Awareness and Education Month - May 2008
http://mcs-america.org/kansas2008ti.pdf
Michigan - Toxic Chemical Injury Awareness and Education Month - May 2008
http://mcs-america.org/michigan2008tci.pdf
New Mexico - Toxic Injury Awareness and Education Month - May 2008
http://mcs-america.org/newmexico2008ti.pdf
March 22, 2008
Allergies knock out school board member for months
http://www.beaufortgazette.com/local/story/227173.html
March 21, 2008
Hair Analysis Gives Look Inside Body
http://www.nbc10.com/health/15667329/detail.html
Scientists Tie Chemical Reaction to Creation of Smog
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/science/jan-june08/ozone_03-21.html
Fearing TCSA Push, Industry Opposes State Toxics Bills (subscription only)
http://www.insideepa.com/
US concern over fragrance use hits Europe
http://www.cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/news/ng.asp?n=84146-allergy-fragrance-ban
Try using 'green' cleaning products to insure safe, healthy household
http://www.moorparkacorn.com/news/2008/0321/Health_and_Wellness/024.html
March 20, 2008
Possible Cause Of 'Chemo Brain' In Breast Cancer Patients Found
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080319152426.htm
Toxic Vapors Found In Buildings In St. Louis Park
http://wcco.com/local/vapors.st.louis.2.681485.html
Lead residue poisons three children in Tacoma rental home
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004295838_apwaleadpoisoning1stldwritethru.html
The Autoimmune Epidemic: Bodies Gone Haywire in a World Out of Balance
http://www.alternet.org/story/80129/
Controversial Clinic for the 'Chemically Sensitive'
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=4489265
Study says diesel emissions raise cancer risk
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/19/BA1PVMN0O.DTL
What Every Buyer and Seller Needs to Know about Household Toxins
http://rismedia.com/wp/2008-03-19/what-every-buyer-and-seller-needs-to-know-about-household-toxins/
March 19, 2008
How Green Are 'Organic' Shoes?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,339490,00.html
Getting tough on toxic chemicals
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2008/03/17/getting-tough-toxic-chemicals.html#
New Study: Common Chemical May Make Toys Toxic
http://cbs2chicago.com/health/toxic.toys.phthalates.2.680842.html
Cortisol may alleviate chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia symptoms: study
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/03/19/cortisol-study.html
March 18, 2008
Study links SoCal's polluted air to brain, heart problems
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_air19.3aa6abb.html
Pollution Visible From East Asia To North America In New Satellite Image
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080317164336.htm
Hawaii AspartameTask Force Resolution by Rep. Green, M.D.; Former FDA
Investigator Art Evangelista Details Neurotoxicity
http://www.opednews.com/articles/life_a_dr__bett_080318_hawaii_aspartametask.htm
ME: 'Invisible disease' is now easier to read
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/03/18/scime118.xml
GYPSY MOTH: Infestation could get worse; Maryland looking for new ways to
fight it
http://www.dailytimesonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080318/NEWS01/80318058/1002
Counties going ahead with spray plan, despite pleas from concerned residents
http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=948178
Home cleaners hold untested chemicals
http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/347160
March 17, 2008
Popular Hissing Cockroaches Host Potent Mold Allergens
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/538709/
Is mold in a school making students sick?
http://www.winknews.com/news/local/16762381.html
Dingell, Stupak Investigating Corruption of Science Panels at EPA
http://www.ewg.org/node/26175
Dept. of Defense delayed brain injury scans
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-03-17-tbi_N.htm
Agency believes it has the authority it needs to regulate nanomaterials
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/government/86/8611gov1.html
Two inquiries look at threat diacetyl may pose to cooks
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/355371_diacetyl18.html
Lawmakers Probe EPA Conflicts
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jeUws0YW_ERohyoQeQuNrEnFxZFwD8VFEF480
March 16, 2008
Snuffing Out Puffing Neighbors
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2008/03/16/snuffing_out_puffing_neighbors?mode=PF
That 'new' smell could be fumes: Solutions rid homes of formaldehyde
http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2008/mar/16/0316_housefumes/
Health effects of mold exposure
http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/467195.html
Mold problem kept quiet
http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/467189.html
Man-made menace
http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=5&subLeft=7&chklogin=N&autono=316969&tab=r
Don't panic, says lawyer in lawsuit over mold in Suffolk school
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/03/dont-panic-says-lawyer-lawsuit-over-mold-suffolk-school
March 15, 2008
Blocked study draws attention to PCBs
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080315/GPG0101/803150585/1207/GPGnews
MMR take-up 'lower among educated'
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5i9EUHPHOxqRLFZ8TPSeL3XcQYt2Q
Toxic Planet, Toxic Birds, Toxic People?
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977285102
Greg Sellnow: Do we really need to outlaw fragrances?
http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=41&a=333184
Scents making some students sick; Legislator proposes fragrance-free
campaign
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=942644
Parents told to avoid lindane-laced lice shampoo
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080315/lice_shampoo_080315/20080315/?hub=TorontoHome
Using High Efficiency Particle Air Filters May Improve Cardiovascular Health
http://www.naturalnews.com/z022844.html
Suffolk teacher sues city for mold problems
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/southofjames/dp-local_suffmold_0315mar15,0,3579534.story
March 14, 2008
Mercury in canned tuna: Think twice about that lunch
http://www.wfaa.com/projectgreen/greenarticles/stories/green080314_jb_tuna.536c9e4c.html
EFSA evaluates Southampton study on food additives and child behaviour
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/EFSA/efsa_locale-1178620753812_1178694648892.htm
March 13, 2008
Asthma In Children Linked To Cleaning Products And Air Freshener Use During
Pregnancy
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/100525.php
After attempt to clear air, perfume problem lingers
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/lifestyle/orl-fashqa1308mar13,0,1277625.column
March 5, 2008
U.S. EPA fines Southern California technology company $208,000 for "nano
coating" pesticide claims on computer peripherals
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/16a190492f2f25d585257403005c2851?
Chemical and Electrically Safer Housing
Seagonville Ecology Housing
15126 Beckett Rd.
Seagoville, TX 75159
972-287-2059
Links
Living With Electrohypersensitivity
http://www.weepinitiative.org/livingwithEHS.html
BVHS Goes Scent Free - March 31, 2008
http://www.bowvalleyhigh.ca/pdf/parent_sent_letter.pdf
Green This Life
http://www.greenthislife.com/
Scientific Studies
Particulate matter, oxidative stress and neurotoxicity.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez
Coagulation cascade and fibrinolysis in patients with multiple-drug allergy
syndrome.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18254481?dopt=AbstractPlus
Proton MR Spectroscopy in the Evaluation of Cerebral Metabolism in Patients
With Fibromyalgia: Comparison With Healthy Controls and Correlation With
Symptom Severity.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18339723?dopt=AbstractPlus
Influence of ozone concentration and temperature on ultra-fine particle and
gaseous volatile organic compound formations generated during the
ozone-initiated reactions with emitted terpenes from a car air freshener.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18336999?dopt=AbstractPlus
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