Repost Wednesday: By Peggy Munson. (This article may be reprinted and distributed freely.) Myth: People who have negative reactions to fragrances simply have allergies. Why is it necessary to structure my life around someone's allergies? Fact: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, or MCS, is a progressive neurological disease that can result in death. Asthma, which often causes … [Read more...] about Myths and Facts About Chemical Sensitivity
Mythology
Cassandras Rather than Canaries
As a metaphor explaining the far-reaching consequences for those of us with environmental health conditions, the Canary in the Coal Mine works: Miners used to take caged canaries along with them down into the coal mines because, when exposed to toxic and noxious gases from the coal, canaries are guaranteed to suffer ill health effects, dying far sooner than their human carers … [Read more...] about Cassandras Rather than Canaries
How to Begin Building a House… with Ganesha
We bought our block, out on the Surf Coast of Victoria, Australia, back in 2011. In 2012 we engaged the services of EcoDesigner and Draftsperson, Quin Wyatt, hoping he could help us create an allergy-free, eco-friendly home made from non-toxic, low VOC materials: a safe home capable of protecting my immune system from mould spores; a home designed with passive heating and … [Read more...] about How to Begin Building a House… with Ganesha
Dragon Tales
Dragon Tales The dragon, the colour spectrum of his apparition, hidden in a decade past: only illuminative remnants of consciousness left over from the crackle and pop of jewels burnt on the pyre. Yet, like emeralds glinting in amongst the coals, his eyes still spy out from the darkness… and the treasure kept hidden, deep down in the labyrinth in which we were both … [Read more...] about Dragon Tales