Stephen Barrett is co-author of "Chemical Sensitivity: the Truth about Environmental Illness." Of course, the truth is missing from the book. Needless to say, the book was an attempt to convince mankind that Chemical Sensitivity is merely a matter of mental illness.. This, of course, is in contradiction to Barrett's own writing, being that he once stated that there are … [Read more...] about A 1999 AAAAI Position Statement on MCS (IEI), contrasted with its teaching on Occupational Asthma
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MCS Review Factsheet
From the Australian Government National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS): Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Review What is MCS? Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) is a term that describes a condition in which affected individuals experience diverse (sometimes debilitating) symptoms associated with exposure to a variety of chemicals in the … [Read more...] about MCS Review Factsheet
The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect: Finding Sanctuary in Butterfly Town, USA, By Jennifer Lunden was a piece of creative nonfiction that I chose to present to my Creative Nonfiction class early in 2014, during the last year of my Diploma at Victoria University (VU). My Creative Nonfiction teacher, the wonderful Michelle Fincke, read the following analysis of 'The Butterfly Effect' out … [Read more...] about The Butterfly Effect
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
The Sensitives
Do you ever feel like we are shoved to the sidelines in life? That we are forced to either live an isolated existence or suffer the consequences of exposures to chemical irritants? I do. Sometimes, when reading the news or partaking in popular culture activities—via the internet, reading online newspapers, TV and media streaming—I have to wonder, why don't people care about us? … [Read more...] about The Sensitives