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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