[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: Green Cleaners

[Keith Winston]

Ah, true: I'm definitely sensitive to fiberglass. I can have very faint 
exposure and immediately feel it in my lungs and on my skin.

Keith


Drew A. Gillett P.E. wrote:
> i used to laugh these symptoms off in others, but i've learned.  after mild 
> exposure to fibreglas dust and rock wool dust, i am now quite sensitive and 
> develop an immediate asthma when exposed to low level but noticable amounts. 
> i now stay out of attics without some dust protection and handle fibreglass 
> very gingerly.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Seth Melchert" <dmelchert at earthlink.net>
> To: "Greenbuilder list" <greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 9:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: Green Cleaners
>
>
>   
>> Over the years I have worked with people with Multiple Chemical
>> Sensitivity (MCS), also called Environmental Illness (EI). While many
>> are only moderately sensitive to toxins in their homes and lives, some
>> are way off the scale. In my experience they are not being dramatic,
>> hypochondriacs or fussy. It would seem that their bodies had been
>> whacked out by some sort of chemical trauma which made them hyper
>> sensitive, and they are unable to get back to normal. Seemingly
>> innocuous things such as isopropyl alcohol, scent from those cling-free
>> sheets people put in their clothes dryers, newsprint ink, new wood
>> resins, duct tape glue (I could go on writing a very long list) now make
>> them ill. Allergy doctors in general are unable to help very much
>> either. It is as if some sort of critical mass had been reached in their
>> bodies and from that point on they are in an entirely new quantum level
>> of sensitivity. Normal MSDS criteria no longer apply.
>>
>> While I myself am not sensitive to these things I've had to train myself
>> to perceive them. You can start by walking down the gardening isle in
>> any mainstream store to experience the assault on your body by
>> fertilizers and pesticides. Then go to a mainstream drug store and
>> choose cosmetics or detergents. From here, try paper products or
>> medicines. Each level is more subtle, but I have learned that even the
>> faintest of chemicals can set people off. Right now I have a client who
>> is reacting to some AFM Safecoat clear finish. Another to Bona Chemi
>> Traffic catalyzed floor finish. These are way out on the clean end of
>> the scale, but that is no guarantee to MCS folks. My mistake was to not
>> give them samples to check ahead of time.
>>
>> So Keith you are really on your own. Your own body is the testing
>> laboratory that will determine any product's toxicity to you. I am
>> sorry, and I wish you luck. If you can stay clean, real clean for a
>> period of time my hope is that you will lose your hypersensitivity.
>>
>> By the way, you are a rare case of an MCS man. Most are women.
>>
>> best wishes,
>>
>> Seth Melchert
>> Oakland CA
>>
>> Keith Winston wrote:
>>     
>>> Just to be clear, since I got several personal emails on this:
>>>
>>> It wasn't the scent. I didn't get high.....
>>> I almost died. I am not being melodramatic.
>>>
>>>
>>> Of course in retrospect this was all very stupid (did I mention this was
>>> stupid?), but it seems unlikely to me that I could be THAT overcome in
>>> one case, and it's all friendly and yummy when used in smaller
>>> quantities. But I don't really know about that.
>>>
>>> Keith
>>>
>>>       
>>>>         
>>>       
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