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Title: Allergic to the Twentieth Century: The Explosion in Environmental Allergies--From Sick Buildings to Multiple Chemical Sensitivity by Peter Radetsky, Bill Phillips ISBN: 0-316-73221-4 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: July, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Essential Reading for These Times
Comment: It's a shame this indispensable book has gone out of print because it is one of the best I have read on the subject. Environmental allergies, Sick Building Syndrome, Gulf War Syndrome, or Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) is the subject at hand, and I think it one of the most important subjects of our time. MCS, despite some doctor's insistence that it does not exist, affects every living thing on Earth. An estimated 40 million Americans already show clear and obvious signs of this illness. The rest of us are undoubtedly affected in less obvious ways. We cannot afford to ignore this problem.
One of the most fascinating parts of this book, which has stuck in my memory for a number of years, is descriptions and interviews with the sickest people alive with MCS. The descriptions of their symptoms and the great lengths they must go to just to try to live their lives is tragic and fascinating and a warning to us all.
Even though you may not know how chemical poisoning is affecting you, it almost certainly is. Sticking our collective heads in the sand will not help us, and will almost certainly allow things to get much worse before they get better. Inform yourself and read this book.
Peter Radetsky has experience writing popular science books, and this one is very readable. He interviews a variety of sick people, scientists, doctors, and psychiatrists with a wide range of opinions on the subject. Though the role of infectious pathogens is fairly well understood these days, the role of toxicity has been almost completely ignored by modern science and allopathic medicine. This topic must blow open, sooner or later. In the meantime, we can inform ourselves and take a tip from the sickest among us. We do not need to wait for mainstream science and medicine to acknowledge or solve problems before we act to protect our own health.
It is too bad this book has apparently not gone to paperback because the subject is so important, and this is such a well-done job on the topic. For little more than the price of postage, you can inform yourself on a topic of great importance that we have only begun to scratch the surface of.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very interesting, highly readable!
Comment: I'm an allergy researcher and when I came on this excellent book, I sat down and read it cover to cover. Couldn't put it down. The writer is very good, the information new and interesting, and thought provoking. "Sick Building Syndrome" is quite real and affects many people on a daily basis. I am sad to see that this fine piece of work is out of print. If you can find a copy, I highly recommend it. Tom Ogren, author of Allergy-Free Gardening :::: from Ten Speed Press
Rating: 4
Summary: Interesting
Comment: As someone who has to deal with someone who insists that they have MCS, I found the information quite illuminating. It is truly an interesting book which will make you think of their lives have changed.It really gives a humanizing outlook of someone who has to live in a world where everyone thinks you are crazy.
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Title: Defining Multiple Chemical Sensitivity by Bonnye L. Matthews ISBN: 0786404132 Publisher: McFarland & Company Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Casualties of Progress : Personal Histories from the Chemically Sensitive by Alison Johnson ISBN: 0967561906 Publisher: MCS Information Exchange Pub. Date: 13 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Chemical Sensitivity: The Truth About Environmental Illness (Consumer Health Library) by Stephen J. Barrett, Ronald E. Gots ISBN: 1573921955 Publisher: Prometheus Books Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $32.00 |
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Title: Is This Your Child's World? : How You Can Fix the Schools and Homes That Are Making Your Children Sick by Doris Rapp ISBN: 0553378678 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 04 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A Survival Guide by Pamela Reed Gibson Ph.D. ISBN: 157224173X Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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