The Pure Cure : A Complete Guide to Freeing Your Life From Dangerous Toxins

The human race has invented nearly every toxin imaginable. In our food, there are chemicals that kill pests, make foods ripen faster and grow bigger, and lengthen shelf life. In our clothing, chemicals make fabrics soft, keep them from wrinkling, make them fire retardant and resistant to stains, and keep them from collecting static. In our kitchens and bathrooms, chemicals create suds, remove grease, stiffen our hair, make our skin feel smooth, stop us from perspiring, change our hair color, lengthen our lashes, and make us smell good. Unfortunately, many of these chemicals, designed to improve and simplify our lives, cause birth defects, hyperactivity, learning disabilities, attention deficit, early puberty, and developmental problems—to name a few. The Pure Cure takes readers to a new level of awareness regarding the dangers of the toxins in everyday products and services. Taking a thorough and comprehensive approach, the book guides readers through every room in the house and beyond, identifying problematic toxins and a course of action for eliminating them. The author also points to surprising new areas of concern, makes suggestions for healthy solutions, and provides a lists of products and companies that can offer safer alternatives. Foreword: The Pure Cure Introduction CHAPTER 1 Indoor Air Pollution ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE; CARBON MONOXIDE, NITROGEN, AND SULFUR DIOXIDES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS); BIOLOGICAL AIR POLLUTANTS; HEAVY METALS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; HUMIDIFIER FEVER; ALLERGIES; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; AIR-CLEANING DEVICES; AIR IONIZERS; AIR EXCHANGERS; DUCT CLEANING; VACUUMS; ESSENTIAL OILS; SALT LAMPS; PLANTS; Sources for Chapter 1 CHAPTER 2 What to Do About Water WATER CONTAMINANTS; INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; HEAVY METALS; FLUORIDE; NITRATES AND NITRITES; HARD WATER MINERALS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; MTBE; BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS; WATER FILTRATION/PURIFICATION METHODS; WHICH TYPE OF FILTRATION FOR YOU?; POOLS AND HOT TUBS; MINERALS; ALKALINE WATER; WATER STRUCTURE; WATER CONTAINERS; PET or PETE; BOTTLED WATER; WATER AND CONSCIOUSNESS; Sources for Chapter 2 CHAPTER 3 Electromagnetic Smog OUR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WITH THE EARTH; SOURCES OF ELECTROMAGNETIC POLLUTION; ELECTRO-SENSITIVITY; EM PROTECTION DEVICES; DIET FOR REDUCING ELECTROMAGNETIC EFFECTS; IONIZING RADIATION; Sources for Chapter 3 CHAPTER 4 What's Wrong With Our Food? ORGANIC--WHAT DOES IT MEAN?; PESTICIDES; GENETIC MODIFICATION; IRRADIATED FOOD; BARCODE FOODS; DEPLETED SOILS; PRODUCE; MEAT AND POULTRY; FISH; EGGS; WHAT ABOUT MILK?; SOY: PROCESSED VERSUS FERMENTED; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; BHA, BHT, and TBHQ; SWEETENERS; SWEET ALTERNATIVES; FOOD FLAVORINGS; FOOD COLORINGS; FOOD ADDITIVES; OILS AND FATS; RAW FOOD; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD LABELS--WHAT DO THEY MEAN?; Sources for Chapter 4 CHAPTER 5 In the Kitchen FOOD CONTAINERS; COOKWARE; COOKING METHODS; FOOD PREPARATION; Sources for Chapter 5 CHAPTER 6 Cleaning Agents SURFACTANTS; SOLVENTS; COMMON HAZARDOUS INGREDIENTS IN CLEANING PRODUCTS; SAFER CLEANING AGENTS; DISPOSAL OF TOXIC HOUSEHOLD CLEANERS; Sources for Chapter 6 CHAPTER 7 Personal Care Products COMMON TOXIC CHEMICALS IN PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; CHOOSING PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; DENTAL HYGIENE; HAND AND BODY PRODUCTS; EYE CARE; SUN PROTECTION; INSECT REPELLANTS; PERFUME; HAIR CARE; COSMETICS; FEMININE HYGIENE; WRINKLE TREATMENTS; Sources for Chapter 7 CHAPTER 8 Baby Products BABY FOOD; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS FOR BABY; DIAPERS; CLOTHING; BABY FURNITURE; TOYS; CAR SEATS; Sources for Chapter 8 CHAPTER 9 Clothing and Textiles SYNTHETIC FABRICS; SEMINATURAL FABRICS; NATURAL FABRICS; FABRIC TREATMENTS; UNDERGARMENTS; BEDDING AND DÉCOR; Sources for Chapter 9 CHAPTER 10 Home Construction and Remodeling LUMBER; INSULATION; FLOOR COVERINGS; ALTERNATIVES TO CARPET, VINYL, AND HARDWOOD FLOORING; PAINT AND VARNISH; WALL COVERINGS; LIGHTING; FENG SHUI; Sources for Chapter 10 CHAPTER 11 How Does Your Garden Grow? PESTICIDES; PESTICIDE ALTERNATIVES; LAWNS; ONLINE GARDENING RESOURCES; Sources for Chapter 11 CHAPTER 12 Toxins in Your Teeth; MERCURY AMALGAM FILLINGS. Research Protocols For Clinical Evaluation / Working Group I -- Exposures And Mechanisms / Working Group Ii -- Epidemiology / Working Group Iii -- Key Concepts: Chemical Sensitization / Michael D. Lebowitz -- Multiple Chemical Sensitivity-what Is It? / Roy L. Dehart -- Case Definitions For Multiple Chemical Sensitivity / Nicholas A. Ashford And Claudia S. Miller -- Allergy And Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (mcs) Distinguished / Claudia S. Miller And Nicholas A. Ashford -- Design Of Animal Models To Probe The Mechanisms Of Hypersensitivity / Meryl Karol -- Antigen Specific And Antigen Non-specific Immunization / Robert Burrell -- Neuropsychiatric And Biopsychosocial Mechanisms In Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: An Olfactory-limbic System Model / Iris R. Bell -- Neurobehavioral And Psychosocial Aspects Of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity / Nancy Fiedler And Howard Kipen -- Diagnostic Markers Of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity / Gunnar Heuser, A. Wojdani, And S. Heuser -- Possible Mechanisms For Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: The Limbic System And Others / Claudia S. Miller And Nicholas A. Ashford. (cont.) Developing Clinical Research Protocols For Studying Chemical Sensitivities / William Meggs -- Immunological Mechanisms Of Disease And The Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome / William Meggs -- Considerations For The Diagnosis Of Chemical Sensitivity / William J. Rea [and Others] -- Occupational Asthma / Laura S. Welch. Board On Environmental Studies And Toxicology, Commission On Life Sciences, National Research Council. Supplement To Biologic Markers In Immunotoxicology. Includes Bibliographical References. 1 Front Matter 2 Introduction 3 Research Protocol for Clinical Evaluation 4 Exposures and Mechanisms 5 Epidemiology 6 Key Concepts: Chemical Sensitization 7 Multiple Chemical Sensitivity - What is It? 8 Case Definitions for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity 9 Allergy and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS) Distinguished 10 Design of Animal Models to Probe the Mechanisms of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity 11 Antigen Specific and Antigen Non-Specific Immunization 12 Neuropsychiatric and Biopsychosocial Mechanisms in Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: An Olfactory-Limbic System Model 13 Neurobehavioral and Psychosocial Aspects of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity 14 Diagnostic Markers of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity 15 Possible Mechanisms for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: The Limbic System and Others 16 Developing Clinical Research Protocols for Studying Chemical Sensitivities 17 Immunological Mechanisms of Disease and the Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome 18 Considerations for the Diagnosis of Chemical Sensitivity 19 Occupational Asthma 20 List of Contributors 21 List of Participants The human race has invented nearly every toxin imaginable. In our food, there are chemicals that kill pests, make foods ripen faster and grow bigger, and lengthen shelf life. In our clothing, chemicals make fabrics soft, keep them from wrinkling, make them fire retardant and resistant to stains, and keep them from collecting static. In our kitchens and bathrooms, chemicals create suds, remove grease, stiffen our hair, make our skin feel smooth, stop us from perspiring, change our hair color, lengthen our lashes, and make us smell good.Unfortunately, many of these chemicals, designed to improve and simplify our lives, cause birth defects, hyperactivity, learning disabilities, attention deficit, early puberty, and developmental problems—to name a few.__The Pure Cure__ takes readers to a new level of awareness regarding the dangers of the toxins in everyday products and services. Taking a thorough and comprehensive approach, the book guides readers through every... Use of the term "multiple chemical sensitivity" (MCS) as a diagnostic label has generated increasing controversy during the past few decades as a phenomenon related to exposure to chemical agents sustained both in indoor and outdoor environments. This volume, prepared in conjunction with Biologic Markers in Immunotoxicology , contains the authored papers of a workshop held to develop an agenda to study the phenomenon of multiple chemical sensitivity. Authored by clinicians, immunologists, toxicologists, epidemiologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and others involved in research or clinical activities relevant to the problem, the papers contain case evaluations and criteria for diagnosis, mechanisms potentially underlying MCS, and epidemiologic approaches to investigation. Annotation Clinicians, researchers, and others discuss multiple chemical sensitivities, a controversial diagnostic label for a phenomenon related to exposure to chemical agents sustained both in indoor and outdoor environments. No index. An addendum to the preceding entry. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or