I have never been a heavy bath or beauty product user and only did housework because it must be done, but developing TILT at age 25 and then living it with for about 20 years now…I really believe less is absolutely more. We just really don’t need all that stuff. Within the small set of … Continue reading
I began writing some thirteen years ago after I was inspired by The Human Ecologist‘s request for readers’ thoughts on science as an opposing force to the patient experience. While I certainly feel the tension between the two, I do not want to ever think of them as being foes and I wrote a response … Continue reading
I’ve been trying to stay more up to date on scientific articles that relate to health problems that challenge our household. We’ve got both chemical and food intolerance problems in our TILTed home. Some are allergies we were born with, but most are sensitivities that have developed, leaving us in the limbo of unknown disease … Continue reading
Reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has been in the news due to the recent bills under discussion in the Senate’s Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW). A lot of y’all know plenty about it, probably more than me, so I am reluctant to do a huge review here. But I thought a … Continue reading
When we first moved into our home 15 years ago, I was very ill and desperate. To clarify, I was very ill, my husband and I were both very desperate. Moving to the beach was a last ditch effort to survive. Even though in 2000 we did not have an active internet community to pool … Continue reading
Even if you are not living with an invisible illnesses (like MCS, ME, Fibromyalgia, etc) you have probably been hearing quite a bit about the use of genetic testing to personalize medical treatment. It’s largely being used to assess risks, with varying margins of inaccuracy, for certain diseases, especially cancers. Genetic testing, especially analyzing the … Continue reading
I recently joined Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, a coalition of 11 million individuals who are “fighting for reform of our outdated toxic chemical laws, working with retailers to phase out hazardous chemicals from the marketplace and educating the public about ways to protect one’s family from toxic chemicals.” Ashley Furniture has responded to the group, … Continue reading
