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Fragrance Facts
What do Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, and Elizabeth Taylor have in common? They all promote perfume. Fragrance equals chic. For many, however, fragrance means irritated eyes and sinuses and restricted breathing.

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
According to a 1995 random population study 16 percent of people report an "unusual sensitivity to chemicals used in manufactured products, including scented hair and body products.

Dr. Krop Loses, Environmental Medicine Wins
Dr. Krop's case has brought about a revolution in the highercourt of public opinion, which demands safe medicine and a return tounpolluted planetary life-support systems.The 13-year trial of Dr. Jozef Krop may be over, but its impact on thefuture of environmental medicine in Canada will be lasting.

Environmental Illness: The Hidden Disability
Incense, essential oils and aromatic candles may be helpful treatment tools for some patients, but they can be disastrous for patients with chemical sensitivity. Patients who suffer from environmental illness (EI) or multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) live with a hidden disability.

Treating Toxic Bodies With Environmental Medicine
The scientific and medical world of the 19th and 20th centuries was dominated by the germ theory. The present century is dominated by chemicals and toxins.

Perfume
Think about the last time you felt nauseous or had a headache for no apparent reason. Could it have been from the perfume you smelled in the elevator? Or from walking down the detergent aisle at your grocery store? These reactions are your body's way of telling you something is wrong with the air you're breathing.

A Chemical Workout
Forget Barbados. In this fitness era, the gym is the trendiest destination spot. Stressed corporate types hide behind headsets and pound their troubles away on the treadmill.

The High Price of Environmental Illness
The incidence of environmental illness is approaching an epidemic, yet government takes no action. Five to 10 per cent of the population is already allergic to chemicals.

Toxic Immune Syndrome
My daughter Dara became ill long before I did. She battled Crohn's disease with fatigue for 15 years, but eventually managed to get through university, a testament to her indomitable spirit. She was 32 and it had been a struggle..

The Burden of Chemical Sensitivities
I am a chemically hypersensitive lawyer in Ontario, at the six-year mark with the condition: three years going down, with only a vague idea of what was happening and three years coming up, once I got the information from a 20-year chemically-sensitive "veteran" who made it her business to try to save my life through educating.

All Glutamates Are Not Created Equal
The third most used flavor enhancer in North American food, after salt and pepper, is a dru.