Cosmetics trade organization criticizes FDA Globalization Act
http://www.cosmeticsdesign.com/news/ng.asp?n=86180-indie-beauty-network-legislation
City urged to postpone toxic chemical bylaw
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/449475
City tests schools near hydro corridor
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/449502
Activists: No schools on toxic sites
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1214455068124660.xml&coll=1
Competition watchdog tests green marketing claims
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/06/25/competitionbureau-green.html
Pesticide ban moves forward
http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/Local/article/74976
June 25, 2008
EU pesticide threat
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2008/June/25060801.asp
Mold allergy drives away school leader
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/06/25/news/doc4862817319ab8526585055.txt
Health officials warn about mold dangers
http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8555640&nav=menu1362_2
Calgary phasing out weed killers
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=e7cfaa8c-b80b-4250-b937-4207cd8f603b
City Questions 9/11 Workers' Claims of Illness
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/nyregion/25health.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print
Low childhood I.Q. linked to dementia later in life
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080625/IQ_dementia_080625/20080625?hub=Health
Be gone, skeeters!
http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/index.cfmid=80352§ion=homepage&freebie_check&CFID=50205123&CFTOKEN=15201847&jsessionid=8830d8223b551953670b
The Toxic Truth: What you can do to avoid chemicals
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080625/BC_Toxic_Truth_What_You_Can_Do_080625/20080625/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome
June 24, 2008
Fibromyalgia Stumps Doctors
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/112619.php
Group warns of excessive Lead in Artificial Turf
http://www.themoneytimes.com/articles/20080624/group_warns_of_excessive_lead_in_artificial_turf-id-1027061.html
Contaminated baby food taken off shelves
http://wingham.yourguide.com.au/news/national/national/general/contaminated-baby-food-taken-off-shelves/795285.aspx
Artist (with MCS) uses art to fight illiteracy
http://www.parkrecord.com/scene/ci_9686125
Toxic Assessment Delays Block New Standards
http://www.ombwatch.org/article/articleview/4279/
Congress, FDA Explore BPA Dangers
http://www.ombwatch.org/article/articleview/4280/
June 23, 2008
Half of glass jar foods 'contaminated'
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/half-of-glass-jar-foods-contaminated-20080623-2v91.html
Health, Environment Are Focus of Latest NanoBio Seed Grants
http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/2008/23jun08/23nanobio.html
'The World According to Monsanto'
http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0623-06.htm
Artificial turf makers sued over lead levels
http://www.contracostatimes.com/bayandstate/ci_9677638?nclick_check=1
Fuming at the Office? Then know your allergic rights.
http://allergicliving.com/features.asp?copy_id=128
June 22, 2008
SUICIDES 'LINKED TO PHONE MASTS'
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/49330
Avoid the marketing misuse of "green"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/green/sns-green-greenwashing0622jun22,0,4787846.story
Workers complain of mold, mystery toxins
http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008806220383
June 21, 2008
Witnesses link chemical to ill US soldiers
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/06/21/witnesses_link_chemical_to_ill_us_soldiers/
How your gadgets harm you
http://infotech.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-3148312,flstry-1.cms
Experts warn about mold
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080621/NEWS/806210333/-1/NEWS04
This baby was burned red raw by a sofa giving off toxic fumes. As our
investigation reveals, there are hundreds of other victims
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1028097/This-baby-burned-red-raw-sofa-giving-toxic-fumes-As-investigation-reveals-hundreds-victims.html
Standards on chemicals weak
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=97ced362-530a-4a88-8879-f2be166cc6b3&p=1
June 20, 3008
Lawmakers Approve Detailed Map of State's Cancer Cases
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/nyregion/20cancer.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Kennebunk teachers evaluated for exposure to mold at middle school
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080620/NEWS/80620042
Mold from floods can trigger allergies
http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2008/06/20/Mold_from_floods_can_trigger_allergies/UPI-99931214020096/
We're in chemical overload... Toxic chemicals: Consumers are the lab rats
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?id=e4c6d71f-2a6f-4952-98c7-24866f28aa67
June 19, 2008
Autoimmune Disease Treatment May Not Dampen Immune System
http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/autoimmunediseasetreatmentmaynotdampenimmunesystem.html
June 16, 2008
PROGRESSIVE LIBRARIANS GUILD STATEMENT ON WIFI IN LIBRARIES
http://www.precaution.org/lib/08/ht080625.htm
June 11, 2008
Trouble Beneath the Bubbles
http://www.smh.com.au/news/health/trouble-beneath-the-bubbles/2008/06/11/1212863695359.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2
Links
Collaborative for Health and Environment - Washington Research and
Information Working Group
Economic Costs of Diseases and Disabilities Attributable to Environmental
Contaminants in Washington State
Prepared by: Kate Davies MA DPhil Environment & Community, Center for
Creative Change Antioch University Seattle
http://washington.chenw.org/pdfs/EnvironmentalCosts.pdf
2005 - Davies - How Much to Environmental Diseases Cost
http://www.nwpublichealth.org/docs/nph/f2005/web_ex_davies_f2005.pdf
Scientific Studies
Assessment of environmental worry in health-related settings: Re-evaluation
and modification of an environmental worry scale.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17296329?dopt=AbstractPlus
Neurodevelopmental disorders, maternal Rh-negativity, and Rho(D) immune
globulins: a multi-center assessment.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18404135?dopt=AbstractPlus
Fibromyalgia: harmonizing science with clinical practice considerations.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18363616?dopt=AbstractPlus
Fibromyalgia: nosography and therapeutic perspectives.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18373513?dopt=AbstractPlus
Identifying the clinical domains of fibromyalgia: Contributions from
clinician and patient delphi exercises.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18576290?dopt=AbstractPlus
Sleep disturbances in fibromyalgia syndrome: Relationship to pain and
depression.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18576297?dopt=AbstractPlus
The internet-based arthritis self-management program: A one-year randomized
trial for patients with arthritis or fibromyalgia.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18576310?dopt=AbstractPlus
Gastrointestinal uptake of trace elements are changed during the course of a
common human viral (Coxsackievirus B3) infection in mice.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18565424?dopt=AbstractPlus
IFN-gamma mediated pathways in patients with fatigue and chronic active
Epstein Barr virus-infection.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/17945348
Sequence variations in subjects with self-reported multiple chemical
sensitivity (sMCS): a case-control study.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18569577&itool=iconabstr&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Double-blind placebo-controlled provocation study in patients with
subjective Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) and matched control subjects.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1868800?dopt=AbstractPlus
Human methyl parathion poisoning
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a781743387~db=all~order=page
Detection of low-level environmental chemical allergy by a long-term
sensitization method.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18571882?dopt=AbstractPlus
The Energy Envelope Theory and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue
syndrome.
Lourdes Salvador
www.mcs-america.org
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