CHEMICAL INJURY INFORMATION
To learn more, read Dose-Response Relationship or any of the articles below.
Below are some informative articles, that we hope will help you have a greater understanding of Chemical Injury.
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18) The Unacknowledged Suffering
In the 2020 prevalence data, we learned than over 1,846,800 people, or over 4.9% of the population, had one or more of these acquired health conditions. In this article, we share the unacknowledged suffering and harsh reality in which the majority of people with CI, FM and ME live. The support systems, which are in place for other health conditions, are not available for these 1,846,800 people, resulting in many experiencing a lot of preventable pain, suffering and general hardship.
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17) Prevalence Data For Chemical Injury, Fibromyalgia And Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
In 2020, there were over 1,846,800 people, or over 4.9% of the population of Canada with at least one of these health conditions: 3.5% of the population with Chemical Injury; 1.8% of the population with Fibromyalgia; and 1.4% of the population with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.
16) Preventing Chemical Injury – A Daunting Health Challenge
There is a growing awareness that toxic chemicals in our environment can negatively affect human health and life. Frequently, the focus is on the big global picture, which require governments to be the ones who need to take action in order to protect human health. Therefore, you are often left with the impression that there is very little you can do to protect your own health. In reality, this is not the case. There are a lot of things each person can do to protect their own health, and to encourage and promote change for the improvement of everyone’s health.
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15) Chemical Injury – Going Where The Evidence Leads
Frequently, chemical injury (also called chemical intolerance or chemical sensitivity) is viewed as a mysterious health condition. Some believe that the cause has yet to be discovered and the symptoms are a baffling puzzle and not explainable. Also there is often the perception that the health professionals can’t provide treatment for those affected, because so little is known about it. However, this is actually not the case if you consider the evidence. The existing toxicological information regarding laboratory test animals is very revealing.
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14) The Unregulated Health Hazard Of Scented Products
Sometimes when a person wears perfume, cologne, or any other scented product, the person considers it their own "personal" scent. However, everyone around them will be breathing the scent as well. Consequently, their "personal" scent is no longer personal – it affects others. Perfumes and scented products have been around for centuries. So why are they now becoming a problem? The reason is that centuries ago perfumes were made very naturally using plant oils, flower petals, herbs and spices.
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13) Making The Transition From Scented To Unscented
Steps Regarding Skin
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12) Guidelines For Visiting The Chemically Injured
Since you don’t want to inadvertently make the Chemically Injured person sicker, we developed some guiding principles for you to follow in your preparation for a visit with him or her. These are not rules – only guiding principles. However, you should always keep in mind that the sicker the person is, the stricter the guidelines must be followed!
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Many people believe that chemical injury (chemical intolerance, chemical sensitivity) is a psychiatric disorder. They claim that it is erroneous to think that the symptoms experienced are caused by exposure to toxic chemicals found in some consumer products, such as perfume, laundry detergent, or fabric softener. Often statements are made such as, “No one can be allergic to that many things”; and “It’s all in their head.”
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10) Fighting The Stigma By Exposing The Source
Chemical Injury (Chemical Intolerance, Chemical Sensitivity) is highly stigmatized. This stigma is very pervasive. It hinders the chemically injured from receiving the support they desperately need from the health care systems, governments, family and society. It also hinders solid medical research into diagnostic testing, effective treatments and so on.
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9) Natural Does Not Mean Alternative
Frequently, the terms “natural remedies” and “alternative remedies” are used interchangeably and are viewed as being the same. So are they the same? No! They are not the same. In actual fact, there is a lot of difference between the two, and they should never be used interchangeably. Therefore we need to learn how to distinguish between the two terms.
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8) Housing And Medical Needs Of The Chemically Injured
Currently, the Chemically Injured struggle to find any degree of accommodation in our health system, government programs or in society. Their two greatest medical challenges that need to be addressed are the low-toxicity housing needs and the low-toxicity health care needs.
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7) The Unique Requirements Of The Chemically Injured
A chemically injured person’s unique requirements are many. In a nutshell, they require as pure as possible environment in which to live, work, socialize, etc. Food, water and air must be as free as possible from toxic chemical contamination.
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6) Toxic Reaction - The Body's Alarm System
Frequently when someone reacts to perfume or to other consumer products that contain toxic chemicals, it is assumed that he/she is having an allergic reaction. However, there is a strong possibility that his/her reaction is not an allergic reaction, but a toxic reaction. In both allergic reactions and toxic reactions, there is the similar experience of being exposed to something and having a reaction to that exposure. Although the two types of reactions may have some similarities, they are very different.
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5) Crossing The Toxic Threshold
Everyone is exposed to thousands of toxic chemicals on a daily basis. Some people appear to handle the exposures without demonstrating any negative health effects; and yet other people experience a lot of negative health effects upon exposure.
Many people view toxins in their environment as always being out around them, but never being able to enter their body.
Clinical toxicologists follow the principle: the dose makes the poison. The greater the toxic chemical exposure (dose) an individual has, the greater their response to the poison will be. In the chart below, you will notice that the response progressively increases as the dose increases.
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2) 12 Important Facts About Chemical Injury
1. Chemical Injury affects people of all ages and both genders.
1) An Overview Of Chemical Injury
To remove confusion, we need to clarify that there are two different categories of Chemical Injury.
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