Casualties of Progress : Personal Histories from the Chemically Sensitive

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Casualties of Progress : Personal Histories from the Chemically Sensitive

by Alison (Editor)

Our Price: $14.00

Paperback - 276 pages (January 13, 2000)

MCS Information Exchange; ISBN: 0967561906

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Editorial Reviews

Lynn Lawson, Author of Staying Well in a Toxic World

There are those who will dismiss Casualties of Progress as just a collection

of anecdotes. But what anecdotes! So compelling that the book is next to

impossible to put down, these chronicles of courage, caring, injustice,

suffering, persistence, and triumph are told in such depth and with such

honesty that their truth is unmistakable. They are truly tales to open eyes

and hearts.

From the Publisher

Alison is a leading national advocate for persons with multiple

chemical sensitivity. She has produced three videos on the subject and has

also conducted a survey of 351 persons with MCS to evaluate their experience

with 160 different therapies.

CASUALTIES OF PROGRESS: Personal Histories from the Chemically Sensitive.

Editor Alison included over 50 stories written by people whose lives

have drastically been changed due to an overload of chemicals in their

lives. When you read the book, you will find a " connection " and hopefully

learn from it and change your own life before the damage is done to you. We

live in a chemical world now...from the synthetic perfumes we use to the

spraying of insecticides in our homes to rid of bugs. The stories in the

book (which are real) will give one with an open mind the picture that maybe

we are all slowly poisoning ourselves. The proof? Well, don't rely on the

medical books just yet...they are not that far advanced (notice they haven't

found the cause of gulf war illness yet?). In Alison 's book you will

read about symptoms coming from those now chemically sensitive (in most

cases because of a known chemical over-exposure). It doesn't take a medical

degree to see how these people react from the same chemicals (perfumes,

cleaning agents, diesel exhaust, magic markers, pesticides, fabric

softeners, etc.). It can't be a " coincidence " that these people all suffer

the same similiar type of symptoms (headaches, shortness of breath, blurred

vision, experience unsteady gait, chest pain, confusion, etc.) Yet the

medical profession claims multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) to be a

" controversial " illness. Or at these they have in the past. But as more and

more become sensitive to every day chemicals that didn't bother them before,

more and more research is being done. This is an excellent, informative book

with personal stories being shared so that YOU, the reader, will become

better educated about the chemicals you expose yourself daily not realizing

how in the long-term they can cause problems. It'll be the best $14

investment you've ever made!