Environmental illness bad chemistry

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Summary: Perfumes, aerosols, plastic on television sets-for some people, these everyday chemicals may create health problems ranging from headaches, to breathing difficulties, to loss of consciousness. This program examines the medical and political dimensions of Environmental Illness (EI)-the controversial and mysterious condition whose victims cannot tolerate common chemicals of modern life. Clinical ecologists, a new breed of doctors specializing in EI, believe the condition may result from damage to the immune system caused by exposure to the chemicals that saturate our environment and by overuse of antibiotics. But other physicians do not recognize EI as a medical condition and condemn those who treat it as "cult practitioners. The dispute has given rise to political action, involving government agencies at the city, state, and federal level, and heated in-fighting in the medical profession. EI sufferers are caught in the middle.

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Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (60 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
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Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2008], c1990.

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General Note:	Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on Dec. 31, 2008. Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. Multi-User.
Formatted Contents Note:	Chemicals in the Modern World (2:53) -- Consequences of Chemistry (2:54) -- Home Interiors: Chemical Saturation (3:57) -- Environmental Illness: Physical or Emotional? (3:20) -- Sick-Building Syndrome (4:16) -- Environmental Illness: Case Study (3:51) -- Products for Chemically Sensitive People (2:36) -- Environmental Illness: Somatization Disorder? (4:23) -- Isolation of EI Patients (4:40) -- Physical and Psychiatric Treatment for EI Patients (5:32) -- Victims of a Phenol Spill (4:53) -- Chemical Reaction Symptoms (4:59) -- Chemical Exposure and Law Suits (4:12) -- Environmental Illness: All in the Mind? (6:22)
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Target Audience Note:	11 & up.
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