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Dear Bart and All --
Years ago, there was Julia Kendall. We lost her to the effects of
Malathion poisoning in July 1997. But as far as I know, she was the
first woman in the Bay Area to launch the notion of fragrance-free
meeting attendance, workplaces, healthcare facilities, etc. She was a
dynamic individual and worked up until the very end of her life.
I worked with her starting when I met her in the early 1990s. I
was made chemically injured in my former workplace by all the
fragrance products used daily by management and staff and of course,
by their highly scented cleaning products and monthly pesticiding
routines.
I developed a website, which I donated to the Environmental
Health Network and is available to all at http://www.ehnca.org. IF one
goes into Take Heart!, which is also known as Access and available
through the quick clicks near the top of homepage, one can learn about
various requests for fragrance-free accommodation.
As my own health and the health of my husband have had challenges
in the past three years, I've not kept up with EHN's site as I had in
the past, but it still holds a wealth of information. And, the good
news is, another board member is working on developing a new format,
etc., for EHN's site and that will upload in the not too distant
future. The domain name of ehnca will remain unchanged.
Good luck to all who are seeking fragrance-free accommodation.
Many of us have been "one person" campaigners and together,
across this country, we have made some small gains. Including at the
level of the US Access Board, for don't you know, you cannot shake air
out of a building. (My quote to them back in October 1998, out of
which, perhaps grew the work done by the Access Board and NIBS, where
you can find fragrance-free information.)
All best wishes,
barb wilkie
www.ehnca.org
At 5:18 PM -0700 9/30/08, Bart wrote:
This is a little out in left field, I guess. But the San Francisco City Hall has signs in the hallways that ask people not to wear fragranced products in City Hall. I don't know who got that done, but it's an example of a government building that at least makes the request. There might be someone there who could give you some information on how that happened... and more power to you!
--- On Tue, 9/30/08, reneerose242000 <reneerose242000@...> wrote:
From: reneerose242000 <reneerose242000@...>
Subject: [BayCanaryGrapevine] One woman campaign for fragrance free policy
To: BayCanaryGrapevine@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 3:05 PM
I have a current accomodation request in process still.
I was wondering anyone out there has tried a one-person campaign for a
fragrance free policy at their workplace and would like to share with
me offline about their methods of trying to get coworkers to implement
one outside of ADA accomodation.
I work for a Federal agency so this is extremely daunting for me.
--
IF you want to live healthier lives,
live as if you already had MCS!
Some scented household
products contain chemicals classified as toxic, UW study finds
The fumes that waft from top-selling air fresheners and laundry products contain dozens of chemicals, including several classified as toxic or hazardous, according to a University of Washington study published today.
The fumes that waft from top-selling air fresheners and laundry products contain dozens of chemicals, including several classified as toxic or hazardous, according to a University of Washington study published today.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008067309_toxicsmell23m0.html
Women warned not to wear
perfume during pregnancy
http://news.scotsman.com/health/Women-warned--not-to.4443471.jp
GREEN products, according to
the
US Dept. of the Interior, "MUST NOT
contain
petrochemical-derived
fragrances."
http://www.doi.gov/greening/sustain/trad.html
Hell's Smells
..."[A]fter banning the wearing of freshly dry-cleaned
clothes,
perfumes and
over-fragranced cleaning products on a trial
basis, they often
discover that all of their employees, not
just MCS sufferers,
feel much better."
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/08/1089000294168.html?oneclick=true
View an interview with Christopher Bryson
writer of
The Fluoride
Deception
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7319752042352089988
WE THE PEOPLE stopped the LBAM spray
from planes. However,
they want to spray from trucks on your
block and paint the
utility poles in front of your homes. What
I've read is they will
use permethrin. But, will they use the
natural or artificial
product? In either case, they are not to be
claimed as "safe"
as permethrin can cause respiratory and
neurological poisonings.
Permethrin? Check it out here . .
.
http://www.safe2use.com/poisons-pesticides/pesticides/permethrin/cox-report/cox.htm
Let's all also work for safer cosmetics,
flavors, fragrances,
building materials, pest control, and no
water fluoridation. Etc.
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