Planet Thrive

July, 2009

Showing 34 results for the month of July, 2009.

• Furniture and Home Products
  Surround yourself with non-toxic products for kitchen, living room, and beyond.
• Pesticide-Free Lawns
  With all the natural lawn care products available today, there is really no excuse for saturating the earth with neurotoxic chemicals.
• Personal Care Products
  Chemical-free personal care product companies like Karen's Naturals and Dakota Free use minimal ingredients (with full disclosure), usually with a base of organic oils like jojoba, coconut or olive.
• Household Cleaning Products
  Chemical free cleaning supplies like aluminum-free baking soda, distilled white vinegar, and sea salt can be super cheap, and super effective.
• Detox Support
  Enema equipment, castor oil packs and other products to assist you in eliminating harmful toxins.
• Simple Living
  Many are led back to the land after experiencing a serious health challenge. Learn how to grow your own chemical free food and live without some of today's conveniences that have compromised the health of your body and the planet.
• Legal Services
  Our list of attorneys, toxicologists, and other specialists who can assist you in a toxic tort, disability, or other type of legal case.
• Perfume spritz sickens 150 in Texas
  Thirty four people were overcome with fumes from a co-worker's perfume in a Texas bank, sending them to the hospital. Many others were treated on site for sickness.
• Mail Order
  Eating healthy has never been more accessible—from organic veggie mail order and local delivery services to companies specializing in gluten free or raw foods, anyone can get healthy home-cooked meals delivered to their doorstep (for a price, of course).
• The Ovenless Kitchen
  Many with environmental illness will eventually find that cooking with a standard gas oven makes them very ill. Julie Genser has surveyed those with both severe chemical and electrical sensitivities in her community and presents an array of available options for the "ovenless kitchen."
• Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days trailer
  An eye opening documentary film that chronicles six diabetics who switch to a diet consisting entirely of organic, vegan, uncooked food to reverse disease without prescription drugs.
• Food Matters
  In a collection of interviews with leading nutritionists, naturopaths, scientists, M.D.'s and medical journalists you will discover how to use food as medicine, natural treatments for diabetes, depression, and other health conditions, the best ways to detox, lose weight and keep it off, and more!
• In search of a non-toxic home
  July 24, 2009 LA Times health feature and photo essay on Kathy Hemenway and her non-toxic house in Snowflake, Arizona.
• Core herbs dosing
  Dear Stephen, Can I really shift to a maintenance dose after two months and still get a good effect, or should I proceed symptomatically, i.e., only lowering the dose after die-off symptoms subside?
• Bedding – Buy or DIY
  Indulge your nesting instinct—create a safe, nurturing ensemble for whatever form your sleep oasis takes; organic mattress, homemade pad, cot, or tent.
• Fabric, Batting, Yarn & Notions
  Sources for safer sewing supplies—for those who are concerned about their exposure to pesticides and other toxic substances commonly used in the production and shipment of fabrics and notions.
• Water Filters
  Nowadays, with all of our waterways polluted by pesticides, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, it's critical we purify our drinking, bathing, and laundry water.
• Air Purifiers
  When investing in a good air purifier, request carbon filter samples before making an expensive purchase. If you are chemically sensitive you might do better with one type than another; you may not even tolerate carbon at all.
• Beauty
  Beauty emanates from the inside out. Haven't you heard—self-confidence is sexier than any body part! That said, if you take care of yourself with a nutrient dense whole foods diet, restful sleep schedule, and exercise, you can shine even brighter.
• Creativity
  Creativity comes in many forms. Write a poem, paint a picture, cook a meal, play a game, create a ritual, design a vision board. Get the juices flowing in the right side of your brain. For those of us with toxic brain injury, creating can be a healing act.
• A Gypsy Life: Notes from the Diaspora
  Mokihana and Pete of Washington state discuss their journey with chemical sensitivity, building a tiny safe home on wheels, and their gypsy lifestyle.
• Core protocol after antibiotics?
  Dear Stephen, Should I assume that the protocol is for anyone who got Lymes, not just recent infections? If so, should I go on the full protocol or partial?
• New healthier housing site: MCSsafehomes.com
  Planet Thrive's new free service for safer housing & trailer listings.
• Hospital toxins
  Dear Dr. Rea, Have you had patients die of exposures to chemicals in hospitals? If not, is this a possibility and what would be the cause of death?
• Conscious Parenting
  Attachment parenting. Bedsharing. Breastfeeding. Circumcision. Elimination communication. Fertility. Pregnancy. Sacred birth. Natural Immunity. Homeschooling. Unschooling. We cover it all.
• Activist Resources
  Noticing the problem is no longer enough. Choose to be an agent for change, in whatever form that takes, no matter how large or small. Here are some resources to get you started.
• Practitioner Phone Consultations
  Experts in environmental medicine (including William J. Rea, M.D. and Gloria Gilbère, ND, DA Hom, PhD) and natural healing (like Susun Weed and Donna Gates) offer phone consultations at various rates.
• Compounding Pharmacies
  Our list of compounding pharmacies that are familiar with the stringent needs of the chemically sensitive community.
• Diagnostic Laboratories
  The best labs we know for testing chemicals, mold, bacteria, viruses, heavy metals and body systems.
• Disability Insurance (SSDI)
  Information and resources to help you apply for and get your Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits.
• Herbs
  Herbs like rosemary, basil, and sage add flavor, aroma and nutrition to meals. Herbs can also be used for their medicinal qualities (comfrey helps mend bone ailments, plantain can remove a bee sting) and are incorporated into many spiritual practices.
• Chelators
  Pullling heavy metals out of the brain and body is serious business. Here are our recommended resources to help you find natural heavy metal chelators like alpha lipoic acid (ALA) and synthetics (e.g., DMPS, DMSA) at the best prices.
• Supplements
  Our favorite sources for enzymes, probiotics, vitamins, minerals, and other supplements.
• Saunas
  Heat depuration therapy is commonly used by the autism and chemically sensitive communities to assist in a detoxification program. The most popular brand of sauna is Heavenly Heat.