Toxic Chemicals Information for the Chemically Injured

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Toxic Chemicals

 

Information for the Chemically Injured

 

(Editor's Note: Most sources are not written for MCS persons,

 

but may help provide general information on toxicity.)

_http://www.ctaz.com/~bhima/toxchem.htm_

(http://www.ctaz.com/~bhima/toxchem.htm)

 

 

Caution to all MCS/ES persons:

 

Check all advice with your doctor. Some sources are not trained in

addressing the specific needs of MCS/ES persons. Natural products can provoke

serious

reactions, depending on the individual case.

 

_Detoxification_ (http://www.ctaz.com/~bhima/medother.htm)

Fact Sheets

Fragrances

General

Heavy Metals

Household Products

Pesticides

Services

Carpet Cleaning

Study

Testing for Chemical Injury

Toxicity Test, Online

Workplace

Fact Sheets

****Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides. NCAP. Journal of

Pesticide Reform. Comprehensive articles of infromation and research on the

toxicity of key pesticides available online. Information demonstrates the

health

danger to humans, animals, and environment. Click on Publications &

Information: pesticide factsheets (insecticides, herbicides, fungicides) for

information on Roundup, Dursban, Malathion, etc.

_www.pesticide.org/default.htm_

(http://www.pesticide.org/default.htm)

Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets. Up to date and comprehensive

information on common chemicals, solvents, and pesticides. Acute and chronic

health effects and acceptable limits of exposure. Also, note the limits of

the research test results available for specific chemicals.

_http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/rtkweb/rtkhsfs.htm_

(http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/rtkweb/rtkhsfs.htm)

MSDS online. A powerful search engine is today's leading Web and image-based

library of manufacturers' original MSDSs. _http://www.msdsonline.com_

(http://www.msdsonline.com/)

MSDS Search 2001. _http://www.msdssearch.com_ (http://www.msdssearch.com/)

MSDS Solutions. Need product name and manufacturer for chemical search.

_www.msds.com_ (http://www.msds.com/)

What are MSDS's and where can I find them? An impressive directory of MSDS.

_http://www.ilpi.com/msds/index.html_ (http://www.ilpi.com/msds/index.html)

Common Solvents: Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) Lists acute and chronic

health effects and acceptable limits on exposure.

_http://crystal.biol.csufresno.edu:8080/~joyce/safety/infosite/solvent.htm_

(http://crystal.biol.csufresno.edu:8080/~joyce/safety/infosite/solvent.htm)

MSDS Index for products sold by the HPS Inc.

Photographic chemicals, solvents and inks for the graphic arts industry.

Lists acute and chronic health effects and acceptable limits on exposure.

_http://ftp.hpsinc.com/msds/home.htm_ (http://ftp.hpsinc.com/msds/home.html)

Fragrances

Disability and Fragrance in the Workplace. " The U.S. Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued an administrative decision . . . that

upholds

MCS as a disability and states that a fragrance free workplace is not an

accommodation that can be simply dismissed as unreasonable. " Our Toxic Times,

Volume 12, Number 5 Issue Number 131, May 2001. Chemical Injury Information

Network Newsletter. _http://www.ciin.org_ (http://www.ciin.org/)

Environmental Health Network. (EHN) Non-profit 501©(3) organization that

provides support, advocacy, and information for the chemically and

electromagnetically sensitive, and others who share our concerns. We realize

that not

all barriers are visible and not all disabilities are obvious. Therefore, EHN's

focus is on issues of access and development relating to the health and

welfare of environmentally sensitive persons. P.O. Box 1155, Larkspur, CA.

94977-1155. Support and Information Line (SAIL) 415-541-5075

_http://www.ehnca.org_ (http://www.ehnca.org/) or

_http://users.lmi.net/wilworks_

(http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/)

EHN Petition about the harmful effects of perfume. The FDA Citizens'

Petition has been filed by EHN on behalf of everyone whose health is harmed by

fragrances. It was assigned Docket Number 99P-1340 in May 1999 by the Food and

Drug Administration. It is still open, receiving letters and documentation.

This

petition provides the golden opportunity to write to the FDA about the

harmful effects of fragrances and adverse events suffered because of fragrances

used by self AND/OR other people. All folks have to do is to reference " Docket

Number 99P-1340 " and their comments will be tallied along with all the others

the FDA has received regarding the petition to get the FDA warning message

on labels of fragrances released to market without substantiation of safety.

E-mail: _fdadockets_

(http://www.ctaz.com/ym/Compose?To=fdadockets (AT) oc (DOT) fda.gov & YY=39383 & order=down & sor\

t=date & pos=0 & view=a & head=b) Full contact

information, analyses and complementary information available from EHN's page,

_http://www.ehnca.org/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm_

(http://www.ehnca.org/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm)

Fragrance Control and Health Care Facilities. HEAL. Human Ecology Action

League. The Human Ecologist. " Fragrance control and health care facilities: An

interview with Marlene Freeley, R.N., M.S., Director, Occupational Health

Services, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, " by Louise

Kosta.

Issue Number 96, Winter 2002. Order this issue or to quarterly

publication. Phone: 404-248-1898 _http://members.aol.com/HEALNatnl_

(http://members.aol.com/HEALNatnl/)

Fragranced Products Information Network. For general information on health

effects and other information related to fragrance_ http://www.fpinva.org_

(http://www.fpinva.org/) Referenced article related to fragrance

_http://www.fpinva.org/FragranceReview.htm_

(http://www.fpinva.org/FragranceReview.htm)

Is a fragrance free workplace right for you? ABC Local News Story. January

30, 2003 _http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=54226_

(http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=54226)

Get A Whiff Of This: Perfumes (fragrances) -- the Invisible Chemical

Poisons, Connie Pitts. The book contains the author's personal story,

scientific

abstracts, information on a petition filed against the FDA, a chemical

analysis, letters and opinions from expert doctors, and much more. This book is

great

for educating doctors, family members and friends, and its main purpose is

to educate unsuspecting consumers. Rosalind C. Anderson, Ph.D. wrote a

fabulous foreword. The book can be ordered directly through _www.1stbooks.com_

(http://www.1stbooks.com/) or their toll-free number, 1-888-280-7715, or

_www.amazon.com_ (http://www.amazon.com/) and _www.bn.com_ (http://www.bn.com/)

Air Fresheners. The chemicals in air fresheners can vary, just as the

chemicals in any other scented products. So, it is difficult to know what is in

a

particular brand. Anderson Laboratories conducted a study on toxic effects of

air fresheners.You may be able to contact them for more detailed information.

_http://www.andersonlaboratories.com/alweb21a.htm_

(http://www.andersonlaboratories.com/alweb21a.htm)

See Research Reports._ http://www.andersonlaboratories.com/alweb23.htm_

(http://www.andersonlaboratories.com/alweb23.htm)

Aromatic Candles. 'E' The Environmental Magazine. " A Burning Dilemma:

Aromatic Products May Pollute Indoor Air and Your Health. " By Becky Gillette.

_http://www.emagazine.com/november-december_1998/1198gl_health.html_

(http://www.emagazine.com/november-december_1998/1198gl_health.html)

Fragranced Candles. Danish Environmental Protection Agency.

_http://www.mst.dk/chemi/Chemicals/lys_uk.doc_

(http://www.mst.dk/chemi/Chemicals/lys_uk.doc)

Tests showed that fragrance candles contained: Toluene 7%, xylene 3.5%,

d-limonene 12.2%, limonene 10.5%, 4.4 VOCS in the soot. 4.5 Terpenes,

phthalates,

etc. (To find: Do search for this subject or try the link below. Save in

Word or similar format, if possible.)

_http://www.mst.dk/homepage/default.asp?Sub=http://www.mst.dk/udgiv/publications\

/2001/87-7944-596-9/html/kap12_eng.htm_

(http://www.mst.dk/homepage/default.asp?Sub=http://www.mst.dk/udgiv/publication

s/2001/87-7944-596-9/html/kap12_eng.htm)

 

 

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Write about the Toxins in Perfume

Environmental Health Network of California Files Citizens' Petition With the

FDA

The Fragrance Industry is UNregulated and Protected by Trade Secret Laws

Complete information about perfume lab analysis, label information, sample

letter and addresses are included. Write about how the chemicals effect you!

_http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm_

(http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm)

Update 11-02: Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky introduced House Bill 1947, also

known as SNIFF (Safe Notification and Identification For Fragrances) The

original bill had one co-sponsor-- Rep. Shelley Berkley (NV) and perhaps

another. It will have to be re-introduced into the next Congress, if Rep.

Schakowsky

is willing to do so for a third time. SNIFF would require the Food and Drug

Administration to let consumers know, by means of label requirements, what

known allergens and toxins are in fragranced products. There are many of them.

Hardly anyone seems to know about HB 1947. Please alert all you

correspondents!

* Environmental Health Network asks you to write to your own

representatives- " A lot of people like to talk about their reactions to

fragrances, but they

don't like to write about it . . . at least juding by the fact that in 3.5

years, the FDA Petition has received only 1,300 letters and the numbers of

people adversely affected by fragrances reach in the reach in the millions. "

More info about SNIFF: _http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnlinx/s.htm#SNIFF_

(http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnlinx/s.htm#SNIFF)

 

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General

Poison Control. Call the number listed in your phone book. It is best, but

not absolutely necessary to have the specific name of the chemical(s) ready.

Editor's Note: I have found their information to be accurate and helpful,

though not understanding of the MCS illness.

National Library of Medicine. Search the Hazardous Substances Data Bank.

_http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB_

(http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB)

Debate on Phthalates' Safety. Beauty Coverup?

A Cosmetic Ingredient Is Linked to Animal Defects. Its Human Risks Are Less

Clear,

by Brian Reid, Special to The Washington Post, Tuesday, November 26, 2002;

Page F1

_http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A36254-2002Nov25?language=printer

_ (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A36254-2002Nov25?language=printer)

 

" . . . a small coalition of consumer groups, led by Environmental Working

Group and Health Care Without Harm, has cried foul, claiming the chemicals'

risk to millions of cosmetic-wearing women has been underestimated. "

Inhaled Particles IX. The proceedings (extended abstracts) of an

international symposium held in Cambridge, England, last September, are now

available

free on line via _http://www.bohs.org/pubs/library/_

(http://www.bohs.org/pubs/library/) which leads to the list of extended

abstracts and access to the pdf

files. There are about 110 items, arranged in sections Silica, Fibres,

Ultrafines and TiO2, Coal and slate, Other particles, Deposition and

biokinetics,

Asthma and air pollution.

The book version is expected to be published by Oxford University Press, as

a supplement to Annals of Occupational Hygiene, at the end of July (2002).

The on-line version will remain available for some weeks. Dr. Trevor Ogden,

Editor in Chief, Annals of Occupational Hygiene. Annals on-line at

_http://annhyg.oupjournals.org/ _ (http://annhyg.oupjournals.org/)

E-mail: _ogden _ (ogden) or _annals_

(annals)

Environmental Justice Data On-line. Different degrees of environmental

burden felt by different racial, ethnic and income groups are documented and

available for every community in the U.S. _http://www.Scorecard.org_

(http://www.scorecard.org/) Use zip codes to get the local facts.

Long Term Effects of Chemical Agents. Medical Research Institute of Chemical

Defense, USAMRICD. On-line printable version. Contains organophosphates

section for the long term effects associated with them.

_http://chemdef.apgea.army.mil/textbook/Ch-8.pdf _

(http://chemdef.apgea.army.mil/textbook/Ch-8.pdf)

Hazardous Chemicals in Human and Environmental Health. International

Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS). On-line version free of charge: The file

is

full-text html and can be printed. _http://www.who.int/pcs _

(http://www.who.int/pcs)

The Environmental Connection. Information and resources about ecological and

environmental health issues. Come back often, as we will be adding new

features to our website in the coming days and weeks. Subscribe to our print

newsletter, The Environmental Connection, premiering May 2003. Coming Soon!

Just

for Kids! Our Cool Projects for Kids website will be debuting this fall. This

free website will provide teachers, homeschooling parents and students with

unique ecology and environmental health project ideas to complement middle and

high school science, history and English studies.

_http://www.theenvironmentalconnection.com_

(http://www.theenvironmentalconnection.com/)

Heavy Metals

Arsenic Treated Wood Precautions.

_http://www.environmentalhealth.ca/summer02.wood_

(http://www.environmentalhealth.ca/summer02.wood)

No CCA Wood. (Arsenic Treated Wood) The CCA Pressure Treated Wood

Information Site. _http://www.noccawood.ca/_ (http://www.noccawood.ca/)

CCA Victims. Features accounts and reports about CCA treated wood injury

victims from around the world. The majority of the information comes directly

from the EPA archives, but will also be posting first-hand accounts to this

new Web page as they are submitted to us in the future.

_http://www.bancca.org/CCA_Victims/CCA_victims.htm _

(http://www.bancca.org/CCA_Victims/CCA_victims.htm)

Arsenic-Laden Fertilizer. Groups Ask Major Retailers to Stop Sales of

Ironite. Public health and environmental advocates from around the United

States

called on Home Depot, Lowe's, and Target to stop selling a fertilizer made from

mining waste that is heavily contaminated with arsenic. Other fertilizers

besides Ironite contain toxic waste. Retailers can obtain information about the

levels of heavy metals in fertilizers at the following website: The

Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) Pesticide Management Division

is

responsible for regulating the labeling and distribution of commercial

fertilizers. _www.wa.gov/agr/pmd/fertilizers/index.htm._

(http://www.wa.gov/agr/pmd/fertilizers/index.htm)

 

Letters to Home Depot, Lowe's, and Target at Mineral Policy Center.

_http://www.mineralpolicy.org_ (http://www.mineralpolicy.org/) Click on " Take

Action " and select letter on that page OR

_http://actionnetwork.org/mpc/home.html_

(http://actionnetwork.org/mpc/home.html) .

Article: PR: Home Depot, Target Asked to Stop Selling Arsenic-Laced

Fertilizer June 11, 2002

_http://actionnetwork.org/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=2001953_

(http://actionnetwork.org/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=2001953)

Solvents and Chemical Injury. " Organic Solvents Damage Brain and Central

Nervous System " _http://www.monitor.net/rachel/r137.html_

(http://www.monitor.net/rachel/r137.html)

RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY #137, July 11, 1989.

Environmental Research Foundation P.O. Box 5036, Annapolis, MD 21403 Fax

(410) 263-8944;

E-mail: _erf_ (erf)

Household Products

California; Chemicals in Home a Big Smog Source; Cleansers, cosmetics and

other products pump 100 tons of pollutants daily into the Southland's air,

ranking second to tailpipe emissions, studies show. The Los Angeles Times; Los

Angeles, Calif.; Mar 9, 2003; Gary Polakovic. (Search Archives with title.

Article for purchase only. $2.50) _http://www.latimes.com_

(http://www.latimes.com/)

Healthy Families, Healthy Environment. A Christian ministry helping families

enrich their physical and spiritual health. Health tips about protecting you

and your family from toxic chemicals for each room in your house and the

yard. _www.healthyfamiliesnow.org/home.asp_

(http://www.healthyfamiliesnow.org/home.asp)

Teflon Dangers. Environmental Working Group. EPA Issues Powerful Indictment

Of Chemical in Teflon. Government Scientists Find Blood of U.S. Population Is

Contaminated At Levels That Could Cause Harm

_http://www.ewg.org/policymemo/20021113/20030328.php_

(http://www.ewg.org/policymemo/20021113/20030328.php)

Pesticides

****Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides. NCAP. Journal of

Pesticide Reform. Comprehensive articles of infromation and research on the

toxicity of key pesticides available online. Information demonstrates the

health

danger to humans, animals, and environment. Click on Publications &

Information: pesticide factsheets (insecticides, herbicides, fungicides) for

information on Roundup, Dursban, Malathion, etc.

_www.pesticide.org/default.htm_

(http://www.pesticide.org/default.htm)

Tox Free Inc. Insecticide contamination for home buyers. 1-800-704-1662.

Information & support groups. _http://www.dcci.com/toxfree/_

(http://www.dcci.com/toxfree/)

Pesticides on Airlines. What You Need to Know. Association of Flight

Attendants, AFL-CIO. _http://www.afanet.org/pesticides_what_you_need_2_know.htm_

(http://www.afanet.org/pesticides_what_you_need_2_know.htm)

See also _Pesticides_ (http://www.ctaz.com/~bhima/pesticid.htm)

Services

Healthy Carpet Cleaning. Envirodesic Certification is an ongoing process

whereby additional data and consumer experience is added to a product file or

advisory statement as it becomes available. Persons wishing to examine further

details concerning products and practices which meet stringent Envirodesic

standards for environmental and human health are invited to consult the web

site listed below. _www.envirodesic.com_ (http://www.envirodesic.com/)

 

Study

 

 

Environmental Working Group. " This website reports results from the most

comprehensive study ever conducted of multiple chemical contaminants in

humans.

Blood and urine from nine people were tested for 210 chemicals that occur in

consumer products and industrial pollution. " This " body burden " study was

released on Thursday, January 30th, 2003. Please check our website for more

information: _http://www.ewg.org_ (http://www.ewg.org/)

 

 

Testing for Chemical Injury

_Testing for Chemical Injury_ (http://www.ctaz.com/~bhima/testing.htm)

Barbara Rubin. Chemically injured by pesticides, an MCS shares her knowledge

and experience of toxicological testing as an aid for personal and legal

protection.

Toxicology Lab. ETI Environmental Lab, 4730 Mountain Road, Suite 21,

Pasadena, MD 21122 (410) 437-4100 Fax:(410) 437-5400 Robert Simon, Ph.D.

_ETIRKS _ (ETIRKS) USPS Mailing address: ETI

Environmental Lab, P.

O. Box 2410 Pasadena, MD 21123

Toxicity Test, Online

Learn More About Neurotoxins. Visit this site to raise your awareness of how

neurotoxins can effect your health. You can take the Visual Contrast

Sensitivity (VCS) Exam and a risk assessment test, online, for $8.95. These

tests

assess the possibility of the presence of neurotoxins in your system.

Neurotoxins can come from a variety of sources that includes Lyme Disease,

Pfiesteria,

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic Fungal Syndromes and Sick Building

Syndrome.

_http://www.chronicneurotoxins.com/info/diag_process.cfm_

(http://www.chronicneurotoxins.com/info/diag_process.cfm)

Workplace

Prevent Chemical Injury in the Workplace. _Playing Industrial Hygiene to

Win_ (http://www.ctaz.com/~bhima/workplac.htm) . Senn, MS, CIH.

Comprehensive and informative article, heavily referenced.