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From: Chris.Brown@f223.n163.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Brown)
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Subject: CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES
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Date: 10 Oct 90 03:02:40 GMT
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The Report from the province of Ontario is called "Report of the Ad
Hoc Advisory COmmittee on Environmental Hypersensitivity
Disorders.  It is a bit out of date now, as it was first published
in 1985.  Don't forget to ask for the appendices when you write, as
the appendices include a section called "symptoms reported by
patients" which shows that people with sensitivities, whether
immune-system related or not, can have symptoms affecting pretty
well every system of the body.  Fortuantely, few few people have a
lot of symptoms in each system....most of us have a few symptoms in
each system, and only intermittently, depending on exposure.

That report is availabe from THe Ontario Ministry of Health
                             c/o Minister of Health
                             Evelyn Gigantes, M.P.P.
                             Queen's Park
                             Toronto, Ontario
                             M7A 1A2

The Second report I mentioned is called "Chemical Sensitivities, a
report to the New Jersey State Department of Health" by Nocholas
Ashford, M.I.T., and Claudia Miller, UofTexas.  (That should read
Nicholas Ashford).

It is not surprising to hear increased immune reponse in psych
patients.  Certainly many people with sensitivities have central
nercvous system responses to their sensitivity, with effects
ranging forom mild discomfort to total disability.

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