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An appeal for clean air in the workplace.
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(A Review of Medical-Legal Issues Surrounding the Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome)
Medical-Legal Issues
During years of practice in the field of environmental medicine I have seen many patients that I believe were made ill by airborne chemical exposures in the workplace and who consequently developed the illness known as multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS). I have often testified in their behalf. The following paper has been written with two purposes: First, as an appeal against what I consider to be the general inequities that prevail in the treatment of such ...
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Reactive intestinal dysfunction syndrome (RIDS) caused by chemical exposures.
Magazine article from: Archives of Environmental Health
; ...in 10 patients who had known chemical exposures and persistent multiple-chemical...be reactive following acute chemical exposures, and hyperresponsiveness can...irritability following multiple chemical exposures. Case 2.
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 "Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)")
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REGIONAL DIGEST.(LOCAL NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
; ...to do work that could lead to standards to protect pregnant women from chemical exposures. Scientists will look at the connection between measured chemical exposures and biomarkers, which are indicators such as lead levels in blood. Biomarkers...
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The environmental health dilemma: summarizing for the future.(Editorial)
Magazine article from: Archives of Environmental Health
; ...complex. A new environmental toxicology applicable to chemical exposures at home, at work, in school, and sometimes in entire communities...rely on plausible associations of adverse effects with chemical exposures, but often without doses. Measurements of exposure do...
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Parental chemical exposures and ras mutations in children.(Headliners: Chemical Exposures and Childhood Leukemia)
Magazine article from: Environmental Health Perspectives
; ...of Minnesota report that parents' chemical exposures may be associated with distinct ras...patients with ALL. A number of parental chemical exposures were associated with significantly...include drugs of abuse and additional chemical exposures, and to link them to ras mutations...
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An audit of preoperative blood tests.(CLINICAL FEATURE)
Magazine article from: Journal of Perioperative Practice
; ...respiratory or renal dysfunction. Four blood tests are included in the NICE guidelines...examines the utilisation of preoperative blood tests in general surgical patients seen within...type and grade of surgery, preoperative blood tests requested and rationale for their request...
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BOOKS RECEIVED.
Magazine article from: Environmental Law
; ...collaborative search for better information. CHEMICAL EXPOSURES: LOW LEVELS AND HIGH STAKES Nicholas...6484. 440 pp. $39.95 Clothbound. Chemical Exposures: Low Levels and High Stakes explains...fatigue syndrome and Gulf War syndrome. Chemical Exposures clarifies the nature of ...
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BAHRAIN: PRE-NUPTIAL BLOOD TESTS TO INCLUDE HIV AND STD CHECK.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; According to Bahrain Tribune , pre-nuptial blood tests for Bahraini couples now include an HIV check but the requirement...Prevent HIV-AIDS Dr Somaya Al Jowder reiterated the mandatory blood tests are intended only to determine the state of health of citizens...
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Nursing practice chemical exposure and right-to-know.(ANA House of Delegates Reports)
Newspaper article from: Georgia Nursing
; Many agencies have investigated the impact of environmental and chemical exposures and the Right-to-Know about potential hazards in the workplace including chemical exposures. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration's (OSHA) Hazard...
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The simple truth about MCS: low-tech solutions for real suffering.(Science Selections)
Magazine article from: Environmental Health Perspectives
; ...oasis techniques (e.g., creating environments with fewer chemical exposures), holistic therapies (e.g., aromatherapy), nutritional...respondents reporting spending an average of $57,000 to lessen chemical exposures in their homes, these strategies are still quite expensive...
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Potential residential exposure to Toxics Release Inventory chemicals during pregnancy and childhood brain cancer.(Children's Health)
Magazine article from: Environmental Health Perspectives
; ...of the developing fetus to various chemical exposures is well documented, the role of environmental...CNS) is much more susceptible to chemical exposures than the adult CNS, and the brain...of the developing fetus to various chemical exposures is well documented, the role of ...
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