
~ 4 - I.A.S. Newsletter, April 1966 













































IT COULD BE YOU (Continued) 
well, Liver disorders, anemia, leukemia, brain hemorrhages and 
mental illness are the more severe manifestations of chemical 
toxicity. However, it is with the insidious, mystifying aspects 
of chemical sensitivity that most chemically sensitive individuals, 
knowingly or unknowingly, must cope. These are: Chronic or long 
lasting headaches; eye hemorrhages, photosensitivity, vision 
disturbances including depth perception, color sense; sinusitis 
occurring at time of pesticide application; fatigue; and depression. 
Personality disorders: short temper, unreasonableness, poor judg- 
ment (varying to degree) garrulousness, periods of inarticulateness, 
dizzy spells, memory lapses, and accident proneness. Skin disorders; 
chronic edema coupled with overweight; underweight (pesticides in- 
terfere with metabolic functions); chronic indigestion; abdominal 
cramps; excessive menstrual bleeding; numbness of toes, fingers, 
arms or legs; circulatory disorders; systemic nervous disorders; 
and flu, or some or all of its symptoms, more than once a year 
and "once" is suspect if it recurs at approximately the same time 
of year, or after pesticide application. 
The degree of effect can be relatively severe in all these instances 
Weill or minor things one just "lives with." Unbelievably a single 
4 sensitive individual can be and often is subject to almost all of 
the aforementioned symptoms. I know; I've been there! It would be 
wise to add that undue sensitivity to the following are also fair 
warning: perfume, gas appliance fumes, paint fumes, and auto 
exhaust, 
There are distinguishing correlations among the chemically sensitive 
in reactions to: aerasols,plastic waxes, dusting sprays, etc.; 
individual use of pesticides in and about the home, mothballs 
fumigating materials, and weed killers; residence in communities 
having mosquito abatement or a dutch elm disease control program. 
Allergy proneness seems to be allied. Allergy plays a somewhat 
important role in that one out of every four children and one of 
every five adults is allergic, (Allergy Foundation figures. ) 
An Allergy prone individual can become sensitive to any widely used 
substance. Many have definite difficulty during heavy air pollution 
days and a study is being conducted by the University of Illinois. 
Air pollution and smog are classed as petrochemical, Asthmatic attacks 
are often precipitated by pesticide application, a fact known to 
most allergists. It is a sad commentary, though, that most practicing 
physicians are not fully aware of the involvement of chemical abuse 
to the human system in spite of the swelling number of research 

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