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.
Chemical Sensitivity News
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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.