What YOU and I Can Do to Reduce Toxins - Stop Watching Fireworks!????

Susie Collins has a most interesting online community about multiple chemical sensitivity called 'The Canary Report'.  I have always LOVED that title because I have always said that I've felt like I am virtually like a canary in a cage, or was when my symptoms were worse.  (To use the Full Barrel Syndrome analogy, my barrel has gotten emptied in recent years so I'm not as sensitive as I used to be, but anything I used to be sensitive to, I still avoid as I know it's a toxin and my body is just able to compensate now, as hopefully all healthier people do... BUT..... <just think about it for a second>). 

So I found it welcome reading today on facebook when I saw that she posted her annual information about the polluting effects of fireworks.  I'm providing the link for you and encourage you to go read -- as a consumer I've chosen to stop coloring my hair (or do it much less frequently and in a way that greatly reduces my chemical contribution to myself, my stylist and everyone downstream from the salon's drain), pay more for hair and skin care products that don't contain chemicals which are known to mess with your hormone system or contribute to your risk of getting cancer.  I find it interesting that last night I really go caught up watching a most incredible sunset and didn't want to go out of my way to watch fireworks -- maybe there was something else at work in my mind that I'd not thought of.  Traditions are HARD to change -- how we eat, which in my opinion is contributing or causing much of the chronic illness in our modern societies, is a prime example.  So, here's more food for thought -- about how we spend our resources of time, energy and money when it comes to July 4 in the US.... Yup, they're fun all right but is it worth it? Here's the link, I encourage you to take a minute and follow/read.... Thanks, Susie, for your dedication to education about this critical subject of MCS. ~~ Mardy

www.thecanaryreport.org/2010/07/04/celebrating-independence-youre-doing-it-wrong/

(You'll see on Susie's cite this is a photo copyrighted 2005 Chris Conway and used by permission at The Canary Report -- I thought it was good to transfer it here as 'a picture is worth a thousand words' sometimes, and hopefully it'll encourage you to go read the Report!)