Research Survey: Are You Over 21 and ‘Sensitive’ to Environmental Pollutants?

Research Update

I’ve  previously posted about a research project Pamela Gibson from the James Madison University in Virginia was undertaking. She has been asking for women aged 65 and older who have experienced environmental sensitivities (chemical and/or electrical) to participate in an online study of how their needs are being met as they grow older with sensitivities, but due to a lack of participation from women over the age of 65 (does anyone want to guess why?) she has opened up the study to anyone over the age of 21.

WOMEN OVER AGE 65 STUDY MODIFIED TO INCLUDE PERSONS 21 OR OVER WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITIES
(CHEMICAL OR ELECTRICAL)

The James Madison University Environmental Sensitivities Research Team is inviting adults aged 21 and over who have experienced environmental sensitivities (chemical and/or electrical) to participate in on online study of how their needs are being met as they grow older with sensitivities.

If you are interested in participating, please click on the link below to see the consent form and learn more about the study.

If you are unable to complete the survey online, you are welcome to request a hard copy that can be mailed to you.

To request a hard copy please email gibsonpr@jmu.edu or call 540-568-6195 and leave a message with you name (clearly stated) and your complete address.

Thank you ahead to everyone who helps me with this study.

To take the survey online, click on the link or copy this url into your browser:

http://jmu.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_4YGd1uBrKkxx8nr

I personally know so many of us who are aging and whose basic needs are already not being met. Accessible retirement homes and hospitals aren’t available, and neither is ‘safe’ in home care, because fragranced products are so pervasive that even fragrance-free people get 2nd and 3rd hand residues all over them, and many people have been unable  to  give them up. Other everyday products and materials are also toxic, and food allergies and sensitivities have become more complicated too.  That and the proliferation of wireless devices everywhere, means there are few if any safe places to go.

So, what happens when we can’t look after ourselves?

To see the previous work from Pamela Gibson and the team, please visit the website: http://www.mcsresearch.net/index.htm

Also, check out the book
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A Survival Guide, 2nd Edition
http://www.earthrivebooks.com/

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