Posts Tagged environmental illness

  • Terrible head pressure from dry cleaning job Terrible head pressure from dry cleaning job
    Dear Dr. Rea, I have a weird, terrible pressure in my head after chronic exposure to tetrachloroethene working at a dry cleaner's. What can I do about it?
  • Planet Thrive is Taking a Break Planet Thrive is Taking a Break
    The founder of Planet Thrive explains why the site will be not adding new content for the next month or so.
  • Bene's Battle Is Not Yet Over Bene’s Battle Is Not Yet Over
    Bene Barrymore, a senior who should be enjoying a comfortable retirement, is instead appealing to her community to help her repair her car so she can seek safe shelter before pesticide spraying season starts.
  • Interview with Laurie Tümer, MCS Landlord Interview with Laurie Tümer, MCS Landlord
    The owner of Eco-Casitas for Traveling Canaries in Espanola, New Mexico shares tips for running your own MCS guest house.
  • Seeking Participants for MCS Work Study Seeking Participants for MCS Work Study
    MCS researcher Pamela Reed Gibson, PhD and her team at James Madison University are seeking participants for a new study of persons with chemical sensitivities in the workplace.
  • One Thing I'd Change About My Chemical Sensitivity One Thing I’d Change About My Chemical Sensitivity
    What's one thing you'd change about your chemical sensitivity? We posed this question to our members and the video responses are beginning to come in.
  • Chicago Tribune features chemically sensitive artist Chicago Tribune features chemically sensitive artist
    The Chicago Tribune presents an inspiring account of one woman's struggle to overcome severely isolating and disabling chemical sensitivity.
  • Interview with performance artist Julie Laffin Interview with performance artist Julie Laffin
    Moving Beyond MCS, a blog about recovering from environmental illness, has published an interview with performance artist Julie Laffin that explores how her work has evolved due to her illness.
  • Unravelling the Mystery of Autism Unravelling the Mystery of Autism
    E Magazine's cover story this month connects environmental toxicity with autism -- shining light on the link between children with autism and adults with environmental illness.
  • Chemborg<sup>2</sup> Chemborg2
    Christine Weeber's first poetry chapbook, Sastrugi, speaks to living at 9,000 feet in the Rocky Mountains, as well as dealing with environmental illness and her mom's journey through cancer.
  • A Few Select Safer Condos in Dallas Being Offered for Sale A Few Select Safer Condos in Dallas Being Offered for Sale
    As of December 1, 2009, a few select Regina Caeli Environmental Condos in Dallas are being offered for sale at $105,000. Buyers may be eligible for the Homebuyers Tax Credits, available until April 30, 2010.
  • Christmas, EI-style Christmas, EI-style
    Just because you are challenged with environmental illness, there's no need to skimp when it comes to seasonal celebration. Find out how others express their holiday cheer.
  • We, Tuskegee? We, Tuskegee?
    Severe ME/CFS/MCS patient Peggy Munson was hospitalized, near death, after the Ice Storm of December 11, 2008 and ensuing 3-day power outage. She remembers today, one year later.
  • Nesting Instinct: A Survey of Bedding Options for the Chemically Sensitive Nesting Instinct: A Survey of Bedding Options for the Chemically Sensitive
    Julie Genser presents an array of sleeping solutions for those unable to tolerate chemicals in conventional mattresses and bedding materials.
  • 12 Ways to Stay Warm this Winter with Severe MCS/ES 12 Ways to Stay Warm this Winter with Severe MCS/ES
    For those with severe chemical and electrical sensitivities, staying warm through a cold winter can be quite challenging. Here are 12 tips for conserving body heat and surviving the coming winter season.
  • MCS Brain Retraining: Medical Scam or Breakthrough? MCS Brain Retraining: Medical Scam or Breakthrough?
    The Canary Report's recently published op-ed "The False Promise of Miracle Cures for MCS" by Lourdes Salvador and Linda Sepp is full of disinformation.
  • Naked and Caged: A Nightmare Come True Naked and Caged: A Nightmare Come True
    Right this moment, former professional concert pianist and music teacher, Maha Laxmi, is sitting naked in her bed somewhere in Canada, under a Faraday cage -- a structure that blocks wireless signals.
  • Understanding Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Understanding Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
    An interview with Dutch author Els Valkenburg, whose book "Understanding Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Causes, Effects, Personal Experiences and Resources" was recently translated into English.
  • When Illness Strikes, Men Leave More Often When Illness Strikes, Men Leave More Often
    WebMD shares the results of a new study that shows women with cancer and multiple sclerosis are more likely than men to become separated or divorced.
  • Golditox: A Fractured Fairy Tale for the Challenged Golditox: A Fractured Fairy Tale for the Challenged
    by Susan M. Silver | The tale of Golditox, a golden gifted girl who finds new meaning in life through her journey with environmental illness.
  • Environmental Toxins and Addiction Environmental Toxins and Addiction
    by Cynthia Perkins, M.Ed. | A sobriety coach and recovered alcohol and drug addict discusses how environmental toxins affect the neurotransmitters in the reward pathway of the brain.
  • Bene's Battle Bene’s Battle
    A senior with environmental illness hopes to avoid yearly homelessness during pesticide spraying season. Find out how you can help!
  • (dis)abling conditions: curated by Julie Laffin (dis)abling conditions: curated by Julie Laffin
    Julie Laffin will be "Skyped" in to this year's disability-themed Site Unseen show in Chicago to help spread awareness on environmental illness. The show is presented by The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.
  • To the Girls Down the Hall:  Ave et Avete To the Girls Down the Hall: Ave et Avete
    by Susan M. Silver | A grown woman grapples with the rejection from young neighbors after developing environmental illness.
  • Rewiring the Chemically Sensitive Brain Rewiring the Chemically Sensitive Brain
    Annie Hopper's Dynamic Neural Retraining System offers new hope to those with severe chemical and electrical sensitivities, fibromyalgia, and related conditions
  • Amygdala Retraining™ Program Amygdala Retraining™ Program
    Ashok Gupta Explains his Amygdala Retraining™ Program for ME/CFS/FM and Associated Illnesses.
  • Amygdala Retraining™ Program Appendix Amygdala Retraining™ Program Appendix
    Appendix to Ashok Gupta's article "Explaining the Amygdala Retraining Program™ for ME/CFS/FM and Associated Illnesses."
  • Chemical Sensitivity Web Resources Chemical Sensitivity Web Resources
    Websites and articles about chemical sensitivity.
  • MCS Hospitalization Tips MCS Hospitalization Tips
    Articles and advice for a less toxic hospital stay.
  • Chemical Sensitivity Support Chemical Sensitivity Support
    Support for those suffering from chemical sensitivity.
  • Chemical Sensitivity Regional Support Chemical Sensitivity Regional Support
    Organizations providing information and support for chemical sensitivity, based on location.
  • New healthier housing site: MCSsafehomes.com New healthier housing site: MCSsafehomes.com
    Planet Thrive's new free service for safer housing & trailer listings.
  • Marshall Protocol Marshall Protocol
    Controversial, demanding protocol originally developed to treat the symptoms of the "Th1" inflammatory disease sarcoidosis, and now being used by patients with CFS, FMS, lupus, lyme disease, and other chronic diseases.
  • FOCUS ON: Chemical Sensitivity (CS) FOCUS ON: Chemical Sensitivity (CS)
  • MCS Art MCS Art
    A selection of museum-quality works reflecting the experience of life with environmental illness.
  • MCS-TV MCS-TV
    MCS-International.org's extensive on-demand video library and 24-7 live TV broadcasting station for Environmental Illness and related conditions.
  • What's helping you rise? What’s helping you rise?
    I just discovered a wonderful website for a wonderful reading/study group: healthpursuitsgroup.com. They are a unique health book club for people suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), fibromyalgia (FMS), multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), and related conditions.
  • There Comes A Time There Comes A Time
    I have never been very good at surrendering. I have been the fighter—the hold on to the side of the cliff, fight for your life, never give up and never go down with the ship kind of soul. It was exhausting work.
  • The The “Question” of Health Reform
    Patricia Ann Rattray writes about how the government and corporate elite work together to silence those with environmental illness and others who threaten the status quo balance of power and profit.
  • Nightline ABC's Clattering Train - Part III Nightline ABC’s Clattering Train – Part III
    Part III of Patricia Ann Rattray's three-part report on Nightline's coverage of Dr. William Rea at the Environmental Health Center Dallas, and Chemical Sensitivity.

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