My Thoughts
A forum for reflection on a variety of topics.
The Middle East
- Europeans, atheists, socialists, and anti-Semites, Jason Walsh, Reformed.Net, 2002.05.10. "For US journalists to label Europeans as racists and anti-Semites is a total misrepresentation of Europe, its media, its politicians, and its people."
- Speak Up for Peace, Dan Knight, Cobweb Publishing, 2002.04.04
- The Palestine Solution, Dan Knight, Cobweb Publishing, 2002.04.02. "In a nutshell, the problem is two groups with different but legitimate claims to the same land."
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (a.k.a. Environmental Illness, Fragrance Sensitivity)
- Sundays That Stink, John Knight. Reprinted from The Banner, February 24, 1992
- Scents To Die For - Literally, Charles W. Moore, September 1999
- Scents in the Workplace, Dan Knight, October 1999
- Scents in the Workplace Policy, Baker Book House, November 1999
- MCS resources on other sites
- Scents & Sensitivity, Brandy E. Fisher, Environmental Health Perspectives. "...several studies indicate that 15-30% of the general population report some sensitivity to chemicals, including fragrances, and 4-6% report that chemical intolerance has a major impact on their quality of life."
- Fragranced Products Information Network, Betty Bridges. Overview. "Studies have shown that inhaling fragrance chemicals can cause circulatory changes in the brain. Changes in electrical activity in the brain also occur with exposure. Fragrances are a frequent trigger of migraine headaches."
- Fragrances and Health, Environmental Health Perspectives, July 1999. "The health effects of fragrances are a general health issue, an indoor air quality issue, an access issue, and an environmental issue."
- Access for people with Environmental Illness/Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and other related conditions, California Legislature Senate Subcommittee on The Rights of the Disabled, 9/30/96.
- Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A 1999 Consensus. "...defining MCS as [1] a chronic condition [2] with symptoms that recur reproducibly [3] in response to low levels of exposure [4] to multiple unrelated chemicals and [5] improve or resolve when incitants are removed...."
- Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Jacki Bar. "It's like playing 'Russian Roulette' - you never know how long your immune system can hold out before breaking down."
- MCS email discussion list
- Scents and sensibility, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 9/20/1999.
- The G4 stinks, and so does my PowerBook, Charles Moore, Applelinks. Moore means it literally - the scent of new computers can be troublesome.
- Fragrance Free Workplace Policies, Fragranced Products Information Network.
- Students with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity/Environmental Illness: An Accommodation Challenge, American Council on Education.
- Internal Guidelines regarding Multiple Chemical Sensitivity/Environmental Illness (MCS/EI) for Disability Services at the University of Minnesota
- Air Quality, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA.
- Dancing in clean air: Our fragrance-free policy, Seattle's English Country Ball. "The Seattle English country dances are advertised as 'fragrance free.' This is because about 15% of the general population and about 20% of our English country dance community have adverse health effects from perfume and solvents, and become ill from even small amounts of fragrance products."
- Twenty most common chemicals in thirty-one fragrance products
- How can I create a fragrance-free workplace?, Workplace Doctor
- No perfume means healthier air
- How do you deal with increased intolerance to perfumes?, Household FAQ
- Too much perfume endangers others, Bethany Notter
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