Maybe now people can learn to do one of two things, chuck the carcinogenic fragrances or live with the headaches and the fatal results, As for my wife and I, we have found that almost everything you don't buy at Organic food stores, such as Whole Foods, is toxic in some way or other.
These products and many more unnamed here, have several things in common; they are toxic, or carcinogenic, or allergenic, or both. Many toxic items are made of petroleum byproducts and are products outsourced, offshore and the people who buy them have no clue as to the dangers. Most frightening is that many doctors, including allergists, don't have a clue either, even after examining someone suffering from such products some often compound their patient's injury by prescribing drugs which only serve to complicate the problems and are also often made of petroleum by products.
Note that I called these toxic "illnesses," injuries. I did that because they come not from an organic infection but from a toxic attack on the body. We do not call a bomb, which injures people, an infection or an illness. Neither do we say that a bullet, or a poison is an infection. These are sources of injury to the body. Perhaps cancer is an injury to the system, an interference that does not come from infection, or when viruses are the cause of cancer, it is because; they damage cells causing mutations of cancerous growths- (take note class-action lawsuit attorney's and researchers). I if researchers are asking why the heart is seldom, if ever, victimized by cancer. If so, then why aren't they asking themselves, why not use heart muscle cells to combat some cancers?
I wonder why when they are certain some cancers are the result of a virus, and we know that heat is destructive to viruses, they do not treat those cancers with heat, to raise the ambient temperature and destroy the virus? Don't we know that Ultraviolet rays kill some viruses? Why are we not experimenting with sending the blood of those with Leukemia through transparent tubes exposing it to sunlight and back into the body?
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ProfessorPete - If you have not, you may need to look into toxic mold poisening, as victims of this can, and usually do, develop a high case of MultipleChemicalSensitivity. My wife is one of these. We were both exposed to a high concentration of trichothecene mold off-gassing in a fifty year old home. I believe I'll let her tell you as she knows more facts about this than I do. I thought I was reading about mold poisoning two or three times while reading this article. We're trying as hard as we can to get this out in front of the public view, AND to the medical care people. Most of them we've run into are pretty narrow-minded....
Thomas M. Brooks
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iris harden (8 articles, 7 quicklinks, 8 diaries, 17 comments)
on Sunday, May 6, 2007 at 11:41:39 PM
Thanks for contacting me. There has been a tremendous amount of publicity on these highly toxic molds. It is important to note that almost any toxin can create Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. Highest on the list appears to be pesticides, herbicides, vaso-constrictors, naphthalene's, benzenes and other extremely widely spread toxins.
I would be interested to read more, but my writing interest is in toxins spread for profit. It is a wise idea in the future, to buy a newer home but check out what building products they use, some builders, are "Green Builders" so are some architects, so if you do build, check with your local AIA, they know what to avoid, or if you do buy a used home, have a highly trained inspector inspect the site completely, as a part of your contract. Ask an attorney about that and about if you have any recourse about the home you have from the sellers or the real estate company, or the state. Some states recognize Chemical Sensitivity as a disability, others do not. Find out if your state does, ask your congress person for a copy of the disabilities Act. I have some Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) contracted because of chemicals used at the College at which I taught, and they do hinder my life.
I can only tell you what has worked for me, each case seems to be different according to the University Environmental Specialty group, which I had diagnose what I already knew to be the case, but they advised what I was already doing, find out what chemicals the things which make me ill are and avoid them in future. Avoidance, they said, in my case, at least, was still the best remedy for this problem. Check with your MD what is best for you.
She will need a lot of support and understanding, but she can and should adapt. Humans are very adaptable. It is best to check all out with a very knowledgeable and understanding MD. Some hospitals have special departments which research MCS, ask around.
I hope she finds many ways, as I did, to function despite the disability.