The Invisible Made Visible My synagogue hosted a second night Passover seder last night.

The Invisible Made Visible. What happens when someone can see what is happening to you?

#disability #EnvironmentalSensitivities #ChemicalSensitivity
#FragranceFree #IAQ #ScentFree #InvisibleDisabilities
#EnvironmentalHealth

open.substack.com/pub/environm...

Prevalence of self-reported sensitivities to various environmental factors in Germany, Sweden, and Finland based on multiple classification criteria Our knowledge on the prevalence of self-reported sensitivities to environmental factors is poor. The lack of accepted criteria/assessment makes findin…

#EnvironmentalSensitivities #Sound #MCS #EMF The current study has both strengths and limitations.
According to the authors, various environmental sensitivities affect a considerable proportion of the general populations of the three countries.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Scent-Free Policy for the Workplace What is meant by scent-free? When we talk about scents, we usually mean the smells or odours from ingredients and chemicals in cosmetics (perfume, make-up, shampoo, deodorant, etc.

Also @ccohs.bsky.social
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

#EnvironmentalSensitivities #FragranceFree #ToxicWorkplace
www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/h...

Image description: A person's arms are embracing a large tree trunk with their thumbs and fingers touching in a heart shape. The text is is on the tree: roses are red flowers need bees until you're fragrance-free I'll have to hug trees the words 'seriously 'sensitive' to pollution' are in small text inside the heart

roses are red
flowers need bees
until you're fragrance-free
I'll have to hug trees

#FragranceFree #ScentFree #ValentinesDay
#ShareTheAir #CleanAir #AccessibilityIsLove #hugs
#EnvironmentalSensitivities #MCS #bees #trees

My local big box grocery store had 1 fragrance-free bar soap option. It has disappeared from the shelves. What's left? An olfactory cacophony of perfumed products. What would you do? #fragrancefree #scentfree #environmentalsensitivities #harshsmells #synesthete #chemicalsensitivities #vocs

#scentfree #airpollution #environmentalsensitivities

Accessible Atmospheres and Medically Assisted Death: Dignity, Oppression, and the Eugenic Impulse in Canada Sophia Jaworski - American Ethnological Society In Canada, it is easier to access physician-assisted suicide than it is to secure accessible housing. What sense are we to make of the fact that the Canadian

"what if MAiD, as an emergent technoscientific medical procedure that alleviates individual suffering (with dr assisted death) actually contributes to the erasure of structural oppression rather than addressing it...?"
#ableism
#EnvironmentalSensitivities ...
americanethnologist.org/online-conte...

Fragrance Free Spaces Many people are made seriously sick by scents. Even when scent doesn’t harm us personally, we all have different ideas of what “smells good” and how much is too much. Being fragrance free supports us ...

"The City of Portland has long recognized how fragrances and scents can impact people. And we acted, becoming the first US city to voluntarily ban fragrance"

chemical & #EnvironmentalSensitivities #MCAS
#HumanCanaries #InvisibleDisabilities
#ScentFree #FragranceFree
www.portland.gov/officeofequi...

I'd like to see a list of places that actually enforce a scent-free policy (and what scents they include).

#HumanCanaries #InvisibleDisabilities
chemical & #EnvironmentalSensitivities
#Accessibility #Barriers
#ScentFree #FragranceFree #policy
#HumanRights

Image of a canary wearing a gas mask and Santa hat, perched on a branch inside a wreath that has all kinds of fragranced & other products that emit hazardous air pollutants (rubber duck, plastic toys, fragranced or otherwise toxic laundry products, personal care products, candles, pesticides)... "seriously 'sensitive' to pollution" is written in pale text over the canary's belly.

Holidays are not easy for human canaries these days.
But friends CAN make it better:

seriouslysensitivetopollution.org/2019/12/12/h...

chemical & #EnvironmentalSensitivities
#HumanCanaries
#AirQuality #IAQ
#plastics #Fragrance
#toxic #gifts
#Accessibility #barriers
#holidays
#friends
#solutions

Image of a frayed rope with one strand left. Most strands have been cut, a couple are worn out. Text includes (from top to bottom): multiple chemical sensitivities MCS/ES environmental sensitivities People with MCS experience adverse effects that range from mild to disabling to life threatening from exposures to products and materials made by the oil, gas, and chemical industry. Ever wonder why you've never heard about us? The 'seriously "sensitive" to pollution logo text runs up the upper left side of the image

Image of a frayed rope with one strand left. Most strands have been cut, a couple are worn out. Over the last strand in the middle of what's left of the rope are the words ACCESS IS LOVE Text includes (from top to bottom): SAVE LIVES! BE SCENT-FREE In the middle (right) there is an image of a woman with long dark hair, dark sleeveless top, and long light skirt inside a bubble, with arms upraised, trying to get out. Over her head is the word HELP Under the woman trapped in the bubble is the 'seriously "sensitive" to pollution logo text and the words invisible barriers, invisible disabilities, invisible people systemic barriers, deterioration, people no more In faded text below that and in the background of the entire image are the words BE SCENT-FREE, DON'T POLLUTE, and BE FRAGRANCE-FREE

Image of a frayed rope with one strand left. Most strands have been cut, a couple are worn out. The 'seriously "sensitive" to pollution logo text runs up the right of the rope At the top of the image is the text ~ Canadian Human Rights Commission Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities There is a woman with long dark hair wearing a sleeveless dark top, and light coloured skirt Her arms are raised and extended as if she is in a bubble. Above her head is an arc of bubbles (largest in the middle, with bubbles getting smaller down the sides) with a faded image of the woman inside them. The text below the photo is from the CHRC document, and states: "The health and ability for those with environmental sensitivities rests with the choiuces and actions of others" The words 'invisible barriers, invisible disabilities, invisible people' run across the bottom of the image

What to do when one is at the end of one's cut & frayed rope due to systemic discrimination & systemic accessibility barriers for very basic needs?

Chemical & #EnvironmentalSensitivities #MCS #ES #disability #FossilFuels #ScentFree #FragranceFree #NonToxic #ableism #AccessDenied #AccessIsLove

screenshot What you need to know What is environmental sensitivity? People who have allergies or sensitivity to certain products may have a bad reaction to a much lower level of chemicals, perfumes or environmental triggers than the average person. Their reaction is a medical condition. It is a recognized disability. People with allergies or environmental sensitivity are entitled to protection from its cause. The Canadian Human Right Act protects people with allergies or environmental sensitivities, like any other disability. Employees or clients with environmental sensitivities can ask employers or service providers for accommodation. Employers and service providers must ensure that their facilities are accessible and safe. In the case of environmental sensitivities, this means: - reducing the use of chemicals; - having a scent-free policy; - purchasing less toxic products; ... These measures can prevent injuries and illnesses and reduce health and safety risks. ~ The CHRC

We have a right to be protected from harm, & to have safe access to places & services.
~ The Canadian Human Rights Commission's
Environmental sensitivity & scent-free policies
#EnvironmentalSensitivities #ChemicalSensitivity
#FragranceFree #IAQ #ScentFree #InvisibleDisabilities
#EnvironmentalHealth