Perfume spritz sickens 150 in Texas

by Earthwalker | Jul 29, 2009 | Chemical Sensitivity News, NEWS | 0 comments

Thirty-four people went to the hospital and many others were treated for sickness after a strong perfume was sprayed by a woman in a Texas bank. Investigators do not know what kind of perfume was sprayed. The article states: “Emergency services initially feared that there may have been a leak of carbon monoxide leak but having checked the building, decided that a strong perfume was to blame.” You think that will get people to think twice about wearing perfume? I think not. They will just probably think something was wrong with that particular brand. My guess is it will continue to be business as usual for the multi-million dollar industry, even though their products often contain hazardous ingredients—just check any MSDS sheet. But wouldn’t it be great if this incident resulted in a tighter enforcement of fragrance free workplaces across America? …read the source article

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Earthwalker is the username that PT founder Julie Genser created for her online interactions so many years ago when first creating Planet Thrive.

Julie's (Earthwalker's) life was derailed over twenty years ago when she had a very large organic mercury exposure after she naively used a mouth thermometer to measure the temperature of just-boiled milk while making her very first pizza at home. The mercury instantly expanded into a gas form and exploded out the back of the thermometer right into her face. Unaware that mercury was the third most neurotoxic element on Earth, Julie had no idea she had just received a very high dose of a poisonous substance.

A series of subsequent toxic exposures over the next few years -- to smoke from two fires (including 9/11), toxic mold, lyme disease, and chemical injuries -- caused catastrophic damage to her health. While figuring out how to survive day-to-day, and often minute-to-minute, she created Planet Thrive to help others avoid some of the misdiagnoses and struggles she had experienced.

She has clawed her way over many health mountains to get to where she is today. She is excited to bring the latest iteration of Planet Thrive to the chronic illness community.

In 2019, Julie published her very first cookbook e-book called Low Lectin Lunches (+ Dinners, Too!) after discovering how a low lectin, gluten free diet was helping manage her chronic fascia/muscle pain.
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