This is one of the first articles I wrote as a chemically sensitive patient back in 2006. I'd been sensitive to chemicals for only two years; and I thought I was so clever when we discovered a way to seal in the formaldehyde fumes coming from the brand new kitchen cabinets. (Over the next few days I have some more posts on aluminium foil and it's uses for people sensitive to … [Read more...] about Sealing Chipboard in the Kitchen (with Foil)
Foil
How to Seal a Room With Foil, Quickly
If you, or someone you know, could do with a safe room, then try this: buy a roll of foil from a plumbing shop, your local hardware, or order it from a company that specialises in this type of product. Use it to seal the floors, the walls, even the furniture. Building wrap, designed to stop vapours, is what you are looking for. Brands in AUS include: Vapastop, and … [Read more...] about How to Seal a Room With Foil, Quickly
Goodbye Emerald Green Strappy Heels
Here is a joke for you all: Q: What is the definition of self-torture? A: A woman who has a shoe addiction, yet has also been tested and diagnosed as sensitive to chemicals! ~ aka ~ Michellina Van Loder I'm not really that type of woman… What 'type'? I hear you ask. Well—the type of woman who finds the gratification of buying and wearing shoes, intensely emotionally … [Read more...] about Goodbye Emerald Green Strappy Heels