Mosquitoes, vets, and pesticides

Posted on Jul 01, 2009 by Susie Collins in Blog, Media/Videos, News

Who’s chirping about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity?

mosquitoLake County News, Chicago, reports on mosquito spraying this Sunday, saying that people with chemical sensitivities “may want to keep their windows and doors closed during spraying.” Oh yeah, thanks, that’s gonna help.

In a related story, WAFF48 News reports foggers spray for the pests in and around neighborhoods but some fear those chemicals could be endangering water supplies. And what about the people and other living things?

WBOY reports Iraq war veteran Ronald Mayle, Jr. was a member of the 1092nd Engineering Battalion who came into contact with sodium dichromate, a anti-corrosive agent. Today, Mayle has health complications including chemical sensitivity, respiratory problems, and throat cysts.

The Dickinson State University Foundation communication director reports in The Dickinson Press that his exposure to pesticides when he sprayed crops during his high school and college years resulted in his being so chemically sensitive that “I can tell you what perfume a woman on the opposite side of the Mall of America is wearing, and cleaning a bathtub with your average powdered cleaner crumbles me like kryptonite does Superman.”

Rebecca Artman of PANDORA reports at Pro Health that a bill to fund a Neuroendocrine Immune Disorder Center of Excellence in New Jersey is approved by Assembly, and now goes before the NJ House. The research center would be dedicated to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalopathy, fibromyalgia, Gulf War Illness, Lyme disease, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, and other environmental illnesses. PANDORA is the non-profit Patient Alliance for Neuroendocrineimmune Disorders Organization for Research and Advocacy based in Coral Gables, Florida. Link to full text of the NJ resolution.

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6 Responses to “Mosquitoes, vets, and pesticides”

  1. Leslie

    03. Jul, 2009

    Mosquito Spraying is one of the lamest, never ending battles of toxicty we ever thought up. Half the time it kills other benificial mosquito eating bugs and animals – then we end upw ith more or the same amount of mosquitos. Not to mention the health hazard of dowsing TONS of people in one city with something that certainly is not good to breathe.
    On a side not, I made my own mosquito repelling oil and it works really good! I took some chocolate mint, regular mint, yarrow, and milkweed flower, lavender and rosemary cuttings- i heated a little olive oil and put the herbs in to soak. It doesn’t smell all that strong but mosquitos won’t land on it for anything. It doesnt bother my MCS either since it’s chem free and natural.

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  2. Susie Collins

    03. Jul, 2009

    Leslie, I’m so impressed that you created your own mosquito repellent! I’ll have to write it down. In what form is the chocolate mint? An oil?

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  3. Leslie

    04. Jul, 2009

    I grew all the herbs so i just threw in the leaves to all of them, and stems. The yarrow has no scent but it enhances the other herbs and it grows native here in fields. :) The oil wasn’t heated for long at all, too much heat will make oil rancid.

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  4. Susie Collins

    05. Jul, 2009

    Leslie, I had no idea there was an herb called chocolate mint! http://www.mountainvalleygrowers.com/menpiperitachocolate.htm

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  5. maria

    17. Jun, 2010

    Hi, I was wondering if anyone can help me. I desperately need a mosquito net for my bedroom that is made with safe materials, organic, non smelling etc… Can anyone suggest me where to find something like that?? Thanks!!

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