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The Environmental Illness Resource is an information resource and interactive community site for people suffering from a range of chronic illnesses which are poorly understood and for which there is currently very limited healthcare available. We have chosen to group these conditions under the title of 'Environmental Illnesses' and they include Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalopathy (ME/CFS), Fibromyalgia, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), and allergies.

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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 06 July 2010 )

Spanish Professor Suffering from Mercury Intoxication and Chemical Sensitivity Begins Hunger Strike

Annie Hopper discusses neuroplasticity and its health implications with Dr. Norman Doidge

Liga SFC (CFS/ME League, Spain) - As of yesterday, July 26, 2010, Professor Servando Perez, President of Mercuriados Spain (people affected by chronic mercury intoxication), has began a hunger strike.

Prof Perez was diagnosed two years ago as having Chronic Mercury Intoxication and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS). His case went to the highest court in Spain and a judged ruled that Prof Perez had chronic mercury intoxicaton due to dental fillings and that the Spanish public health care system (Social Security) should treat his condition with chelation or refer him to a private clinic to do so and pay the costs. This was an incredible legal precendent.

Needless to say that Professor Perez has not been treated yet and the Social Security has been doing everything possible to make sure that him, as with other MCS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephylitis and Fibromyalgia patients in Spain, do not receive proper medical services from the public health care system.

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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 28 July 2010 )

Home environmental factors increase asthma severity in children

New research reveals that environmental factors in the home have a significant influence on the severity of symptoms experienced by children with asthma.

The study which looked at the living conditions of almost 1000 children diagnosed with asthma found factors suggestive of high pollution and mold exposure such as living on busy streets and having bedrooms at basement level were associated with poor control of symptoms.

Among children in developed countries roughly 1 in 10 suffers from asthma. The condition is the result of the muscles lining the airways contracting, triggering the airways to narrow and become inflamed which causes difficulty breathing and the other symptoms of asthma namely coughing, wheezing and tightness in the chest.

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Last Updated ( Monday, 19 July 2010 )