I have finally added a Page to the top of the blog that deals with MCS/ES under the following headings:
MCS – Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, etc
Environmental Sensitivities
Categorical guidelines for levels of disability
Getting diagnosed
ICD Codes
Treatment Options
Mind and Brain
Support
Human Rights and Accommodations
https://seriouslysensitivetopollution.wordpress.com/mcses/
Posted in Disability, Environmental Health, Environmental Sensitivities, Health Care, Human Rights, MCS/ES, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
Tagged brain retraining, Categorical guidelines for levels of disability, Chemical Injury, EHS, environmental sensitivities, exposure history, fibromyalgia, Getting diagnosed, Human Rights and Accommodations, ICD Codes, Lyme Disease, MCS, meditation, Mind and Brain, sensitive to pollution, Sick Building Syndrome, support, symptoms of exposure to petrochemicals, TILT, Treatment Options
Imagine being shut in, without air conditioning, without being able to open the windows to refresh the air, because the outdoor air is so full of VOCs as to be totally disabling…
For some of us, this is a somewhat usual occurrence anyway, due to the prevalence of toxic laundry products blowing out of dryer vents everywhere, but during summer, things can get so much worse!
The heat makes many chemicals more volatile, and where do they off-gas? Into the air we breathe…
Here are just some of the things that affect summer air quality:
We All Do! But for Children and People With MCS/ES, it is Crucial!
Love is always a good thing too!
So, what’s the problem? Check out this great short video:
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See some great tips for creating healthy housing here:
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Information about the materials most likely to cause adverse health effects, and the kinds of symptoms commonly experienced from exposures, copied from the 2007 Canadian Human Rights Commission’s document “The Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities By: Margaret E. Sears (M.Eng., Ph.D.), and a few other resources and links follow:
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Posted in Disability, Environmental Health, Environmental Sensitivities, Indoor Air Quality, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, Pollution, Precaution, Public Health
Tagged allergies, autism, chemical sensitivity, Chemicals, Fragrance, gas, health, Human Rights, images, indoor air quality, MCS symptoms, oil, petrochemicals, pipeline accidents, sensitive to pollution, smoke, symptoms of exposure to petrochemicals, toxicology, volatile organic compounds
What is civilized about having toxic chemicals in so many everyday products and materials?
What is civilized about extracting and using fossil fuels from the earth in ways that cause harm to all living beings?
What is civilized about denying health care and safe housing to people who need it?
When I saw this image, it spoke to me…
Original
(artist unknown)
But it needed a slight revision… It wasn’t my “dream” to cut ties with civilization, it was my prescription!
So here is what I did and why:
Dr. L. Christine Oliver is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Co-Director of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.
This is an excellent half hour presentation.
Dr Oliver packs so much about the issues faced by people with MCS into the first 16 minutes of this video. If you can’t watch the whole video, at least watch this much. Alison Johnson finishes off by reading from her important book Amputated Lives.
Alison Johnson is the author/producer/director of books and documentaries on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. Visit http://www.alisonjohnsonmcs.com to download a transcript or to purchase her books or DVDs.
Posted in Accessibility, Disability, Environmental Health, Health Care, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, Public Health
Tagged chemical exposures, environmental sensitivities, Fragrance, fragrance-free policy, health, health care access for people with MCS/ES, Housing, indoor air quality, MCS and CDC, MCS video, MCS/ES, sensitive to pollution, smoke-free, suicide, video
The world lost three amazing women and I lost three good friends in the first three months of this year. Linda left her poisoned body behind in January. Janine left her poisoned body behind in February. Connie left her poisoned body behind in March.
I’m pretty sure MCS was not mentioned on any of their death certificates, but MCS certainly had a far greater impact on each their lives, and their family lives than any listed cause of death did.
Is there anyone who isn’t “sensitive” to pollution?
Posted in Environment, Environmental Health, Food, Health Care, Images, Pollution
Tagged clean air, clean water, Fragrance, images, organic food, sensitive to pollution, toxic chemicals
Do you breathe?
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