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Might You Have Multiple Chemical Sensitivity?
Jan 27, 2019
by Sophia Ruan Gushée   There has never been more awareness to our sensitivities: nuts, dairy, gluten, sulfites, and more. So why not chemicals? Multiple...
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Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs): 7 Simple Tips to Reduce Them at ...
Jan 27, 2019
by Sophia Ruan Gushée   Volatile organic compounds are chemicals that are emitted from both natural and artificial sources. This article focuses on VOCs from...
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Sick Building Syndrome: How One Mom Empowered Herself
Jan 24, 2019
Podcast intro by Sophia Ruan Gushée   Sick building syndrome (SBS), or sick house syndrome, consist of various nonspecific symptoms that occupants of...
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Fragrance detox for your stuffy nose, runny nose, headaches, dizzin...
Jan 15, 2019
by Sophia Ruan Gushée   If you're not sick or suffering from known allergies, what might a stuffy nose or runny nose be trying to tell us? The nose can...
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Meditate on Your Nose
Jan 02, 2019
by Sophia Ruan Gushée   How often do you think about your nose? I rarely do. Except when I have a stuffy nose, runny nose, or sneezing fits. What does the nose...
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4 Tips for Nontoxic Hand Soap
Oct 29, 2018
By Angela Cummings and Sophia Ruan Gushée    Nontoxic hand soap is better for all of us, but especially mothers of babies and young kids, because...
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Is Copper Cookware Safe?
Aug 07, 2018
Increasingly, people are learning that nonstick pots and pans are coated with perfluorochemicals (PFCs), which pose health risks. And they are a family of persistent...
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Get the Lead Out
Mar 28, 2018
by Angela Cummings and Sophia Ruan Gushée   Surprisingly, lead is still found in many consumer products today. While lead was banned from house paint in...
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Formaldehyde in Furniture
Mar 12, 2018
by Angela Cummings and Sophia Ruan Gushée   When buying furniture the first consideration is usually about the look and feel of the furniture. Not about how it...
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Can Furniture Off-gassing Make You Light Headed and Give You Brain ...
Mar 05, 2018
by Angela Cummings and Sophia Ruan Gushée   Did you recently buy new furniture, such as a bed frame, couch, desk or shelving unit? Do you feel tired,...
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Do You Have Indoor Allergies?
Feb 02, 2018
by Angela Cummings and Sophia Ruan Gushée   Do you sometimes come home after being out of the house all day and experience chronic symptoms: scratchy...
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Cell Phone Radiation and How to Protect Yourself
Jan 06, 2018
by Sophia Ruan Gushée and her editorial team   On April 3, 1973, the first mobile phone call was made by a Motorola employee, Martin Cooper. Ten years later, in...
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WiFi Routers: What's A Safe Distance?
Aug 07, 2017
    Within a relatively short time, WiFi has increased its presence in homes, offices, public spaces, coffee shops, various modes of...
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EMF Headaches: Causes, Symptoms & Prevention
Jul 26, 2017
  You can’t see electromagnetic fields (EMF), but that doesn’t mean they're not there. This invisible form of radiation is all around us, yet most people...
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EHS Symptoms from EMF Exposure
Jun 27, 2017
    While researching the biological effects from our modern exposures to chemicals, heavy metals, and electromagnetic fields (EMFs) for my book A to Z of...
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Health Risks from EMF Exposures
Jun 15, 2017
  Reducing your EMF exposures can improve your health both immediately and longer-term. In addition to reducing your risks to the more serious conditions listed below,...
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Are EMFs, WIFI, or Bluetooth Causing Sleep Disturbance?
Mar 21, 2017
  With the exponential growth in internet usage over the past few decades, our bodies have experienced unprecedented exposures to electromagnetic fields...
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