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
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Bicarbonate of Soda
"Chemicals have replaced bacteria and viruses as the main threat to health. The diseases we are beginning to see as the major causes of death in the latter part of (the 1900's) and into the 21st century are diseases of chemical origin." Dr. Dick Irwin, Toxicologist, Texas A&M University Bicarbonate of Soda (also known as 'Baking Soda' (not to be confused with 'baking … [Read more...] about Bicarbonate of Soda
Toxic Mould Goblin Rears its Moist-Black-Furry Head – Again
Howdy! This is the post of all posts on a running theme in my life: Mould. Welcome to 'My Laundry of Mouldy Horror'. (Warning: if the word 'moist' bothers you, DO NOT read on. Read this post instead.) Seven months back, my washing machine broke, and refused to stop filling with water; it overflowed, running down my hallway, and into my dining room. Twice over a period of two … [Read more...] about Toxic Mould Goblin Rears its Moist-Black-Furry Head – Again
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
How to Seal in Fragrance on a Steering Wheel
I know the title of this post reads funny, but stay with me here. Seven years ago, two years after being diagnosed as sensitive to chemicals, I found myself in the position of needing to purchase a car. The car I was driving—although it was a swank model, had leather seats, and a rockin' stereo—was making me intensely ill, and it wasn't until I moved to live near the ocean, and … [Read more...] about How to Seal in Fragrance on a Steering Wheel