-Caveat Lector- take the poll - make comments - send to a friend. >http://www.healthyideas.com/poll/980505/ > >When the World Makes You Sick > >Environmental illness encompasses everything from sensitivity to perfume to >sicknesses caused by industrial byproducts to "sick-building" syndrome. Some >say it is the real cause of chronic fatigue and other so-called "yuppie >flus." > >But is it real? > >Thousands of sufferers around the world say yes. According to the Australian >Chemical Trauma Alliance, symptoms of environmental illness include >everything from "mild, flu-like lethargy to full-scale coronary, respiratory >and gastric symptoms." In a recent study conducted by the U.S. >Environmental Protection Agency, two-thirds of the 5,000 people surveyed in >25 U.S. cities attributed their chronic fatigue and illnesses to >contamination in their own offices. And the World Health Organization >estimates that one out of every three new and remodeled buildings may >contain polluted air. > >But, so far, western medicine has little to offer the environmentally ill. > >Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the >National Institutes of Health (NIH) acknowledge chemical sensitivity, a >subset of environmental illness, as "an adverse reaction to ambient levels >of toxic chemicals contained in air, food and water," the U.S. government >has allocated relatively few resources toward studying the long-term effects >of supposedly non-toxic chemicals on the human body. Furthermore, according >to the CDC and the NIH, the most consistent finding in the existing research >has been "that chemically sensitive patients have a higher rate of >psychiatric disorders" than control groups. > >What do you think? Is environmental illness a real threat to the public >health? Or are these illnesses caused by other factors? > >Poll results: > >297 people have voted > >94% say yes, environmental illness is real > >2% say no, there's no scientific proof > >4% say maybe, but more research is needed > >What do you think? Is environmental illness a real threat to the public >health? Or are these illnesses caused by other factors? > >VOTE. > > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
