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• Fierce Bodies: Non-toxic products for the fiercely natural
  Introducing Fierce Bodies, a new, start-up personal care product company committed to making products as natural and allergen-free as possible for those with sensitive skin and bodies.
• Art show detailing environmental illness gets great press
  Performance artist Monet Clark's most recent show, "California Girl" at the Krowswork Gallery in Oakland, California is getting great reviews.
• ‘Tis the season to retrain your brain
  As part of the Holiday 2011 eBay Auction to benefit the 501(c)(3) non-profit "re|shelter," both the Gupta Amygdala Retraining™ Programme and the Dynamic Neural Retraining System™ are being auctioned on eBay at greatly reduced prices.
• Artist Monet Clark on Disability Rap this Friday 12-1pm PST
  Performance artist and severe MCS/CFS survivor Monet Clark will be speaking with radio host and disability rights activist Ana Acton on her radio show "Disability Rap" this Friday from 12-1pm PST.
• Housing non-profit re|shelter’s Holiday 2011 auction underway
  Starting bids have been set at 50% (or more) below retail value. This is a great opportunity to get the Gupta or Hopper brain retraining programs at bargain basement prices!
• Last day to submit donations for re|shelter auction
  Today is the last day to submit your auction donation form for the re|shelter auction to benefit those on the verge of homelessness due to severe environmental intolerances.
• Re|shelter Holiday Auction: A call for in-kind donations
  Re|shelter, the non-profit 501(c)(3) charity recently formed to address the housing crisis for those displaced by disabling environmental intolerances, is planning their first fundraising event: a Holiday Auction on eBay.
• Annie Hopper’s DNRS™ DVD kit now available
  Annie Hopper has just announced the release of her 14-hour Dynamic Neural Retraining System™ (DNRS™) DVD series to her newsletter subscribers.
• Environmental Illness makes NY Times
  Danish photographer Thilde Jensen's photographs have been featured in the Sunday Review section of the Sunday, September 18 edition of the NY TImes.
• Shandy’s auction ~ help her be the best mom she can be!
  For the next week, you can bid on many exciting items to help raise funds for Shandy's lyme treatment and evacuation from a moldy home. Help Shandy be the mom she is meant to be!
• HOMESICK movie in last stages of production
  Santa Fe-based singer Susan Abod needs our help to finish her movie HOMESICK, a powerful new film on environmental illness and the desperate housing situation many with the condition are faced with.
• Author Els Valkenburg’s recovery from chemical sensitivity
  Els Valkenburg has just reported a complete recovery from chemical sensitivity using the Gupta Amygdala Retraining™ Program.
• Thilde Jensen’s recovery from environmental illness
  "After only the second day, she experienced a huge improvement in her symptoms...That was the last time she ever wore her mask. She was able to sleep in her room the next two nights without a problem."
• Updated schedule for ecoTECH’s Living Sanctuary prototype
  Due to construction delays, the ecoTECH Living Sanctuary prototype will be completed toward the end of August, 2011.
• Italian school helps teenager with MCS complete her exams
  A 13-year-old affected by MCS, which causes her to react to chemicals, is receiving support these days by being able to take her middle school exams at “Lao Silesu” in via Pardolonga.
• New blog focused on brain retraining for MCS, CFS, FMS
  LimbicRetraining.com is a new satellite blog created by Planet Thrive that will focus exclusively on neural reconditioning for MCS, CFS, FMS, and related conditions.
• Summary of MCS meeting on May 13 at WHO headquarters in Geneva
  A group of Spanish doctors discuss including chemical and electrical sensitivities in the WHO International Classification of Diseases (ICD), to help patients get legal recognition for their illness.
• Jessica Alba joins fight against toxic chemicals
  Jessica is pregnant with her second child and chemicals in the environment are a huge personal concern of hers.
• Vote today for CFS research – only a few days left
  by Cort Johnson | Chase Community Giving has given CFS research a kind of life line; a chance to win some big money in a time of dearth and to put that money directly into the hands of excellent researchers.
• MCS activism: How to be represented in an unsafe place
  How can chemically and electrically sensitive people do public activism work when the spaces they need to enter are not accessible? E.I. Jane to the rescue!
• Homegrown activism for MCS Awareness Month
  Planet Thrive member Susi Lippuner shares an educational brochure about non-toxic living with her community in honor of Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Month this May.
• Feisty lyme sisters helping each other out
  This is what real grassroots activism is about, folks. This is how to raise awareness for an illness, help a patient in a very practical way, and most importantly, to show a friend how much they are loved and cherished.
• MCS housing prototype available soon for testing
  EcoTECH Design Studio's MCS housing prototype unit is being installed in Pennsylvania and will be available this July for testing by interested parties.
• Go fragrance free for the month of May!
  May is Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Month, and Planet Thrive urges you to go fragrance and chemical free for the entire month in honor of those who suffer from this debilitating illness.
• Help make research on chemical intolerance a priority
  Place your vote today to help make research on chemical sensitivities a priority for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).
• Less toxic hair salons
  by Julie Genser | I recently did a search online for less toxic hair salons and stylists to see if I could find any near me and was surprised to find quite a few across the country.
• A call for solidarity among environmentally sensitive people
  by Steen Hviid | The FCC is promoting the dismantling of all telephone landlines in the entire country. This will be a disaster for electrosensitive people who cannot use a cell phone.
• Radiation-free cabin draws attention to electro-pollution
  A group of Swedish electrically hypersensitive (EHS) activists put up a Faraday cage shaped like a cabin in downtown Gothenburg, Sweden in order to draw attention to the problem of electro-pollution.
• Chemical sensitivity in the Arctic
  Chemical intolerance is not just a problem in heavily populated areas of the globe, but can also strike in the Arctic.
• New financial aid website for the chemically sensitive
  "Practical Support For People with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity" connects those who are too ill to support themselves because of MCS with those who want to help by sending much needed funds or goods.
• Germany pioneers environmentally controlled hospital rooms
  A Hamburg hospital has designed two environmentally controlled rooms for people with chemical sensitivities and environmental allergies.
• Re|shelter approved for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
  Having tax-exempt status opens up a world of fundraising opportunities for new safer housing non-profit "re|shelter" in 2011 and beyond.
• Safer housing resources consolidated onto re|shelter website
  The free safer housing listings and resources found on the former MCSsafehomes.com website have been merged into reshelter.org.
• Portland gets greener: City considering perfume policy
  This week the Portland City Council discussed creating a fragrance-free workplace policy for government employees.
• Continuing the work of Share, Care and Prayer
  Although Janet Dauble, the founder of Share, Care and Prayer, passed away recently, her work will continue on.
• Safer housing checklists now on MCSsafehomes.com
  MCSsafehomes.com has just published several comprehensive checklists to help guide both chemically sensitive househunters and homeowners looking to rent or sell to chemically sensitive clients.
• The MCS Survivalist Guide: Tent Living ~ Parts 2 & 3
  by Lisa Pausmann | Parts 2 & 3 of this helpful guide to outdoor living when you have severe chemical and electrical sensitivities.
• All charges against Dr. William J. Rea dismissed
  All charges against Dr. William J. Rea by the Texas Medical Board have been dismissed after years of courtroom proceedings and high legal fees.
• The MCS Survivalist Guide: Tent Living ~ Part 1
  by Lisa Pausmann | Hundreds of people with severe chemical sensitivities will be homeless this year and many turn to camping for shelter. This guide is for those with MCS and little outdoor experience.
• P450 detoxification compound isolated after decades of searching
  PhysOrg.com has reported that scientists have been able to isolate a key player in the detoxification pathway that has eluded them for three decades.