Connecticut - Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
http://mcs-america.org/Connecticut2008MCS.pdf
May 16, 2008
Strong smells push action for nail care workers
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1210908317325480.xml&coll=7
Officials Play Down Threat From Arsenic at Park in D.C.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051503777_pf.html
Clean-Air Rules Protecting Parks Set to Be Eased
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051502880.html
May 15, 2008
Green cleaners required in Illinois schools
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-greenschools,0,4841774.story
Governor's disputed pesticide panelist resigns
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/363324_pesticide16.html
Goodbye, girls: Researcher ponders why U.S. kids reach puberty at an
ever-younger age
http://www.portlandtribune.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=121078392475499700
Bisphenol A linked to obesity in mice, study says
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080515/BPA_obesity_080515/20080515?hub=Health
Alarm at weed-kill chemical in water
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23700909-30417,00.html
Vaccines and Autism Revisited < The Hannah Poling Case
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/358/20/2089?query=TOC
Chemicals Ottawa's watching: The feds take a closer look at 17 substances
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/05/15/f-health-chemicals-batch2.html
Insecticides in pet shampoo may trigger autism
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13905-insecticides-in-pet-shampoo-may-trigger-autism.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn13905
May 14, 2008
Baby-bottle chemicals 'could make children obese for life', say scientists
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=566349&in_page_id=1770
Cosmetics Safety "Virtually Unregulated" by Federal Law
http://www.ewg.org/node/26544
Wal-Mart Raises Bar on Toy-Safety Standards
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121072388800090155.html
May 13, 2008
Forget chemicals, Rockport likes its dandelions
http://knox.villagesoup.com/Government/story.cfm?storyID=116055
Exercise for Detoxification
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/exercise-for-detoxification.html
States remove local barriers to eco-friendly homes
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2008-05-12-green_N.htm
Day-to-day struggle
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080513/HEALTH/805130339/1242/health
Chemical in plastic bottles raises red flags
http://blog.cleveland.com/lifestyles/2008/05/chemical_in_plastic_bottles_ra.html
May 12, 2008
Get laundry clean while staying green
Avoid toxic chemicals on laundry day with eco-friendly products
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24582939/
Legislators pause to focus attention on the chronic pain of fibromyalgia
http://www.minnpost.com/politicalagenda/2008/05/12/1822/legislators_pause_to_focus_attention_on_the_chronic_pain_of_fibromyalgia
'The invisible disease'
http://dalnews.dal.ca/2008/05/12/fibromyalgia.html
Living with Fibromyalgia
http://www.komu.com/satellite/SatelliteRender/KOMU.com/ba8a4513-c0a8-2f11-0063-9bd94c70b769/dfd55133-80ce-0971-00dd-2358acfb1593
Study: Healing Clays 'Exterminate' Superbugs
http://www.naturalnews.com/z023217.html
Special Report: Concern grows over chemical in some food containers
http://www.ky3.com/news/local/18874154.html
Why did the EPA fire a respected toxicologist?
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/plos-wdt050708.php
The Pentagon's Toxic Legacy
http://www.counterpunch.org/stclair05122008.html
What Is the Chemical Industry's Influence at the EPA?
http://www.naturalnews.com/023221.html
Ottawa could move to label chewing gum ingredient as toxic substance
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/health/080512/x051219A.html
U.S. families will make case for vaccine link to autism in children
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/05/12/vaccine-autism.html
Court to Hear Families on Vaccine-Autism Link
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=4836331
Study links air pollution to blood clots in legs
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080512/pollution_study_080512/20080512?hub=Health
Mold costs one builder $3 million
http://zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080512/UPDATES01/80512009
May 11, 2008
Harmful chemical wafts off your TV
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2004406134_dust11.html
Nanoparticles scrutinized for health effects
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/11/BU4P10BB88.DTL
Are you listening? Do you care?
Quandary for those who suffer fibromyalgia is to get someone to believe it
is real
http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/221162
Lead's legacy: Banned three decades ago, lead paint continues to poison
Ohio's children
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/05/11/LEADED.ART_ART_05-11-08_A1_STA5K8A.html
Should paint makers pay?
http://dispatch.com/live/content/insight/stories/2008/05/11/LEADED_cities.ART_ART_05-11-08_G1_KIA59CL.html?sid=101
Incubators may be linked to higher risk of cot death
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/incubators-may-be-linked-to-higher-risk-of-cot-death-825917.html
May 10, 2008
Toxic home?
http://www.tulsaworld.com/lifestyle/article.aspx?articleID=20080510_4_D1_hLead82032
Common Weedkiller May Cause Hormonal Problems
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/12217/19101/15497/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ucHIub3JnL3RlbXBsYXRlcy9zdG9yeS9zdG9yeS5waHA%2fc3RvcnlJZD05MDI4OTcxMQ%3d%3d&x=9901031a
Fight the Fear: the Scoop on Plastic
http://green.sympatico.msn.ca/article.aspx?cp-documentid=478795
Contamination is linked to dust from TV sets
http://www.star-telegram.com/national_news/story/634833.html
Couple hopeful after Hamilton nuisance payout
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=280c3f55-28b8-40ba-ad64-b46165be5b82
May 9, 2008
When the environment can kill you
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=7982
'Reasonable' accommodations?
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=7981
Inspecting your kids' school
http://www.wrdw.com/schools/headlines/18811659.html
Respiratory issues rise after Katrina
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2008/05/09/respiratory_issues_rise_after_katrina/2232/
A crash course in true political science
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/features/science/20080509_ap_acrashcourseintruepoliticalscience.html?page=1
May 8, 2008
Large Reductions In Agricultural Chemical Use Can Still Result In High Crop
Yields And Profits
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080508091947.htm
May 6, 2008
Remodelers to face 'white-glove' test on lead
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/05/AR2008050502444.html
May/June 2008
Environmental Amnesia
While questioning what we buy, we've forgotten where we live
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/2981/
April 22,. 2008
Car Dealers Set 'Green' Blueprints
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121081146214993695.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Links
No Latex Sign by Janie Sagmoe
http://mcs-america.org/nolatex.JPG
What you should know before visiting a person who has NRLA and/or MCS by
Janie Sagmoe
http://mcs-america.org/VisitingNRLA-MCS.pdf
Request for Accommodations Under the Americans with Disabilities Act
http://www.mcs-america.org/RequestforAccomodation.doc
Scientific Studies
Andrea Baccarelli, MD, PhD; Ida Martinelli, MD; Antonella Zanobetti, PhD;
Paolo Grillo, MD; Li-Fang Hou, PhD; Pier A. Bertazzi, MD; Pier Mannuccio
Mannucci, MD; Joel Schwartz, PhD. Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution and
Risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis. Arch Intern Med. 2008;168(9):920-927.
http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/168/9/920
Togo F, Natelson BH, Cherniack NS, Fitzgibbons J, Garcon C, Rapoport DM.
Sleep structure and sleepiness in chronic fatigue syndrome with or without
co-existing fibromyalgia. Arthritis Res Ther. 2008 May 12;10(3):R56
http://arthritis-research.com/content/pdf/ar2425.pdf
Psychosocial factors that aggravate the symptoms of sick house syndrome in
Japan.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18466382?dopt=AbstractPlus
A two-week monitoring of self-reported arousal, worry and attribution among
persons with annoyance attributed to electrical equipment and smells.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18466187?dopt=AbstractPlus
Clinical observation of 12 farmers who believe themselves to have suffered
from chronic pesticide intoxication.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18363272?dopt=AbstractPlus
Non-thermal effects in the microwave induced unfolding of proteins observed
by chaperone binding.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18240290
Glucocorticoid sensitivity in fibromyalgia patients: Decreased expression of
corticosteroid receptors and glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/18468809
Treatment of Motor Neuron Disease, including certain neurological disorders,
motor neuropathies and chronic inflammatory diseases.
http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?IA=WO2008021970&%20wo=2008021970&%20DISPLAY=DESC\
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