RESOURCES/LINKS
The following resources provide much valuable information relevant to chemical sensitivity and environmentally related illnesses, but a listing here is not an endorsement of all the material appearing on these websites.
ORGANIZATIONS
Chemical Sensitivity Foundation
Dedicated to raising public awareness about multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS)
www.chemicalsensitivityfoundation.org
Chemical Injury Information Network
Support and advocacy organization dealing with MCS
www.ciin.org
National Center for Environmental Health Strategies
Working to protect the public health and improve the lives of people affected by chemical and environmental exposures
www.ncehs.org
MCS Referral & Resources
Professional outreach, patient support and public advocacy devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, accommodation and prevention of MCS (archived material)
www.mcsrr.org
The EI Wellspring
Practical tips for coping with chemical and electrical hypersensitivity
www.eiwellspring.org
Planet Thrive
Online health community for people recovering from environmental and other chronic illnesses like Lyme disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, myalgic encephalomyelitis, fibromyalgia, MCS, and mold illness, and others inspired to live a healthier, non-toxic lifestyle
http://planetthrive.com
HEAL of Southern Arizona
Member support, educating the public about MCS and the health effects of chemicals
www.healsoaz.org
Environmental Health Network of California
Promote public awareness of environmental sensitivities and causative factors, focus on access and developments relating to the environmentally sensitive
http://ehnca.org
AUTHORS/RESEARCHERS
Debra Lynn Dadd
Author of Nontoxic and Natural and many other books on less-toxic products www.debralynndadd.com
Pam Gibson, PhD
Author of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, A Survival Guide, research on the life impacts of MCS
www.MCSresearch.net
Claudia Miller, MD
Co-author of Chemical Exposures: Low Levels and High Stakes. Read here
Visit the website:
TILTresearch.org.
Anne Steinemann, PhD
Research on the hazards of fragrance chemicals
www.drsteinemann.com
PHYSICIANS
American Academy of Environmental Medicine
International association of physicians and other professionals practicing and/or knowledgeable about environmental medicine, search for members by state
www.aaemonline.org
Erica Elliott, MD
Practices family and environmental medicine, Santa Fe, NM
www.ericaelliottmd.com
REPORTS
Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Report
Recommendations for constructing and maintaining public buildings to be more accessible for people with chemical and electromagnetic sensitivities, project of the National Institute of Building Sciences with funding from the federal Access Board.
www.access-board.gov/research/building/indoor-environmental-quality
VIDEOS
Alison Johnson, Film Producer & Author
Author of many books and documentaries on MCS
www.alisonjohnsonmcs.com
Susan Abod, Film Producer
Funny, You Don’t Look Sick
www.susanabod.com/funny-you-dont-look-sick-an-autobiography-of-an-illness
Homesick: Living With Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
www.homesick-video.com
PESTICIDES
Beyond Pesticides
Information and advocacy, identifying the risks of conventional pesticides and promoting non-chemical and least–toxic management alternatives
www.beyondpesticides.org
Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides
Works to protect people and the environment by advancing healthy solutions to pest problems, pesticide fact sheets
www.pesticide.org
Healthy Hospitals
Controlling Pests Without Harmful Pesticides
Report by Beyond Pesticides and Health Care Without Harm
www.beyondpesticides.org/hospitals/Healthy_Hospitals_Report.pdf