| This is a list of resources our members have found helpful and is provided for informational purposes. Sensitivities are highly individual. No product or process can be assumed to be safe for everyone. Inclusion herein does not constitute endorsement of any product or service. Extensive lists of products can be found in specific books listed below, or at various websites found on the Links page. For specialized referrals, including legal and medical experts please contact MACI at (978) 681-5117 or macimcs@aol.com. |
Table
of Contents
National MCS Organization
Books
Local MCS Related Resources
MCS Product Resources
-----General Products
-----Air Purifiers
-----Building and Remodeling Consultants
for MCS
-----Environmental Consultants
and Testing
-----Food/Organic
-----Organic or Natural Fiber
Bedding, Fabrics,Yarns, Furniture
and Clothing
-----Respirators/Masks
-----Saunas and Reading
& Computer Boxes
-----Tents
-----Travel
National MCS Organizations
HEAL (Human Ecology Action League); Post Office Box 49126; Atlanta, GA 30359-1126 Membership
Newsletter:The Human Ecologist [MCS Support Network] (404) 248-1898. E-mail: HEALNatnl@aol.com
CIIN (Chemical Injury Information Network); P.O. Box 301; White Sulfur Springs, MT 59645 Free/annual donation Newsletter: Our Toxic Times [Advocacy] (406)547-2255. Fax:406-547-2455
NCEHS (National Center for Environmental Health Strategies); 100 Rural Ave.; Voorhees, NJ 08043. [Advocacy]
(856) 429-5358. E-mail: ncehs@ncehs.org or info@ncehs.org
NCCI (National Coalition for the Chemically Injured); 2400 Virginia Ave., NW, Suite C501; Washington, D.C. 20037
Phone/Fax: 520-536-4625.
Books
Ashford, Nicholas & Miller, Claudia, Chemical Exposures, Low Levels and High Stakes 2nd edition (John Wiley & Sons, N.Y., NY) 1998. To order: 800-225-5945, ISBN# 0471292400 or E-mail: bookinfo@wiley.com [available at: MCS Referral & Resources]
Berthold-Bond, Annie, Clean and Green (Ceres Press, Woodstock, NY) 1994.
Bower, John,
Healthy House Building for the New Millenium [2000]
The Healthy House [1997];
Healthy House Building [1993];
Understanding Ventilation [1995]
( The Healthy House Institute; 430 N. Sewell Rd. Bloomington, IN 47408). (812) 332-5073
[good building refs.].
Bower, Lynn Marie,
The Healthy Household [1995].
Creating a Healthy Household [2000]
( The Healthy House Institute, Bloomington, IN).
Colburn, Theo, Dumanoski & Myers, Our Stolen Future: How We Are Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival - A Scientific Detective Story, (A Plume/Penguin Book, N.Y., N.Y. ISBN 0-452-27414-1 pbk) 1996, 1997.
Cullen, Mark R., ed., "Workers with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities,"Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews (Hanley and Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia, PA) Vol. 2, no. 4, Oct.-Dec., 1987.
Dadd, Debra Lynn, Home Safe Home: Protecting Yourself from Everyday Toxics and Harmful Household Products (Tarcher/Putnam, Inc., Los Angeles, CA) 1997. She has written many books on MCS.
Gibson, Pamela Reed, Ph.D., Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A Survival Guide (New Harbinger Publications, Inc., Oakland, CA ISBN 1-57224-173-X) 2000.
Golos, Natalie and Rea, William J., M.D., Success in the Clean Bedroom, A Path to Optimal Health (Pinnacle Publishers, Rochester, NY) 1992.
Gorman, Carolyn P., Less Toxic Living (Environmental Health Center; 8345 Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 205, Dallas, TX 75231) 1993. (214) 368-4132 [handy reference for alternative products].
Hurt on the Job: A Guide to the Massachusetts Workers' Compensation System. To order: Western Mass COSH; 458 Bridge Street, Springfield, MA 01103. (413) 731-0760. Fax: (413) 732-1881.
Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Kit (U.S. EPA Indoor Air Division). Item # 055-000-00503-6
Call: (202) 512-1800. [$22]. or Call the Boston Regional Office Often available free to school districts.
Johnson, Alison, ed., Casualities of Progress: Personal Histories from the Chemically Sensitive (MCS Information Exchange, ME) 2000. To order: Alison Johnson; MCS Information Exchange; 2 Oakland St.; Brunswick, ME 04011.
Lawson, Lynn, Staying Well in a Toxic World (Lynnword Press, P.O. Box 1732, Evanston, IL 60201) 1994.
Matthews, Bonnye L., Defining Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, ed., 1997. Chemical Sensitivity, 1992 (McFarland & Co.).
Miller, Norma, ed., Healthy School Handbook (National Education Association, Washington, DC) 1995. To order: (800) 229-4200.
Mitchell, Frank, ed; Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A Scientific Overview (Princeton Scientific Publ. Co.) 1995. Three MCS conferences sponsered by ATSDR. Call: (404) 639-6204.
Multiple Chemical Sensitivities at Work: A Training Workbook for Working People: The Labor Institute;
853 Broadway, Rm. 2014, N.Y., NY 10003 (212) 674-3322. Also EMF workbook available.
Radetsky, Peter, Allergic to the Twentieth Century [The Explosion in Environmental Allergies - From Sick Buildings to Multiple Chemical Sensitivity] (Little Brown and Company, Boston, MA) 1997.
Rapp, Doris, Is This Your Child's World? (Bantam Books, N.Y., NY) 1996. Is This Your Child? (William Morrow and Co., Inc, N.Y., NY) 1991.
Rogers, Sherry, Chemical Sensitivity (Keats Publ.) 1995. Tired or Toxic (Prestige Publ., NY) 1990. [available at: N.E.E.D.S.]
Rousseau, Rea and Enwright, Your Home, Your Health and Well-Being (TEN SPEED PRESS, Berkeley, CA) 1988 [handy reference for home building improvements].
Schettler, Solomon, Valenti, Huddle, Generations at Risk: Reproductive Health and the Environment (The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. http://mitpress.mit.edu) 1999.
Temple, Tony, Healthy Hospitals (Ohio Network for the Chemically Injured; P.O. Box 29290, Parma, OH 44129) 1996
(440) 845-1888. This excellent pamplet on MCS hospital access is available also at N.E.E.D.S.
Local MCS Related Resources
See also Links page for an extended list of online resources.
Environmental Health Coalition of Western MA; contact: MACI @ macimcs@aol.com or (978) 681-5117 for contact information.
EPA Indoor Air Quality Information Clearing House; (800) 438-4318.
HUD; House Counseling Number: (800) 569-4287.
MassCOSH (Mass Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health); Boston, MA (617) 524-6686.
Western MassCOSH; 458 Bridge Street; Springfield, MA 01103 (413) 731-0760.
Mass Pesticide Bureau; (Brad Mitchell); 100 Cambridge Street; Boston, MA 02202 (617) 626-1771.
MCS environmental and health counseling, and legal resources, contact: MACI @ macimcs@aol.com or (978) 681-5117 for contact information.
MCS Product Resources
MCS Tip: Expect to wash and air all products to adapt them for your sensitivities. Request items be wrapped by a non-fragranced worker. Before ordering, check item with clerk for contents, and for the return policy. For and extensive shopping directory see the Health & Environment Resource Center Safe Shopper Directory.
( indicates regular store hours. Other sources are by mail order or phone.)
General Products:
American Environmental Health Foundation (A.E.H.F.); P.O. Box 29874; Dallas, TX 75229 (800) 428-2343.
Environmental Health Shopper; P.O. Box 239; Fate, TX 75132 (800) 447-1100.
Home Environmental ; 184 Bedford Street; Lexington, MA 02173 (781) 862-2873.
N.E.E.D.S. (National Ecological and Environmental Delivery System); Syracuse; NY (800) 634-1380.
Nigra Enterprises; 5699 Kanan Road; Agoura, CA 91301 (818) 889-6877. (Product/sales consultant).
The Living Source; P.O. Box 20155; Waco, TX 76702 (800) 662-8787 [voice mail] or (254) 776-4878.
Air Purifiers:
MCS Tip: Purchase only from a supplier that specializes in filters for MCS. HEPA filters and charcoal filter
may need to be individualized. Auto filters to run off cigarette lighters are available from Airox, AllerMed and
Foust. Converter plugs for brief non-car use of auto filters are available at camping supply stores.
See the following distributers under General Products: American Environmental Health Foundation, Home Environmental, N.E.E.D.S., Nigra Enterprises.
Austin Air; 701 Seneca St.; Buffalo, NY 14210 (800) 724-8403.
The Dasun Company; P.O. Box 668; Escondido, CA 92033 (800) 433-8929.
E.L. Foust Co.; P.O. Box 105; Elmhurst, IL 60126 (800) 225-9549 or (708) 834-4952.
MountainAir Hygenics; P.O. Box 225; Newton, MA 02160 (617) 244-1032 or (800) 533-4028.
Building or Remodeling Consultants for MCS:
John Bower; Bloomington, IN [books and videos only] 812-332-5073
Tad Taylor; Taylor Design Associates; P.O. Box 30; Newfane Road; South Wardsboro, VT 05355
(802) 896-6891. New house design or renovations are also in book form.
Mary Oetzel; Environmental Education and Health Services, Inc.; P.O. Box 92004; Austin, TX 78709 (512) 288-2369.
Margie McNally; Interior Elements; West Bridgewater, MA margiemcn@comcast.net
Environmental Consultants and Testing:
State Department of Health has complete listings on request.
Anderson Laboratories, Inc.; West Hartford; VT (802) 295-7344. Telephone consultations available.
Mark Goldman (goldman60@atc-enviro.com); ATC Associates; Woburn, MA (781) 932-9400.
David Gordon, CIH; Gordon Air Quality Consultants Inc.; P.O. Box 5239; 6 Minton Road; Billerica, MA 01821-5239
(978) 663-9213 Fax: (978) 670-1332. E-mail gaqci@ix.netcom.com
Jeffrey May, JMHI Inc.; 1522 Cambridge St.; Cambridge, MA 02139 (617) 354-0152. [Home inspector]
Foods / Organic:
MCS Tip: See local Yellow Pages under "health food stores." Expect all food stores, including organic, to use some type of pesticide control. Contact store manager regarding pesticide application times.
NOFA/MA (The Northeast Organic Farming Association of MA); 411 Sheldon Rd.; Barre, MA 01005
(978) 355-2853. Guide and evaluation of organic food suppliers in Mass.
The two largest chains in MA are:
Bread and Circus Stores
Wild Oats
Coleman's Natural Angus (available at Star Markets, Bread & Circus and Wild Oats, check with your local grocery store).
Organic or Natural Fiber Bedding, Batting, Fabrics, Yarns, Furnishings and Clothing:
EarthSpun, Heritage Natural Fibers; Located in Western Mass. (413) 549-6271 Fax: (413) 549-5943.
E-mail: earthspn@crocker.com [woolen products including fleece, yarn].
Furnature, Inc.; 319 Washington Street; Brighton, MA 02135 (617) 787-2888 [furniture, mattresses]
Garnet Hill; Franconia, NH (800) 622-6216 [not organic, but natural fiber clothing, bedding, mattress, beds].
Green Market Farm/Fiber Naturals; 710 Route 202; New Salem, MA 01355 (978) 544-7911 [fabrics, yarns].
Green Mountain Spinnery; Putney, VT (802) 387-4528 or (800) 321-9665 [organic wool, yarns] Web site.
Harmony; Broomfield, CO (800) 869-3446 [general household products, bedding, clothing; not much organic].
Heart of Vermont; Barre, VT (800) 639-4123 [mattresses, bedding, related fabric, batting, bed & couch frames].
Janice Corporation; Budd Lake, NJ (800) 526-4237 [request organic mattresses, bedding and clothing].
Reflections Organic; Trinity, TX (800) 852-9273 [organic clothing].
Silk Collection; Middleton, WI (800) 831-0909 [silk clothing, tolerated by some MCSers; shop carefully].
Tomorrow's World; Norfolk, VA (800) 229-7571 [cotton, hemp, clothing, leather free shoes, bedding] Web site.
The Vermont Country Store; (802) 362-2400 [some plain cotton clothing, bedding, and latex free socks].
Respirators/Masks:
MCS Tip: See Yellow Pages under "Safety Equipment and Clothing." Respirators and masks need to be well researched and individualized for anticipated exposure. We recommend a physician's approval. The wrong equipment may give a false sense of security by removing odors, but not toxins, thereby increasing one's exposure and illness. Eyes and skin are still exposed.
Dual Organic Cartridge Vapor Respirators are tolerated by some (may contain latex). Need special fitting.
Sources:
3M; (800) 666-6477; Tech support (800) 243-4630; Rep.(800) 727-5174; and
AEARO (Cabot); Tech support (508) 764-5702.
Sources of cotton, silk or ceramic masks as well as specialized oxygen tubing available at A.E.H.F.
Oxygen and tubing: Eastern Pulmonary Services, Inc.; 85 Bridge St.; Salem, MA 01970 (978) 745-4654.
Charcoal Masks: Sandy DenBraber; 114 Ray St.; Arlington, Tx 76010 (817) 469-9626 Fax: (817) 860-9299.
Saunas and Reading & Computer Boxes:
American Environmental Health Foundation (A.E.H.F.); (800) 428-2343.
Nigra Enterprises; (818) 889-6877.
Safe Haven (800) 280-6519.
The Safe Reading and Computer Box Company; 1158 N. Huron; Linwood, MI 48634 (517) 697-3989.
The Living Source (800) 662-8787.
Tents
Tents made to order for backpacking. (Mention MCS) Stephensons; 22 Hook Road; Gilford, NH 03246.
Travel:
Airlines:
Fairechild, Diana, Jet Smart (Celestial Arts Publishing, Berkeley, CA) 1992. Jet Smarter: The Air Traveler's Rx (Flyana Rhyme, PO Box 248,Anahola HI 96703; (800) 524-8477).
Evergreen Rooms; (800) 929-2626, Monday-Friday, 9-5 P.M., EST. List of hotels and motels which have some rooms with special air and shower filters. http://evergreen.wilmington.net
MACI's short list of Northeast accommodations tolerated by some MCSers. contact: MACI @ macimcs@aol.com or (978) 681-5117 for contact information.
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