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At 01:34 AM 10/22/95 +0100, you wrote: >Dear listfriends, > >My messages "the good news (1 + 2)" were meant to inform you ABOUT PIBI and to >ask you if you want to help, but NOT to tell you that you should get your >inquiries in Holland. > >You, my dear Listfriends are the best informed sufferers, carers, children >and doctors that excist. >But there are millions of people who don't know where to find the >information. They are NOT a >listmember and most them don't have a modem or a computer. > >WE must help them finding their information. >WE must do the literature search instead of the neurologists; >THEY must find the cause and the CURE. > >Plans are made to start special fundraising for Parkinson's research. >HOW much does it cost to find the cause? >HOW much does it cost to find the cure? >HOW much does it cost to improve QUALITY of life? > >We don't even now how many patients there are in the world. >Is it possible that WE find out how many patients there are in our own country? > >I'll send a table to the list which can be filled with population, patients, >Young Onset. >Please try to fill each row/column and even if an amount is filled change it >if you like. > >The first table is a try-out. Change or add whatever you will. Together w'll >make the best >possible table and get some real figures of PD. > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >------------------------- > Kees Paap Oudedijk 56 > > 3612 AC Tienhoven The Netherlands > > +31 346 281021 FAX + 31 346 281017 > > >Age 45, 6 years PD >Collecting information > >THE POISONING OF AMERICA Do you have dry or runny eyes or throat, dry skin, headaches, lethargy, nausea, respiratory problems? These and many other symptoms are caused by toxic indoor air. Some of the sicknesses caused by contaminated indoor air are Sick Building Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, (Yuppie Disease), Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), mental retardation, brain cancer, lung cancer. These sicknesses some times result in permanent disabilities and death. Often the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is much worse than the air outside the buildings. The health, safety, and lives of great many people are in jeopardy because clean air is not being supplied to them at their homes, their schools, their work. Unhealthy indoor air is a leading cause of sickness in the United States today and it is preventable. In the 1970s the large increase in energy costs resulted in a dedication to energy conservation and the building of "tight buildings." Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems usually are designed and controlled for energy conservation, not for healthy air. In order to save energy, contaminated air is recirculated in buildings again and again, some times for months at a time, so that the air would not have to be heated or cooled. Little or no fresh outside air is brought into the building. This action also results in the progressively increased pollution, this at the expense of the health, and comfort of the building occupants. Contaminated unhealthy air also results in additional costs because employees will have lowered efficiency and increased sick leave time. Much research has been done by private and government organizations to confirm these facts. It does not take scientific research to understand that if people breathe air that is short of oxygen and full of contaminants for 40 hours a week, it will make them sick.. It would make extremely good sense to prevent sickness rather than trying to endure the discomfort and expense of trying to correct sickness. Prevention also is the best way to reduce health care costs. increase productivity, and enjoy a higher quality of life. The public has a right to know when they are working in a hazardous environment; but usually they are not informed. It takes public awareness and strong enforceable laws to make changes that assure the public of Healthy Indoor Air to breathe; Clean healthy Indoor Air certainly is our right. Building occupants have no organization or union to represent them to get unhealthy air problems corrected and they are therefore at the mercy of the building management. We must exert more control over the air we breathe with a demand for governmental and industrial responsibility. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- "Healthy Indoor Air Association (HIAA)" is a non-profit organization. Our purpose : 1. REPRESENT BUILDING OCCUPANTS REGARDING Healthy Indoor Air.. 2. COLLECT AND DISTRIBUTE INFORMATION ON Healthy Indoor Air. 3. SUBMIT AND SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT IMPROVES Indoor Air Quality. We do not sell a product; We do not sell or give away mail lists. We need the volunteer help of Attorneys, Engineers, Doctors, Technicians, and Building Occupants. . We want to hear about problems and suggestions regarding IAQ. healthar @ olympus.net. Founder: R. Lossman (retired HVAC Tech). 70 yr. PD '90. Bad IAQ is the "unknown cause" of much sickness, maybe also PD. WHAT A WASTE! Robert Lossman