Posts Tagged MCS

  • 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.
  • Mercury in fish Mercury in fish
    Dear Dr. Rea, For those with MCS, which fish is okay to eat that doesn't contain much mercury? Are cod, haddock and tinned tuna okay to eat? Thanks.
  • 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.
  • Hope for MCS/EI housing communities? Hope for MCS/EI housing communities?
    A general contractor/developer from Fargo, North Dakota appeared on Facebook.com last week to announce his interest in tackling the housing crisis of the chemically sensitive.
  • 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.
  • Local expert who can check out a home Local expert who can check out a home
    Dear Dr. Rea, I'm a real estate agent specializing in "green" property and I'm looking for a consultant who I can use to help educate builders and test homes that I may list to sell from time to time. Do you know anyone?
  • 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.
  • Humidifiers Humidifiers
    Dear Dr. Rea, I am looking for a humidfier that doesn't outgas plastic fumes when in use. I am reacting to mine with headaches and swollen eyes. It is old and didn't cause me a problem until this winter. Any suggestions?
  • Brain plasticity and chemical sensitivity Brain plasticity and chemical sensitivity
    Canadian radio host Murray Langdon interviews Annie Hopper, a core belief counselor who claims she rewired her brain and healed herself from severe chemical and electrical sensitivities, as well as fibromyalgia.
  • Online fundraiser for severe ME/CFS and MCS sufferer Online fundraiser for severe ME/CFS and MCS sufferer
    Help Jason keep his love Nicole afloat: on "bad days" she cannot speak and can barely turn over in bed. With savings dwindling quickly, they are appealing to friends and family for help.
  • Coping with Chronic Illness During the Holidays Coping with Chronic Illness During the Holidays
    by Cynthia Perkins, M.Ed. | Unable to attend family holiday celebrations due to chronic illness? Here are some tips for making the holiday season a time to look forward to no matter what your circumstance.
  • Destined for Desert Destined for Desert
    In 1998, while backpacking through the Middle East, I fell head-over-heels for a dashing Bedouin living in the desert in southern Jordan. I stayed for 5 weeks, learning how to bake bread under the fire coals in the sand, play the Arabic hand drum (dumbek), and say "I love you" in Arabic.
  • 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.
  • Need hernia surgery - are the patches safe? Need hernia surgery – are the patches safe?
    Dear Dr. Rea, I need to have fairly extensive hernia surgery in the groin and abdomen. Are the hernia patches to your knowledge made out of a safe material that will not leech or cause other problems?
  • 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.
  • Safe Houses: Only for the affluent? Safe Houses: Only for the affluent?
    Barbara Eaton, president of a regional chapter of The National Association of the Physically Handicapped, writes about how people with MCS who have few resources end up as housing refugees.
  • Missing: A life broken by Multiple Chemical Sensitivities Missing: A life broken by Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
    Salvador López Arnal interviews Eva Caballé, Spanish author and MCS activist, about her new book "Desaparecida. Una vida rota por la sensibilidad química múltiple" ("Missing. A life broken by Multiple Chemical Sensitivities").
  • Call for chemical free zone Call for chemical free zone
    Tami Duncan, Executive Director of the Lyme Induced Autism Foundation sends out a plea to parents and practitioners of autistic children to refrain from wearing perfume, and other scented products.
  • 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.
  • The Seven Essentials of Recovery The Seven Essentials of Recovery
    "The Queen of Green" Debra Lynn Dadd shares her top suggestions for turning your health around onto a path of recovery from chemical sensitivities and food intolerances.
  • 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.
  • Successful treatment of mold-related illness Successful treatment of mold-related illness
    Study results from Planet Thrive Q & A columnist William J. Rea, M.D.'s successful treatment of patients with mycotoxin-induced disease were recently published in the Oct/Nov 2009 issue of Toxicology and Industrial Health.
  • Toxic Perfume Lady Toxic Perfume Lady
    Fragrance chemicals are found in laundry detergent, dryer sheets, shampoo, skin creams, perfumes and hundreds of other household products. And guess what? Most of these ...
  • Mercury fillings Mercury fillings
    Dear Dr. Rea, I have multiple chemical sensitivity. Do the mercury fillings cause problems for those with MCS? I have 6 of them.
  • MCS recognized in Japan MCS recognized in Japan
    Eva Caballé corresponds with Takeshi Yasuma from Citizens Against Chemicals Pollution (CACP) in Japan on the level of acceptance MCS gets in his country.

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