MCS Resources

Visitorsince March 3, 1999

Here's the Vendor List as an html file for anyone who might want it.
Debbie

MCS Vendors and Products

Personal Care Products

Facial Moisturizer

Product: Facial cleanser, moisturizer, toner, etc.

Brand: Almay Hypo-allergenic

Product: Complex 15, hypoallergenic, noncomedogenic and fragrance-free

Brand: Schering-Plough HealthCare Products; Memphis, TN

Store: Walgreens, South Florida

Fragrance-free shaving cream

Brand: Simple Shaving Foam.

Brand: Noxema

Brand: Aveeno

Brand: Aveeno Shave Gel

Fragrance-free soaps, shampoos, lotions, creams & more–A catalog of information & products for a natural and non-toxic lifestyle. Making everyday living healthier, safer, & more pleasurable, especially for those with allergies and chemical sensitivities.

Brand: Simmons Handcrafts

Address: Hwy 36

Bridgeville, Ca. 95526

Tel.: (707) 777-1920

Aftershave

None. Try plain witch hazel.

Deodorant

Mineral crystal; baking soda; Alvera Aloe Unscented roll-on; commercial fragrance-free products; corn starch; Home Health Unscented Deodorant; Multi-Purpose

Hair Conditioner

Granny’s Old Fashioned Products ‘Soft & Silky’; Nature Clean Organic; Ivory Unscented; Simple;

Hair Curl Relaxer

Highly volatile. Choose a different hairstyle.

Hair Gel

Nexus Unscented Extra Hold; unflavored gelatin; soaked flax seeds. No safe mousse. Straight aloe vera gel (reader states that it was used with ‘moderate success’).

Hair Perms

Continue offgassing for weeks. Choose a different hairstyle, or hunt down the rumored ‘organic’ perms without ammonia.

Hair Shampoo

Granny’s Old Fashioned Products ‘Gently Yours’ tearless or ‘Rich & Radiant’; Infinity Chamomile; Ivory Unscented; Pure Essentialls fragrance-free shampoo and conditioner; Magik Botanicals fragrance free shampoo and conditioner; Planet Solutions’ Multi-Purpose

Hair Spray

There are no safe hair sprays that I know of, but Living Source and Almay Unscented are among the least bad. Safer Alternatives catalog sells a styling spray, but I haven’t tried it. One reader suggests that the recipe given in Debra Lynn Dadd’s book "The Nontoxic Home" for a lemon juice hairspray and honey based gel work well.

Lip Balm

Paul Penders Lip Gloss; vegetable oil or vegetable glycerine; pure cocoa butter.

Make up

Real Purity or some products of these brands: Paul Penders; Beauty Without Cruelty; Bare Escentuals, Almay.

Moisturizer

Alba Botanica Unscented; Nature’s Plus Vitamin E Cream; pure edible oils e.g. apricot kernel or untoasted sesame.

Mouthwash:OxyRich Mouthwash by SupraLife (16 oz.. $6.00. Ingredients

Water, Aloe Vera, Glycerine, Hydrogen Peroxide, Zinc Citrate, Mint Flavor).

Nail Polish

Inherently toxic. You can buff your nails shiny.

Shaving

Clearly Natural Unscented glycerine soap; aloe vera gel; Alba Botanica Original Shave Cream; Noczema Shaving Cream (Scent Free only); Granny’s liquid soap (see Soap); Multi-Purpose works great, .

Shoe Polish

Eco Design Co, Santa Fe, NM, carries this shoe polish also. Their toll free number is 800-621-2591. They have a catalogcalled "The Natural Choice."

Also, try this web site: http://virtual-markets.net/go/sinan/alt/ Soap, bar

Clearly Natural unscented glycerine; Kiss My Face plain olive oil soap; Aveeno colloidal oatmeal bar; Sirena Fresh Coconut; Vermont Country Soap (unscented for sensitive skin); Chef’s Soap;

Soap, liquid

Lifeline Natural Cleaner; Dr. Bronner’s Baby Castile; Granny’s Old Fashioned Body Satin; and Planet Solutions’ Multi-Purpose .

Sunscreen

Mountain Ocean Sun Block (SPF 15); a reader adds that Banana Boat Baby fragrance free/hypoallergenic sunblock (SPF 30) works well.

Toothpaste

Baking soda; sea salt; Nature’s Gate Mint Creme (not gel); Xylifresh; OxyRich Tooth Gel by SupraLife (6 oz. $6.00. Ingredients: Deionized Water, Organic Aloe Vera Gel, Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide, Kelp Extract, Mint Extract)

Household Products Air Cleaners

HEPA plus activated charcoal works well. Several brands, such as Aerox, are meant for the chemically sensitive. I have one in my bedroom and one in my truck. Available from several of the catalogs.

Air Freshener

Commercial air and rug fresheners are very toxic, most contain paradichlorobenzene, a pesticide which reduces one’s sense of smell, in addition to fragrance. Non-aerosol citrus sprays, while safer, are allergenic to many. Instead, ventilate to remove odors or use absorbents/adsorbents such as zeolite or baking soda. Or filter air through activated charcoal.

Organic Cotton Bedding Brand: Earthsake

Address: Oakland, CA

Tel.: 510-848-5023

Web address: http://www.earthsake.com/

Bedding

It is very important that you get the synthetics off of your bed and replace them with (preferably) organic cotton. Several catalogs can help, such as Harmony, Safer Alternatives, and N.E.E.D.S.

Bleach

Ecover Bleach (hydrogen peroxide), NOT chlorine.

Bug Killer

Roach Prufe, or boric acid (mixed with water and sugar for ants). See Pests. When you use Multi-Purpose (by Planet Solutions) to clean, it seems to act as a bug repellant .

Carpet Cleaner

NeoLife Rugged Red; Granny’s Old Fashioned Products Carpet Kleen; Multi-Purpose (Usage Guide page 2).

Dishes/Grease

Granny’s E-Z Maid; Ecover Dish Detergent; Planet Solutions Multi-Purpose can be used to wash dishes; Biopac fragrance free dishwashing detergent and dish soap (does contain some citrus); Global Balance.

Dishwasher

Planet Solutions Multi-Purpose and Liquid Shield can even be used in the automatic diswasher (see Usage Guide); Harmony (does still contain a petroleum base) (see catalogs); or Neolife

Drains

One of the safest and most effective ways is to put lots of baking soda into the sink (about a cup), then wash it down with vinegar (causes a lot of fizzing and noise and no odor...and does a great job). Wait a while and then wash it down with hot water. Enzymes

Driving a problem?

Close the windows, recirculate the air, use an air cleaner in the vehicle or an ion generator in the cigarette lighter socket. Makes a big difference.

Dry Cleaning

Until water-based dry cleaning is available here, avoid chemical dry cleaning. (Gives me an immediate rash, etc.) Air clothes outdoors for at least a week before bringing indoors. Buy washable clothes, or pay someone to hand wash and iron.

Fabric Softener

NO dryer sheets, not even unscented (they melt resin onto clothes). Use hydrogen peroxide (Ecover Bleach). You can put a little hydrogen peroxide onto a wash cloth and toss it into the dryer. Once you are only using cotton clothes you probably won’t have much static. You can use Liquid Shield as a Fabric Softener.

Furniture Polish

Try a little olive oil/vinegar on a damp cotton cloth. You can add a little lemon juice also. About 50% vinegar, 50% olive oil works well. Liquid Shield works great, see Usage Guide, page 3.

Germ Killer

Hydrogen peroxide (great for toilets and showers); Multi-Purpose does a great job on toilets and showers, see Usage Guide, page 1.

Glass Cleaner

Water with white vinegar. Liquid Shield works very well.

Gloves

Cotton or vinyl available form Conney Safety products. Vinyl for pumping gas (you or your helper) works great.

Heater

Ceramic Radiant Heat advertises no outgassing, etc., and is available from several of the catalogs. They advertise safe for the chemically sensitive.

Laundry detergent

Avoid all fragrance, dye, chlorine, ammonia, optical brighteners. Choose: Ecover Laundry Powder; Granny’s Old Fashioned Products Power Plus (liquid); Multi-Purpose (page 4 of the Usage Guide) or just use baking soda. You can mix baking soda others. If you add some (3T) dry mustard to the wash (soak) it gets rid of the embedded perfumes in the clothes. Also, when you first purchase cottons, add milk (about a cup) to the wash to neutralize the formaldehyde. Some folk use the laundry disks. One reader suggests Biopac or Global Balance products.

Masks

(For times when you simply must go into a store, pump gas, or sign for a delivery from a scented person) See Conney Safety products under catalogs. Also available in smaller quantities from N.E.E.D.S. catalog and others. Many select Dust/Mist/Organic Vapor by 3M or handmade cotton or silk masks containing activated charcoal. It is adviseable not to wear a mask over about 45 minutes due to limitation of oxygen. If you get a ‘real’ gas mask (lucky you!) select the silicone type over the rubber (less fragrant). Keep in mind that you are still absorbing toxins in your hair, skin and clothes when you go into a toxic environment wearing a gas mask. Therefore, when you get home, wash hair, shower, change clothes, etc.

Mineral deposits

Sodium hexametaphosphate. Also you can get pumice stone to get the mineral ring out of porcelain toilets and sinks. Multi-Purpose takes water marks out of wood with very light scrubbing (personal experience).

Mold Killer

Hydrogen peroxide, zephiran chloride, Natural Chemistry Bio-Clean or Pool and Spa formula; or lots of sunshine. I’ve also used vinegar, Multi-Purpose (Usage Guide page 4) and Safety Clean (by AFM, see N.E.E.D.S. catalog).

Moth Repellent

Clean clothes well; dry thoroughly and store in plastic bags sealed with tape. Cedar, bay leaf, and clove help, but are allergenic to many people.

Natural Chemistry Bio Clean or Pool & Spa.

Multi-Purpose dissolves grease clogs, but not hair clogs See Usage Guide, page 2.

Ozone generators

I recommend you think twice here. Many chemically sensitive people have purchased these to kill mold and odors, but ozone has also been known to cause chemical sensitivity. Consumer beware.

Paper Towels

Harmony brown paper towels (they also carry brown napkins, toilet paper, etc. which don’t have chlorine and are good products)

Sauna Rooms

Heavenly Heat, 1106 2nd St., Encinitas, CA 92024. Call 1(800)697-2862 (my sauna) or Fax (760)634-1268. Environmentally safe sauna rooms for the home and clinic. Request a brochure via email at heavenly.heat@att.net or call the toll free number.

Scouring powder

Bon Ami Cleaning Powder; baking soda or borax.

Shower Curtain

Cotton Duck available from Voice of the Mountains ((802)362-2400 (and other) catalogs for under $40.00 (U.S.).

Web Sites

Products for the chemically injured, chemically sensitive or environmentally ill:

www.lassentech.com/eiprod.html

General instructions for making a safe room:

www.snowcrest.net/lassen/eiroom.html

Guidelines for non-toxic living:

www/supernet.net/~jackibar/nontoxic.html

safe product suggestions and sources:

http://www.sharecareprayer.org/resources.html

A source for buying all the books and videos in the series:

http://www.hhinst.com/booksvideos.html

Reviews of the books:

http://www.bloomington.in.us/~healthy/THHHnews.html

And a link to the Energy Efficient Building Association Bookstore:

http://www.eeba.org/healhaus.htm

Making Your Own: Soap

The Complete Soapmaker......Norma Coney

The Handmade Soap Book....Melinda Cross

Soap.......Anne Bramson

Beautiful Handmade Natural Soaps....Marie Browning (this only tells how to made fabulous soap by melting down already made soap, which you can buy in USA as soap noodles.....see the Soap Crafters Site)

Sites for some info on making soap

http://www.lis.ab.ca/walton/old/soaphome.html

http://washington.xtn.net/~author/soap.htm

http://www.chariot.net.au/~mermaid/

Sites for soap buying that will lead to other sites especially via the Soap Ring

http://www.detroitlakes.com/barley/

http://www.the-sage.com/services/fragcalc.html

Site for the soap list and instructions on soap making and supplies

http://www.soapcrafters.com/homepage.htm

J.R. Liggett's bar shampoo. Only four ingredients in it, mild, does a great job on me and my Akita. It's the only thing I've used for 5 or 6 years now. (Be advised, it does sting if you get it in your eyes.) Available at health food stores, I've bought it in both PA and OH. Great stuff! They also make a second variety with hemp oil, I believe, but it's got 7 or so ingredients, and may not be tolerable for everyone. Economical, too, lasts as long as a bottle of the awful smelly stuff.

Books

Cooking/Foods/Food Allergens

The Complete Guide to Food Allergy and Intolerance, Bloomsbury,

Professor Jonathan Brostoff and Linda Gamlin, 1998 ISBN 0 7475 3430 6 Written by the leading NHS doctor who specialises in allergy. A good explanation of the subject. He refers some of his difficult patients to Dr. McEwen! The Complete Food Allergy Cookbook Marilyn Gioannini, over 150 recipes without wheat, corn, dairy, and other common food allergens
Stevia Sweet Recipes, Sugar-Free–Naturally Jeffrey Goettemoeller, $9.95, From Vital Health Publishing, P.O. Box 544,Bloomindale, IL 60108 The Optimum Nutrition Bible, Piatkus, 1977 Patrick Holford, ISBN 0 7499 17482 Excellent up-to-date book by the man who founded the Institute of Optimum Nutrition A Consumer’s Dictionary of Food Additives

A Consumer’s Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients

Ruth Winters, M.S.

Macro Mellow $11.65–$13.95. Transition diet for those not ready for macrobiotics.

You Are What You Ate $8.95–$9.95. Shows how to begin the macrobiotic diet, with which many universal reactors have lost their food, mold, Candida, and chemical sensitivities.

Dentistry Are Your Dental Fillings Poisoning You? By Guy S. Fasciana, D.M.D. Keats Publishing, Inc., New Canaan, CT. The hazards of mercury in your mouth and what you can do about it. The Complete Guide to Mercury Toxicity from Dental Fillings by Joyal Taylor, D.D.S., Scripps Publishing, 9974 Scripps Ranch Blvd., Suite #36-F, San Diego, CA 92131 Electro Magnetics

The Body Electric

by Robert Becker, M.D. and Gary Selden. Concerns electricity and its influence on the body. Published by Quill. Wm Morrow. $10.95.

Cross Currents

by Robert Becker, M.D. Deals with the perils of electromagnetic pollution. It can heal or harm us. Publisher Jeremy Tarcher, LA Publishing Co. $12.95.

Deadly Deceit: Low Level Radiation, High Level Cover Up

by Jan M. Gould and Benjamin A. Goldman. Four Walls Eight Windows Press, P.O. Box 548, Village Station, New York, New York 10014 (1990) $19.95.

The Food Allergy Networks Cookbook

Prescription for Nutritional Healing,

General

Our Stolen Future

Theo Colborn Health/Wellness

A Guide to Detoxification for Chemically Hypersensitive

reportedly a day to day guide to detox. Author: Rita Serripo-Shaapiro. Publishing Co. EIEIO Communications, 13222 Pandelaria Road, N.E. Apt P6, Albuquerque, NM $12.95

Back to Health

by Dennis W. Remington, M.D. and Barbara W. Higa, R.D. Vitality House International, Provo Utah. Comprehensive Medical and Nutritional Yeast Control Program.

Brain Allergies

by William Philpott, M.D. Dickey Enterprises.

Gesundheit Patch Adams, MD Hope for Hypoglycemia, 1989

Hypothyroidism–The Unsuspected Illness

Barnes, Broda Phil Bate PhD–author of "The Health Revolution" -www.evcom.net/~pbate

Excitotoxins, the Taste that Kills

Russell L. Blaylock, M.D–about MSG and Aspartame Who is Looking After Our Kids–touches on a lot of basics

Harold E. Buttram, MD and Richard Piccola, MHA

The Pulse Test

Coca, Arthur, 1982 The Yeast Connection Handbook, 1997

Yeast Connection & the Woman, 1997

The Yeast Cookbook

William Crook, MD Nutritional Medicine, the Drug-free Guide to Better Family Health Stephen Davies, MD and Alan Stewart, MD Pan books 1987. ISBN 0 330 28833 4. All-round guide written by the two Doctors who founded and practice at the UK equivalent of Great Smokies! Four Pillars of Health

Superimmunity for Kids discusses supplementation for children

Leo Galland Optimal Wellness

Ralph Golan, MD

Orthomolecular Nutrition, Keats Publishing

Orthomolecular Medicine for Physicians, Keats

Hoffer, Abram

Dr. Mandell’s 5 Day Allergy Relief System, Berkley

It’s Not Your Fault You’re Fat Diet, Harper & Row

Dr. Mandell’s Lifetime Arthritis Relief System, Crowell

Mandell, Marshall What Doctors Don’t Tell You Lynne McTaggart, Thorsons 1996 ISBN 0 7225 3024 2 Raising Children Toxic Free Herbert Needleman, M.D. and Philip Landrigan, MD with a foreword by Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, MD Mental & Elemental Nutrients, Keats

Nutrition and Mental Illness

Zinc & Other Micro-Nutrients, Keats

Carl Pfeiffer, PhD, M.D. Total Wellness Joseph Pizzorno, N.D..–clear, concise explanations Is This Your Child? Doris J. Rapp, M.D. William Morrow, New York, 1991. A review of environmental influences on your child’s behavior and ability to learn. Author gives directions on how reactions can be prevented and treated. Is This Your Child’s World?

The Impossible Child, In School and At Home

Doris Rapp, MD Environmental Illness

Wellness Against All Odds

Sherry Rogers, MD

Prestige Publishing, $17.95— personally recovered from MCS. She has several full-size books, but also some pamphlets such as "Chemical Sensitivity"

Tired or Toxic?: A Blueprint for Health By Sherry Rogers, M.D.

Prestige Publishing, 1990$16.50–$17.95. 400 pages. Describes the mechanism, diagnosis and treatment of chemical sensitivity, complete with scientific references. It is written for the layman and physician alike and explains the many vitamin, mineral, essential fatty acid and amino acid analyses that may help people detoxify . Discusses molecular medicine techniques and biochemical mechanisms. Of the books by Dr. Rogers she feels that this one is the best choice for the physician.

Natural Health, Natural Medicine

Spontaneous Healing

8 Weeks to Optimum Health

Andrew Weil, MD Allergies and Holistic Healing Skye Weintraub, N.D. Dr. Whitaker’s Guide to Natural Healing Julian Whitaker, MD, information about

detoxification and building health to help fight the effects of toxins

The Safe Shopper’s Bible

Clean and Green

Alternative Medicine, and the Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine

The Self-Test Nutrition Guide

Discusses the dangers of sulfites, saying "Asthmatics are particularly vulnerable to reacting to the toxicity of sulfites, and several deaths have occurred as a result of sulfite allergy." (pg 225-softcover edition) It lists 37 items that frequently contain sulfites. Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers

Home & Building

The Healthy House Answer Book

by John and Lynn Marie Bower. 192 pages softcover 1997 $8.95. Easy-to understand answers to the 133 most commonly asked questions. A concise guide to all the important issues relating to building a healthy house. Available from the Healthy House Institute.

The Healthy Home Kit Ingrid Ritchie and Stephen Martin The Healthy House: How to buy one, How to build one and How to Cure a Sick One John Bower, Healthy House Institute. Home Safe Home Debra Lynn Dadd–safe alternatives Healthy House Building: by John Bower. 2nd edition (1997) 384 pages $21.95, 8-1/2 x 11 softcover. This book is a detailed guide to healthy house construction with thorough step-by-step instructions as well as tips for alternative techniques and remodeling projects. This is an in-depth book on the subject of healthy house construction. Includes a comoplete set of house plans and over 200 illustrations and photos. Available from the Healthy House Institute. A source for buying all the books and videos in the series http://www.hhinst.com/booksvideos.html Reviews of the books: http://www.bloomington.in.us/~healthy/THHHnews.html Link to the Energy Efficient Building Association Bookstore: http://www.eeba.org/healhaus.htm The Healthy Household

by Lynn Marie Bower. 480 pages softcover 1995 $17.95. Covers everything inside the living space: furnishings, cleaning products, interior decorating, life-styles, etc., hundreds of addresses. Perfect for chemically sensitive people. Available from the Healthy House Institute http://www.hhinst.com/ email: healthy@bloomington.in.us 430 N. Sewell Road, Bloomington, IN 47408 Phone/fax 812-332-5073

No More Allergies

by Dr. Gary Null, is highly recommended by someone with MCS as being ‘one of the best resources that gave me hope, insight, and the confirmation that it was not all in my head and I wasn’t crazy’.

Books by Dr. Rogers are available from Prestige Publishing, P.O. Box 3161, Syracuse, NY 13220 1(800)846-ONUS or (315)455-7862. Dr. Rogers is also listed under Doctors. The N.E.E.D.S. catalog also carries books by Dr. Rogers for slightly less. There is also shipping and handling and tax. Living with Long Term Illnesses

Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness

Paul Donoghue and Mary Siegel, Norton ISBN 0-393-31154-6 Coping with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Nine Things you CAN Do Fred Friedberg, New Harbinger Publications ISBN 1-57224-019-9 Remarkable Recovery: What Extraordinary Healings Tell Us About Getting Well and Staying Well Caryle Hirshberg & Marc Ian Barasch, Riverhead Books

ISBN 1-57322-000-0

After the Diagnosis: From Crisis to Personal Renewal for Patients with Chronic Illness

JoAnn Le Maistre, Ulysses Press ISBN 1-56975-046-7

In Search of Healthing: Whole Body Healing Through the Mind-Body Spirit Connection

William McGarey, Perigee ISBN 0-399-51989-0 You are NOT Your Illness: Seven Principles for Meeting the Challenge Linda Noble, Topf Fireside/Simon & Schuster ISBN 0-684-80124-8 Taking Charge: How to Master the Eight Most Common Fears of Long-Term Illness Irene Pollin, Times Books ISBN 0-8129-2700-1 Understanding Ventilation by John Bower. 192 pages hardcover 1995 $31.95. The only book available that’s devoted to residential; ventilation. Very complete, easy-to-understand, hundreds of addresses. Available from the Healthy House Institute. Pesticides, Alternatives

Common-Sense Pest Control

William Olkowski, Sheila Darr andHelga Olkowski. If you can’t find this in the bookstore or library or other, it can be ordered from BIRC in Berkeley, California. Pets

Are You Poisoning Your Pet?

Supplements/Vitamins/Herbs

Vitamin C Against Cancer, Scarborough

Newbold, H.L. Melatonin Russel J. Reiter, PhD The Authoritative Guide to Grapefruit Seed Extract Allan Sachs, DC, CCN info about Studies throughout the book. Lists 10 criteria for an ideal antimicrobial agent–which GSE meets on every score! Chapter 7 is on "Treating Common Health Problems With GSE. Published by LifeRhythm The Healing Power Of Grapefruit Seed Extract Shalila Sharamon & Bodo J. Baginski 3 pages listing references and studies, also listing labs that have tested GSE in some capacity. Sections on external uses and internal uses. Published by Lotus Light/Shangri-La. Accommodating the Needs of Students With Environmental Sensitivities: A Presentation for School Boards Stutt, Elizabeth; Rotor, Leslirae

Allergy and Environmental Health Association, Ottawa Branch> Allergy and Environmental Health Association, March 1994.> available from AEHA for $15.

To order send $15.00 US– Money order

Education Commitee, AEHA Ottawa

Ottawa RPO Shopp/West Box 33023

Nepean, ON Canada K2C 3Y9

The Alchemy of Illness, Kat Duff Pantheon Books, New York, NY 1993. Story of a woman’s struggles with illness. Allergic to the Twentieth Century, Peter Radetsky Little, Brown and Company, 1997. A good overview of Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, presenting points of view from both advocates and skeptics. Written by a well-regarded science writer. An Alternative Approach to Allergies, Theron G. Randolph, M.D.

and Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D., Harper and Row, 1989

Describes the field of clinical ecology as it attempts to unravel the

environmental causes of mental and physical ills.

Are Your Dental Fillings Poisoning You?

Guy S. Fasciana

Back to Health,

Dennis W. Remington, M.D. and Barbara W. Higa, R.D. Vitality House International, Provo Utah. Comprehensive Medical and Nutritional Yeast Control Program. Brain Allergies William Philpott, M.D., Dickey Enterprises. California’s Energy Efficiency Standards and Indoor Air Quality State of California, California Energy Commission, P400-94-003 Candida, Silver Fillings, and the Immune System

B. Manning

Chemical Exposure and Human Health, Cynthia Wilson.

McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, NC, 1993. Contains reference to 314 chemicals with a guide to symptoms and a directory of organizations.

Chemical Exposures: Low Levels and High Stakes

Nicholas A. Ashford, Ph.D. and Claudia S. Miller, M.D. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1991. An award-winning overview of multiple chemical sensitivities, commissioned by the New Jersey Department of Health. Includes an annotated bibliography highlighting illnesses linked to environment exposures. Chemical-Free Lawn: The Newest Varieties and Techniques to Grow Lush, Hardy Grass Warren Schultz, Rodale Press, 1989. Chemical Intolerance: Physiological Causes and Effects and Treatment Modalities Robert W. Gardner, Ph.D., CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1994. Chemical Sensitivity: A Guide to Coping with Hypersensitivity Syndrome and Other Environmental Illnesses Bonnye L. Matthews; forward by Robert James Sinaiko, M.D. 1992, 320 pages, McFarland Company, Inc., Publishers, Box 611, Jefferson, NC 28640. Written from a patient’s perspective, this is a guide to coping with hypersensitivity syndrome, sick building syndrome and other environmental illnesses. Bibliography, index, and glossary. Chemical Sensitivity, Vols. 1, 2, 3, and 4 William J. Rea, M.D., Lewis Publishers, 1992-1995. Available through the American Environmental Health Foundation, (800) 428-2343. Documentation of Dr. Rea’s findings regarding chemical sensitivity, based on his experiences with 20,000 patients. Aimed at the medical field. Chemical Victims Richard Mackarness Clean and Green: The Complete Guide to Nontoxic and Environmentally Safe Housekeeping, Annie Berthold-Bond, Ceres Press, Woodstock, New York 1990. Extensive information on healthier products and methods. 485 ways to clean, polish, disinfect, deodorize, launder, remove stains–even wax your car without harming yourself or the environment. Clearer, Cleaner, Safer, Greener: A Blueprint for Detoxifying Your Environment Gary Null. Villard Books, New York, 1990. Offers suggestions on how to clean up your environment. Includes an access guide and resource list of hundreds of organizations. Coping with Your Allergies Natalie Golos and Frances Golos-Globitz, Simon and Schuster, New York, NY, 1986. Strategies for dealing with allergies are emphasized in this book. Cross Currents, Robert O. Becker, M.D.

Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc., 1990

Review of potential health impacts from electromagnetic fields.

Dan’s Practical Guide to Least Toxic Home Pest Control

Dan Stein, 1991 Hulogosi Communications, Inc., PO Box 1188, Eugene, OR 97440 A Dose of Sanity; Mind, Medicine and Misdiagnosis, Sydney Walker

III, M.D., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996

A dissertation by a board-certified neuropsychiatrist on the need for psychiatrists to return to their medical roots and investigate the biological roots of brain disorders, instead of relying on simplistic DSM labels and quick fixes like Prozac and Ritalin. Environmental Medicine–Beginnings & Bibliographies of Clinical Ecology Theron G. Randolph, M.D. Clinical Ecology Publications, 1987. Ft. Collins, CO (also available through the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, PO Box 1001-8001, New Hope PA 18938 215-862-4583 FAX 215-862-4583. A history of the pioneer of clinical ecology, Theron Randolph, and the people and events that influenced his efforts, beginning in the 1950s, to develop this field. Fighting Radiation and Chemical Pollutants with Foods, Herbs, and

Vitamins

Steven Schechter Formaldehyde and Other Aldehydes National Academy of Science, Formaldehyde Institute, 1330 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036-1702 (202) 659-0060 Green Groceries–A Mail Order Guide to Organic Foods, Jeanne Heifetz. New York: HarperPerennial, 1992. The Green Kitchen Handbook, Annie Berthold-Bond. New York: Harper-Collins, 1997. The Healthy Home: An Attic to Basement Guide to Toxin-Free Living, Linda Mason Hunter. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1989. Healthy Homes, Healthy Kids: Protecting Your Child from Everyday Environmental Hazards Joyce M. Shoemaker, Ph.D. and Charity Y. Vitale, Ph.D., Washington, DC: Island Press, 1991. The Healthy House: How to Buy One, How to Cure a "Sick" One, How to Build One John Bower, 1989. Carol Communications/Lyle Stuart, 600 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10022. Covers all building materials and construction practices that may have a negative health effect. Healthy House Building John Bower, 1989. Step-by-step construction of the model house. The Healthy Household, Lynn Marie Bower 475 pages, 1995. Guide for creating a healthy indoor environment. The Healthy School Handbook: Conquering the Sick Building Syndrome and Other Environmental Hazards In and Around Your School The National Education Association (NEA). 1995. NEA, 1201 16th, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, 202-822-7252. Offers extensive coverage of environmental health problems and their solutions in schools. A Holistic Protocol for Immune System

Home Safe Home: How to Make Your Home Environmentally Safe

William L. Kelly. National Press Books, Bethesda, Maryland, 1989. Provides useful information for prospective home buyers or those who need to hire contractors to correct environmental hazards. The Human Ecology Action League HEAL–has numerous publications and fact sheets on chemical sensitivities, environmental illness, chronic fatigue, candida, allergies, etc. PO Box 49126, Atlanta, GA 30359-1126 The Impossible Child in School, at Home, Doris J. Rapp, M.D. Practical Allergy Research Foundation, Buffalo, New York, 1986. Information to allow anyone to recognize which children have allergies, or food or chemical sensitivities interfering with their ability to learn and behave normally. Integrated Pest Management for Public and Private Schools, Bill Forges Director of Pest Management for Montgomery County School System, NCAP, 33 Central Avenue, Albany, NY 12210

518-426-9331 or 518-434-4034

Less Toxic Living, Carolyn P. Gorman 1993 (Sixth Edition). Environmental Health Center, 8345 Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 205, Dallas, TX 75231, 800-428-2343 or 214-361-9515. Information on making your living environment healthier.

Living Well in a Toxic World, Lynn Lawson

Noble Press Marin Guide For People with Environmental Illness and Those Who CareAbout Them Susan Malloy with Caroline Summer, #2 Park Circle, Apt 202, Marin City, CA 94965 MCS in the Workplace

c/o NY Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides, 33 Central Avenue,

NY 12210 518-426-8246

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A Scientific Overview

Edited by Frank L. Mitchell. 1995. Princeton Scientific Publishing Co., Inc., P.O. Box 2155, Princeton, NJ 08543 609-683-4750

900-page documentation from three symposia on MCS, held in 1991 and 1994, sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the National Academy of Sciences, the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics and the U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). I. Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (NRC) II. Advances in Understanding MCS (AOEC/ATSDR)

Low-Level Exposure to Chemicals and Neurobiologic Sensitivity (ATSDR); Available individually or as 3-volume set from NCEHS, 1100 Rural Avenue, Voorhees, NJ 08043 609-429-5358

No More Allergies Dr. Gary Null, Highly recommended by someone with MCS as being ‘one of the best resources that gave me hope, insight, and the confirmation that it was not all in my head and I wasn’t crazy’. Nontoxic Home and Office: Protecting Yourself and Your Family from Everyday Toxics and Health Hazards Debra Lynn Dadd, For those concerned about health and responsible living. Bibliography included. Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc., Los Angeles, 1992. Nontoxic, Natural, & Earthwise: How to Protect Yourself and Your Family from Harmful Products Debra Lynn Dadd. 1992. Rates 2,000 products plus 400 do-it-yourself formulas. Nutrition of the Mind Gary Null Occupational Toxicology, Neill H. Stacey, ed. Taylor & Francis, Inc., Bristol, PA, 1993. Discusses hazardous agents in the workplace, such as metals, pesticides, solvents, plastics, gases, and particulate matter. Management of chemicals and regulations regarding use of chemicals included. Pesticides in Our Communities: Choices for Change 1992, Concern, Inc., 1794 Columbia Rd., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009, (202) 328-8160.Overview of pesticide use, indoors and outdoors. Discusses the wide array of health problems, and solutions, related to pesticides. Planning for Non-Chemical School Ground Maintenenace Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Persticides (NCAP)

PO Box 1393, Eugene, OR 97440 503-344-5044

Prescription for Nutritional Healing, James Balch, M.D. and Phyllis Balch, C.N.C. Avery Publishing Group, 1990. Comprehensive guide to drug-free remedies using vitamins, minerals, herbs and food supplements. Proceedings of the Conference on Low-Level Exposure to Chemicals and Neurobiologic Sensitivity

Toxicology and Industrial Health, Special Issue, July-October,

Also available as part of a 3-volume publication, MCS: A Scientific Overview.

Radiation Protection Manual, Lita Lee, Ph.D.

Available from N.E.E.D.S.

Rating Guide to Environmentally Healthy Metro Areas

Robert S. Weinhold, MA. 200 pages, Animas Press, PO Box 9094, Durango, CO 81302-9094. This book rates 317 metro areas in 10 critical categories to determine total pollutant exposures that residents may be subject to. Good resource for relocation or travel to various cities, or to target pollutant sources in your current city. Role of the Primary Care Physician in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, National Academy Press, Institute of Medicine (1988), Washington, DC.
Safe Shopper’s Bible: A Consumer’s Guide to Non-toxic Household Products, Cosmetics, and Food, David Steinman and Samuel S. Epstein, MD. New York: Macmillan, 1995. Safer Space, Rus Cooper-Dowda, President, Access Media, 3702 High Street, Oakland, CA 94619 510-530-6213 Silver Dental Fillings–The Toxic Time Bomb

Sam Ziff, 1994. Bio-Probe, P.O. Box 608010, Orlando, FL 32860,

407 290-9670. Covers the mercury amalgam controversy from 1819 to the present. Staying Healthy in a Risky Environment: The New York University Medical Center Family Guide, Arthur C. Upton. Simon & Schuster, New York, New York, 1993. Guide to information available on the effects of the environment on human health. Staying Well in a Toxic World: Understanding Environmental Illness, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, Chemical Injuries, and Sick Building Syndrome Lynn Lawson. The Noble Press, Chicago, IL, 1995. Detailed overview of sources of chemical exposures and steps to take to reduce exposures. Praised by Theron Randolph as one of the best books on MCS by a layperson. Success in the Clean Bedroom Natalie Golos and William J. Rea Sustaining the Earth: Choosing Consumer Products That Are Safe for You, Your Family and the Earth Debra Dadd-Redalia. New York: Hearst Books, 1994. Toxic Carpets III, Glenn Beebe

Glenn Beebe, PO Box 399086, Cincinnati, OH 45239

Toxics A to Z: A Guide to Everday Pollution Hazards, John Harte

Informs what consumers and citizens can do for a healthful environment. Glossary of terms included. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1991. The Yeast Connection and the Woman William G. Crook, M.D.,1995, Professional Books, Inc., Jackson, TN 38301, 901 423-5400. Documents variety of health problems that can be caused by overgrowths of yeast–both men and women. Your Home, Your Health and Well-Being

David Rousseau, William J. Rea, M.D. and Jean Enwright, 1988.

Ten Speed Press, P.O. Box 7123, Berkeley, CA 94707

Discusses health problems caused by construction materials, furnishings and maintenance practices in the home. American Environmental Health Foundation: Books about MCS

Biological Markers in Immunotoxicology

Chemical Exposure and Disease

Janette D. Sherman, M.D.

Chemical Exposures, Low Levels and High Stakes

2nd Edition by Ashford and Miller.

To order see http://www.n-i.com/NCchem/chemexp.htm or http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471292400/002-7286261-5469640.

Chemical Sensitivity, four volumes by Dr. Rea

The first three in Dr. William Rea’s series of medical textbooks, Chemical Sensitivity, volumes 1-4, are now in print. As the first major scientific series on chemical sensitivity, it results from the study of more than 28,000 patients seen since 1974 at the Environmental Health Center in Dallas.

The Environmental Physician newsletter states, "Environmentally oriented physicians, allergists, nutritionists, physicians in preventative and occupational medicine, and medical students will find that Chemical Sensitivity is truly a magnum opus in the field of toxicology and will prove to be a classic reference."

To order, call the American Environmental Health Foundation at 1-800-428-2342. For more information, send e-mail to: aehf@ix.netcom.com. Volumes 1 and 2 are $79.95 each and Volume 3 is $89.95. Published by Lewis Publishers.

Designer Poisons: How to Protect Your Health and Home from Toxic Pesticides

Marion Moses, M.D.

Good Health in a Toxic World

Sara Shannon

The Rebellious Body

Janice Wittenberg

The Toxic Labyrinth

Books about MCS

The E.I. Syndrome $13.45–$14.95. 650 pages. It explains chemical, food, mold and Candida sensitivities, nutritional deficiencies, testing methods and how to do the various environmental controls and diet in order to get well. It helps patients become active partners in their care.

The Cure Is In The Kitchen $13.45–$14.95. Spells out in detail what all those people ate day to day who cleared their incurable diseases, etc. Result of Dr. Rogers’ study with Mr. Michio Kushi.

Clean and Green

by Annie Berthold-Bond. 485 Ways to Clean, Polish, Disinfect, Deodorize, Launder, Remove Stains–Even Wax Your Car Without Harming Yourself or the Environment. Available from the N.E.E.D.S. catalog for just over $8.00. The Dispossessed: Living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities photographs and text by Rhonda Zwillinger. ISBN 0-9661571-0-9 is an important new book by this award-winning photographer who suffers from MCS and now lives in AZ. Besides the photographs of and narratives by MCS sufferers (the Dispossessed), the book includes excellent foreword, prologue, epilougue and Help and information sections. Unique, powerful, and a great bargain available from the non-profit Dispossessed Project by calling (520)636-2802.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Michael Murray, M.D.

Prima Publishing, Rocklin, CA, 1994. The benefits of proper diet, vitamins and other natural methods are discussed. Coping With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome–Nine Things You Can Do Fred Friedberg, PhD, New Harbinger Publications, Oakland, CA 1995. The Doctor’s Guide to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, David Bell, M.D. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1994. Research and information regarding current treatment for those with CFS. Hope and Help for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Karyn Feiden Prentice Hall, New York, NY 1990. Story about a woman’s personal struggles with this illness. Osler’s Web, Hillary Johnson Crown, New York, 1996. This comprehensive book chronicles the history of CFS. Recovering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, William Collinge, Ph.D. Perigee, New York, NY, 1993. Explains the illness and emphasizes its psychological aspects and what can be done. Running on Empty, Katarina Berne, Ph.D.

Hunter House, Alameda, CA, reprint 1995. How to cope with CFS.

Solving the Puzzle of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Michael Rosenbaum M.D. and Murray Susser, M.D., Life Sciences Press, Tacoma, WA, 1992. This book uses the medical-model to discuss CFS and how it should be treated.

Sherry A. Rogers, M.D.

(Books by Dr. Rogers are available from Prestige Publishing,

P.O. Box 3161, Syracuse, NY 13220 (800) 846-6687)

The E.I. Syndrome, 650 pages. It explains chemical, food, mold

and Candida sensitivities, nutritional deficiencies, testing methods,

various environmental controls, and diet in order to get well. Patients become active partners in their care.

You Are What You Ate Shows how to begin the macrobiotic diet, which has helped universal reactors to lessen their food, mold, Candida, and chemical sensitivities. Macro Mellow Transition diet for those not ready for macrobiotics. The Cure Is In The Kitchen Explains what people ate day to day who cleared their incurable diseases, etc. Result of Dr. Rogers’ study with Mr. Michio Kushi. Cookbooks

Allergy Cooking with Ease

Nicolete M. Dumke The Allergy Self-Help Cookbook Marjorie Hurt Jones, R.N., Rodale Press, 1984. Cookbook and guide for tackling food allergies. Freedom from Allergy Cookbook Dr. Ron Greenberg Electro Magnetics Electromagnetic Fields, professional E.M.S. testing: Consultation and testing for electromagnetic fields. Edward Blakeslee, PhD., 3208 Cedarvale Road, Nedrow, New York 13120. (315)469-2851. Magazines and Newsletters

ACTS Facts

Arts, Crafts and Theater Safety, 181 Thompson St., #23, New York, New York 10012-2586

Tel.: 212-777-0062

Advocacy Group for Environmentally Sensitive

1887 Chaine Court, Orleans, Ont. KIC2W6; newsletter

Allergy Alert

Box 31065, Seattle, WA 98103

Tel.: 206-547-1814; newsletter

Alliance for Safe Energy EMFS

111 West 24^th Street, New York, NY 10011

Tel.: 212-642-5009

Alternate Press

PO Box 729, Washington Station, Buffalo, NY 14205

Art Hazard News Center for Safety in the Arts, 5 Bechman Street, Suite 1030, New York, NY 10038

Tel.: 212-227-6220

Association of Birth Defect Children Newsletter

5400 Diplomat Circle, Suite 270, Orlando, FL 32810

Tel.: 407-629-1469

Biological Effects of Non-ionizing EM Radiation

1500 Locust St., Suite 3216, Philadelphia, PA 19102; publication

Blazing Tattles

Linking Pollution to Health, Weather, and Ecosystems, PO Box 1073, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019

Canary News

Focuses on environmental health issues in the Chicago area. Reviews national and international news, information exchange and product information. Published monthly. Contact: Evanston, IL 60201 for membership

Candida Research Newsletter

Candida Research and Information Foundation, PO Box 2719, Castro Valley, CA 94546

Tel.: 510-582-2179

Chemical Injury Information Network (CIIN)

52145 Farmington Square Rd, Granger, IN 46530

Tel.: 219-271-8990

Delicate Balance

National Center for Environmental Health Strategies, 1100 Rural Avenue, Vorhees, NJ 08043

Tel.: 609-429-5358

Information clearinghouse, lobbies on MCS

Ecological Health Org. & Action Coalition

PO Box 281116, East Hartford, CT 06128; newsletter

EMF Group, US EPA

Office of Radiation Programs, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20468

Environ

PO Box 2204, Fort Collins, CO 80522; newsletter

Environment & Health

OAEH, PO Box 41057, Santa Barbara, CA 93140; magazine

Environmental Access Research Network

Route 1, Box 16G, Epping, ND 58843

Tel.: 701-859-6367

Environmental Health Monthly

Citizen’s Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste, PO Box 6806, Falls Church, VA 22040

Tel.: 703-237-CCHW (2249)

Environmental Health Network

PO Box 1628d, Harvey, LA 70058

Tel.: 504-362-6574

Environmental Health Perspectives

Monthly publication from the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Current developments in environmental health and research. Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954

Tel.: 202-512-1800.

Environmental Medicine, Clinical Ecology Publications

PO Box 101059, Denver, CO 80250-1059; newsletter

Environmental Physician

American Academy of Environmental Medicine, PO Box 16106, Denver, CO 80216

Everyone’s Backyard

Citizen’s Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste, PO Box 6806, Falls Church, VA 22040

Tel.: 703-237-CCHW (2249)

Fibromyalgia Wellness Letter. For those that are interested, you can get a free first issue of a newsletter: http://www.arthritis.org/resource/newsletters/fibro_wellness.shtml

Global Pesticide Campaigner

Pesticide Action Network, North America Regional Center, 965 Mission Street, #514, San Francisco, CA 94103

Tel.: 415-541-9140

The Green Guide for Everyday Life National and international news about environmental health issues. Published every three weeks by Mothers & Others for a Livable Planet, 40 West 20 St., New York, NY 10011. Greenkeeping

Bi-monthly magazine that focuses on alternatives to toxic products

Box 110, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504

Tel.: 914-246-6948

Greenpeace Newsletter

Greenpeace, USA, 1436 U Street, Washington, DC 20009

Tel.: 202-319-2444

The Healer Newsletter

HEAL of CNY, Jim Glod, Treasurer, 130 Curtis Street, Fulton, NY 13069

Tel.: 315-592-4016

The Human Ecologist

Issues related to environmental health, national and international Articles, news, information exchange, product information and ads. Published quarterly by (HEAL) Human Ecology Action League, P.O. Box 29629, Atlanta, GA 30359-1126

Tel.: 404-248-1898.

Indoor Air News

Consumer Federal of America, 1424 16^th St. NW, Washington, DC 20036

Informed Consent

Environmental Dental Association, 9974 Scripps Ranch Blvd. #36, San Diego, CA 92131

Tel.: 619-586-7628 or 800-388-8124

International DAMS Newsletter

Dental Amalgam Mercury Syndrome, 725-9 Tramway Lane NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122-1601.

Tel.: 505-291-8230

Journal of Nutritional & Environmental Medicine

Quarterly reviews of original research and reports of clinical practice in the application of nutrition to medical treatment. It's the journal of the British Society for Allergy and Environmental Medicine, the British Society for Nutritional Medicine, the Australian College of Nutritional & Environmental Medicine and the American Academy of Environmental Medicine. Carfax Publishing Company, P.O. Box 25, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 3UE, UK.

Let’s Live

320 Larchmont Blvd., 3^rd Floor, PO Box 74908, Los Angeles, CA; health and preventative medicine magazine

Tel.: 213-469-3901

Maulfair Medical Center Newsletter (see Prevention, Alternatives, Complementary Therapies Newsletter)RR2, Box 71, Mertztown, PA 19539 MCS - Rescue News

PO Box 5356, Eugene, OR 97405

Medical and Legal Briefs

A referenced compendium of chemical injury. Published by the Environmental Access Research Network (EARN); EARN provides medical studies, legal information, and government literature regarding the health effects of chemicals and related issues. EARN is the research division of the Chemical Injury Information Network. PO Box 1089, Minot, ND 58702-1089

Microwave News

PO Box 1799, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163

Tel.: 212-517-2800

Mothers and Others Action

Mothers and Others for a Livable Planet, 40 W. 20 Street, New York, NY 10011

NCAMP Technical Reports

National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides, 701 E.

Street SE, Washington, DC 20003

Tel.: 202-543-5450

NIOSH Publications

4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998

The New Reactor

Focuses on environmental health issues in California and some of western United States, occasional national and international. Articles, news, information exchange, product information and ads. Published bi-monthly by the Environmental Health Network (EHN), P.O. Box 1155, Larkspur, CA 94977 If you have contributions for The New Reactor, please e-mail to wilworks@lanminds.com and put "NR" in the subject line.

Tel.: 415-541-5075.

New York Coalition of Alternatives to Pesticides (NYCAP)

PO Box 6005, Albany, NY 12206-0005; newsletter

Northeast Center for Environmental Medicine Health Letter Written by Dr. Sherry Rogers, Published quarterly by Prestige Publishing, PO Box 3161, Syracuse, NY 13220

Tel.: 800-846-6687 or 315-455-7863

Nutrition Action Health Letter

Center for Science in the Public Interest, 1875 Connecticut

Avenue NW, #300, Washington, DC 20009-5728

Tel.: 202-332-9110

Organic Food Matters

CSA, PO Box 1300, Colfax, CA 95713

Organic Gardening

Rodale Press, PO Box 7320, Red Oak, IA 51591-0320

Our Toxic Times

National and international coverage of issues related to chemical injury. Articles, news, information exchange, product information and ads. Published monthly by Chemical Injury Information Network, P.O. Box 301, White Sulphur Springs, MT 59645-0301

Tel.: 406-547-2255.

Pesticides and You

National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides

701 E Street SE, Washington, DC 20003

Tel.: 202-543-5450

Prevention, Alternatives, Complementary Therapies Newsletter

Maulfair Medical Center, RR2, Box 71, Mertztown, PA 19539

Profiles on Environmental Health

Environmental Health Network, Great Bridge Station, PO Box 16267, Chesapeake, VA 23328-6267

Tel.: 804-424-1162

Rachel’s Hazardous Waste News

Environmental Research Foundation, PO Box 5036, Annapolis, MD 21403-7036

Tel.: 410-253-1584; FAX: 410-263-8944

Rocky Mountain Environmental Health Association Newsletter

Focuses on environmental health issues. Articles, news, information and ads. Published bi-monthly. Rocky Mountain Environmental Health Association (RMEHA), 28073, 13111 W. Alameda Pkwy #16, Lakewood, CO 80228-0010

Tel.: 303-271-3493.

Share, Care and Prayer Newsletter

Environmental health issues with a Christian slant. Articles, news, information exchange and product information. PO Box 2080, Frazier Park, CA 93225.

Safe Home Digest

24 East Ave., Suite 1300, New Canaan, CT 06840 Monthly reviews of safer consumer products

Tel.: 203-966-2099

Sierra Club Newsletter

Sierra Club, 730 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA 94109

Tel.: 415-776-2211

STATE (Sensitive To A Toxic Environment)

PO Box 834, Orchard Park, NY 14127

21^st Century Living

Issues regarding environmental health, national and international. Articles, news, product information, and ads. Bi-monthly newsletter co-sponsored by American Environmental Health Association and Natural Food Associates (NFA). PO Box 29874, Dallas, TX 75229.

Tel.: 800-428-2343; FAX: 214-361-2534

VDT News

PO Box 1799, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163

Tel.: 212-517-2802

Vegetarian Times

Book Publishing Co., PO Box 99, Summertown, TN 38483

Wary Canary Press

PO Box 2204, Fort Collins, CO 80522; newsletter

Waste Not

Work on Waste USA, 82 Judson St., Canton, NY 13617

Tel.: 315-379-9200

What’s New on the Silicone Scene

Silicone Scene, 1050 Cinnamon Lane, Corona, CA 91720

Living Environment/Building Materials Advanced Foil Systems 4471 E. Santa Ana Street, Suite F

Ontario, CA 91761

John Bower, The Healthy House Institute http://www.hhinst.com/ email: healthy@bloomington.in.us

430 N. Sewell Road, Bloomington, IN 47408

Phone/fax 812-332-5073

Consulting: David Kibbey (510)841-1039, 1618 Parker Street, Berkeley, CA 94703. Charges by the hour. We called him once and were pleased. His email is IAQKibbey@aol.com. The ‘NorCal ADPSR Architectural Resource Guide (approx 150 pages) with information and database resources for healthy, sustainable, resource-efficient building practices’ is available from David Kibbey (or through Real Goods catalog) for $18 plus shipping and handling.

EarthTech paints and finishes. Also text on human health and building materials. EcoTech sells its EarthTech line based upon product safety and performance. Product safety is determined by its ability to be used by the Chemically Sensitive. Most have used them with no complaint. Low/no odor during application. Products do NOT contain ammonia, formaldehyde, masking agents, crystaline silica, etc. Paints are ZERO VOC. Finishes are LOW VOC. EarthTech is a water based line but reportedly safer than other water based coatings. EarthTech is available from McGuckin Hardware, Boulder, Colorado, (303)443-1822, ask for Bob Henneman.

Environmental Construction Outfitter 1(800)238-5008

New York, New York

also does consulting

Healing Environments, by Carol Venolia. Celestial Arts

P.O. Box 7327

Berkeley, CA 94707. (1988)

Healthy Habitas (505)988-5522 Healthful Houses

by C. Good and D. L. Dadd. Emphasis on materials that are safe for I.E. people, the best brands for building or renovating homes.

Guaranty Press

4720 Montgomery Lane, #1010

Bethesda, MD 20814. (1988)

The Healthy House: How to buy one: How to cure a sick one: How to build one by John Bower. 3rd edition (1997) 672 pages softcover $23.95. This book provides an encyclopedic view of the health consequences of all the materials and techniques used in the construction industry. It covers walls, floors, foundations, roofs, etc., and includes a listing of suppliers of healthy products. Illustrated.

John Bower, The Healthy House Institute

http://www.hhinst.com/

email: healthy@bloomington.in.us

430 N. Sewell Road, Bloomington, IN 47408

Phone/fax 812-332-5073

Natural Building Network P.O. Box 1110

Sebastopol, CA

(707)823-2569

Nature’s Carpet

Also see catalog Nontoxic Environments. See also N.E.E.D.S. calalog, Nontoxic Environments catalog, Safer Alternatives calalog for products.

Sunnyhill, Bruce and Barbara Small, RR 1, Goodwood, Ontario, Canada LOC IAO. Personal experience with E.I. and building a safe home.

The Healthy Home Center is a source for natural and non-toxic building materials. Product line includes paints, stains, sealers, floor coverings, insulation, lighting, air and water purification systems and chlorine free pool and spa systems. The Healthy Home Center serves customers nationwide and will ship anywhere, often at no extra charge. Expert consultation in building safe, non-toxic homes and offices is available also. The showroom is located at 1403-A Cleveland St., Clearwater, FL 33755 or they may be reached at 813-447-4454.

The Household Environment and Chronic Illness, Guy Pfeiffer, M.D. and Casimir Nichel. Charles Thomas, Publisher. Guidelines for constructing and maintaining a less polluted house.

The Natural House Book, by David Pearson. A Fireside Book. (1989)

The Susceptibility Report, by Bruce Small. Dickey Enterprises. Information on choosing safe building materials for your family.

Why Your House May Endanger Your Health, Alfred Zamm M.D. with Robert Gannon. Simon and Schuster, NY. Building a healthy house.

Your Engineered House, by Rex Roberts

Your Home and Your Health and Well Being, by David Rousseau, W. J. Rea M.D. and Jean Enwright. Hartley and Marks Publishers, A Cloudburst Press Book (1989). What you would need to know to build a house for an ecology patient.

William Rea, M.D.
Suite 200, 8345 Walnut Hill Lane
Dallas, TX 75231

Food Backbone Hill Farm, 1496 Rt. 34B, King Ferry, NY 13081. 1(315)364-5177. Listed in Dr. Roger’s book. "Delicious chicken, eggs, pork and lamb, free-range organic."

Briggs Way Co., Ugashik, Alaska 99683. Natural Alaskan salmon packed in glass.

C. & M. Brichard, RD #5, Box 113, Montrose, PA 18801. Organic beef, fish, vegetables.

Chuck’s Seafoods, P.O. Box 5488, Charleston Oregon 97420. Chemical free, glass packed Chinook Salmon and Albacore Tuna.

Dear Valley Farms, RD #1, Guilford, New York 13780. Meats, poultry, grains, vegetables, fruits.

Erewhon Catalogue, 236 Washington Street, Brookline, MA 02146. 1(617)783-4561 or 1(800)222-8028.

Espirit de Cure, 7110 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231.

Food and Healing, by Annemarie Colbin. Ballantine Books, NY. How what you eat determines your health, your well-being, and the quality of your life.

Goldmine Natural Foods, 1947 30th Street, San Diego, CA 92102. 1(800)475-FOOD (3663).

Jaffee Brothers, P.O. Box 636, Valley Center, CA 92082-0636. Jaffee–nuts, dried fruits–excellent. Freight is expensive, best to get a group order.

Mountain Ark Trading Post, 120 Southeast Ave., Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701. 1(800)643-8909. Has low priced organic grains and beans. Macrobiotic catalogue.

Mountain Peoples Warehouse is a wholesale health food store catalog and monthly distributor delivery to much of California. You can call 1(800)679-6733 to see who the co-op leader is nearest to you. They sell organic produce and hundreds of pages of other things including frozen, refrigerated, unscented products, herbs, supplements, soaps, macrobiotic, etc.

Nuts to You, 24 South 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Dried fruits, nuts, raw honey.

On the Rise, 109 Walton Street, Syracuse, NY 1(315)475-7190. Organic breads, muffins, cookies, yeast-free rice bread.

Organically Grown, Freedom Mall, Rome, NY 13440. 1(315)337-9332.

Rapunzel Pure Organics, 122 Smith Road, P.O. Box 350, Kinderhook, NY 12106. (800)207-2814. They make Organic coffee, chocolates, sugar, baking powder.

Schoenfield’s Certified Organic Farm, 5680 Old Oneida Road, Rome, New York 13440. 1(315)337-0247. Many vegetables, fruits, herbs)

Shiloh Farms, White Oak Road, Martindale, PA 17549. 1(717)354-4936.

Stocking Up–How to Preserve the Foods You Grow Naturally, Carol Hupping Stoner, Editor of Organic Gardening Magazine. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA.

Ugashik Wild Salmon Co., 3423 West 100th, Anchorage, Alaska 99515.

Walnut Acres is a catalog which states Whole Foods for Healthy Living. Direct from America’s Original Organic Farm. Call 1(800)433-3998 for a copy of the catalog. Their address is Walnut Acres, Penns Creek, PA 17862. It is a wonderful catalog. "Everything from soup to nuts", dried fruits and nuts, flours, veggies, etc.

Doctors American Academy of Environmental Medicine

Box CN 1001-8001

New Hope, PA 18398

(215)862-4544

Write and request a list of physicians nearest to your location.

Dr. Gunnar Heuser, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P.

NeuroMed and NeuroTox Associates

566 St. Charles Drive

Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

Tel(805)497-3518

Fax(805)494-9357

Peter Mangikan, M.D., Tel: 315-476-0558, 753 James Street, Syracuse, New York 13603. He is a surgeon who is familiar with EI problems. (1988 listing)

James Miller, M.D., Tel: 607-722-0957, 40 Front Street, Binghamton, New York 13905 (1988 listing)

James O’Shea, M.D., Tel: 617-683-2632, Doctor’s Medical Center, 50 Prospect Street, Lawrence, MA 01842 (1988 listing)

Ben H. Park, M.D., M.S., Tel:716-225-5735, 1576 Long Pond Rd., Rochester, New York 14626 (1988 listing)

Kalpana Patel–Environmental Physician–(716)833-2213. In Buffalo, N.Y.

Dr. Doris Rapp Visit her site at http://www.drrapp.com.

Dr. William J. Rea, a practicing thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon with an added interest in the environmental aspects of health and disease. Founder of the Environmental Health Center in Dallas, TX. WJR & Associates, Inc., 8345 Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 205, Dallas, TX 75231 Tel:214-368-4132 (1988 listing)

Sherry A. Rogers, M.D., 2800 W. Genesee Street, Syracuse, NY 13219. Tel: 315-489-2856

Supplements

Personal testimony of one person with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Not all people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity are able to tolerate supplements, so please use caution.

The supplements which seem to be helping me the most are the following:

Check out the 100% Authentic Tahitian Noni juice. I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t tried it. Amazing. Amazing. Amazing. Has helped my fatigue, pain, mind, etc.

Proanthocyanidins, from either or both maritime pine bark and grape seeds, are found under various brand names including Pycnogenols, and Nature’s Sunshine Products’ "Grapine, High-Potency". Proanthocyanidins are a powerful antioxidant and can be purchased in your local health food store. The normal recommended dose is 1mg per pound of body weight. My personal experience with this supplement is that it enables me to breathe easily (I have reactive airways from having been poisoned). It also lessens the spontaneous bruising. The dose is a personal thing. I know a chemically sensitive person who must take a very low dose or she gets sinus problems. Personally I take a slightly larger dose than recommended and I understand that it can not be toxic. Also this supplement seems to make collagen more supple, allowing you to stand up, after bending a while, with much less pain.

Life Solubles, by Integris, are a new antioxidant, much more powerful even than Proanthocyanidins. In fact some of the antioxidants in Life Solubles are 6,000 times more powerful than vitamin E. It is a granual, tastes slightly sweet like malt (no gluten), and can be mixed in liquid or added to food or just munched on. I have personally experienced great relief in fatigue and other symptoms using Life Solubles. My doctor says that it is because I have so many free-radicals (Mercury toxidity) which need to be handled by the antioxidants. This is my very favorite supplement by far. is my very favorite supplement by far. Don’t take it for two days before a dental appointment as it neutralizes the novocaine.

l-Glutamine, an amino acid available at health food stores, or from Nature’s Sunshine, was a wonderful discovery for me. I have had hallucinations (black moving spots, like peripheral flies, bats, or things crossing the road in front of the truck) since being overwhelmed by toxins. I have found in my personal experience that l-Glutamine makes the hallucinations go away.

Shortly after I was first poisoned, the doctor measured my DHEA level and it was lower than the bottom of the reference numbers for the oldest part of the population. After taking a Dioscorea complex (a necessary biochemical precursor to the body’s natural production of DHEA) for one year, the doctor measured my DHEA level again. My DHEA level was in the middle of the range for someone ten years younger. DHEA naturally decreases with age and is considered to be the ‘mother’ hormone in that the body can apparently use it to create sex hormones or adrenal hormones as needed. There are probably many brands of Mexican Yam, Dioscorea, available on the market. The supplement I used is available from Mannatech.

Vitamin C is a necessity daily for me. If I plan on leaving the house (I am usually house bound), I take an additional two grams which helps me quite a bit. You can get vitamin C in a less acidic form, made from Cal-Mag-Potassium Ascorbates. I particularily enjoy Emergen-C Lite drink which is available in health food stores.

For red sore eyes, you might try preservative free artificial tears. Seems to help me a lot. I was told once that the symptoms of dry eyes can be present even when tears are there due to the wrong balance of proteins, carbohydrates and fats in the body.

For nausea or reflux, one of my doctors (a neurotoxicologist) recommended ‘Tri-Salts’. It is made up of calcium, magnesium and potassium. It is available at health food stores and works quite well. It is a powder which you mix in water.

Mineral Toddy, by SupraLife, is liquid colloidal minerals. In the literature which I received with the product, it says that for Depression and Fibromyalgia, to take as directed. It has really reduced my muscle aches and depression. There are other formulas by the same company which are recommended for asthma, sinus, infections, candida, AIDS, Lung Disorders and Immune system, a product called Oxy Toddy. So far I’ve only tried the Mineral Toddy and the Ultra Body Toddy. Since my gut doesn’t absorb minerals via pills nearly as well, I am very happy with these liquid Toddys. I’ve also discovered that avoiding EMF (Electro Magnetic Fields) significantly reduces the all over pain.

One of my doctors recommended Borage Oil and Flax Seed Oil so that I would get enough essential fatty acids. Also Borage Oil is apparently good for the myelin sheath (nerve sheath). My skin near my finger nails used to just crack and bleed. When I am regularly taking these oils, my skin heals and my nerves have less pain.

Lipoic Acid seems to relieve the peripheral neuropathy (numbness in hands, feet and face) and is available in the health food stores and it also is in Life Solubles, by Integris, mentioned earlier. I learned of it via a book by Dr. Rogers (her books are listed at this site and are easy to read).

Aquagen, a liquid oxygen supplement, seems to relieve my fatigue substantially.

I’ve found that shark cartilage removes much of the pain from my knees and allows me to walk normally. It is available in many brands from your health food store. There is one called ‘SC Formula’ by Nature’s Sunshine Products.

Tri-Salt powder can be ordered from AEHF in Dallas. Their Web Site is http://www.aehf.com. Tri-Salt Powder contains Calcium Carbonate, Potassium Bicarbonate, and Sodium Bicarbonate 120g $ 10.00

Bulletin Board and Chat Room for the Chemically Sensitive/Environmentally Ill

The Bulletin Board at The Environmental Health Center is at http://www.ehcd.com/msgboard/msgboard.html. The Environmental Health Center–Dallas–has a "Chemical Sensitivity" chat room at http://www.ehcd.com/conf/conf.html.

Catalogs

AdaptAbility is a catalog which contains Products for Quality Living. It has items to make life easier for various handicaps, not much for chemical sensitivity particularly, although there are cotton socks, wool shawls, some air cleaners, etc.

AdaptAbility

P.O. Box 515

Colchester, CT 06415-0515

Phone 1(800)288-9941 and Fax 1(800)566-6678

email address is service@snswwide.com

All Electronics Corp. is a great little electronics catalog for times when you are building your cabinets for your copy machine or fax machine and need to order fans, wire, switches, etc. Click All Electronics to go directly to their web site or you can email them at allcorp@allcorp.com.

All Electronics Corp.

905 S. Vermont Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90006

Phone 1(213)380-8000

They also have a store in Van Nuys, Ca. (818)997-1806.

American Environmental Health Foundation–a non-profit organization that sells various products for the chemically sensitive person. There are also educational materials at this site. You can check out their site at http://www.aehf.com.

Books on Tape is a large catalog of audio books which are either rented or sold to you. The catalog is over 300 pages long. Phone 1(800)626-3333 or Fax 1(714)548-6574.

Books on Tape

P.O. Box 7900

Newport Beach, CA 92658

CFIDS Health Buyers Club is a nutrition and wellness catalog for those with Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfuction Syndrome (CFIDS). They carry books, supplements, lights, soap, lotion, Bio-Kleen products, etc.

Health Buyers Club

1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 1

Santa Barbara, CA 93108-2794

Order 1(800)366-6056

Conney is a safety catalog, over 300 pages, which contains 3M masks, half face or full face masks as well as complete hazad response suits and kits! They carry hydrogen peroxide, band aids, back support belts, cotton gloves, brooms, first aid kits, medicines, oxygen tanks, and much, much more

Conney Safety Products

3202 Latham Drive

P.O. Box 44190

Madison, Wisconsin 53744-4190

Order 1(800)356-9100 and Fax 1(800)845-9095

Country Curtains contains just that. Some are all cotton. Curtain rods, etc. They say that customers outside of the US can call 1(413)243-1300 for shipping information.

Country Curtains

at the Lion Inn, Stockbridge, Massachusetts 01262

Phone 1(800)456-0321 and Fax 1(413)243-1067

TDD (Hearing Impaired) 1(800)456-6353

Cuddledown of Maine, contains some natural bedding, including cottons, bed frames, etc. Go directly to their home page by clicking Cuddledown. 1(800)323-6793 24 hours a day. Fax is 1(207)761-1948. e-mail is letter@cuddledown.com

Deva lifewear is a natural fiberware clothes catalog for both men and women. It is printed on recycled paper with environmentally friendly Enviro/Tech(tm) inks.

Deva Lifewear

110 1st Avenue West

P.O.Box 6S

Westhope, ND 58793-0266

Order 1(800)222-8024 or Fax 1(800)251-1746

Duncraft is a catalog for those of us who are now watching and feeding wild birds and critters. The catalog contains many varieties of bird and critter food and houses.

Duncraft

Penacook, NH 03303-9020

Phone 1(800)593-5656

Gander Mountain is a suppler of outdoor products for the outdoor enthusiast. Large catalog of Tents, clothes, knives, boots, cots, gun parts, duck calls, etc. Call 1(800)558-9410 if interested in getting a catalog.

Gardens Alive! says it is America’s Number-One Source for Organic Garden Products. Organic plant foods, beneficial insects, insect traps, bird houses, etc.

Gardens Alive (retail store address)

776 Rudolph Way

Lawrenceburg, IN 47025

Phone 1(812)537-8650 and Fax (812)537-5108

The Janice Corporation Janices is a department store in a catalog of all natural products. From cotton mattresses to soap, Janice provides household products, clothing and personal items especially appropriate for persons with chemical sensitivities. When products are not available on the open market, Janice manufactures them in "Janice"s Sewing Room." Prices are low and quality is high.

198 US Highway46

Budd Lake, NJ 07828

contact:

email jswack@worldnet.att.net

voice 1-800-janices

fax 973-691-5459

web www.janices.com

Marketplace Handwork of India. It carries women’s cothing, some organic, mostly cotton. Nice hand embroidered cottons from India.

Marketplace

1455 Ashland Avenue

Evanston, Il 60201

Phone 1(847)328-4011

Mountain House Calls says it is Bringing Health Care Home. It carries items such as wrist supports, ankle supports, travel wheelchair, some supplements, insoles for shoes, dumbbell weights (light), blood pressure monitors, etc.

Mountain House Calls

P.O. Box 331148

Fort Worth, Texas 76163-1148

Phone 1(800)460-7282, M-F 8-5 Central Time

N.E.E.D.S. National Ecological and Environmental Delivery System. The cover states: The Money Saving Home Shopping Service. Helping to improve the quality of life for the allergic, asthmatic, ecological and health conscious person. The Pharmacy Division will generate prescription Receipts for your Medical Tax Deductions or Insurance Reimbursement Claims. This catalog is over 100 pages and contains just about everything that a chemically sensitive person might need and they are very reasonably priced.

N.E.E.D.S.

527 Charles Avenue 12-A

Syracuse, NY 13209

Phone: 1(800)634-1380

Fax (800)295-NEED

Nontoxic Environments, Inc. is printed in soy ink on recycled paper. Contains building, household, and personal products for the chemically sensitive and the earthwise. I called these folks when I needed a new roof and they were very helpful in finding the right radiant barrier foil to keep any outgassing of materials outside the house.

Nontoxic Environments, Inc.

P.O. Box 384

Newmarket, NH 03857

Orders 1(800)789-4348

Fax (603)659-5933

Information (603)659-5919

Non Toxic Hot Line and Nirvana Safe Haven, (925)472-8868. Fax: (925)938-9019. Check out: http://www.nontoxic.com. If you need to survive in a toxic world call Daliya Robson and ask her for specifics on what you need in the way of air cleaners, water purifiers, organic cotton bedding and pure wool comforters and pads. The best quality organic cotton mattresses, pillows and futons are available at a fair price. Non toxic sealants, zeolite and even Ebac dehumidifiers. To get specifications on a product you need to indicate your interests.

Real Goods, Earth Friendly Products for Creating a Sustainable Future. This catalog is printed on 50% recycled paper using soy ink. A catalog full of solar powered items, air cleaning products (including an active carbon scarf!), window filters, radiant barrier foil, books, non-toxic pest control, organic cotton clothes, wool pillows, EMF meter, water testing kits, etc. Click Real Goods to go directly to their web site.

Real Goods

555 Leslie Street

Ukiah, CA 95482-5507

Phone 1(800)762-7325 and Fax (1(707)468-9486

Foreign orders should call (707)468-9214

Safer Alternatives , printed in soy ink, carries basic needs for the chemically sensitive person, such as organic clothes, unscented soaps, building products and other necessities. This catalog is specially good for someone new to what products are the right products for the chemically sensitive. Makes shopping simple. All personal care products are unscented.

Safer Alternatives

P.O. Box 491663

Redding, CA 96049

Telephone: (606)442-5007

Fax: (530)365-0611

Harmony

360 Interlocken Blvd., Ste. 300

Broomfield CO 80021

1-800-869-3446

Organic cotton, green cotton, brown paper products, organic sheets, etc. Also offers unsuitable items.

The Company Store is a catalog which carries pillows, mattress pads, towels, curtains, wool blanks, down comforters and more.

The Company Store

500 Company Store Road

La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601

Phone 1(800)285-3696

The Natural Choice

ECO Design Co.

1365 Rufina Circle

Santa Fe, NM 87505

(505)438-3448

Offers many items including organic cotton, organic herb seeds, wood treatments, etc.

Walnut Acres is a catalog of organic foodstuffs, fresh produce, dry goods, and flours. They will ship UPS. Call 1(800)433-3998. Penns Creek, PA 17862 Visit them at http://walnutacres.com.

The Woodworkers’ Store is a catalog of hardware, wood, tools and know how. Call 1(800)279-4441 or Fax (612)478-8395. They have stores in many states. This is where we bought a piano hinge for the reading box.

Williams-Sonoma is a catalog for cooks and the kitchen. Cotton towels, dishes, food items, canning jars (fancy), pans, etc.

Williams-Sonoma

P.O. Box 7456

San Francisco, CA 94120-7456

Phone 1(800)541-2233 or Fax (415)421-5153

Wind and Weather is a catalog of weather instruments, weathervanes, sundials and garden ornaments. Call 1(800)922-9463 if you would like a catalog. They are based in California.

Winter Silks carries silk clothing including underware.

Winter Silks

2700 Laura Lane

P.O. Box 620130

Middleton, WI 53562

Phone 1(800)648-7455

Wissota Trader is a good shoe catalog. Phone 1(800)833-6421 or Fax 1(715)723-2169.

Woodworkers Supply is a large workworking catalog. It has over 150 pages of tools, hardware, drill bits, adhesives (yellow glue is OK), sandpaper, respirators, wooden handles, moldings, etc.

Woodworker’s Supply

1108 North Glenn Road

Casper, Wyoming 82601

Phone 1(800)645-9292 and Fax (several numbers, depending upon area)

Yield House is a catalog of solid wood (some with glass) furniture kits which you can assemble. Very high quality. I would recommend AFM products (sold by several of the catalogs above) for the wood finishing. Also carries other household items such as glass canisters, 100% cotton rugs, lamps, etc.

Yield House

Dept 2500, P.O. Box 2525

Conway, NH 03818-2525

Phone 1(800)258-4720 or Fax (603)447-1717

Pest Control

Ants

Use boric acid powder and honey. Mix about 1/2 teaspoon of boric acid powder with about 1 tablespoon of honey in a low jar lid. May need to put a new batch out after a couple of days. That should do it.

Ants

Locate place of ants entry into your home. Best remedy is to put cucumber peels at place of entry or at base of foundation of house or on top of ant hills. Chemists say that ants do not like cucumbers because terpernoids found in citrus skins, which make cucumbers bitter. So if cukes are especially mild, try bitter ones. Or try squeezing lemon onto place of entry and leaving the lemon peels. Other things ants don’t like are talcum powder, chalk, damp coffee grounds, bone meal, charcoal dust, cayenne pepper, liquid pepper or borax. (These can be drawn into lines that the ants must cross.) Boiling water poured on ant hills also works well. Another method to try is mixing baking soda with table sugar or powdered sugar and placing the mixture in small caps where the ants can easily get to it. When the ants eat the mixture, the baking soda will expand their stoomachs. (Ants can’t belch so they burst!) (HEAL of CNY).

Personally, I have surrounded the house with Diatomaceous Earth (use eye protection and a gas mask since this stuff is extremely sharp, being made up of shell dust and can damage your lungs and eyes). I make a trail about 3 inches wide all around the house (or infested trees) and ants simply won’t cross it. It is not poison and has no odor. It is very cheap. A reader strongly recommended against the Pool Supply version of Diatomaceous Earth due to higher concentration of the crystal particles that damage lungs. It is white.

Arborist

Alternatives to Pesticides

Cayuga Tree Service, Chris Sandstrom, 5660 Valley Drive, Box 381, Elbridge, New York, 13060. (315)689-3288.

Bees or Wasps

First call a local beekeeper if appropriate (honey bees). Bees can be exterminated by spraying them with a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher. The extinguisher must contain nothing else, just plain carbon dioxide. Stand upwind if possible.

Personally, my shop vac with a long handle does a great job on small wasp nests in the eves of the house!

Biological Control of Weeds, 1140 Cherry Drive, Bozeman, MT 59715. (406)586-5111.

Bio-Integral Resource Center, P.O. Box 7414, Berkeley, CA 94707. (415)524-2567. An important source of least toxic pest control. Anyone seriously interested in this field should subscribe to one or both of their journals

The IPM Practitioner (higher technicallevel for scientists) and Common Sense Pest Control Quarterly (for the layperson). BIRC is also available for consulting on specific problems.

Fleas

To get rid of fleas, scatter Diatomaceous Earth (see Pristine Products below) in the yard. It will get rid of fleas until the next rain, then must be reapplied. Diatomacious Earth is made from diatoms (small shells) in the ocean. Diatomaceous Earth will kill fleas but should not be inhaled. Wear eye protection and a respirator.

Fleas

We received email from someone who has suggested getting a nematode-based product (for outdoor use) because nematodes are considered predators of the fleas (and a few other insects). They are usually available from mail order catalogs such as Gardens Alive.

Fleas

There is a new medication for dogs and cats, called Program, which is a once a month pill (dogs) or liquid (cats) which gets mixed with food. It works quite well (we have five animals)–check with your vet. It has no effect on adult fleas, but improves an indoor ‘flea problem’ over time.

Flea Traps

To Make a flea trap, place a shallow pan of soapy water on the floor with a lamp near it (a high intensity lamp is good). At night fleas will jump toward the light and fall into the water and drown. Do it every night until there are no more fleas in the water in the morning. It’s slow but it really works. Also a commercial trap or a sticky card can be placed near the light instead of the water.

Flea comb

Save Our ecoSystem, 541 Willamette Street, Eugene, OR 97401.

Garden’s Alive (catalog), 5100 Schenley Place, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025. Orders

(812)537-8650. Customer service

(812)537-8651. They also carry organic fertilizers, etc.

Head Lice

To prevent head lice, wash hair with shampoo containing fatty acids, such as J.R. Liggett’s Old Fashioned Bar Shampoo (contains olive oil, coconut and castor oils). To order through mail, write J.R. Liggett Ltd., Route 12-A, RR2 Box 911, Cornish, NH 03745. Tel:(603)675-2055. $6.50 including postage and handling. (From Today’s Alternatives Towards Health newsssletter, Richmond, VA)

Head Lice comb

JTLK, Inc., P.O. Box 427, Boonton, NJ 07005.

Least Toxic Home Pest Control, by Dan Stein, M.S. Published by Hulogosi Communications, Inc. P.O. Box 1188, Eugene, Oregon 97440. 1991. 87 pages. Individual copies of the book, send $10 to Northwest IPM, P.O. Box 11445, Eugene, OR 97440. Covers 15 most common household pests, others, sources for products, etc.

Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides, P.O. Box 1393, Eugene, OR 97440. (503)344-5044. A good source for information on pesticides. Their efforts concentrate on public education and on political issues associated with pesticides. NCAP is a membership organization and publishes the quarterly, Journal of Pesticide Reform.

Peaceful Valley Farm Supply, (916)272-4769.

Pests

Some pest control companies are exterminating pests by tenting a house and pumping in air heated to 140-150 degrees F. Fans force the hot air to lower levels. Exterminators in California have been using this methjod with some success. You might call a local exterminator to see if it is available (From New York Times, 1/90)

Pristine Products, 2311 E. Indian School Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85016. (800)266-4YOU, (602)955-7031. They carry Diatomaceous Earth, pet care products, etc.

Roaches

Take away their food. Keep food in glass jars or metal containers. Clean up pet food. Take away water, don’t over water plants, insulate pipes, prevent moisture build up. Caulk all cracks and holes. (AFM makes a caulk–see N.E.E.D.S. calalog).

Roaches–Cockroaches

U.S. Department of Agriculture Insect Research Laboratory in Florida has found a chemical free way to prevent cockroach infestations. Use fans and air vents to blow a constant breeze between walls and in attics. This will drive the roaches out of the building because they must stay moist to survive and drafts dry them out. (From Today’s Alternatives Towards Health newsletter, HEAL of Richmond, VA)

Rose Disease

Cornell University plant pathologists have reported that a dilute solution of baking soda can control some fungal diseases of roses such as powdery mildew and blackspot. (From Cornell News, March 1990)

Silverfish

Do not like Epsom Salts (contains magnesium sulfate) or Borax. Treat for silverfish around water pipes (like in the bathroom) and in bookcases. Silverfish like book binding glues.

Termites

Non-toxic alternative, chemically free "Blizzard System." Uses liquid nitrogen to freeze termites in inaccessible areas. Tallon Termite and Pest Control, 1949 East Market Street, Long Beach, CA 90805. (213)422-1131 or (714)992-4044.

Termites

A new alternative is HEAT WAVE for accessible areas such as garages and attics. They use electrically charged heat strips and apply to infected wood. Heats temperatures to 135 degrees F for 1/2 hour. Registered with EPA, CA Department of Food and Agriculture. (Source of information

The Reactor, Winter 1989-90).

Unique Insect Control, 5504 Sperry Drive, Dept GA, Citrus Heights, CA 95621. (916)961-7945. Fax:(916)967-7082.

Espial - Safe Cleaning Products

Protect Your Family's Health

You probably think the air quality in your home is healthful, wholesome or, at the very least, harmless. Yet, in 1989, the EPA determined that the toxic chemicals found in common household cleansers, often dispersed in fumes, are three times more likely to cause cancer than are other air pollutants. The EPA also reported to Congress that our indoor air contains the nation's worst pollution, with the typical American home having chemical contamination levels 70 times higher than levels found in the air outside. In addition, disturbing results from a study conducted by the Toronto Indoor Air 90 Conference found that women who work at home have a 54% greater risk of cancer than women who work outside the home. The quality of indoor air is being degraded by the products most of us are using to clean and sanitize our homes. These products and the fumes and residues produced by their use are endangering our lives.

Toxic Products Are A Threat To You and Your Family

Even after the smell of a household cleaner has dissipated, its residual fumes linger in the air you breathe. Simply opening a window will not remove all of the harmful fumes. Sending your children into a different room will not spare them from breathing the chemicals. When you use toxic substances in your home, you are putting your entire family at risk of exposure.

Airborne toxins aren't the only danger posed by household cleaners. Chemicals in common dish detergents remain on dishes after they are rinsed. Chemicals from laundry detergents are deposited on clothing and bed linens as they are washed. When your child plays on the floor, his or her skin can absorb toxic chemicals from the floor cleaners you have used. A young child pressing his or her tongue against a window washed with a common window cleaner can be exposed to a virtual chemical cocktail.

The Dangers of Long-term exposure

Long-term exposure to even very low levels of the toxic compounds found in most household cleaning products has been correlated with a variety of catastrophic illnesses and disorders. According to the American Cancer Society, prior to the 20^th century, only 1 out of 8,000 people in the United States were stricken with cancer. Since the Industrial Revolution and the introduction into our lives of a myriad of chemicals, the incidence of cancer has increased to a startling 1 out of 3 people. The human body has basically become a receptacle for all the harmful compounds in the environment–toxins such as industrial chemicals, pesticides, food additives, heavy metals, cigarette smoke, car exhaust, etc. They body traps these harmful substances and is unable to discard them fast enough to protect us from their harmful effects. Constant exposure to toxic chemicals in our food, air and water has been shown to lower our threshold resistance to disease and alter the body's metabolism, causing enzyme dysfunction, nutritional deficiencies and hormonal imbalances. Birth defects, developmental disorders, learning and behavioral disorders have all been linked to toxic chemicals used in our homes.

Accidental Poisonings: Tragedies That Are Preventable

Toxic household cleaners pose acute dangers in addition to their chronic or cumulative effects on the body. Every year, 5 to 10 household poisonings are reported. Many of these are fatal, and the majority of the victims are children. In 1990, 11% of all calls to Poison Control Centers involved a child and cleaning products. More children under the age of four die from accidental poisonings at home than die in accidents with guns at home. You certainly wouldn't leave a loaded gun under your kitchen sink, but the cleaning products typically stored there are just as dangerous. The best protection against poisoning is removing toxic leaning and laundry products from your home and replacing them with effective, nontoxic alternatives.

Damage to Our Precious Groundwater

In addition to poisoning our children and polluting our air, toxic household cleaning products are a major polluter of our groundwater systems, threatening the health of future generations. Every time you pour your cleaning water down the drain, you pollute the Earth's groundwater with many organic compounds, some of which have deleterious or unknown health effects.

We can all start undoing the environmental damage of a century's worth of toxic buildup and protect our families from the devastating effects of toxic cleaners by switching to safer, more effective earth-friendly cleaning products. These products contain natural ingredients known for their cleaning abilities, and many cost significantly less than their toxic counterparts.

Patrick Hickey's note: there are no artificial fragrances added to these products. The only scents are from the natural ingredients.

I am just the hostess. I did not write, nor even read all of the content. No endorsement is implied.

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