Reported in the latest paper on Recognition of MCS, the commissioner of Social Security Administration said on Oct. 31 2007 that SSA recognized MCS a medical determinable impairment. He said this in a legal memo submitted to a federal court that had demanded a clear statement of SSA's position on the subject. For a copy of the legal memo, send a SASE to MCS R&R. To order the whole recognition paper (now 23 pages) call: Albert Donnay, MHS, Exec. Director, MCS Referral & Resources, Inc. 508 Westgate Road, Baltimore MD 21229-2343. Phone:410-362-6400, Fax:410- 362-6401, e-mail:donnaya@rtk.net ==========================================================================
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
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When you use "perfume" you are using powerful chemicals regulated by the industry that sells them. They may not affect you now, but it doesn’t mean they won’t affect someone next to you. The chemicals go directly into the blood stream when applied to the skin, and absorbed into the skin from clothing. Inhaled chemical fumes go straight to our brains where they can do major harm, and many of these chemical fumes have a “narcotic” effect.

Contact Dr. Raymond Singer, Ph.D.
Our mission:To provide the highest quality clinical and forensic services for the evaluation and diagnoses of neurobehavioral, neuropsychological and neurotoxic illness from chemicals, injuries and drugs.
Our experience: Evaluating neurobehavioral function and the effects of toxic chemicals, drugs and substances (neurotoxic agents) on the nervous system since 1979; serving the Courts (federal, state and administrative) as a forensic expert witness in both civil and criminal matters since 1983.
Symptoms of neurotoxicity: Toxic chemicals can damage the nervous system and brain. Such chemicals are neurotoxic. A person may or may not be aware of neurotoxic damage when it occurs. ============================================================================= An Overview of MCS by Cynthia Wilson

Back when doctors believed their patients and before psychosomatic illness and stress became a catch-all for illnesses doctors couldn't diagnose, there is evidence to suggest that doctors were diagnosing chemical sensitivities as vapors. Vapors were described as an exhalation of bodily organs held to affect the physical and/or mental condition or as a depressed or hysterical nervous condition. Then in the early 1950's, Theron Randolph, M.D., recognized that people were getting sick from their environment, hence the original name Environmental Illness. Read at ciin.org

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Saturday, 16 August 2008

Fragrances in Common Household Products Contain Many Toxins

(NaturalNews) Every day, we all try hard to do what is best for ourselves and our families, so it is very disconcerting and worrisome when we discover that everyday products such as laundry detergent, cleaning supplies, soaps and cosmetics, air sanitizers and sprays, etc. contain carcinogenic chemicals and harmful substances.

According to a study that was posted on the Environmental Impact Assessment Review and reported by CBS, there are many different kinds of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) found in laundry detergents, air fresheners (in solid, spray and oil form), dryer sheets, and fabric softener. VOCs are small substances that evaporate into the air.

The study worked by isolating the products in a designated area in the laboratory at room temperature. By using mass spectrometry and gas chromatography, the investigator, Anne C. Steinemann �- who was prompted to conduct the study because of the 200 complaints she received about such common products -� was able to evaluate the amount of VOCs in the air. With an arbitrarily selected ceiling number of 300 micrograms, Steinemann was able to detect 100 VOCs in the air at the ceiling number. This is important because the threshold that she set was selected because it is the level at which it is considered dangerous to have VOC levels in that high range. She was able to identify some of the VOCs, discovering that 10 of those that she found were considered toxic under the U.S. federal law. Furthermore, three out of ten of the VOCs were considered air pollutants: acetaldehyde, chloromethane, and 1,4 dioxane.
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Perfumes are a great way to attract the attention of other people around and also enhancing the personality of the user. Nowadays, women as well as men do not only want perfume but they want designer perfume. Although the price of designer Perfumes may be a bit high, personally I use perfumes with cheap prices which I buy them online from Perfumezilla.com .Here is the link if you wanna try it:
http://www.perfumezilla.com

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