Safe(r) Shopping Options

Nirvana Safe Haven
http://www.nontoxic.com/

News Items - 11/30/08 - Lyme Disease

Coping with Lyme disease
http://www.foxbororeporter.com/articles/2008/11/26/features/3960065.txt

Tiny Homes-

An Alternative for People with Chemical Sensitivities
http://www.comingunmoored.com/2008/11/tiny-homes-an-alternative-for-people-with-\
chemical-sensitivitie/

The Reality of Disputed Medical Maladies

The Reality of Disputed Medical Maladies
http://www.livescience.com/health/081120-bad-syndromes.html

Tips For Choosing Toxic-Free Cookware

http://whatcounts.com/dm?id=DD69A8776151B0431B6FF387BBF8F055B63B9742B13717B0

Lifting the "Body Burden":

How to Fight Toxic Exposure and Keep Chemicals Out of Your Home
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simran-sethi/lifting-the-body-burden-h_b_141779.html

Chemical Management Plan?

Call for ban on chemicals in cosmetics, cleaners. Twelve national health and environmental organizations are calling on Health Canada to speed up the process it uses to deal with toxins under the Chemical Management Plan and promote safer alternative products.
http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/article/533204

How to Read a UPC Code

In order to avoid products from China , it is your "right" to know
how the international UPC system works. You can check a product the
next time you are in the supermarket. In general, the first three
numbers are the country code and the numbers 690, 691, and 692
indicate China, 471 is Taiwan and 880 ( South Korea ) or 49 (Japan).
Using the link in blue below, you can check out other country codes.

To learn more click here: http://www.barcodeisland.com/ean13.phtml

Is Oregon killing you?

Fact or fiction: Is Oregon killing you? There are statistics that show Oregon ranks high in breast and skin cancers, strokes and suicides, autism and Alzheimer's. Portland Oregonian, Oregon.

http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2008/10/fact_or_fiction_is_oregon_kill.html

Psychiatric Presentations of Medical Illness

Comment: This is not directly about MCS, but since MCS and other chronic illnesses are often misdiagnosed as being psychiatric in origin, this may be useful information to ascertain whether a doctor is doing their investigative job to find the cause of an illness. It may also be valuable to those with certain symptoms as it lists potential causes to check for. It discusses the real medical illnesses which may be mistaken for a mental illness. It also discusses the complexities involved with obtaining medical care for this with co-occurring medical and mental illnesses. The bottom line is that medical illnesses are routinely misdiagnosed as being psychiatric.

http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/articles/diamond.htm