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Chemical Sensitivities Documentary Proposal - Related Web links

Web links of relevance to documentary development

I. ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS/ ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE RESOURCES

A. General Resources

The Environmental Illness Resource website
Contains news, articles, research abstracts, and original content regarding environmental illnesses and the treatment options available
http://www.ei-resource.org/

What you need to know about environmental medicine (Lisa Nagy, MD)
Information site for doctors and patients maintained by Lisa Nagy, MD, who has Chemical Sensitivities
http://www.lisanagy.com/

Chemical Injury Information Network
The Chemical Injury Information Network (CIIN) is a support and advocacy organization dealing with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities. It is run by the chemically injured for the benefit of the chemically injured and focuses primarily on education, credible research into MCS, and the empowerment of the chemically injured.
http://www.ciin.org

MCS America
The mission of MCS America (MCSA) is to gain medical, legal, and social recognition for multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) as a disorder of organic biological origin induced by toxic environmental insults.
http://www.mcs-america.org/

MCS Survivors
A comprehensive resource directory for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Environmental Illness
http://mcsurvivors.com/dir/directory/

B. Medical & Health Sciences Organizations

American Academy of Environmental Medicine
The American Academy of Environmental Medicine is the international association of physicians and other professionals interested in the clinical aspects of man and his environment as understood through the specialty of Environmental Medicine.
http://www.aaemonline.org/

American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
This link presents the AAAAI's skewed position statement against Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance (or multiple chemical sensitivities). The summary states: "Most studies to date, however, have found an excess of current and past psychopathology in patients with this diagnosis."
http://www.aaaai.org/media/resources/academy_statements/position_statements/ps35.asp

American Medical Association
The American Medical Association helps doctors help patients by uniting physicians nationwide to work on the most important professional and public health issues. The AMA does not recognize Chemical Sensitivities as a formal condition.
http://www.ama-assn.org/

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
The mission of the NIEHS is to reduce the burden of human illness and disability by understanding how the environment influences the development and progression of human disease. Part of the government's National Institutes of Health.
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/

American Academy of Environmental Medicine Referral Service
A state by state listing of referable physicians who are MD or DO members of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine who have successfully completed the Core Curriculum consisting of four Instructional Courses.
http://www.aaemonline.org/Referable_Physicians.html

II. TOXICITY AND CHEMICAL EXPOSURE

National Geographic Interactive Edition
"Chemicals Within Us" is an interactive feature accompanying the print story entitled "The Pollution Within" in the October 2006 National Geographic.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0610/feature4/index.html

Environmental Working Group
EWG specializes in providing useful resources (like "Skin Deep: the Cosmetic Safety Database" and the "Shoppers' Guide to Pesticides in Produce") to consumers while simultaneously pushing for national policy change.
http://www.ewg.org/

Scorecard: The Pollution Information Site
A non-profit site providing in-depth pollution reports by county, covering air, water, chemicals, and more
http://www.scorecard.org

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
This link identifies the Top 20 Hazardous Substances from the 2005 CERCLA Priority List of Hazardous Substances (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act). ATSDR's mission is to serve the public by using the best science, taking responsive public health actions, and providing trusted health information to prevent harmful exposures and disease-related exposures to toxic substances.
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/cxcx3.html#bookmark01

Environmental Protection Agency
The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people through regulation, environmental research and education, and direct support to state-level research projects.
http://www.epa.gov/

III. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CENTER - DALLAS

(Founded by Dr. William Rea, M.D., thirty-year pioneer in Environmental Medicine and humanitarian)

Environmental Health Center - Dallas
A complete testing and treatment medical facility for chemically-sensitive adults and children; founded in 1974
http://www.ehcd.com/

American Environmental Health Foundation (AEHF)
The Foundation, a non-profit organization, was established to provide research into and education on Chemical Sensitivity.
http://www.aehf.com/aboutaehf.html

AEHF Store
The 1500 products available on the AEHF website were designed to meet the needs of the chemically sensitive and environmentally aware individuals.
http://www.aehf.com

26th Annual International Symposium on Man and His Environment in Health and Disease
The annual symposium sponsored by the AEHF that brings international attention to Environmental Illness topics
http://www.aehf.com/symposium26/

IV. CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES CONTROVERSY

Texas Medical Board
As a state agency, the mission of the TMB is "to protect and enhance the public's health, safety and welfare by establishing and maintaining standards of excellence used in regulating the practice of medicine and ensuring quality health care for the citizens of Texas through licensure, discipline, and education." The Board is at the center of current controversies surrounding the practice of Environmental Medicine in its investigation of Dr. William Rea, MD.
http://www.tmb.state.tx.us

Federation of State Medical Boards
The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) is a national non-profit organization representing the 70 medical boards of the United States and its territories, including the Texas Medical Board. Located in Dallas.
http://www.fsmb.org/

(August 24, 2007)
Casewatch: Your Guide to Health Fraud- and Quackery-Related Legal Matters
"Disciplinary Action against William Rea, M.D."
An online posting of the formal Texas Medical Board complaint against Dr. William Rea, MD, submitted to the Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings
http://www.casewatch.org/board/med/rea/complaint.shtml

(September 18, 2007)
Dr. William Rea's Letter to His Patients
A personal response to the public by Dr. William Rea, MD, regarding his Texas Medical Board investigation
http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=416

(October 23, 2007)
Texas House of Representatives - Texas Medical Board Hearings
The Texas House Appropriations Subcommittee on Regulatory held hearings regarding complaints against the Texas Medical Board on October 23, 2007 (audio and video available).
http://www.aapsonline.org/tmb.php

(December 21, 2007)
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
The national physician's organization that has filed a lawsuit against the Texas Medical Board
"Doctors Sue Texas Medical Board For Misconduct - Cite Institutional Culture of Retaliation & Intimidation"
http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/004

(December 27, 2007)
Houston Chronicle
News article: "Physicians' group sues medical board / Action protests anonymous complaints used against doctors"
http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2007_4484518

(March 20, 2008)
ABC News Nightline: "Environmental Medicine or Pseudo-Science?"
Online version of the nationally-broadcast news story
(Video footage and 287 viewer comments available on website)
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=4489265&page=1

(April, 2008)
American Board of Environmental Medicine
"Reaction to Nightline Program of March 20, 2008," American Academy of Environmental Medicine - A document that addresses the misrepresentations of Environmental Medicine by ABC News
http://www.aaemonline.org/abcresponse.pdf (PDF)

V. GENERAL METABOLIC AND CHEMICAL EXPOSURE LABORATORY TESTS

(Resource information about lab tests useful for diagnosing Chemical Sensitivities and its effects)

General Metabolic Assessment tests:
See the Environmental Illness Resource website section "Useful Lab Tests" for a listing of metabolic tests useful to environmental illness diagnosis and treatment:
http://www.ei-resource.org/laboratory-tests/

Selected toxicity tests include:
Environmental Pollutants Panel, Crayhon Research, http://crayhonresearch.com/
Toxic Element Exposure Profile, Genova Diagnostics, http://www.genovadiagnostics.com/
Comprehensive Detoxification Profile, Genova Laboratories, http://www.genovadiagnostics.com/

VI. DEMO LINKS

Teachers Toolkit: Plagues: Past, Present, and Future
A sample online K-12 unit from the UT Humanities Institute treating plagues: "From smallpox in ancient times to AIDS in the 21st century, disease has always acted as a limiting factor in human history. This seminar examined how disease continues to challenge our world physically, economically, and politically. In the following resources, seminar materials have been focused and refined into practical classroom applications that busy teachers can easily fold into their existing course curricula."
http://www.humanitiesinstitute.utexas.edu/resources/toolkit/plague/

Sample Photo-Panel Exhibit: Black Art-Ancestral Legacy
A catalog description of a model exhibit that could be used for creating a traveling photo-panel exhibit related to Chemical Sensitivities. Exhibit would be constructed as either free-standing or wall-hanging and would ship UPS.
http://humanitiestexas.org/exhibits/list/blackart/blackart.php

 

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