All I Want for Christmas is Scent-Free Laundry

Most children send letters to Santa Claus requesting new toys and games, while adults request gifts of diamonds, jewelry, new clothes, tools, and the latest electronic gadgets.  However a large subset of the population is asking for something entirely different for Christmas… scent free laundry and clean air to breathe.

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Spotlight: Andrew Goldsworthy, PhD

What are electromagnetic fields?

An electromagnetic field is a combination of an electrical and a magnetic field. An electrical field is what enables you to pick up small pieces of paper with a plastic comb after combing your hair on a dry day. A magnetic field is what lets you to pick up pieces of iron with a magnet. When an electric current flows through a wire it generates both kinds, so we call it an electromagnetic field. The electrical part depends on the voltage and the distance over which it is acting and is measured in volts per metre.

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MCS Activist's Corner

This month, in conjunction with our cover article, as well as the public service announcements from last month, we are presenting public service announcement #7, Fragranced Laundry Products Pollute Our Air.  It may be downloaded at: 

http://mcs-america.org/PSA7FragrancedLaundry.pdf.

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The Cost of Environmental Disease

It’s common knowledge that the environment is becoming more and more polluted.  A look at any newspaper confirms that.  What does this mean though?  How does it affect humans?  What does it cost us?  Or does it?

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In the Face of Scientific Uncertainty

When it comes to chemical product safety, the United States often endangers the public.  Citizens serve as guinea pigs.  Instead of adequately testing chemical products before they are manufactured and sold, the norm is to release chemical products, such as DDT, for sale and use without testing and then pull them from the shelves after a rash of negative reports. 

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Household Chemicals Contribute to Asthma

Higher domestic chemical exposure during pregnancy may be associated with persistent wheeze and lung function abnormalities in infants and children, according to a study conducted at the University of Bristol, UK.

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Fragrances Can Be Phototoxic

Many people suffer with skin rashes, eczema, and other skin disorders, yet never know why.  Cortisone cream and other topical agents are often used for symptom control.  Sometimes medication is required.    Now research shows that it might be your fragrance.

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Free News and Scientific Study Feeds

MCS America, a national multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) organization, is now offering a free news feed service to the public, called MCSA Feeds.  The purpose of this service is to receive daily distribution of current news and research studies on multiple chemical sensitivity, environmental concerns, and other related environmental illnesses and disorders.  Anyone may subscribe.  The only requirement is an email address. 

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‘Twas an MCS Christmas

'Twas an MCS Christmas, when all through safe shelter

Not a creature was stirring, no helter skelter;

The xenobiotics were banned by the country with care,

In hopes that healthy people soon would be there;

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Sal’s Place

Disabilities affect nearly every aspect of life, some more so than others.  Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is one disability that has a huge impact on life.  The condition affects so many aspects of life that the limitations it places on people with MCS often seems overwhelming, especially around the holidays. 

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Inside MCSA

We have added five new stores to our Café Press shops with brand new designs by Lourdes Salvador and Vanessa Edgington on these items and more.  

These items are provided at wholesale cost.  Our Cafe Press mark-up is 0%.  MCS America provides the artwork and maintenance of this store on a volunteer basis to further the awareness of MCS and to support the mission of MCS America.

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Community News

Doctors Oppose Maryland Vaccine Roundup: Expect Dangerous Reactions When Children Are Treated Like Cattle
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,226269.shtml
 
A Toronto Jew is living in her car
http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13535&Itemid=86  

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Featured Research Studies

Healthy Choices: Transforming Our Hospitals into

Environmentally Healthy and Safe Places

While it is commonly understood that the quality of the air we breath and the water we drink can impact our health, it is often more difficult to recognize that our choices of the health care products, along with the way we dispose of them, and the chemicals we spray on our foods or use to clean and disinfect may actually compromise the environment and consequently our health.

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