Recommended links
Web sites with information on multiple chemical sensitivity, environmental illness, fragrance products, allergies, accommodation, etc.
http://www.cantonrep.com/cantonrep01/menus.php?ID=46060 May 21, 2002
Ballparks making special effort to accommodate kids with food allergies with special sectionshttp://www.fpinva.org/
Fragranced Products Information Network“The available health-related information concerning fragranced products is widely scattered throughout scientific, medical, and industry literature and is often difficult to access. The Fragrance Products Information Network website was developed to help fill the void of information that exists regarding scented products.”
Includes:
Array of Products, Accommodation, Composition, Environment, Health, Popular Press, Research
http://www.geocities.com/hotsprings/spa/4415/
The Multiple Chemical Sensitivities Primer or MCS for Beginners
Includes:
What is MCS?, Common Symptoms, Common Triggers, Sources of Information, MCS Chemistry, Safe Products, Non-toxic Alternatives, Coping Techniques, How Can Friends Help?, The Top Ten Questions I Am Asked About MCS, My Personal Tips, Magazine Articles (including “Sick, Yes, Psycho, No—People with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities Fight to be Believed”)
http://www.immuneweb.org/articles/perfume.html
Health Risks from Perfume: The Most Common Chemicals Found in Thirty-One Fragrance Products by a 1991 EPA Study
Compiled by Julia Kendall, 1995
An addendum covers additional chemicals.
Click on “Sickened by your surroundings?” Learn all about environmental illness and multiple chemical sensitivity.
Includes:
Environmental Illness Links, Health Risks of Perfume and other Products Containing Fragrance, Why Air Fresheners Should Be Called “Air Poisoners,” The Health Risks of Using Fabric Softeners, Let’s Stop Poisoning Our Children, Online Ordering of Books on MCS, Reason for Allergy Explosion, Making Sense of Scents
http://users.lanminds.com/~wilworks/ehnhompg/wordout.htm
Environmental Health Network
Links to many magazine, newspaper & online articles on MCS.
Includes:
Links to many articles regarding widespread negative attitudes toward those with MCS and Environmental Illnesses.
Links regarding access and accommodation for those with MCS and EI.
http://www.ourlittleplace.com/resources.html
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Resources
Includes:
Safer Products—Online & Mail-Order Catalogs, Organizations and Newsletters, Miscellaneous Other Resources
http://www.ourlittleplace.com/mcslinks.html
Links to other MCS-Related Sites
(This is the "links" page from the site above -- has lots of links to all kinds of pages that cover various aspects of MCS -- some links are out of date but many are still good.)
Includes:
General MCS Sites, Environmental Medicine Specialists’ Web Sites, Sites regarding Amalgam (Mercury) Toxicity, Sites regarding Aspartame (NutraSweet) Toxicity, Sites regarding Pesticides and Safe Alternatives, Miscellaneous Other Sites
http://www.ourlittleplace.com/nontoxic.html
Guidelines for Non-Toxic Living
Another page from the site above -- safe alternatives to exposure to chemicals.
Includes:
General Recommendations, Cleaning Products, Personal Care Products
http://www.ourlittleplace.com/noperfume.html
No Perfume Means Healthier Air
Another page from the site above.
Includes:
Some Toxic Chemicals Found in Fragrances, As Romantic as Hazardous Waste, Perfume Pollutes, Scents and Illness, How to Protect Yourself and Those with MCS from Further Chemical Exposure, Some Safer Products
http://www.emagazine.com/january-february_2000/0100gl_health.html
Smelling Good but Feeling Bad—Synthetic Perfumes, Colognes, and Scents are Turning Up Noses
A good basic article on dangers of fragrances.
http://www.cbsnews.com/now/story/0,1597,327834-412,00.shtml
New Postal-Related Illnesses?
Article on irradiated mail—how it gives off small amounts of carbon monoxide and ozone.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/RubinReport/rubinreport_82.html
Sick of Chemicals
A short ABC article about a California study on MCS.
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/Impact/Articles/Perfume_ban/Perfume_Ban.html
Minnesota School urges students and teachers to be fragrance-free
Article about accommodation at Minnesota School of Social Work
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