http://community.greentv.com/service/getFeed.kickAction?mediaType=blog&quantity=25&as=8771&sortType=commented Most Commented blogs on Green TV Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:39:03 GMT Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:39:03 GMT me@greentv.com (GreenTV) me@greentv.com (GreenTV) KickApps Feed Builder 2010-08-25T19:39:03Z 779 http://community.greentv.com/service/searchEverything.kickAction?as=8771&includeBlog=on&sortType=commented 0 http://community.greentv.com/_Building-a-silo-into-a-house/BLOG/91919/8771.html My husband and I have started building a grain silo into a house. We started in February 2006 and are just now coming to the framing part. We are new to the whole green idea but want to use it throughout our build. Unfortunately we are newly weds and are low on funds and time. We only work on the silo on the weekends because I work and my husband works and is a full time student. Our problem thus far with building green has been finding product availability, that is affordable and is truly green. Hopefully by salvaging a forgotten grain silo (an existing structure), we are already helping the environment. My husband and I have started building a grain silo into a house. We started in February 2006 and are just now coming to the framing part. We are new to the whole green idea but want to use it throughout our build. Unfortunately we are newly weds and are low on funds and time. We only work on the silo on the weekends because I work and my husband works and is a full time student. Our problem thus far with building green has been finding product availability, that is affordable and is truly green. Hopefully by salvaging a forgotten grain silo (an existing structure), we are already helping the environment. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:59:53 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_Building-a-silo-into-a-house/BLOG/91919/8771.html lynzi 2008-08-20T22:59:53Z Green Building Green TV My husband and I have started building a grain silo into a house. We started in February 2006 and are just now coming to the framing part. We are new to the whole green idea but want to use it throughout our build. Unfortunately we are newly weds and are low on funds and time. We only work on the silo on the weekends because I work and my husband works and is a full time student. Our problem thus far with building green has been finding product availability, that is affordable and is truly green. Hopefully by salvaging a forgotten grain silo (an existing structure), we are already helping the environment. green building nonadult false Building a silo into a house text blog green building 4842 11 5.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=3343415&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_1621743_8771_3343415_ap_160X120.jpg false United States AL 20 Green Building 0 91919 3343415 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_VP-Joe-Bidens-Green-Jobs-Task-Force/BLOG/184551/8771.html Green Jobs and the New Green Economy; Green jobs are jobs that provide products and services which use renewable energy resources, reduce pollution, conserve energy and natural resources and reconstitute waste. So what do green jobs mean for the middle class? First, quite simply, it means more jobs.  At a time when good jobs at good wages are harder and harder to come by, it is critical we find new and innovate ways to create more such jobs.  Building a new power grid, manufacturing solar panels, weatherizing homes and office buildings, and renovating schools are just a few examples of ways to create new good quality jobs – green jobs – and strengthen the foundation of this country at the same time. Second, more green jobs mean more money in your pocketbook at the end of the month.  If we create jobs that aim to reduce your energy costs – like your electric bill and your home heating bill – that means you have more disposable income for other things. Creating more green jobs has multiple benefits.  It helps the economy as a whole; it helps our environment; and it will save you money. Stay Tuned to GreenTV for the latest and, if you are not already a member, join now Green Jobs and the New Green Economy; Green jobs are jobs that provide products and services which use renewable energy resources, reduce pollution, conserve energy and natural resources and reconstitute waste. So what do green jobs mean for the middle class? First, quite simply, it means more jobs.  At a time when good jobs at good wages are harder and harder to come by, it is critical we find new and innovate ways to create more such jobs.  Building a new power grid, manufacturing solar panels, weatherizing homes and office buildings, and renovating schools are just a few examples of ways to create new good quality jobs – green jobs – and strengthen the foundation of this country at the same time. Second, more green jobs mean more money in your pocketbook at the end of the month.  If we create jobs that aim to reduce your energy costs – like your electric bill and your home heating bill – that means you have more disposable income for other things. Creating more green jobs has multiple benefits.  It helps the economy as a whole; it helps our environment; and it will save you money. Stay Tuned to GreenTV for the latest and, if you are not already a member, join now Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:06:39 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_VP-Joe-Bidens-Green-Jobs-Task-Force/BLOG/184551/8771.html GreenTV 2009-02-13T00:06:39Z Featured Green TV Green Jobs and the New Green Economy; Green jobs are jobs that provide products and services which use renewable energy resources, reduce pollution, conserve energy and natural resources and reconstitute waste. So what do green jobs mean for the middle class? First, quite simply, it means more jobs.  At a time when good jobs at good wages are harder and harder to come by, it is critical we find new and innovate ways to create more such jobs.  Building a new power grid, manufacturing solar panels, weatherizing homes and office buildings, and renovating schools are just a few examples of ways to create new good quality jobs – green jobs – and strengthen the foundation of this country at the same time. Second, more green jobs mean more money in your pocketbook at the end of the month.  If we create jobs that aim to reduce your energy costs – like your electric bill and your home heating bill – that means you have more disposable income for other things. Creating more green jobs has multiple benefits.  It helps the economy as a whole; it helps our environment; and it will save you money. Stay Tuned to GreenTV for the latest and, if you are not already a member, join now biden, featured, green jobs, vice president nonadult false V.P. Joe Biden's Green Jobs Task Force text blog biden,featured,green jobs,vice president 5307 1 5.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=815867&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_4720432_8771_815867_ap_160X120.jpg false United States 12 Featured 0 184551 815867 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_What-is-suitable-for-you-Debt-Settlement/BLOG/1771287/8771.html What is suitable for you Debt Settlement Or Credit Card Debt Consolidation ? If you've earlier gone through such article then you might had already tried lots of different ways to lessen your debt like debt consolidation service , debt management, debt settlement and debt counseling for instance paying off the least debt first, or the one by the highest interest formerly, and variations of different things in between, however your debt mountain simply gets bigger. Many of the available systems may deal, however if they don't, it can’t be your fault, although simply that you get too much debt, and the compounding interest would simply burying you. In any case you’re credit ratings are still better than poor then companies offering you debt consolidation would be the way out because it will;»Do all the negotiations, and obtain the best available rates. »End all the harassing phone calls and knocks on the door. »Organize for one set amount, which has been paid every month. »Take off a tremendous amount of stress through a highly stressful condition. Getting to a best consolidation companies could be good certainly, but if you’re present state mirrors the one stated above, then it's not likely that they'd be able to advise anything other than debt settlement or else Credit Card debt consolidation , with the exemption of bankruptcy. Bankruptcy has its place for sure, and it's forever an alternative, however even that's not as simple as it seems, and in any event, also debt settlement or debt consolidation need to be always be attempted before filing for bankruptcy that can spoil your credit history for as a minimum seven years. Bad Credit Debt consolidation means merging all your individual debts into simply one debt, which will cost you at lessen interest and fees compared to all the different debts combined. Don’t get into the debt consolidation loans, which generally offer to those who have credit issues, as the rate of interest would rather vary. There are number of companies offering you Unsecured debt consolidation to individuals having bad credit and credit problems. However, they are generally a bit expensive and the rate of interest would be higher than compared to the other ones. What is suitable for you Debt Settlement Or Credit Card Debt Consolidation ? If you've earlier gone through such article then you might had already tried lots of different ways to lessen your debt like debt consolidation service , debt management, debt settlement and debt counseling for instance paying off the least debt first, or the one by the highest interest formerly, and variations of different things in between, however your debt mountain simply gets bigger. Many of the available systems may deal, however if they don't, it can’t be your fault, although simply that you get too much debt, and the compounding interest would simply burying you. In any case you’re credit ratings are still better than poor then companies offering you debt consolidation would be the way out because it will;»Do all the negotiations, and obtain the best available rates. »End all the harassing phone calls and knocks on the door. »Organize for one set amount, which has been paid every month. »Take off a tremendous amount of stress through a highly stressful condition. Getting to a best consolidation companies could be good certainly, but if you’re present state mirrors the one stated above, then it's not likely that they'd be able to advise anything other than debt settlement or else Credit Card debt consolidation , with the exemption of bankruptcy. Bankruptcy has its place for sure, and it's forever an alternative, however even that's not as simple as it seems, and in any event, also debt settlement or debt consolidation need to be always be attempted before filing for bankruptcy that can spoil your credit history for as a minimum seven years. Bad Credit Debt consolidation means merging all your individual debts into simply one debt, which will cost you at lessen interest and fees compared to all the different debts combined. Don’t get into the debt consolidation loans, which generally offer to those who have credit issues, as the rate of interest would rather vary. There are number of companies offering you Unsecured debt consolidation to individuals having bad credit and credit problems. However, they are generally a bit expensive and the rate of interest would be higher than compared to the other ones. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:03:17 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_What-is-suitable-for-you-Debt-Settlement/BLOG/1771287/8771.html juanitajshover 2010-01-26T13:03:17Z Green TV What is suitable for you Debt Settlement Or Credit Card Debt Consolidation ? If you've earlier gone through such article then you might had already tried lots of different ways to lessen your debt like debt consolidation service , debt management, debt settlement and debt counseling for instance paying off the least debt first, or the one by the highest interest formerly, and variations of different things in between, however your debt mountain simply gets bigger. Many of the available systems may deal, however if they don't, it can’t be your fault, although simply that you get too much debt, and the compounding interest would simply burying you. In any case you’re credit ratings are still better than poor then companies offering you debt consolidation would be the way out because it will;»Do all the negotiations, and obtain the best available rates. »End all the harassing phone calls and knocks on the door. »Organize for one set amount, which has been paid every month. »Take off a tremendous amount of stress through a highly stressful condition. Getting to a best consolidation companies could be good certainly, but if you’re present state mirrors the one stated above, then it's not likely that they'd be able to advise anything other than debt settlement or else Credit Card debt consolidation , with the exemption of bankruptcy. Bankruptcy has its place for sure, and it's forever an alternative, however even that's not as simple as it seems, and in any event, also debt settlement or debt consolidation need to be always be attempted before filing for bankruptcy that can spoil your credit history for as a minimum seven years. Bad Credit Debt consolidation means merging all your individual debts into simply one debt, which will cost you at lessen interest and fees compared to all the different debts combined. Don’t get into the debt consolidation loans, which generally offer to those who have credit issues, as the rate of interest would rather vary. There are number of companies offering you Unsecured debt consolidation to individuals having bad credit and credit problems. However, they are generally a bit expensive and the rate of interest would be higher than compared to the other ones. nonadult false What is suitable for you Debt Settlement text blog 93 0 0.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=19661201&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/user/defaultImage_160x120_D.jpg false 5 0 1771287 19661201 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_GreenTV-in-USA-Today-July-24th-Green-Business-Special/BLOG/339607/8771.html Our new, full roll out will be on this Friday, July 24 2009 when GreenTV will be featured in USA Today along with Sir Richard Branson, Climate Prosperity Project, and many world notables in the Green. Pick up a copy or go to USA Today.com on Friday to see the Green Business Special on-line. And, as always, my best to all. Lori Lake GreenTV Our new, full roll out will be on this Friday, July 24 2009 when GreenTV will be featured in USA Today along with Sir Richard Branson, Climate Prosperity Project, and many world notables in the Green. Pick up a copy or go to USA Today.com on Friday to see the Green Business Special on-line. And, as always, my best to all. Lori Lake GreenTV Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:17:06 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_GreenTV-in-USA-Today-July-24th-Green-Business-Special/BLOG/339607/8771.html GreenTV 2009-06-08T14:17:06Z Article of the Week Green TV Our new, full roll out will be on this Friday, July 24 2009 when GreenTV will be featured in USA Today along with Sir Richard Branson, Climate Prosperity Project, and many world notables in the Green. Pick up a copy or go to USA Today.com on Friday to see the Green Business Special on-line. And, as always, my best to all. Lori Lake GreenTV article of the week nonadult false GreenTV in USA Today July 24th Green Business Special text blog article of the week 1319 50 5.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=815867&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_4720432_8771_815867_ap_160X120.jpg false 4 Article of the Week 0 339607 815867 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_Growing-Health-Crisis-In-Gulf-Of-Mexico-TILT-Toxicant-Induced-Loss-of-Tolerance/BLOG/2507131/8771.html   Now people working at the Gulf have trouble with chemicals in products. I reported it here this would happen. Just as many tried to report before the firefighters became ill at ground zero. Such a shame that no one listens until it is too late. There is no reason the people have not been wearing respirators,  and no reason the leaders did not demand that they wear protection. Click here: YouTube - Growing Health Crisis In Gulf Of Mexico T.I.L.T. 'Toxicant Induced Loss of Tolerance' [image] Growing Health Crisis In Gulf Of Mexico T.I.L.T. 'Toxicant Induced Loss of Tolerance' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4bDW12Fr78 http://MOXNews.com/June 15, 2010 MSNBC Keith Olbermann    Now people working at the Gulf have trouble with chemicals in products. I reported it here this would happen. Just as many tried to report before the firefighters became ill at ground zero. Such a shame that no one listens until it is too late. There is no reason the people have not been wearing respirators,  and no reason the leaders did not demand that they wear protection. Click here: YouTube - Growing Health Crisis In Gulf Of Mexico T.I.L.T. 'Toxicant Induced Loss of Tolerance' [image] Growing Health Crisis In Gulf Of Mexico T.I.L.T. 'Toxicant Induced Loss of Tolerance' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4bDW12Fr78 http://MOXNews.com/June 15, 2010 MSNBC Keith Olbermann  Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:32:28 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_Growing-Health-Crisis-In-Gulf-Of-Mexico-TILT-Toxicant-Induced-Loss-of-Tolerance/BLOG/2507131/8771.html ldelp84227 2010-07-29T13:32:28Z Green TV   Now people working at the Gulf have trouble with chemicals in products. I reported it here this would happen. Just as many tried to report before the firefighters became ill at ground zero. Such a shame that no one listens until it is too late. There is no reason the people have not been wearing respirators,  and no reason the leaders did not demand that they wear protection. Click here: YouTube - Growing Health Crisis In Gulf Of Mexico T.I.L.T. 'Toxicant Induced Loss of Tolerance' [image] Growing Health Crisis In Gulf Of Mexico T.I.L.T. 'Toxicant Induced Loss of Tolerance' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4bDW12Fr78 http://MOXNews.com/June 15, 2010 MSNBC Keith Olbermann  nonadult false Growing Health Crisis In Gulf Of Mexico T.I.L.T. 'Toxicant Induced Loss of Tolerance' text blog 18 10 5.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=16553824&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_6460933_8771_16553824_ap_160X120.jpg false 3 0 2507131 16553824 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_New-Incentives-for-Solar-or-Wind-System/BLOG/162575/8771.html We all know solar panels make sense for many American households (and for some - wind power as well). The hurdle most of us have been facing is the high cost of installation coupled with the feeling that the previous cap on federal tax credits, just wasn't enough to motivate us into taking action. New legislation gives upgraded and extended tax credits (removing the previous $2,000 cap) for residential wind and solar systems installed between 2009 and 2016. The good news: Starting in 2009 the federal tax credit for residental PV solar and wind systems will be increased to a true 30% (of installation cost), which will be applied to the bottom line of your taxes. Let's take a look at how much better the new incentives will be. As an example, let's say you are looking at installing a PV solar system at your house and the installation cost is $38,000 (in the state of Delaware).   Previous Plan (expires 12/31/2008) New Plan(effecive 1/1/2009) Installation Cost $38,000 Installation Cost $38,000 State Grant (50%) -$19,000 State Grant  (50%) -$19,000 Federal  Tax Credit -$2,000 Federal  Tax Credit -$11,400 Final Cost $17,000 Final Cost $7,600     Savings $9,400   Small wind turbines will qualify for up to a $4,000 tax credit under the new system. With more affordable residential sized wind systems becoming available, don't be surprised if you see wind becoming more mainstream like solar. Credits for solar hot water do not change under the new plan. It will remain at 30% of the installed costs with a cap of $2,000. The cap is usually enough to cover about 30% of most projects. Visit DSIREusa.org for the most up to date, easy to navigate listing of all the federal, state and local incentives in your area. Not sure if solar or wind is right for you? Check out some of the altnerative energy videos at GreenTV.com or send us a email. We all know solar panels make sense for many American households (and for some - wind power as well). The hurdle most of us have been facing is the high cost of installation coupled with the feeling that the previous cap on federal tax credits, just wasn't enough to motivate us into taking action. New legislation gives upgraded and extended tax credits (removing the previous $2,000 cap) for residential wind and solar systems installed between 2009 and 2016. The good news: Starting in 2009 the federal tax credit for residental PV solar and wind systems will be increased to a true 30% (of installation cost), which will be applied to the bottom line of your taxes. Let's take a look at how much better the new incentives will be. As an example, let's say you are looking at installing a PV solar system at your house and the installation cost is $38,000 (in the state of Delaware).   Previous Plan (expires 12/31/2008) New Plan(effecive 1/1/2009) Installation Cost $38,000 Installation Cost $38,000 State Grant (50%) -$19,000 State Grant  (50%) -$19,000 Federal  Tax Credit -$2,000 Federal  Tax Credit -$11,400 Final Cost $17,000 Final Cost $7,600     Savings $9,400   Small wind turbines will qualify for up to a $4,000 tax credit under the new system. With more affordable residential sized wind systems becoming available, don't be surprised if you see wind becoming more mainstream like solar. Credits for solar hot water do not change under the new plan. It will remain at 30% of the installed costs with a cap of $2,000. The cap is usually enough to cover about 30% of most projects. Visit DSIREusa.org for the most up to date, easy to navigate listing of all the federal, state and local incentives in your area. Not sure if solar or wind is right for you? Check out some of the altnerative energy videos at GreenTV.com or send us a email. Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:53:58 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_New-Incentives-for-Solar-or-Wind-System/BLOG/162575/8771.html GreenTV 2009-01-13T18:53:58Z Green Energy Green TV We all know solar panels make sense for many American households (and for some - wind power as well). The hurdle most of us have been facing is the high cost of installation coupled with the feeling that the previous cap on federal tax credits, just wasn't enough to motivate us into taking action. New legislation gives upgraded and extended tax credits (removing the previous $2,000 cap) for residential wind and solar systems installed between 2009 and 2016. The good news: Starting in 2009 the federal tax credit for residental PV solar and wind systems will be increased to a true 30% (of installation cost), which will be applied to the bottom line of your taxes. Let's take a look at how much better the new incentives will be. As an example, let's say you are looking at installing a PV solar system at your house and the installation cost is $38,000 (in the state of Delaware).   Previous Plan (expires 12/31/2008) New Plan(effecive 1/1/2009) Installation Cost $38,000 Installation Cost $38,000 State Grant (50%) -$19,000 State Grant  (50%) -$19,000 Federal  Tax Credit -$2,000 Federal  Tax Credit -$11,400 Final Cost $17,000 Final Cost $7,600     Savings $9,400   Small wind turbines will qualify for up to a $4,000 tax credit under the new system. With more affordable residential sized wind systems becoming available, don't be surprised if you see wind becoming more mainstream like solar. Credits for solar hot water do not change under the new plan. It will remain at 30% of the installed costs with a cap of $2,000. The cap is usually enough to cover about 30% of most projects. Visit DSIREusa.org for the most up to date, easy to navigate listing of all the federal, state and local incentives in your area. Not sure if solar or wind is right for you? Check out some of the altnerative energy videos at GreenTV.com or send us a email. alternative, energy, green energy, incentives, solar, tax, wind nonadult false New Incentives for Solar or Wind System text blog alternative,energy,green energy,incentives,solar,tax,wind 1441 0 0.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=815867&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_4720432_8771_815867_ap_160X120.jpg false United States DE 3 Green Energy 0 162575 815867 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_NBC-Nightly-News-with-Brian-Williams-Moscow-Covered-in-Smoke-and-Smog/BLOG/2540234/8771.html   Click here: Hulu - NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams: Moscow Covered in Smoke and Smog   Click here: Hulu - NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams: Moscow Covered in Smoke and Smog Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:48:26 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_NBC-Nightly-News-with-Brian-Williams-Moscow-Covered-in-Smoke-and-Smog/BLOG/2540234/8771.html ldelp84227 2010-08-09T22:48:26Z Green TV   Click here: Hulu - NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams: Moscow Covered in Smoke and Smog nonadult false NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams: Moscow Covered in Smoke and Smog text blog 26 10 5.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=16553824&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_6460933_8771_16553824_ap_160X120.jpg false 2 0 2540234 16553824 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_Please-Read-and-I-want-to-Introduce-Dina-Padilla/BLOG/2536442/8771.html I wanted to introduce a friend that is also a member of the group ACHEMMIC I posted info  about about a week ago.    DINA_PADILLA  has joined us here at Greentv.  Dina   is running for Insurance Comissioner in California. If you didn't read about our group and the Press Release recently regarding the New  Research Paper written by physicians,  researchers, and scientists.   I hope you will check it out. It is good to know that a person that cares about environmental issues and is very involved with the work to educate the world about indoor mold is running for office. Too bad she is not running here in Delaware.  Many don't concern themselves with this issue,  because it is mainly hidden from the public other than the few articles I post on ocassion.  This illness can happen to anyone, I never imagined I would be involved with trying to educate people about mold and water damaged buildings, the chemicals in our products,  and having to deal with polititians. I had such hope for a good and healthy life raising my daughter and eventually working and enjoying my life.   All my hopes and dreams ended the day I got this terrible illness. Now with my husband having quadruple bypass surgery I suspect we will lose what little we have since we have no insurance, no disability,  and were already hanging by a thread.  We had the best insurance, a 401, life insurance and all is now gone.  I documented the entire journey and all the letters I have written and received from our leaders.  Many of us with this illness have compared the letters received and it is like some form letter and not one has taken the time to do anything other than the legislation that was introduced by Congressman Conyers several years back but of course nothing was passed to help the so many that are ill.  But even Geo Bush had water damge in the 90's while Governor, and there have been quite a few Governor's houses where millions were spent remediating.  Dina  has posted the real truth at her link,  and tells a story of what is going on behind the scenes.  It is bad enough to have this illness,  but to know  the politics, greed,  and deceit is simply criminal. Thank you Dina for telling the truth-- which is worth reading. Many of our schools have serious water damage,   and teachers are a large group getting ill. Our children deserve more, our teachers deserve more. My family deserved more... Sorry but it has been an exhausting journey,  and I am quite tired.  I will again add the link I posted about a week ago  below in case anyone missed this important info:   Today, an important new research paper was announced.  This paper gives a name to an illness that has been affecting people around the globe over the past few decades.  The name of this illness is Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Caused by Exposure to the Interior Environment of Water-Damaged Buildings (CIRS-WDB).  The report is titled:Research Committee Report on Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Caused by Exposure to the Interior Environment of Water-Damaged BuildingsThe paper discusses "the current state of the science regarding human health effects acquired following exposure to the multiple microbes and microbial contaminants and their metabolites found in the interior environment of water-damaged buildings (WDB).  These contaminants include but are not limited to fungi, bacteria, actinomycetes, and mycobacteria and their toxins; as well as inflammagens from fragments of fungal structures; and beta glucans, mannans, hemolysins, proteinases, spirocyclic drimanes and microbial volatile organic compounds (VOCs).""Several consensus statements have been composed in the past decade.  Yet none have included (a) assessments made by physicians involved with diagnosis and treatment of these adverse health effects; (b) academic papers written by physicians reporting both baseline and treatment data on the human illness; (c) reporting of results from published studies using treatment protocols or studies on prospective human or animal experimentation; (d) reporting based on objective parameters found in affected patients; and (e) clinical status after interventions.  Despite these substantial shortcomings of pertinent information, these prior consensus statements are being used (i) in legal matters to report the state of human health effects from exposure in WDB and (ii) to serve as the basis for public health policy."This groundbreaking new paper will give hope to many people who have been struggling to find medical treatment for this illness.  Those who have been harmed by indoor contaminants in water-damaged buildings include a diverse group of people from all walks of life and from locations around the globe.  Earlier this year, a unique new group was formed.  This group is called the Action Committee on the Health Effects of Mold, Microbes and Indoor Contaminants (ACHEMMIC).  It's comprised of physicians, scientists, researchers, indoor air quality experts, industrial hygienists, building engineers, teachers, advocates and others who are working together to promote the truth about the health effects of mold, microbes and indoor contaminants.  ACHEMMIC's membership is growing rapidly and includes individuals and organizations throughout the United States and other countries including Canada, Australia, Portugal, Israel, and the Bahamas.ACHEMMIC has adopted this new research paper as its position statement.  To download a copy of the paper, read the press release, or purchase a printed copy of the paper, go to:  http://achemmic.com/positionstatement.htmlACHEMMICAction Committee on the Health Effects of Mold, Microbes and Indoor Contaminantshttp://achemmic.com I wanted to introduce a friend that is also a member of the group ACHEMMIC I posted info  about about a week ago.    DINA_PADILLA  has joined us here at Greentv.  Dina   is running for Insurance Comissioner in California. If you didn't read about our group and the Press Release recently regarding the New  Research Paper written by physicians,  researchers, and scientists.   I hope you will check it out. It is good to know that a person that cares about environmental issues and is very involved with the work to educate the world about indoor mold is running for office. Too bad she is not running here in Delaware.  Many don't concern themselves with this issue,  because it is mainly hidden from the public other than the few articles I post on ocassion.  This illness can happen to anyone, I never imagined I would be involved with trying to educate people about mold and water damaged buildings, the chemicals in our products,  and having to deal with polititians. I had such hope for a good and healthy life raising my daughter and eventually working and enjoying my life.   All my hopes and dreams ended the day I got this terrible illness. Now with my husband having quadruple bypass surgery I suspect we will lose what little we have since we have no insurance, no disability,  and were already hanging by a thread.  We had the best insurance, a 401, life insurance and all is now gone.  I documented the entire journey and all the letters I have written and received from our leaders.  Many of us with this illness have compared the letters received and it is like some form letter and not one has taken the time to do anything other than the legislation that was introduced by Congressman Conyers several years back but of course nothing was passed to help the so many that are ill.  But even Geo Bush had water damge in the 90's while Governor, and there have been quite a few Governor's houses where millions were spent remediating.  Dina  has posted the real truth at her link,  and tells a story of what is going on behind the scenes.  It is bad enough to have this illness,  but to know  the politics, greed,  and deceit is simply criminal. Thank you Dina for telling the truth-- which is worth reading. Many of our schools have serious water damage,   and teachers are a large group getting ill. Our children deserve more, our teachers deserve more. My family deserved more... Sorry but it has been an exhausting journey,  and I am quite tired.  I will again add the link I posted about a week ago  below in case anyone missed this important info:   Today, an important new research paper was announced.  This paper gives a name to an illness that has been affecting people around the globe over the past few decades.  The name of this illness is Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Caused by Exposure to the Interior Environment of Water-Damaged Buildings (CIRS-WDB).  The report is titled:Research Committee Report on Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Caused by Exposure to the Interior Environment of Water-Damaged BuildingsThe paper discusses "the current state of the science regarding human health effects acquired following exposure to the multiple microbes and microbial contaminants and their metabolites found in the interior environment of water-damaged buildings (WDB).  These contaminants include but are not limited to fungi, bacteria, actinomycetes, and mycobacteria and their toxins; as well as inflammagens from fragments of fungal structures; and beta glucans, mannans, hemolysins, proteinases, spirocyclic drimanes and microbial volatile organic compounds (VOCs).""Several consensus statements have been composed in the past decade.  Yet none have included (a) assessments made by physicians involved with diagnosis and treatment of these adverse health effects; (b) academic papers written by physicians reporting both baseline and treatment data on the human illness; (c) reporting of results from published studies using treatment protocols or studies on prospective human or animal experimentation; (d) reporting based on objective parameters found in affected patients; and (e) clinical status after interventions.  Despite these substantial shortcomings of pertinent information, these prior consensus statements are being used (i) in legal matters to report the state of human health effects from exposure in WDB and (ii) to serve as the basis for public health policy."This groundbreaking new paper will give hope to many people who have been struggling to find medical treatment for this illness.  Those who have been harmed by indoor contaminants in water-damaged buildings include a diverse group of people from all walks of life and from locations around the globe.  Earlier this year, a unique new group was formed.  This group is called the Action Committee on the Health Effects of Mold, Microbes and Indoor Contaminants (ACHEMMIC).  It's comprised of physicians, scientists, researchers, indoor air quality experts, industrial hygienists, building engineers, teachers, advocates and others who are working together to promote the truth about the health effects of mold, microbes and indoor contaminants.  ACHEMMIC's membership is growing rapidly and includes individuals and organizations throughout the United States and other countries including Canada, Australia, Portugal, Israel, and the Bahamas.ACHEMMIC has adopted this new research paper as its position statement.  To download a copy of the paper, read the press release, or purchase a printed copy of the paper, go to:  http://achemmic.com/positionstatement.htmlACHEMMICAction Committee on the Health Effects of Mold, Microbes and Indoor Contaminantshttp://achemmic.com Sun, 08 Aug 2010 03:48:37 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_Please-Read-and-I-want-to-Introduce-Dina-Padilla/BLOG/2536442/8771.html ldelp84227 2010-08-08T03:48:37Z Green TV I wanted to introduce a friend that is also a member of the group ACHEMMIC I posted info  about about a week ago.    DINA_PADILLA  has joined us here at Greentv.  Dina   is running for Insurance Comissioner in California. If you didn't read about our group and the Press Release recently regarding the New  Research Paper written by physicians,  researchers, and scientists.   I hope you will check it out. It is good to know that a person that cares about environmental issues and is very involved with the work to educate the world about indoor mold is running for office. Too bad she is not running here in Delaware.  Many don't concern themselves with this issue,  because it is mainly hidden from the public other than the few articles I post on ocassion.  This illness can happen to anyone, I never imagined I would be involved with trying to educate people about mold and water damaged buildings, the chemicals in our products,  and having to deal with polititians. I had such hope for a good and healthy life raising my daughter and eventually working and enjoying my life.   All my hopes and dreams ended the day I got this terrible illness. Now with my husband having quadruple bypass surgery I suspect we will lose what little we have since we have no insurance, no disability,  and were already hanging by a thread.  We had the best insurance, a 401, life insurance and all is now gone.  I documented the entire journey and all the letters I have written and received from our leaders.  Many of us with this illness have compared the letters received and it is like some form letter and not one has taken the time to do anything other than the legislation that was introduced by Congressman Conyers several years back but of course nothing was passed to help the so many that are ill.  But even Geo Bush had water damge in the 90's while Governor, and there have been quite a few Governor's houses where millions were spent remediating.  Dina  has posted the real truth at her link,  and tells a story of what is going on behind the scenes.  It is bad enough to have this illness,  but to know  the politics, greed,  and deceit is simply criminal. Thank you Dina for telling the truth-- which is worth reading. Many of our schools have serious water damage,   and teachers are a large group getting ill. Our children deserve more, our teachers deserve more. My family deserved more... Sorry but it has been an exhausting journey,  and I am quite tired.  I will again add the link I posted about a week ago  below in case anyone missed this important info:   Today, an important new research paper was announced.  This paper gives a name to an illness that has been affecting people around the globe over the past few decades.  The name of this illness is Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Caused by Exposure to the Interior Environment of Water-Damaged Buildings (CIRS-WDB).  The report is titled:Research Committee Report on Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Caused by Exposure to the Interior Environment of Water-Damaged BuildingsThe paper discusses "the current state of the science regarding human health effects acquired following exposure to the multiple microbes and microbial contaminants and their metabolites found in the interior environment of water-damaged buildings (WDB).  These contaminants include but are not limited to fungi, bacteria, actinomycetes, and mycobacteria and their toxins; as well as inflammagens from fragments of fungal structures; and beta glucans, mannans, hemolysins, proteinases, spirocyclic drimanes and microbial volatile organic compounds (VOCs).""Several consensus statements have been composed in the past decade.  Yet none have included (a) assessments made by physicians involved with diagnosis and treatment of these adverse health effects; (b) academic papers written by physicians reporting both baseline and treatment data on the human illness; (c) reporting of results from published studies using treatment protocols or studies on prospective human or animal experimentation; (d) reporting based on objective parameters found in affected patients; and (e) clinical status after interventions.  Despite these substantial shortcomings of pertinent information, these prior consensus statements are being used (i) in legal matters to report the state of human health effects from exposure in WDB and (ii) to serve as the basis for public health policy."This groundbreaking new paper will give hope to many people who have been struggling to find medical treatment for this illness.  Those who have been harmed by indoor contaminants in water-damaged buildings include a diverse group of people from all walks of life and from locations around the globe.  Earlier this year, a unique new group was formed.  This group is called the Action Committee on the Health Effects of Mold, Microbes and Indoor Contaminants (ACHEMMIC).  It's comprised of physicians, scientists, researchers, indoor air quality experts, industrial hygienists, building engineers, teachers, advocates and others who are working together to promote the truth about the health effects of mold, microbes and indoor contaminants.  ACHEMMIC's membership is growing rapidly and includes individuals and organizations throughout the United States and other countries including Canada, Australia, Portugal, Israel, and the Bahamas.ACHEMMIC has adopted this new research paper as its position statement.  To download a copy of the paper, read the press release, or purchase a printed copy of the paper, go to:  http://achemmic.com/positionstatement.htmlACHEMMICAction Committee on the Health Effects of Mold, Microbes and Indoor Contaminantshttp://achemmic.com nonadult false Please Read and I want to Introduce Dina Padilla text blog 39 10 5.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=16553824&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_6460933_8771_16553824_ap_160X120.jpg false 2 0 2536442 16553824 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_Beyond-Visions-of-Our-Solar-System/BLOG/2507275/8771.html   Click here: Beyond: Visions of Our Solar System   [image] A sampling of Michael Benson’s photography is touring with the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES.) The full itinerary can be viewed at http://www.sites.si.edu More information and images from the exhibition are available at http://www.beyondexhibition.net Click here: Exhibition Review - ‘Beyond,’ the Solar System at Air and Space Museum - NYTimes.com     Click here: Beyond: Visions of Our Solar System   [image] A sampling of Michael Benson’s photography is touring with the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES.) The full itinerary can be viewed at http://www.sites.si.edu More information and images from the exhibition are available at http://www.beyondexhibition.net Click here: Exhibition Review - ‘Beyond,’ the Solar System at Air and Space Museum - NYTimes.com   Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:18:52 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_Beyond-Visions-of-Our-Solar-System/BLOG/2507275/8771.html ldelp84227 2010-07-29T16:18:52Z Green TV   Click here: Beyond: Visions of Our Solar System   [image] A sampling of Michael Benson’s photography is touring with the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES.) The full itinerary can be viewed at http://www.sites.si.edu More information and images from the exhibition are available at http://www.beyondexhibition.net Click here: Exhibition Review - ‘Beyond,’ the Solar System at Air and Space Museum - NYTimes.com   nonadult false Beyond: Visions of Our Solar System text blog 15 10 3.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=16553824&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_6460933_8771_16553824_ap_160X120.jpg false 2 0 2507275 16553824 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_Major-Research-Paper-Released-Yeaaaa/BLOG/2504642/8771.html   Today I am proud to announce a new research paper that has been released by physicians and researchers. I am a member of this group called ACHEMMIC. Below is the press release. A link to download the Research Paper, and a link to the group I belong to ACHEMMIC.com.   Research Shows Controversial Illness is Real and Treatable   CHARLESTON, S.C., July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Policyholders of America (POA) released a consensus statement written by treating physicians and researchers in the field on the mechanism and treatment of illness found in people sickened by exposure to water-damaged buildings. This illness has been the subject of heated debate that has resulted in harsh allegations being lobbed at patients by experts hired by industry to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the illness. Today however, so-called "Sick Building Syndrome" is now unveiled to be very real; it's a chronic inflammatory illness that is easily identified with available lab testing and treatable using FDA-approved medications.  The research paper is the first in the field written by physicians with experience treating the illness.  Thorough and rigorous, the paper references governmental agency opinions, current published literature and an extensive review of patient data that has made this subject a political and legal hot potato obstructing patient care.   Nearly six months ago, a distinguished and credentialed panel of medical doctors and researchers, all from outside of POA's membership, were assembled and charged with developing a consensus statement on the diagnosis and treatment of a growing public health problem across America:  illness acquired from water-damaged buildings. The consensus statement was then peer-reviewed by other medical doctors and researchers.  The research paper is being released to help physicians and their patients understand the mechanisms, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment protocols available for sickened patients.   After reviewing hundreds of peer reviewed studies, analyzing hard data from research conducted on thousands of patients, and incorporating published results of treatment of thousands of patients, the authors embarked on this massive assignment with eyes wide open -- knowing that if the resulting research did not lessen liability of the powerful stakeholders involved, industry would likely attempt to discredit the findings.   With the research now concluded, the mysterious illness now has a name: Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome or "CIRS", and when the cause of the illness can be directly linked to a water-damaged building, or  ("WDB"), it is called "CIRS-WDB". Says Co-Author, Ritchie Shoemaker, MD, of Pocomoke, Maryland, "This statement builds consensus by debunking false ideas about illness from water-damaged buildings and establishes the basis by which practicing physicians can assess the complex illnesses these patients experience. We don't have to guess what might be wrong when we have the labs to prove what is abnormal.  Patients don't have to suffer any longer after being given incorrect diagnoses such as allergy, stress or depression." Co-authors included Laura Mark MD from Williamsburg, Virginia; Scott McMahon MD from Roswell, New Mexico; Jack Thrasher PhD of Oakland, California and Carl Grimes HHS, CIEC, President of the Indoor Air Quality Association, from Denver, Colorado. The 161-page research paper can be found, in its entirety, at: http://www.policyholdersofamerica.org/doc/CIRS_PEER_REVIEWED_PAPER.pdf A layperson's summary of the research paper follows:   CIRS-WDB is a multisystem, multi-symptom illness acquired following exposure to the interior environment of WDB.  It exists as a recognizable syndrome that is identifiable and treatable; CIRS-WDB is identified as immunologic in origin, with differential inflammatory responses seen according to (i) genetic susceptibility and (ii) unique aspects of host innate immune responses. CIRS-WDB consistently involves loss of normal control of inflammation and the resulting "inflammation gone wild." Treatment of human illness that is acquired following exposure to the interior environment of WDB involves a series of steps, each correcting the physiologic problems one by one.   CIRS-WDB can be readily identified by current methods of clinical diagnoses. This process of diagnosis is supported by (i) identification of unique subsets ("clusters") of symptoms found in epidemiologic cohorts of affected patients; (ii) identification of unique groupings of biomarkers, such as genetic markers, neuropeptides, inflammatory markers, and autoimmune findings. Patients with CIRS-WDB are often given incorrect diagnoses such as depression, stress, allergy, fibromyalgia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and somatization.  Those conditions, when actually present, will not improve with therapies employed in CIRS-WDB.   CIRS-WDB is acquired primarily from inhalation of microbial products that are contaminants found in the complex mixture of WDB.   Re-exposure of previously affected patients will bring about immunological host responses that are enhanced in their rapidity of onset and magnitude, such that these patients are "sicker, quicker."     Melinda Ballard, POA's president said, "About 25% of our members have experienced health effects after exposure to toxigenic mold and other organisms in their homes and of those, the vast majority put on the treatment protocol outlined in this paper have reported back to us that their symptoms have either subsided or vanished altogether. While our experience with these members is purely anecdotal, this research paper is not; the findings are irrefutable.  Most importantly, the rigorous science in the paper offers hope to so many who are in desperate need of an effective and inexpensive treatment. POA is a nonprofit educational organization that, at no charge, helps policyholders receive adequate payment when a property insurance claim is filed. Since it was founded in 2001, more than 2.5 million people have joined, an unfortunate reflection on the manner in which claims are often handled by insurance companies. Its web address is: www.policyholdersofamerica.org. POA is a member of ACHEMMIC (the Action Committee on the Health Effects of Mold, Microbes and Indoor Contaminants), a group of scientists, researchers, physicians, indoor air quality experts, environmental engineers, industrial hygienists, structural engineers, teachers and advocates working to advance the understanding of the health effects of mold, microbes and indoor contaminants. ACHEMMIC's website is www.achemmic.com. MEDIA ONLY CONTACT:   Melinda Ballard   Policyholders of America   (843) 367-4574       Today I am proud to announce a new research paper that has been released by physicians and researchers. I am a member of this group called ACHEMMIC. Below is the press release. A link to download the Research Paper, and a link to the group I belong to ACHEMMIC.com.   Research Shows Controversial Illness is Real and Treatable   CHARLESTON, S.C., July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Policyholders of America (POA) released a consensus statement written by treating physicians and researchers in the field on the mechanism and treatment of illness found in people sickened by exposure to water-damaged buildings. This illness has been the subject of heated debate that has resulted in harsh allegations being lobbed at patients by experts hired by industry to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the illness. Today however, so-called "Sick Building Syndrome" is now unveiled to be very real; it's a chronic inflammatory illness that is easily identified with available lab testing and treatable using FDA-approved medications.  The research paper is the first in the field written by physicians with experience treating the illness.  Thorough and rigorous, the paper references governmental agency opinions, current published literature and an extensive review of patient data that has made this subject a political and legal hot potato obstructing patient care.   Nearly six months ago, a distinguished and credentialed panel of medical doctors and researchers, all from outside of POA's membership, were assembled and charged with developing a consensus statement on the diagnosis and treatment of a growing public health problem across America:  illness acquired from water-damaged buildings. The consensus statement was then peer-reviewed by other medical doctors and researchers.  The research paper is being released to help physicians and their patients understand the mechanisms, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment protocols available for sickened patients.   After reviewing hundreds of peer reviewed studies, analyzing hard data from research conducted on thousands of patients, and incorporating published results of treatment of thousands of patients, the authors embarked on this massive assignment with eyes wide open -- knowing that if the resulting research did not lessen liability of the powerful stakeholders involved, industry would likely attempt to discredit the findings.   With the research now concluded, the mysterious illness now has a name: Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome or "CIRS", and when the cause of the illness can be directly linked to a water-damaged building, or  ("WDB"), it is called "CIRS-WDB". Says Co-Author, Ritchie Shoemaker, MD, of Pocomoke, Maryland, "This statement builds consensus by debunking false ideas about illness from water-damaged buildings and establishes the basis by which practicing physicians can assess the complex illnesses these patients experience. We don't have to guess what might be wrong when we have the labs to prove what is abnormal.  Patients don't have to suffer any longer after being given incorrect diagnoses such as allergy, stress or depression." Co-authors included Laura Mark MD from Williamsburg, Virginia; Scott McMahon MD from Roswell, New Mexico; Jack Thrasher PhD of Oakland, California and Carl Grimes HHS, CIEC, President of the Indoor Air Quality Association, from Denver, Colorado. The 161-page research paper can be found, in its entirety, at: http://www.policyholdersofamerica.org/doc/CIRS_PEER_REVIEWED_PAPER.pdf A layperson's summary of the research paper follows:   CIRS-WDB is a multisystem, multi-symptom illness acquired following exposure to the interior environment of WDB.  It exists as a recognizable syndrome that is identifiable and treatable; CIRS-WDB is identified as immunologic in origin, with differential inflammatory responses seen according to (i) genetic susceptibility and (ii) unique aspects of host innate immune responses. CIRS-WDB consistently involves loss of normal control of inflammation and the resulting "inflammation gone wild." Treatment of human illness that is acquired following exposure to the interior environment of WDB involves a series of steps, each correcting the physiologic problems one by one.   CIRS-WDB can be readily identified by current methods of clinical diagnoses. This process of diagnosis is supported by (i) identification of unique subsets ("clusters") of symptoms found in epidemiologic cohorts of affected patients; (ii) identification of unique groupings of biomarkers, such as genetic markers, neuropeptides, inflammatory markers, and autoimmune findings. Patients with CIRS-WDB are often given incorrect diagnoses such as depression, stress, allergy, fibromyalgia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and somatization.  Those conditions, when actually present, will not improve with therapies employed in CIRS-WDB.   CIRS-WDB is acquired primarily from inhalation of microbial products that are contaminants found in the complex mixture of WDB.   Re-exposure of previously affected patients will bring about immunological host responses that are enhanced in their rapidity of onset and magnitude, such that these patients are "sicker, quicker."     Melinda Ballard, POA's president said, "About 25% of our members have experienced health effects after exposure to toxigenic mold and other organisms in their homes and of those, the vast majority put on the treatment protocol outlined in this paper have reported back to us that their symptoms have either subsided or vanished altogether. While our experience with these members is purely anecdotal, this research paper is not; the findings are irrefutable.  Most importantly, the rigorous science in the paper offers hope to so many who are in desperate need of an effective and inexpensive treatment. POA is a nonprofit educational organization that, at no charge, helps policyholders receive adequate payment when a property insurance claim is filed. Since it was founded in 2001, more than 2.5 million people have joined, an unfortunate reflection on the manner in which claims are often handled by insurance companies. Its web address is: www.policyholdersofamerica.org. POA is a member of ACHEMMIC (the Action Committee on the Health Effects of Mold, Microbes and Indoor Contaminants), a group of scientists, researchers, physicians, indoor air quality experts, environmental engineers, industrial hygienists, structural engineers, teachers and advocates working to advance the understanding of the health effects of mold, microbes and indoor contaminants. ACHEMMIC's website is www.achemmic.com. MEDIA ONLY CONTACT:   Melinda Ballard   Policyholders of America   (843) 367-4574     Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:52:30 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_Major-Research-Paper-Released-Yeaaaa/BLOG/2504642/8771.html ldelp84227 2010-07-28T23:52:30Z Green TV   Today I am proud to announce a new research paper that has been released by physicians and researchers. I am a member of this group called ACHEMMIC. Below is the press release. A link to download the Research Paper, and a link to the group I belong to ACHEMMIC.com.   Research Shows Controversial Illness is Real and Treatable   CHARLESTON, S.C., July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Policyholders of America (POA) released a consensus statement written by treating physicians and researchers in the field on the mechanism and treatment of illness found in people sickened by exposure to water-damaged buildings. This illness has been the subject of heated debate that has resulted in harsh allegations being lobbed at patients by experts hired by industry to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the illness. Today however, so-called "Sick Building Syndrome" is now unveiled to be very real; it's a chronic inflammatory illness that is easily identified with available lab testing and treatable using FDA-approved medications.  The research paper is the first in the field written by physicians with experience treating the illness.  Thorough and rigorous, the paper references governmental agency opinions, current published literature and an extensive review of patient data that has made this subject a political and legal hot potato obstructing patient care.   Nearly six months ago, a distinguished and credentialed panel of medical doctors and researchers, all from outside of POA's membership, were assembled and charged with developing a consensus statement on the diagnosis and treatment of a growing public health problem across America:  illness acquired from water-damaged buildings. The consensus statement was then peer-reviewed by other medical doctors and researchers.  The research paper is being released to help physicians and their patients understand the mechanisms, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment protocols available for sickened patients.   After reviewing hundreds of peer reviewed studies, analyzing hard data from research conducted on thousands of patients, and incorporating published results of treatment of thousands of patients, the authors embarked on this massive assignment with eyes wide open -- knowing that if the resulting research did not lessen liability of the powerful stakeholders involved, industry would likely attempt to discredit the findings.   With the research now concluded, the mysterious illness now has a name: Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome or "CIRS", and when the cause of the illness can be directly linked to a water-damaged building, or  ("WDB"), it is called "CIRS-WDB". Says Co-Author, Ritchie Shoemaker, MD, of Pocomoke, Maryland, "This statement builds consensus by debunking false ideas about illness from water-damaged buildings and establishes the basis by which practicing physicians can assess the complex illnesses these patients experience. We don't have to guess what might be wrong when we have the labs to prove what is abnormal.  Patients don't have to suffer any longer after being given incorrect diagnoses such as allergy, stress or depression." Co-authors included Laura Mark MD from Williamsburg, Virginia; Scott McMahon MD from Roswell, New Mexico; Jack Thrasher PhD of Oakland, California and Carl Grimes HHS, CIEC, President of the Indoor Air Quality Association, from Denver, Colorado. The 161-page research paper can be found, in its entirety, at: http://www.policyholdersofamerica.org/doc/CIRS_PEER_REVIEWED_PAPER.pdf A layperson's summary of the research paper follows:   CIRS-WDB is a multisystem, multi-symptom illness acquired following exposure to the interior environment of WDB.  It exists as a recognizable syndrome that is identifiable and treatable; CIRS-WDB is identified as immunologic in origin, with differential inflammatory responses seen according to (i) genetic susceptibility and (ii) unique aspects of host innate immune responses. CIRS-WDB consistently involves loss of normal control of inflammation and the resulting "inflammation gone wild." Treatment of human illness that is acquired following exposure to the interior environment of WDB involves a series of steps, each correcting the physiologic problems one by one.   CIRS-WDB can be readily identified by current methods of clinical diagnoses. This process of diagnosis is supported by (i) identification of unique subsets ("clusters") of symptoms found in epidemiologic cohorts of affected patients; (ii) identification of unique groupings of biomarkers, such as genetic markers, neuropeptides, inflammatory markers, and autoimmune findings. Patients with CIRS-WDB are often given incorrect diagnoses such as depression, stress, allergy, fibromyalgia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and somatization.  Those conditions, when actually present, will not improve with therapies employed in CIRS-WDB.   CIRS-WDB is acquired primarily from inhalation of microbial products that are contaminants found in the complex mixture of WDB.   Re-exposure of previously affected patients will bring about immunological host responses that are enhanced in their rapidity of onset and magnitude, such that these patients are "sicker, quicker."     Melinda Ballard, POA's president said, "About 25% of our members have experienced health effects after exposure to toxigenic mold and other organisms in their homes and of those, the vast majority put on the treatment protocol outlined in this paper have reported back to us that their symptoms have either subsided or vanished altogether. While our experience with these members is purely anecdotal, this research paper is not; the findings are irrefutable.  Most importantly, the rigorous science in the paper offers hope to so many who are in desperate need of an effective and inexpensive treatment. POA is a nonprofit educational organization that, at no charge, helps policyholders receive adequate payment when a property insurance claim is filed. Since it was founded in 2001, more than 2.5 million people have joined, an unfortunate reflection on the manner in which claims are often handled by insurance companies. Its web address is: www.policyholdersofamerica.org. POA is a member of ACHEMMIC (the Action Committee on the Health Effects of Mold, Microbes and Indoor Contaminants), a group of scientists, researchers, physicians, indoor air quality experts, environmental engineers, industrial hygienists, structural engineers, teachers and advocates working to advance the understanding of the health effects of mold, microbes and indoor contaminants. ACHEMMIC's website is www.achemmic.com. MEDIA ONLY CONTACT:   Melinda Ballard   Policyholders of America   (843) 367-4574     nonadult false Major Research Paper Released Yeaaaa text blog 20 10 5.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=16553824&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_6460933_8771_16553824_ap_160X120.jpg false 2 0 2504642 16553824 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_Who-Knows-This-Stuff/BLOG/2329812/8771.html Ron MacKinnon and his crew show take the mystery out of renewable energy. [image] Click here for the pilot and new episodes Ron MacKinnon and his crew show take the mystery out of renewable energy. [image] Click here for the pilot and new episodes Fri, 07 May 2010 20:22:44 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_Who-Knows-This-Stuff/BLOG/2329812/8771.html GreenTV 2010-05-07T20:22:44Z Green TV Ron MacKinnon and his crew show take the mystery out of renewable energy. [image] Click here for the pilot and new episodes nonadult false Who Knows This Stuff text blog 1564 11 5.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=815867&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_4720432_8771_815867_ap_160X120.jpg false United States 2 0 2329812 815867 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_Dog-Watches-Killer-Whales/BLOG/2279922/8771.html This is amazing. A dog just sitting there watching Killer Whales while in a boat I guess. ORCINUS ORCA COLLECTIVE: Incredible footage This is amazing. A dog just sitting there watching Killer Whales while in a boat I guess. ORCINUS ORCA COLLECTIVE: Incredible footage Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:24:09 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_Dog-Watches-Killer-Whales/BLOG/2279922/8771.html ldelp84227 2010-04-02T17:24:09Z Green TV This is amazing. A dog just sitting there watching Killer Whales while in a boat I guess. ORCINUS ORCA COLLECTIVE: Incredible footage nonadult false Dog Watches Killer Whales text blog 1332 10 5.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=16553824&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_6460933_8771_16553824_ap_160X120.jpg false 2 0 2279922 16553824 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_50K-in-15-YRS-Residential-WInd-Power/BLOG/873272/8771.html   Save up to 45% off the total cost of the system, and gain up to $50,000 in 15 YRS through energy offset and renewable energy credits!   Save up to 45% off the total cost of the system, and gain up to $50,000 in 15 YRS through energy offset and renewable energy credits! Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:04:34 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_50K-in-15-YRS-Residential-WInd-Power/BLOG/873272/8771.html syntonic 2009-09-30T22:04:34Z Green Energy Green TV   Save up to 45% off the total cost of the system, and gain up to $50,000 in 15 YRS through energy offset and renewable energy credits! article of the week, green energy nonadult false 50K in 15 YRS - Residential WInd Power video blog article of the week,green energy 141 0 0.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=13107749&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_5518386_8771_13107749_ap_160X120.jpg false United States NJ highland park 08904 2 Green Energy 0 873272 13107749 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_MESSAGE-TO-JOE-BIDEN-RE-GREEN-JOBS-FROM-LOUISE-BURFITT-DONS/BLOG/189788/8771.html Attached please find a video message to Joe Biden regarding the green jobs task force. Attached please find a video message to Joe Biden regarding the green jobs task force. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:26:29 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_MESSAGE-TO-JOE-BIDEN-RE-GREEN-JOBS-FROM-LOUISE-BURFITT-DONS/BLOG/189788/8771.html globalwarminghotspot 2009-02-19T14:26:29Z Member Uploads Green TV Attached please find a video message to Joe Biden regarding the green jobs task force. global warming alliance, green jobs, green tv, jobs, louise burfitt-dons, news & events, taskforce nonadult false MESSAGE TO JOE BIDEN RE GREEN JOBS FROM LOUISE BURFITT-DONS video blog global warming alliance,green jobs,green tv,jobs,louise burfitt-dons,news & events,taskforce 953 1 5.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4759933&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_2600379_8771_4759933_ap_160X120.jpg false 2 Member Uploads 0 189788 4759933 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_Spanish-company-touts-process-to-turn-urban-waste-into-biodiesel/BLOG/187131/8771.html Spanish company touts process to turn urban waste into biodiesel By Ron Kotrba A group of Spanish developers working under the company name Ecofasa, headed by chief executive officer and inventor Francisco Angulo, has developed a biochemical process to turn urban solid waste into a fatty acid biodiesel feedstock. “It took more than 10 years working on the idea of producing biodiesel from domestic waste using a biological method,” Angulo told Biodiesel Magazine. “My first patent dates back to 2005. It was first published in 2007 in Soto de la Vega, Spain, thanks to the council and its representative Antonio Nevado.” Using microbes to convert organic material into energy isn’t a new concept to the renewable energy industries, and the same can be said for the anaerobic digestion of organic waste by microbes, which turns waste into biogas consisting mostly of methane. However, using bacteria to convert urban waste to fatty acids, which can then be used as a feedstock for biodiesel production, is a new twist. The Spanish company calls this process and the resulting fuel Ecofa. “It is based on metabolism’s natural principle by means of which all living organisms, including bacteria, produce fatty acids,” Angula said. “[It] comes from the carbon of any organic waste.” He defined urban waste as “organic wastes from home like food, paper, wood and dung,” and added that any carbon-based material can be used for biodiesel production under the Ecofa process. “For many years, I wondered why there are pools of oil in some mountains,” he said, explaining the reasoning behind his invention. “After delving into the issue, I realized that [those oil deposits] were produced by decomposing organic living microorganisms.” This, in Angulo’s mind, sparked the idea that food waste and bacteria could be turned into fatty acids that could react into biodiesel. Two types of bacteria are under further development by Biotit Scientific Biotechnology Laboratory in Seville, Spain: E. coli and Firmicutes. The Ecofa process also produces methane gas, and inconvertible solids that can be used as a soil amendment or fertilizer. “There is a huge variety of bacteria,” Angulo said. “Currently, [biodiesel producers] receive a fat that must be processed through transesterification into biodiesel, but we are also working on other types of bacteria that are capable of producing fatty acids with the same characteristics as biodiesel.” He said this would eventually allow producers to skip the transesterification step. Ecofasa may avoid the ongoing food-versus-fuel debate and its expected successor, indirect land use, with its Ecofa process. “It would not be necessary to use specific fields of maize, wheat, barley, beets, etc., which would remain for human consumption without creating distortions or famines with unforeseeable consequences,” the company stated in a press release. “This microbial technique can be extended to other organic debris, plants or animals, such as those contained in urban sewage. You can even experiment with other carbon sources, and this opens up a lot of possibilities. It is only necessary to find the appropriate bacteria.” The company created its name by combining the term “eco-combustible” with F.A., the initials of the inventor. “Today we feel that we can produce between one and two liters [of biodiesel] per 10 kilograms of trash,” Angulo said. That’s a little more than one-fourth to one-half of a gallon for every 22 pounds of trash—or between 24 and 48 gallons per ton of urban waste. “We are working to improve that,” he said.   http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=3225&q=ECOFASA&category_id=23   Francisco Angulo Spanish company touts process to turn urban waste into biodiesel By Ron Kotrba A group of Spanish developers working under the company name Ecofasa, headed by chief executive officer and inventor Francisco Angulo, has developed a biochemical process to turn urban solid waste into a fatty acid biodiesel feedstock. “It took more than 10 years working on the idea of producing biodiesel from domestic waste using a biological method,” Angulo told Biodiesel Magazine. “My first patent dates back to 2005. It was first published in 2007 in Soto de la Vega, Spain, thanks to the council and its representative Antonio Nevado.” Using microbes to convert organic material into energy isn’t a new concept to the renewable energy industries, and the same can be said for the anaerobic digestion of organic waste by microbes, which turns waste into biogas consisting mostly of methane. However, using bacteria to convert urban waste to fatty acids, which can then be used as a feedstock for biodiesel production, is a new twist. The Spanish company calls this process and the resulting fuel Ecofa. “It is based on metabolism’s natural principle by means of which all living organisms, including bacteria, produce fatty acids,” Angula said. “[It] comes from the carbon of any organic waste.” He defined urban waste as “organic wastes from home like food, paper, wood and dung,” and added that any carbon-based material can be used for biodiesel production under the Ecofa process. “For many years, I wondered why there are pools of oil in some mountains,” he said, explaining the reasoning behind his invention. “After delving into the issue, I realized that [those oil deposits] were produced by decomposing organic living microorganisms.” This, in Angulo’s mind, sparked the idea that food waste and bacteria could be turned into fatty acids that could react into biodiesel. Two types of bacteria are under further development by Biotit Scientific Biotechnology Laboratory in Seville, Spain: E. coli and Firmicutes. The Ecofa process also produces methane gas, and inconvertible solids that can be used as a soil amendment or fertilizer. “There is a huge variety of bacteria,” Angulo said. “Currently, [biodiesel producers] receive a fat that must be processed through transesterification into biodiesel, but we are also working on other types of bacteria that are capable of producing fatty acids with the same characteristics as biodiesel.” He said this would eventually allow producers to skip the transesterification step. Ecofasa may avoid the ongoing food-versus-fuel debate and its expected successor, indirect land use, with its Ecofa process. “It would not be necessary to use specific fields of maize, wheat, barley, beets, etc., which would remain for human consumption without creating distortions or famines with unforeseeable consequences,” the company stated in a press release. “This microbial technique can be extended to other organic debris, plants or animals, such as those contained in urban sewage. You can even experiment with other carbon sources, and this opens up a lot of possibilities. It is only necessary to find the appropriate bacteria.” The company created its name by combining the term “eco-combustible” with F.A., the initials of the inventor. “Today we feel that we can produce between one and two liters [of biodiesel] per 10 kilograms of trash,” Angulo said. That’s a little more than one-fourth to one-half of a gallon for every 22 pounds of trash—or between 24 and 48 gallons per ton of urban waste. “We are working to improve that,” he said.   http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=3225&q=ECOFASA&category_id=23   Francisco Angulo Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:52:21 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_Spanish-company-touts-process-to-turn-urban-waste-into-biodiesel/BLOG/187131/8771.html agnux 2009-02-16T15:52:21Z Green Energy Green TV Spanish company touts process to turn urban waste into biodiesel By Ron Kotrba A group of Spanish developers working under the company name Ecofasa, headed by chief executive officer and inventor Francisco Angulo, has developed a biochemical process to turn urban solid waste into a fatty acid biodiesel feedstock. “It took more than 10 years working on the idea of producing biodiesel from domestic waste using a biological method,” Angulo told Biodiesel Magazine. “My first patent dates back to 2005. It was first published in 2007 in Soto de la Vega, Spain, thanks to the council and its representative Antonio Nevado.” Using microbes to convert organic material into energy isn’t a new concept to the renewable energy industries, and the same can be said for the anaerobic digestion of organic waste by microbes, which turns waste into biogas consisting mostly of methane. However, using bacteria to convert urban waste to fatty acids, which can then be used as a feedstock for biodiesel production, is a new twist. The Spanish company calls this process and the resulting fuel Ecofa. “It is based on metabolism’s natural principle by means of which all living organisms, including bacteria, produce fatty acids,” Angula said. “[It] comes from the carbon of any organic waste.” He defined urban waste as “organic wastes from home like food, paper, wood and dung,” and added that any carbon-based material can be used for biodiesel production under the Ecofa process. “For many years, I wondered why there are pools of oil in some mountains,” he said, explaining the reasoning behind his invention. “After delving into the issue, I realized that [those oil deposits] were produced by decomposing organic living microorganisms.” This, in Angulo’s mind, sparked the idea that food waste and bacteria could be turned into fatty acids that could react into biodiesel. Two types of bacteria are under further development by Biotit Scientific Biotechnology Laboratory in Seville, Spain: E. coli and Firmicutes. The Ecofa process also produces methane gas, and inconvertible solids that can be used as a soil amendment or fertilizer. “There is a huge variety of bacteria,” Angulo said. “Currently, [biodiesel producers] receive a fat that must be processed through transesterification into biodiesel, but we are also working on other types of bacteria that are capable of producing fatty acids with the same characteristics as biodiesel.” He said this would eventually allow producers to skip the transesterification step. Ecofasa may avoid the ongoing food-versus-fuel debate and its expected successor, indirect land use, with its Ecofa process. “It would not be necessary to use specific fields of maize, wheat, barley, beets, etc., which would remain for human consumption without creating distortions or famines with unforeseeable consequences,” the company stated in a press release. “This microbial technique can be extended to other organic debris, plants or animals, such as those contained in urban sewage. You can even experiment with other carbon sources, and this opens up a lot of possibilities. It is only necessary to find the appropriate bacteria.” The company created its name by combining the term “eco-combustible” with F.A., the initials of the inventor. “Today we feel that we can produce between one and two liters [of biodiesel] per 10 kilograms of trash,” Angulo said. That’s a little more than one-fourth to one-half of a gallon for every 22 pounds of trash—or between 24 and 48 gallons per ton of urban waste. “We are working to improve that,” he said.   http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=3225&q=ECOFASA&category_id=23   Francisco Angulo al, algae, angulo, biodiesel, bioetanol, biofuel, biogas, diesel, eco, ecofa, ecofasa, energy, fuel, gasoline, gore, green, green energy, magazine, mit, oil, petrol, science nonadult false Spanish company touts process to turn urban waste into biodiesel text blog al,algae,angulo,biodiesel,bioetanol,biofuel,biogas,diesel,eco,ecofa,ecofasa,energy,fuel,gasoline,gore,green,green energy,magazine,mit,oil,petrol,science 531 1 5.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4776526&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_2617798_8771_4776526_ap_160X120.jpg false United States 2 Green Energy 0 187131 4776526 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_Unbelieveable-history-of-OSHA-ACOEM-Workman/BLOG/2579493/8771.html Last night I spent quite a while reading this info dating back  before 1935 and the details and names and places are astounding. This would be of interest to anyone. I can't believe the info I read,  but then I guess I should not be surprised. I never wanted to know all the info I have read during the years. But we must know what is truly going on in our country and the corruption is so many of our agencies that are supposed to be protecting the workers, etc. Please take the time to read.  The link is in the comment secton below if you can't see it below this statement. I guess I need to change the color. Click here: http://www.moldwarriors.com/SK/IJOEH_Oct07_LaDou.pdf Special ContributionsAmerican College of Occupational andEnvironmental Medicine (ACOEM):A Professional Association in Service to IndustryJOSEPH LADOU, MD, DANIEL T. TEITELBAUM, MD, DAVID S. EGILMAN, MD, MPH,ARTHUR L. FRANK, MD, PHD, SHARON N. KRAMER, JAMES HUFF, PHD       The American College of Occupational and EnvironmentalMedicine (ACOEM) is a professional associationthat represents the interests of its companyemployedphysician members. Fifty years ago theACOEM began to assert itself in the legislative arena asan advocate of limited regulation and enforcement ofoccupational health and safety standards and laws, andenvironmental protection. Today the ACOEM providesa legitimizing professional association for companydoctors, and continues to provide a vehicle to advancethe agendas of their corporate sponsors. Company doctorsin ACOEM recently blocked attempts to have theorganization take a stand on global warming. Companydoctors employed by the petrochemical industry evenblocked the ACOEM from taking a position on particulateair pollution. Industry money and influence pervadeevery aspect of occupational and environmentalmedicine. The controlling influence of industry overthe ACOEM physicians should cease. The conflict ofinterests inherent in the practice of occupational andenvironmental medicine is not resolved by the ineffectualefforts of the ACOEM to establish a pretentiouscode of conduct. The conflicted interests within theACOEM have become too deeply embedded to beresolved by merely a self-governing code of conduct.The specialty practice of occupational and environmentalmedicine has the opportunity and obligation to More at link...     Last night I spent quite a while reading this info dating back  before 1935 and the details and names and places are astounding. This would be of interest to anyone. I can't believe the info I read,  but then I guess I should not be surprised. I never wanted to know all the info I have read during the years. But we must know what is truly going on in our country and the corruption is so many of our agencies that are supposed to be protecting the workers, etc. Please take the time to read.  The link is in the comment secton below if you can't see it below this statement. I guess I need to change the color. Click here: http://www.moldwarriors.com/SK/IJOEH_Oct07_LaDou.pdf Special ContributionsAmerican College of Occupational andEnvironmental Medicine (ACOEM):A Professional Association in Service to IndustryJOSEPH LADOU, MD, DANIEL T. TEITELBAUM, MD, DAVID S. EGILMAN, MD, MPH,ARTHUR L. FRANK, MD, PHD, SHARON N. KRAMER, JAMES HUFF, PHD       The American College of Occupational and EnvironmentalMedicine (ACOEM) is a professional associationthat represents the interests of its companyemployedphysician members. Fifty years ago theACOEM began to assert itself in the legislative arena asan advocate of limited regulation and enforcement ofoccupational health and safety standards and laws, andenvironmental protection. Today the ACOEM providesa legitimizing professional association for companydoctors, and continues to provide a vehicle to advancethe agendas of their corporate sponsors. Company doctorsin ACOEM recently blocked attempts to have theorganization take a stand on global warming. Companydoctors employed by the petrochemical industry evenblocked the ACOEM from taking a position on particulateair pollution. Industry money and influence pervadeevery aspect of occupational and environmentalmedicine. The controlling influence of industry overthe ACOEM physicians should cease. The conflict ofinterests inherent in the practice of occupational andenvironmental medicine is not resolved by the ineffectualefforts of the ACOEM to establish a pretentiouscode of conduct. The conflicted interests within theACOEM have become too deeply embedded to beresolved by merely a self-governing code of conduct.The specialty practice of occupational and environmentalmedicine has the opportunity and obligation to More at link...     Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:39:03 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_Unbelieveable-history-of-OSHA-ACOEM-Workman/BLOG/2579493/8771.html ldelp84227 2010-08-25T19:39:03Z Green TV Last night I spent quite a while reading this info dating back  before 1935 and the details and names and places are astounding. This would be of interest to anyone. I can't believe the info I read,  but then I guess I should not be surprised. I never wanted to know all the info I have read during the years. But we must know what is truly going on in our country and the corruption is so many of our agencies that are supposed to be protecting the workers, etc. Please take the time to read.  The link is in the comment secton below if you can't see it below this statement. I guess I need to change the color. Click here: http://www.moldwarriors.com/SK/IJOEH_Oct07_LaDou.pdf Special ContributionsAmerican College of Occupational andEnvironmental Medicine (ACOEM):A Professional Association in Service to IndustryJOSEPH LADOU, MD, DANIEL T. TEITELBAUM, MD, DAVID S. EGILMAN, MD, MPH,ARTHUR L. FRANK, MD, PHD, SHARON N. KRAMER, JAMES HUFF, PHD       The American College of Occupational and EnvironmentalMedicine (ACOEM) is a professional associationthat represents the interests of its companyemployedphysician members. Fifty years ago theACOEM began to assert itself in the legislative arena asan advocate of limited regulation and enforcement ofoccupational health and safety standards and laws, andenvironmental protection. Today the ACOEM providesa legitimizing professional association for companydoctors, and continues to provide a vehicle to advancethe agendas of their corporate sponsors. Company doctorsin ACOEM recently blocked attempts to have theorganization take a stand on global warming. Companydoctors employed by the petrochemical industry evenblocked the ACOEM from taking a position on particulateair pollution. Industry money and influence pervadeevery aspect of occupational and environmentalmedicine. The controlling influence of industry overthe ACOEM physicians should cease. The conflict ofinterests inherent in the practice of occupational andenvironmental medicine is not resolved by the ineffectualefforts of the ACOEM to establish a pretentiouscode of conduct. The conflicted interests within theACOEM have become too deeply embedded to beresolved by merely a self-governing code of conduct.The specialty practice of occupational and environmentalmedicine has the opportunity and obligation to More at link...     nonadult false Unbelieveable history of OSHA, ACOEM, Workman text blog 21 10 4.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=16553824&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_6460933_8771_16553824_ap_160X120.jpg false 1 0 2579493 16553824 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_Surprising-Beauty-Product-Ingredients-ABC-News/BLOG/2577665/8771.html This is gross, I knew there were bad chemicals in these products, but I didn't know this info.   Surprising Beauty Product Ingredients - ABC News [image]           This is gross, I knew there were bad chemicals in these products, but I didn't know this info.   Surprising Beauty Product Ingredients - ABC News [image]           Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:02:57 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_Surprising-Beauty-Product-Ingredients-ABC-News/BLOG/2577665/8771.html ldelp84227 2010-08-24T20:02:57Z Green TV This is gross, I knew there were bad chemicals in these products, but I didn't know this info.   Surprising Beauty Product Ingredients - ABC News [image]           nonadult false Surprising Beauty Product Ingredients - ABC News text blog 24 10 5.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=16553824&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_6460933_8771_16553824_ap_160X120.jpg false 1 0 2577665 16553824 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_Remarkable-Flower-Photos-and-Water-Droplets/BLOG/2573423/8771.html   [image] Remarkable Flower Photos and Water Droplets by Steve Wall | Light Stalking http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lightstalking.com%2F&h=dd072 Wandering around Flickr can really waste a lot of hours, but when we recently stumbled accross Steve Wall's photostreams and specifically, his photos of water   [image] Remarkable Flower Photos and Water Droplets by Steve Wall | Light Stalking http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lightstalking.com%2F&h=dd072 Wandering around Flickr can really waste a lot of hours, but when we recently stumbled accross Steve Wall's photostreams and specifically, his photos of water Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:12:53 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_Remarkable-Flower-Photos-and-Water-Droplets/BLOG/2573423/8771.html ldelp84227 2010-08-23T13:12:53Z Green TV   [image] Remarkable Flower Photos and Water Droplets by Steve Wall | Light Stalking http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lightstalking.com%2F&h=dd072 Wandering around Flickr can really waste a lot of hours, but when we recently stumbled accross Steve Wall's photostreams and specifically, his photos of water nonadult false Remarkable Flower Photos and Water Droplets text blog 16 10 4.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=16553824&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_6460933_8771_16553824_ap_160X120.jpg false 1 0 2573423 16553824 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_Video-Great-Barrier-Reef/BLOG/2565670/8771.html Beautiful via National Geographic   [image] Video: Great Barrier Reef http://on.natgeo.com/bf3VFA The Great Barrier Reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia.     Beautiful via National Geographic   [image] Video: Great Barrier Reef http://on.natgeo.com/bf3VFA The Great Barrier Reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia.     Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:05:34 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_Video-Great-Barrier-Reef/BLOG/2565670/8771.html ldelp84227 2010-08-19T17:05:34Z Green TV Beautiful via National Geographic   [image] Video: Great Barrier Reef http://on.natgeo.com/bf3VFA The Great Barrier Reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia.     nonadult false Video: Great Barrier Reef text blog 17 10 3.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=16553824&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_6460933_8771_16553824_ap_160X120.jpg false 1 0 2565670 16553824 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_Congress-nears-last-push-to-revamp-food-inspections/BLOG/2565664/8771.html Click here: Congress nears last push to revamp food inspections    <!-- --> [image] Congress nears last push to revamp food inspections Ira Teinowitz[image]Aug 18th 2010 at 11:00AM      [image]There is no question in Congress or anywhere else that food recalls have demonstrated the need to overhaul the system for inspecting plants producing food for the U.S., whether at home or abroad. Getting it done is the problem.With the November elections near and legislative time fast vanishing, Congress is near its last chance to enact legislation. Even massive outbreaks of foodborne diseases, such as the nationwide egg recall announced this week, has been enough to break the logjam so far.The Senate could vote on legislation next month, but it and the House of Representatives need to resolve big differences on the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act then or in a lame-duck session after the election. The looming possibility: The whole issue could be pushed over to the new Congress that takes office in January."I've kind of got my fingers crossed," said David Plunkett, senior staff attorney for the Center for Science in the Public Interest. "I would hope they could sit down and resolve it in a day or week. It's not impossible. It is going to be difficult."It wasn't supposed to be that difficult. Both in the House and the Senate a series of food safety incidents spotlighting problems in inspections and the FDA's lack of recall authority had appeared to galvanize both chambers into action. Government reports said the same thing.A revamp of the FDA's legal authority and duties pushed by Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., passed the House in July 2009.It required food plants to start paying a $500 inspection fee and required the FDA inspect plants making high-risk foods every six months to a year, every three to five years for plants making lesser risk foods and warehouses every five years. Overseas plants could only ship foods to the U.S. if they were regularly inspected.That was nowhere near as often as Department of Agriculture does inspections. The USDA has inspectors in nation's 5,600 meat and produce plants every day. It requires the 1,000 overseas plants supplying meat and produce to have inspections just as often. Still the numbers represent a big increase for the FDA. The FDA has 156,500 plants to inspect in this country and 230,000 foreign plants. It currently does 600 inspections abroad each year.The Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee last November unanimously in an earlier bipartisan agreement sent to the Senate floor legislation an only slightly less tough bill, but one that didn't include a fee.About then everything stopped. A Congressional Budget Office estimate of the cost of the Senate bill, efforts of Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., to ban food containers containing Bisphenol A (BPA), concerns about the impact of the legislation on small producers affected the debate. Mostly it appeared thought that the Senate consideration of health care, a Supreme Court fight and other issues kept pushing the revamp back."I am really disappointed," said Tony Corbo, legislative representative for Food and Water Watch. "Consumer groups were promised in April that it would come up after Easter. Here we are six months later."Last week, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the chairman of the Senate Health Committee announced a bipartisan agreement on a revised proposal saying he was hopeful the bill would pass quickly. It's that revised bill that the Senate could vote on and it's supported by consumer and business groups.It anticipates having high risk food plants inspected every 5 years and eventually every three years, while plants producing less risky products would be inspected every 7 years. It also requires every food plant home and abroad that produces foods for American consumers to create monitoring programs to prevent food safety problems, requires third party testing of products and gives the FDA authority to order recalls and ban imports of high risk food products that haven't been inspected.. "It is better than the situation right now, but I'm not happy with inspection schedule," said Corbo. Plunkett said he too prefers the House bill, but that the Senate bill still makes important changes."From the consumer perspective, the House bill is a lot stronger, the Senate bill is geared toward catching things before they happen. It puts in place a preventative structure."Whether the Senate will act in time to reach agreement with the House still remains unclear, but there remains some hope."It's on our to do list for the fall," said an aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. Rep. Dingell said he remained hopeful."Speed is always an  MORE at link...            Thu. August 19, 2010                 Click here: Congress nears last push to revamp food inspections    <!-- --> [image] Congress nears last push to revamp food inspections Ira Teinowitz[image]Aug 18th 2010 at 11:00AM      [image]There is no question in Congress or anywhere else that food recalls have demonstrated the need to overhaul the system for inspecting plants producing food for the U.S., whether at home or abroad. Getting it done is the problem.With the November elections near and legislative time fast vanishing, Congress is near its last chance to enact legislation. Even massive outbreaks of foodborne diseases, such as the nationwide egg recall announced this week, has been enough to break the logjam so far.The Senate could vote on legislation next month, but it and the House of Representatives need to resolve big differences on the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act then or in a lame-duck session after the election. The looming possibility: The whole issue could be pushed over to the new Congress that takes office in January."I've kind of got my fingers crossed," said David Plunkett, senior staff attorney for the Center for Science in the Public Interest. "I would hope they could sit down and resolve it in a day or week. It's not impossible. It is going to be difficult."It wasn't supposed to be that difficult. Both in the House and the Senate a series of food safety incidents spotlighting problems in inspections and the FDA's lack of recall authority had appeared to galvanize both chambers into action. Government reports said the same thing.A revamp of the FDA's legal authority and duties pushed by Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., passed the House in July 2009.It required food plants to start paying a $500 inspection fee and required the FDA inspect plants making high-risk foods every six months to a year, every three to five years for plants making lesser risk foods and warehouses every five years. Overseas plants could only ship foods to the U.S. if they were regularly inspected.That was nowhere near as often as Department of Agriculture does inspections. The USDA has inspectors in nation's 5,600 meat and produce plants every day. It requires the 1,000 overseas plants supplying meat and produce to have inspections just as often. Still the numbers represent a big increase for the FDA. The FDA has 156,500 plants to inspect in this country and 230,000 foreign plants. It currently does 600 inspections abroad each year.The Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee last November unanimously in an earlier bipartisan agreement sent to the Senate floor legislation an only slightly less tough bill, but one that didn't include a fee.About then everything stopped. A Congressional Budget Office estimate of the cost of the Senate bill, efforts of Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., to ban food containers containing Bisphenol A (BPA), concerns about the impact of the legislation on small producers affected the debate. Mostly it appeared thought that the Senate consideration of health care, a Supreme Court fight and other issues kept pushing the revamp back."I am really disappointed," said Tony Corbo, legislative representative for Food and Water Watch. "Consumer groups were promised in April that it would come up after Easter. Here we are six months later."Last week, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the chairman of the Senate Health Committee announced a bipartisan agreement on a revised proposal saying he was hopeful the bill would pass quickly. It's that revised bill that the Senate could vote on and it's supported by consumer and business groups.It anticipates having high risk food plants inspected every 5 years and eventually every three years, while plants producing less risky products would be inspected every 7 years. It also requires every food plant home and abroad that produces foods for American consumers to create monitoring programs to prevent food safety problems, requires third party testing of products and gives the FDA authority to order recalls and ban imports of high risk food products that haven't been inspected.. "It is better than the situation right now, but I'm not happy with inspection schedule," said Corbo. Plunkett said he too prefers the House bill, but that the Senate bill still makes important changes."From the consumer perspective, the House bill is a lot stronger, the Senate bill is geared toward catching things before they happen. It puts in place a preventative structure."Whether the Senate will act in time to reach agreement with the House still remains unclear, but there remains some hope."It's on our to do list for the fall," said an aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. Rep. Dingell said he remained hopeful."Speed is always an  MORE at link...            Thu. August 19, 2010                 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:01:25 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_Congress-nears-last-push-to-revamp-food-inspections/BLOG/2565664/8771.html ldelp84227 2010-08-19T17:01:25Z Green TV Click here: Congress nears last push to revamp food inspections    <!-- --> [image] Congress nears last push to revamp food inspections Ira Teinowitz[image]Aug 18th 2010 at 11:00AM      [image]There is no question in Congress or anywhere else that food recalls have demonstrated the need to overhaul the system for inspecting plants producing food for the U.S., whether at home or abroad. Getting it done is the problem.With the November elections near and legislative time fast vanishing, Congress is near its last chance to enact legislation. Even massive outbreaks of foodborne diseases, such as the nationwide egg recall announced this week, has been enough to break the logjam so far.The Senate could vote on legislation next month, but it and the House of Representatives need to resolve big differences on the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act then or in a lame-duck session after the election. The looming possibility: The whole issue could be pushed over to the new Congress that takes office in January."I've kind of got my fingers crossed," said David Plunkett, senior staff attorney for the Center for Science in the Public Interest. "I would hope they could sit down and resolve it in a day or week. It's not impossible. It is going to be difficult."It wasn't supposed to be that difficult. Both in the House and the Senate a series of food safety incidents spotlighting problems in inspections and the FDA's lack of recall authority had appeared to galvanize both chambers into action. Government reports said the same thing.A revamp of the FDA's legal authority and duties pushed by Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., passed the House in July 2009.It required food plants to start paying a $500 inspection fee and required the FDA inspect plants making high-risk foods every six months to a year, every three to five years for plants making lesser risk foods and warehouses every five years. Overseas plants could only ship foods to the U.S. if they were regularly inspected.That was nowhere near as often as Department of Agriculture does inspections. The USDA has inspectors in nation's 5,600 meat and produce plants every day. It requires the 1,000 overseas plants supplying meat and produce to have inspections just as often. Still the numbers represent a big increase for the FDA. The FDA has 156,500 plants to inspect in this country and 230,000 foreign plants. It currently does 600 inspections abroad each year.The Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee last November unanimously in an earlier bipartisan agreement sent to the Senate floor legislation an only slightly less tough bill, but one that didn't include a fee.About then everything stopped. A Congressional Budget Office estimate of the cost of the Senate bill, efforts of Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., to ban food containers containing Bisphenol A (BPA), concerns about the impact of the legislation on small producers affected the debate. Mostly it appeared thought that the Senate consideration of health care, a Supreme Court fight and other issues kept pushing the revamp back."I am really disappointed," said Tony Corbo, legislative representative for Food and Water Watch. "Consumer groups were promised in April that it would come up after Easter. Here we are six months later."Last week, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the chairman of the Senate Health Committee announced a bipartisan agreement on a revised proposal saying he was hopeful the bill would pass quickly. It's that revised bill that the Senate could vote on and it's supported by consumer and business groups.It anticipates having high risk food plants inspected every 5 years and eventually every three years, while plants producing less risky products would be inspected every 7 years. It also requires every food plant home and abroad that produces foods for American consumers to create monitoring programs to prevent food safety problems, requires third party testing of products and gives the FDA authority to order recalls and ban imports of high risk food products that haven't been inspected.. "It is better than the situation right now, but I'm not happy with inspection schedule," said Corbo. Plunkett said he too prefers the House bill, but that the Senate bill still makes important changes."From the consumer perspective, the House bill is a lot stronger, the Senate bill is geared toward catching things before they happen. It puts in place a preventative structure."Whether the Senate will act in time to reach agreement with the House still remains unclear, but there remains some hope."It's on our to do list for the fall," said an aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. Rep. Dingell said he remained hopeful."Speed is always an  MORE at link...            Thu. August 19, 2010                 nonadult false Congress nears last push to revamp food inspections text blog 15 10 5.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=16553824&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_6460933_8771_16553824_ap_160X120.jpg false 1 0 2565664 16553824 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_Well-done-Learn-about-Chemical-Sensitivity-video-from-Helium-Videos/BLOG/2565654/8771.html test Very well done video and explains chemical difficulties and building practices. Worth checking out. :) Click here: Learn about Chemical Sensitivity video from Helium Videos [image] test Very well done video and explains chemical difficulties and building practices. 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Worth checking out. :) Click here: Learn about Chemical Sensitivity video from Helium Videos [image] nonadult false Well done -- Learn about Chemical Sensitivity video from Helium Videos text blog 19 10 5.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=16553824&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_6460933_8771_16553824_ap_160X120.jpg false 1 0 2565654 16553824 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_Dust-to-Dust-The-Health-Effects-of-911/BLOG/2559429/8771.html   Click here: Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11 | Watch Free Documentary Online   Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11 [image]Just days after September 11, 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency assured the public that there should be no concern about any health hazards associated with exposure to smoke and debris in lower Manhattan. This disturbing documentary asks whether the EPA’s pronouncement was based on science or politics. Now many of the first-responders who risked their lives within that toxic chemical soup are seriously ill or dying. Filmmaker Heidi Dehncke-Fisher and producer Bruce Kennedy reveal how 9/11’s latest victims are America’s forgotten heroes. (Excerpt from sundancechannel.com)   Watch the full documentary now   MORE and Video at link...       Click here: Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11 | Watch Free Documentary Online   Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11 [image]Just days after September 11, 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency assured the public that there should be no concern about any health hazards associated with exposure to smoke and debris in lower Manhattan. This disturbing documentary asks whether the EPA’s pronouncement was based on science or politics. Now many of the first-responders who risked their lives within that toxic chemical soup are seriously ill or dying. Filmmaker Heidi Dehncke-Fisher and producer Bruce Kennedy reveal how 9/11’s latest victims are America’s forgotten heroes. (Excerpt from sundancechannel.com)   Watch the full documentary now   MORE and Video at link...     Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:22:27 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_Dust-to-Dust-The-Health-Effects-of-911/BLOG/2559429/8771.html ldelp84227 2010-08-17T15:22:27Z Green TV   Click here: Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11 | Watch Free Documentary Online   Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11 [image]Just days after September 11, 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency assured the public that there should be no concern about any health hazards associated with exposure to smoke and debris in lower Manhattan. This disturbing documentary asks whether the EPA’s pronouncement was based on science or politics. Now many of the first-responders who risked their lives within that toxic chemical soup are seriously ill or dying. Filmmaker Heidi Dehncke-Fisher and producer Bruce Kennedy reveal how 9/11’s latest victims are America’s forgotten heroes. (Excerpt from sundancechannel.com)   Watch the full documentary now   MORE and Video at link...     nonadult false Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11 text blog 18 10 5.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=16553824&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_6460933_8771_16553824_ap_160X120.jpg false 1 0 2559429 16553824 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_The-ugly-side-of-beauty/BLOG/2557795/8771.html   The ugly side of beauty In No More Dirty Looks, former Montrealers Siobhan O’Connor and Alexandra Spunt dish on the dangers of our beauty products, the trials and tribulations of finding natural alternatives and why we should change our habits now [image]LOOKING GOOD: O’Connor (L) and Spunt by SACHA JACKSON It’s called a Brazilian blowout. “I used to get my nails done at this salon in L.A., and I’ve got really big, curly hair, so every time I went, they were like, ‘Oh! You have to get the Brazilian blowout, it’s amazing,’” says Alexandra Spunt, co-author with Siobhan O’Connor of No More Dirty Looks, a new book that covers what’s in our cosmetics, what they’re doing to our bodies and what we can do to change it. “We both started real jobs when we were really young,” says Spunt. “Part of our ritual as friends was doing these fun things together. Sort of, ‘We work so hard, let’s go to the spa.’ Truthfully, neither of us are particularly high-maintenance.” Full disclosure: both O’Connor and Spunt worked the phones as receptionists at the Mirror before moving on to editorial and freelance positions. Though they’re born and bred Montrealers, they’ve spent the better part of the last decade living and working in New York and L.A. Indeed, when I meet them at a café in Outremont, they are both wonderfully fresh-faced for two women who’ve spent the better part of the past week celebrating at launches on both coasts. “We’ve always sort of been into beauty,” says O’Connor. “I would go to L.A. and we’d go to Larchmont, do masks at home, silly, girly things because that’s what you do when you’re…” MORE at link... “Silly and girly,” Spunt chimes in. They’re not alone. Cosmetics are a $35-billion industry in North America. A recent study by British company Superdrug found [image]that the average woman spends $13,500 on make-up in her lifetime, and that’s not including things like manicures, pedicures, waxings and hair dyes. The average adult slathers on 2,000 chemicals every day, in everything from body lotion to shaving cream, deodorant to chapstick. Even those who consider themselves low-maintenance— men, we are looking at you—are not immune. But back to the salon. “Siobhan was in from New York and a friend of ours was hosting a party and we decided to go get this treatment,” says Spunt. “I started off in a smaller room and Alexandra was in the main area and they had to take me out because it was getting so intense,” says O’Connor. “The fumes were just wild. They opened the windows, our eyes were watering, we were coughing, they gave us goggles.” Which, as they say in No More, seemed perfectly natural at the time. Once the goggles were off, however, their perspective started to change. What was in the treatment that could both make their hair silky smooth and their eyes water? What they found was pretty scary. Not only did the blowout include natural keratin, it also had formaldehyde—better known as the stuff they pump into dead people. “We’re sold these things that aren’t good for us and we’re told that it’s going to make us look good,” says O’Connor. “At the end of the day, it’s doing bad things to your body and it doesn’t make you look good.” CRUSADE FOR CLEAN The day before I met them, Spunt and O’Connor participated in a media conference call that included U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky, Tammy Baldwin and Ed Markey and activist, cancer survivor and beloved Nanny Fran Drescher. The call MORE at link...     The ugly side of beauty In No More Dirty Looks, former Montrealers Siobhan O’Connor and Alexandra Spunt dish on the dangers of our beauty products, the trials and tribulations of finding natural alternatives and why we should change our habits now [image]LOOKING GOOD: O’Connor (L) and Spunt by SACHA JACKSON It’s called a Brazilian blowout. “I used to get my nails done at this salon in L.A., and I’ve got really big, curly hair, so every time I went, they were like, ‘Oh! You have to get the Brazilian blowout, it’s amazing,’” says Alexandra Spunt, co-author with Siobhan O’Connor of No More Dirty Looks, a new book that covers what’s in our cosmetics, what they’re doing to our bodies and what we can do to change it. “We both started real jobs when we were really young,” says Spunt. “Part of our ritual as friends was doing these fun things together. Sort of, ‘We work so hard, let’s go to the spa.’ Truthfully, neither of us are particularly high-maintenance.” Full disclosure: both O’Connor and Spunt worked the phones as receptionists at the Mirror before moving on to editorial and freelance positions. Though they’re born and bred Montrealers, they’ve spent the better part of the last decade living and working in New York and L.A. Indeed, when I meet them at a café in Outremont, they are both wonderfully fresh-faced for two women who’ve spent the better part of the past week celebrating at launches on both coasts. “We’ve always sort of been into beauty,” says O’Connor. “I would go to L.A. and we’d go to Larchmont, do masks at home, silly, girly things because that’s what you do when you’re…” MORE at link... “Silly and girly,” Spunt chimes in. They’re not alone. Cosmetics are a $35-billion industry in North America. A recent study by British company Superdrug found [image]that the average woman spends $13,500 on make-up in her lifetime, and that’s not including things like manicures, pedicures, waxings and hair dyes. The average adult slathers on 2,000 chemicals every day, in everything from body lotion to shaving cream, deodorant to chapstick. Even those who consider themselves low-maintenance— men, we are looking at you—are not immune. But back to the salon. “Siobhan was in from New York and a friend of ours was hosting a party and we decided to go get this treatment,” says Spunt. “I started off in a smaller room and Alexandra was in the main area and they had to take me out because it was getting so intense,” says O’Connor. “The fumes were just wild. They opened the windows, our eyes were watering, we were coughing, they gave us goggles.” Which, as they say in No More, seemed perfectly natural at the time. Once the goggles were off, however, their perspective started to change. What was in the treatment that could both make their hair silky smooth and their eyes water? What they found was pretty scary. Not only did the blowout include natural keratin, it also had formaldehyde—better known as the stuff they pump into dead people. “We’re sold these things that aren’t good for us and we’re told that it’s going to make us look good,” says O’Connor. “At the end of the day, it’s doing bad things to your body and it doesn’t make you look good.” CRUSADE FOR CLEAN The day before I met them, Spunt and O’Connor participated in a media conference call that included U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky, Tammy Baldwin and Ed Markey and activist, cancer survivor and beloved Nanny Fran Drescher. The call MORE at link...   Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:27:13 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_The-ugly-side-of-beauty/BLOG/2557795/8771.html ldelp84227 2010-08-17T03:27:13Z Green TV   The ugly side of beauty In No More Dirty Looks, former Montrealers Siobhan O’Connor and Alexandra Spunt dish on the dangers of our beauty products, the trials and tribulations of finding natural alternatives and why we should change our habits now [image]LOOKING GOOD: O’Connor (L) and Spunt by SACHA JACKSON It’s called a Brazilian blowout. “I used to get my nails done at this salon in L.A., and I’ve got really big, curly hair, so every time I went, they were like, ‘Oh! You have to get the Brazilian blowout, it’s amazing,’” says Alexandra Spunt, co-author with Siobhan O’Connor of No More Dirty Looks, a new book that covers what’s in our cosmetics, what they’re doing to our bodies and what we can do to change it. “We both started real jobs when we were really young,” says Spunt. “Part of our ritual as friends was doing these fun things together. Sort of, ‘We work so hard, let’s go to the spa.’ Truthfully, neither of us are particularly high-maintenance.” Full disclosure: both O’Connor and Spunt worked the phones as receptionists at the Mirror before moving on to editorial and freelance positions. Though they’re born and bred Montrealers, they’ve spent the better part of the last decade living and working in New York and L.A. Indeed, when I meet them at a café in Outremont, they are both wonderfully fresh-faced for two women who’ve spent the better part of the past week celebrating at launches on both coasts. “We’ve always sort of been into beauty,” says O’Connor. “I would go to L.A. and we’d go to Larchmont, do masks at home, silly, girly things because that’s what you do when you’re…” MORE at link... “Silly and girly,” Spunt chimes in. They’re not alone. Cosmetics are a $35-billion industry in North America. A recent study by British company Superdrug found [image]that the average woman spends $13,500 on make-up in her lifetime, and that’s not including things like manicures, pedicures, waxings and hair dyes. The average adult slathers on 2,000 chemicals every day, in everything from body lotion to shaving cream, deodorant to chapstick. Even those who consider themselves low-maintenance— men, we are looking at you—are not immune. But back to the salon. “Siobhan was in from New York and a friend of ours was hosting a party and we decided to go get this treatment,” says Spunt. “I started off in a smaller room and Alexandra was in the main area and they had to take me out because it was getting so intense,” says O’Connor. “The fumes were just wild. They opened the windows, our eyes were watering, we were coughing, they gave us goggles.” Which, as they say in No More, seemed perfectly natural at the time. Once the goggles were off, however, their perspective started to change. What was in the treatment that could both make their hair silky smooth and their eyes water? What they found was pretty scary. Not only did the blowout include natural keratin, it also had formaldehyde—better known as the stuff they pump into dead people. “We’re sold these things that aren’t good for us and we’re told that it’s going to make us look good,” says O’Connor. “At the end of the day, it’s doing bad things to your body and it doesn’t make you look good.” CRUSADE FOR CLEAN The day before I met them, Spunt and O’Connor participated in a media conference call that included U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky, Tammy Baldwin and Ed Markey and activist, cancer survivor and beloved Nanny Fran Drescher. The call MORE at link...   nonadult false The ugly side of beauty text blog 17 10 5.0 http://community.greentv.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=16553824&as=8771 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/8771/photos/PHOTO_6460933_8771_16553824_ap_160X120.jpg false 1 0 2557795 16553824 Member 0 http://community.greentv.com/_Great-Whites-Close-Cape-Cod-Beaches-Again/BLOG/2557781/8771.html   Click here: Great Whites Close Cape Cod Beaches, Again - AOL Travel News [image] Great Whites Close Cape Cod Beaches, Again - AOL Travel News Great Whites Close Cape Cod Beaches, Again by Fran Golden Subscribe to Fran Golden's postsPosted Aug 13th 2010 08:56 AM     [image]The sighting of a 14-foot great white shark forced officials to hastily close beaches in Chatham, Massachusetts. The shark was one of several great whites spotted off Cape Cod this summer. And this time the giant creature was right inside Chatham's harbor.The Cape Cod Times reports beach and harbor patrols scrambled to get swimmers out of the water.The town issued a swimming ban from popular Lighthouse Beach to the border with Orleans.Town and state officials were trying to determine whether the shark was a stray or was accompanied by other sharks, and whether it was safe to reopen the beaches this weekend.Due to the string of great white shark sightings, officials have urged Cape beach-goers to stay on alert.It may all sound like a scene out of "Jaws," which was filmed off nearby Martha's Vineyard. But in reality, the numbers this summer are rare, and the last fatal attack off Massachusetts was in 1936.Meanwhile, the creatures have proven a tourist attraction, with some visitors coming to Chatham hoping for a shark sighting, though from the shore. MORE  at link...     Click here: Great Whites Close Cape Cod Beaches, Again - AOL Travel News [image] Great Whites Close Cape Cod Beaches, Again - AOL Travel News Great Whites Close Cape Cod Beaches, Again by Fran Golden Subscribe to Fran Golden's postsPosted Aug 13th 2010 08:56 AM     [image]The sighting of a 14-foot great white shark forced officials to hastily close beaches in Chatham, Massachusetts. The shark was one of several great whites spotted off Cape Cod this summer. And this time the giant creature was right inside Chatham's harbor.The Cape Cod Times reports beach and harbor patrols scrambled to get swimmers out of the water.The town issued a swimming ban from popular Lighthouse Beach to the border with Orleans.Town and state officials were trying to determine whether the shark was a stray or was accompanied by other sharks, and whether it was safe to reopen the beaches this weekend.Due to the string of great white shark sightings, officials have urged Cape beach-goers to stay on alert.It may all sound like a scene out of "Jaws," which was filmed off nearby Martha's Vineyard. But in reality, the numbers this summer are rare, and the last fatal attack off Massachusetts was in 1936.Meanwhile, the creatures have proven a tourist attraction, with some visitors coming to Chatham hoping for a shark sighting, though from the shore. MORE  at link...   Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:19:05 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_Great-Whites-Close-Cape-Cod-Beaches-Again/BLOG/2557781/8771.html ldelp84227 2010-08-17T03:19:05Z Green TV   Click here: Great Whites Close Cape Cod Beaches, Again - AOL Travel News [image] Great Whites Close Cape Cod Beaches, Again - AOL Travel News Great Whites Close Cape Cod Beaches, Again by Fran Golden Subscribe to Fran Golden's postsPosted Aug 13th 2010 08:56 AM     [image]The sighting of a 14-foot great white shark forced officials to hastily close beaches in Chatham, Massachusetts. The shark was one of several great whites spotted off Cape Cod this summer. And this time the giant creature was right inside Chatham's harbor.The Cape Cod Times reports beach and harbor patrols scrambled to get swimmers out of the water.The town issued a swimming ban from popular Lighthouse Beach to the border with Orleans.Town and state officials were trying to determine whether the shark was a stray or was accompanied by other sharks, and whether it was safe to reopen the beaches this weekend.Due to the string of great white shark sightings, officials have urged Cape beach-goers to stay on alert.It may all sound like a scene out of "Jaws," which was filmed off nearby Martha's Vineyard. But in reality, the numbers this summer are rare, and the last fatal attack off Massachusetts was in 1936.Meanwhile, the creatures have proven a tourist attraction, with some visitors coming to Chatham hoping for a shark sighting, though from the shore. 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He had prepared himself to hear the words "cancer" and "tumor," but a plant growing in his lung? "Probably about a half-an-inch, which is a pretty big thing of course," said Sveden. Sveden had been sick for months. He was already fighting emphysema when his health took a turn for the worse. "I was not doing too well, a lot of coughing. I was very listless," said Sveden. On Memorial Day, Sveden's wife called 911, and he was rushed to a hospital where doctors took X-rays and found his left lung collapsed. For two weeks they ran tests but they all came back negative for cancer, until one doctor found the plant growing in his lung. "Whether this would have gone full-term and I'd be working for the jolly green giant, I don't know. I think the thing that finally dawned on me is that it wasn't the cancer," said Sveden. Sveden said he never felt anything growing in his chest, just a lot of coughing. Doctors suspect he had eaten a pea at some point in the last couple of months and it went down the wrong way, and then began to grow. "One of the first meals I had in the hospital after the surgery had peas for the vegetable. I laughed to myself and ate them," said Sveden. His wife, Nancy, was beyond happy with this strange twist of fate. "God has such a sense of humor. It could have been just nothing, but it had to be a pea, and it had to be sprouting," said Nancy Sveden. Ron Sveden continues to recover at home. Friends and neighbors have had fun with this; they sent him pea seeds and canned peas all in good fun.   MORE at link plus video...   Click here: Inhaled pea sprouts in man's lung | WCNC.com | Charlotte Videos, Breaking News | WCNC.com | News for Charlotte, No   Inhaled pea sprouts in man's lung     by Ryan Schulties / WBBH, NBC affiliate WBBH, NBC affiliate Posted on August 10, 2010 at 11:21 AM Updated Thursday, Aug 12 at 7:50 AM     BREWSTER, Mass. -- Doctors in Massachusetts thought the growth in Ron Sveden's lung was a tumor, but when they looked closer they found an unbelievable surprise. "I was told I had a pea seed in my lung that had split and had sprouted," said Sveden. It was not the diagnosis he was expecting. He had prepared himself to hear the words "cancer" and "tumor," but a plant growing in his lung? "Probably about a half-an-inch, which is a pretty big thing of course," said Sveden. Sveden had been sick for months. He was already fighting emphysema when his health took a turn for the worse. "I was not doing too well, a lot of coughing. I was very listless," said Sveden. On Memorial Day, Sveden's wife called 911, and he was rushed to a hospital where doctors took X-rays and found his left lung collapsed. For two weeks they ran tests but they all came back negative for cancer, until one doctor found the plant growing in his lung. "Whether this would have gone full-term and I'd be working for the jolly green giant, I don't know. I think the thing that finally dawned on me is that it wasn't the cancer," said Sveden. Sveden said he never felt anything growing in his chest, just a lot of coughing. Doctors suspect he had eaten a pea at some point in the last couple of months and it went down the wrong way, and then began to grow. "One of the first meals I had in the hospital after the surgery had peas for the vegetable. I laughed to myself and ate them," said Sveden. His wife, Nancy, was beyond happy with this strange twist of fate. "God has such a sense of humor. It could have been just nothing, but it had to be a pea, and it had to be sprouting," said Nancy Sveden. Ron Sveden continues to recover at home. Friends and neighbors have had fun with this; they sent him pea seeds and canned peas all in good fun.   MORE at link plus video... Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:34:59 GMT http://community.greentv.com/_Inhaled-pea-sprouts-in-man/BLOG/2554677/8771.html ldelp84227 2010-08-15T11:34:59Z Green TV   Click here: Inhaled pea sprouts in man's lung | WCNC.com | Charlotte Videos, Breaking News | WCNC.com | News for Charlotte, No   Inhaled pea sprouts in man's lung     by Ryan Schulties / WBBH, NBC affiliate WBBH, NBC affiliate Posted on August 10, 2010 at 11:21 AM Updated Thursday, Aug 12 at 7:50 AM     BREWSTER, Mass. -- Doctors in Massachusetts thought the growth in Ron Sveden's lung was a tumor, but when they looked closer they found an unbelievable surprise. "I was told I had a pea seed in my lung that had split and had sprouted," said Sveden. It was not the diagnosis he was expecting. He had prepared himself to hear the words "cancer" and "tumor," but a plant growing in his lung? "Probably about a half-an-inch, which is a pretty big thing of course," said Sveden. Sveden had been sick for months. He was already fighting emphysema when his health took a turn for the worse. "I was not doing too well, a lot of coughing. I was very listless," said Sveden. On Memorial Day, Sveden's wife called 911, and he was rushed to a hospital where doctors took X-rays and found his left lung collapsed. For two weeks they ran tests but they all came back negative for cancer, until one doctor found the plant growing in his lung. "Whether this would have gone full-term and I'd be working for the jolly green giant, I don't know. I think the thing that finally dawned on me is that it wasn't the cancer," said Sveden. Sveden said he never felt anything growing in his chest, just a lot of coughing. Doctors suspect he had eaten a pea at some point in the last couple of months and it went down the wrong way, and then began to grow. "One of the first meals I had in the hospital after the surgery had peas for the vegetable. I laughed to myself and ate them," said Sveden. His wife, Nancy, was beyond happy with this strange twist of fate. "God has such a sense of humor. It could have been just nothing, but it had to be a pea, and it had to be sprouting," said Nancy Sveden. Ron Sveden continues to recover at home. 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