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Monday, July 30, 2012
HPV Gardasil Vaccine Proves Lethal - 114 Girls have now Died.
Key Words: multiple chemical sensitivity, chemical sensitivity, chemical sensitivities, multiple chemical sensitivities, MCS, EI, environmental illness, sick building syndrome, idiopathic environmental intolerance, fibromyalgia, chronic fatiuge, FM, CFS, mold illness, clinical ecology, alternative medicine, environmental medicine, neuropathy, encephalopathy, toxic, chemical
NIH chronic pain workshop, 13 & 14 August 2012, Bethesda MD
Plastics chemicals linked to diabetes in women; blacks and Hispanics most exposed
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2012/study-links-plastics-chemicals-to-womens-diabetes
The trouble with clean
The trouble with clean
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/wellbeing/7370292/The-trouble-with-clean
"Washing our hair, wearing deodorant, spraying perfume and doing the laundry are everyday routines, but ones that could be exposing us to harmful chemicals.
Many shampoos, hair products, soaps, moisturisers, deodorants, perfumes, makeup, detergents and cleaning agents contain allergy-inducing and even hormone-altering, toxic chemicals.
While many people are diligent about reading product labels, few know what to really look for, a recent Colmar Brunton market research survey found."
Mobile Towers: India Government decides to cut radiation limits to a tenth from September 1
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/telecom/mobile-towers-government-decides-to-cut-radiation-limits-to-a-tenth-from-september-1/articleshow/15027643.cms?intenttarget=no
"If you are worried by the radiation emitted by cellphone towers around you, there is some good news. From September 1 this year, India will lower the level to one tenth of the prevailing standard - from 9.2 w/m2 (watt per square metre) to 0.92 w/m2.
The decision follows a report of the inter-ministerial committee formed by the ministry of communications and information technology to study the hazards posed by EMF ( electromagnetic field) radiation from base stations and mobile phones."
Survey - Committee on the Assessment of Studies of Health Outcomes Related to the Childhood Immunization Schedule
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/927011/BPH-Committee-on-the-Assessment-of-Studies-of-Health-Outcomes-Related-to-the-Childhood-Immunization-Schedule
"Please refer to the revised commissioned paper titled Study Designs for the Safety Evaluation of Different Childhood Immunization Schedule"
http://www.iom.edu/~/media/Files/Activity%20Files/PublicHealth/ChildhoodImmunization/Commissioned%20Paper/Posting%207182012.pdf
"Please note that any comments that you submit to the committee using this email address or otherwise, including your name and identifying information, will not be kept confidential and will be included in a Public Access File in compliance with Section 15 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The National Academies shall be authorized to use any such comments or submissions in accordance with the National Academies' Terms of Use Statement."
Another Tick-Borne Disease to Guard Against
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/another-tick-borne-disease-to-guard-against/
"Despite its many delights, summer also brings its fair share of pestilence. One, called babesiosis, has only recently been widely recognized as a potentially serious outdoor hazard. According to a very detailed study conducted on Block Island, R.I., it could eventually rival Lyme disease as the most common tick-borne ailment in the United States."
Sunday, July 29, 2012
MCSA NEWS August 2012, Volume 7, Issue 8
August 2012, Volume 7, Issue 8
Key Words: multiple chemical sensitivity, chemical sensitivity, chemical sensitivities, multiple chemical sensitivities, MCS, EI, environmental illness, sick building syndrome, idiopathic environmental intolerance, fibromyalgia, chronic fatiuge, FM, CFS, mold illness, clinical ecology, alternative medicine, environmental medicine, neuropathy, encephalopathy, toxic, chemical
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August 2012, Volume 7, Issue 8
Key Words: multiple chemical sensitivity, chemical sensitivity, chemical sensitivities, multiple chemical sensitivities, MCS, EI, environmental illness, sick building syndrome, idiopathic environmental intolerance, fibromyalgia, chronic fatiuge, FM, CFS, mold illness, clinical ecology, alternative medicine, environmental medicine, neuropathy, encephalopathy, toxic, chemical
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NEWSLETTER: MCS America News - August 2012
MCSA NEWS
August 2012, Volume 7, Issue 8
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The Biological Effects of Weak Electromagnetic Fields
Problems and Solutions, Part 2
http://mcs-america.org/August2012pg234567891011121314151617.pdf
Patient Support & Resources
Community News
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Featured Research Studies
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Monday, July 23, 2012
How Research into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Turned into an Ugly Fight
"How did a star researcher into the medical mystery of chronic fatigue syndrome end up in jail and unemployed? For the first time, Judy Mikovits tells her story."
Stand with Salon Workers for Safe Cosmetics!
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5500/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=11320
"No one should have to spend every working day in a toxic environment, and this week dozens of salon workers from across the country are descending on Washington, DC, sharing their stories with lawmakers and demanding safer products and safer hair and nail salons--and they need your support! Stand with salon workers in demanding safer products for a safer workplace! Write to your member of Congress today!"
Unintended Hazards of Geoengineering
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Unintended_Hazards_of_Geoengineering.php
"Harvard geoengineers are set to spray sun-reflecting chemical particles into the atmosphere to cool the planet from a balloon at 80 000 feet over Fort Sumner, New Mexico [1]. Chief investigator David Keith manages a multimillion dollar research fund awarded by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, and has already commissioned a study by a US aerospace company that made the case for large-scale deployment of solar radiation management technologies. The experiment, to be conducted with James Anderson within a year, will release tens to hundreds of kilograms of particles to measure the impacts on ozone chemistry and test ways of making sulphate aerosols the appropriate size."
Sunday, July 22, 2012
The man living alone in the woods to escape Wi-Fi and mobile phones
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/jul/20/man-living-alone-woods-escape-wifi-mobiles
Saturday, July 21, 2012
"Chemical intolerance" a common complaint: study
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_127202.html
"NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A sizable percentage of low-income patients in primary care may be particularly sensitive to chemicals in household cleaners, perfumes and other everyday products, a small study suggests."
"Chemical intolerance" a common complaint: study
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_127202.html
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A sizable percentage of low-income patients in primary care may be particularly sensitive to chemicals in household cleaners, perfumes and other everyday products, a small study suggests.
The study, done at two Texas family medicine practices, screened patients for symptoms of "chemical intolerance," also known as multiple chemical sensitivity.
It's a controversial diagnosis, and there's no agreement on the cause - or that it even should be considered a disorder unto itself.
But there is a standard screening questionnaire that's been used in studies and in some doctors' practices. It asks people about whether they feel sick when they're around various smells and chemicals -- like gasoline, paint, perfumes, cleaning products or insecticides -- and how bad the symptoms are.
Using that questionnaire, researchers found that 20 percent of 400 patients they screened met the criteria for chemical intolerance.
Most studies on chemical intolerance have focused on higher-income, white people. But patients in this study were largely lower-income and Hispanic.
So the findings give an idea of the prevalence of such symptoms in an understudied group, according to lead researcher Dr. David A. Katerndahl, of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
He said lower-income Americans may, in theory, be more likely to have chemical intolerance since they more often have jobs that would routinely expose them to chemicals.
In an interview, Katerndahl acknowledged that chemical intolerance, as a diagnosis in and of itself, is controversial.
"Some doctors will never believe it exists," he said. But there has been growing acceptance of it among primary care doctors, he added.
And these new findings, Katerndahl said, help confirm what a lot of doctors have suspected: that chemical intolerance often goes hand-in-hand with mental health disorders.
Of 81 patients with chemical intolerance, 85 percent reported having symptoms of major depression in the past month. Another 78 percent had symptoms of an anxiety disorder. That compared with 33 percent and 21 percent, respectively, among patients free of chemical intolerance.
But that doesn't necessarily mean the mental health problems caused the chemical sensitivities, according to Katerndahl.
"We don't know why this association exists," he said. It's possible, for example, that some people have an underlying vulnerability to both mental health disorders and chemical sensitivities.
Or, Katerndahl said, some people might become depressed or anxious because of their chemical intolerance symptoms - which can include headaches, dizziness, upset stomach or breathing problems.
Of the 81 study patients who screened positive for chemical intolerance, one-quarter had previously been diagnosed with it, Katerndahl's team found.
That suggests the problem "often goes unrecognized," the researchers report in the Annals of Family Medicine.
According to Katerndahl, doctors might want to screen for chemical sensitivities in certain situations, such as when patients complain they can't seem to tolerate a range of medications.
"If you can figure out if you're sensitive to certain chemicals," Katerndahl said, "then you can try to engineer your life to avoid them."
And if you think you're overly sensitive to certain chemicals and your regular doctor cannot help, he added, you might want to get a referral to an allergist.
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/MkAv8K Annals of Family Medicine, July/August 2012.
Infants exposed to specific molds have higher asthma risk
http://www.aaaai.org/global/latest-research-summaries/Current-JACI-Research/infants-exposed-to-specific-molds-have-higher-asth.aspx
"Previous case-control studies have demonstrated that many environmental exposures can trigger asthma symptoms in people with asthma. Exposure to mold has been linked to worsening of asthma symptoms, but the relevant mold species and their concentrations are unknown.
A team of physicians and scientists from the University of Cincinnati, EPA, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital performed a decade long study assessing the children's health and exposure to indoor molds and allergens. Reponen et al. report these findings in an upcoming issue of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology."
Tooth fillings made with BPA tied to behavior issues
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/16/us-tooth-fillings-idUSBRE86F02Z20120716
"Kids who get dental fillings made using BPA are more likely to have behavior and emotional problems a few years later, according to a new study."
FDA says controversial plastic chemical BPA no longer allowed in baby bottles and sippy cups
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/industries/fda-says-controversial-plastic-chemical-bpa-no-longer-allowed-in-baby-bottles-and-sippy-cups/2012/07/17/gJQA1cg3qW_story.html
Workplace Exposure to Organic Solvents Linked to Heart Defects at Birth
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120718074029.htm
EPA to Review Technical Information on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for New Power Plants
Routine review has no impact on cost or vital health benefits of first national standards for mercury pollution
More information: http://epa.gov/mats/actions.html
Toxic effects of mercury on the cardiovascular and central nervous systems.
Fernandes Azevedo B, Barros Furieri L, Peçanha FM, Wiggers GA, Frizera Vassallo P, Ronacher Simões M, Fiorim J, Rossi de Batista P, Fioresi M, Rossoni L, Stefanon I, Alonso MJ, Salaices M, Valentim Vassallo D.
J Biomed Biotechnol. 2012;2012:949048. Epub 2012 Jul 2.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 29042-755 Vitória, ES, Brazil.
Environmental contamination has exposed humans to various metal agents, including mercury. This exposure is more common than expected, and the health consequences of such exposure remain unclear. For many years, mercury was used in a wide variety of human activities, and now, exposure to this metal from both natural and artificial sources is significantly increasing. Many studies show that high exposure to mercury induces changes in the central nervous system, potentially resulting in irritability, fatigue, behavioral changes, tremors, headaches, hearing and cognitive loss, dysarthria, incoordination, hallucinations, and death. In the cardiovascular system, mercury induces hypertension in humans and animals that has wide-ranging consequences, including alterations in endothelial function. The results described in this paper indicate that mercury exposure, even at low doses, affects endothelial and cardiovascular function. As a result, the reference values defining the limits for the absence of danger should be reduced.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Tooth fillings made with BPA tied to behavior issues
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/16/us-tooth-fillings-idUSBRE86F02Z20120716
"(Reuters Health) - Kids who get dental fillings made using BPA are more likely to have behavior and emotional problems a few years later, according to a new study."
Study links chemical to Cape vision woes
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120716/NEWS/207160316
"Cape Codders who were exposed during childhood to a chemical solvent in their drinking water have an increased likelihood of vision problems, according to Boston University researchers.
The study, which was published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, is the latest in a BU series that has explored links to birth defects, mental health problems and addictions among people exposed to tetrachloroethylene (PCE) through drinking water in eight Cape towns."
Olympic athletes could be impaired by London pollution, experts warn
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/16/olympic-athletes-london-pollution
"A summer smog could lead to some athletes needing medication and experiencing chest pains and shortness of breath."
How your great grandmother's chemical exposures may affect you.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/2012/05/2012-0713-chemicals-ovary-epigenetic-mice/
"Ovarian diseases that persist across three generations develop in rats exposed to common environmental chemicals at a key time before birth. The symptoms resemble two types of ovarian problems common in women. The results suggest that environmental exposures may play a role in these diseases, including DNA changes that can be passed to future generations."
New gene mutations linked to ALS and nerve cell growth dysfunction
http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jul2012/ninds-15.htm
"Researchers have linked newly discovered gene mutations to some cases of the progressive fatal neurological disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Shedding light on how ALS destroys the cells and leads to paralysis, the researchers found that mutations in this gene affect the structure and growth of nerve cells."
Increased Recommended Dietary Vitamin C Could Help Reduce Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Your manicure looks beautiful. But the health effects are ugly
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/your-manicure-looks-beautiful-but-the-health-effects-are-ugly/article4416784/

