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April 2000
Proposal Update
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Morning ~
Monday, April
3, 2000 about 11:00 am (CST)
Morning ~ Tuesday,
April 4, 2000 about 9:30 am (CST)
Morning ~ Wednesday,
April 5, 2000 about 11:50 am (CST)
Meeting
Update ~
Morning ~
Tuesday, April 11, 2000 about 8:00
am (CST)
Morning ~
Wednesday, April 19, 2000 about
7:00 am (CST)
Morning ~
Thursday, April 20, 2000 about 8:00
am (CST)
Proposal Update
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Morning ~
Friday, April 21, 2000 about 7:30
am (CST)
Morning ~
Monday, April 24, 2000 about 11:00
am (CST)
Morning ~ Wednesday,
April 26, 2000 about 11:50 am (CST)
Afternoon ~
Saturday, April 29, 2000 about 4:30
pm (CST)
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Morning
~ Monday, April 3, 2000 about 11:00 am (CST)
We will begin the distribution of Marie's proposal to the
Missouri Baptist Convention entitled
"Sensitivity of the Heart: A Proposal
For Peace."
to several dozen officials of the Missouri Baptist and Southern
Baptist Conventions this week.
The proposal will be also be web-posted to this website later this week.
The revised letter to the President of the Executive
Committee
of the Missouri Baptist Convention,
Jim Hill will also be posted
at that time.
Your prayers are appreciated.
Thank you.
A dozen informational posts are also to be posted late tonight and
tomorrow morning.
More to come ...
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Morning ~
Tuesday, April 4, 2000 about 9:30 am (CST)
As has been noted, we have been working on several other
websites
and projects ... and we almost forgot to post the rest of the information
to this site. Oops!
Here's the first batch.
Five (5) new links:
Three (3) additions to the
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Allergy Information Page
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1)
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Today~*~
Abstracts: Respiratory and Asthmatic
Effects of
Perfumes and Fragranced Products
Seven New Articles * Various Medical Journals
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2)
~*~New
Today~*~
Properties of Raw Fragrance
Materials
Fragranced Products Information Network
These are the characteristics of materials used
in the formulation of fragranced products.
Materials that are possible carcinogens,
considered toxic, or
sensitizers;
materials that readily absorb through the
skin
and target the nerves, lungs, liver, and
kidneys.
Includes Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) Access
and Toxicity Information for each Chemical
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3)
~*~New
Today~*~
Health Conditions
Effected by Fragranced Products
Summary by Betty Bridges, RN
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And, we have added two (2) new links to
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4) ~*~New
Today~*~
Americans With Disabilities
Act
The Actual Text of the Act
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5) ~*~New
Today~*~
Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973
The Actual Text of the Act
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The second batch should be posted late tonight.
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Morning ~ Wednesday, April 5, 2000 about
11:50 am (CST)
"You mean they put hazardous waste in perfumes? Wow,
no way!"
"Yes, way. In perfumes ... and pesticides.
That's why Marie can
not tolerate or has severe allergic or anaphylactic reactions to perfumes
and fragrances. Many of the same toxic chemicals and irritants that
contaminated the pesticides also contaminate fragranced products and
perfumes. Read the series of posts on the website over the next few days.
Then, you will understand"
The above conversation was the reaction of one friend upon hearing
about the next series of posts which will deal with the loopholes in the
trade secret and pesticide regulation laws.
Such laws protect the incorporation of toxic chemicals in consumer
products by labeling them as "trade secret ingredients" and permit
hazardous waste -- including banned pesticides, and hazardous (even
radioactive) waste -- to be recycled in pesticides as "inert ingredients."
We are adding a total of seven (7) pages and links today.
First, we have received permission to post several of the works of the late
activist Julia Kendall -- who died in 1997 of complications from leukemia
and pesticide poisoning.
Six (6) pages added to the
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1) ~*~New
Today~*~
Introduction
The Works of Julia Kendall
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2) ~*~New
Today~*~
Making
Sense of Scents
The Works of Julia Kendall
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3) ~*~New
Today~*~
Twenty
Most Common Chemicals
Found in Thirty-One Fragrance Products
The Works of Julia Kendall
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4) ~*~New
Today~*~
The
Health Risks of Fabric Softeners
The Works of Julia Kendall
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Also, ENH has filed a petition with the FDA to have the fragrance
Eternity by Calvin Klein declared misbranded.
Chemical analysis of this fragrance -- and five others -- revealed
chemicals which are known toxins, carcinogens, irritants, sensitizers,
or which have not been safety tested.
Two independent laboratories identified such chemicals
as
diethyl phthalate (suspected hormone disrupter with ability to
accumulate in the fatty tissues of the human body through skin
absorption);
hydrocinnamaldehyde (targets the testes, epididymis and sperm
ducts);
phenols (suspected carcinogens,
may cause reproductive harm);
benzeneethanol (rated toxic, readily absorbed via skin, central
nervous
system effects); synthetic
musks (recently in the news
as substances
which accumulate in human and animal tissues) and
skin and respiratory
irritants. The petition contains the
laboratory analyses and material
safety data sheets for most of the identified chemicals.
Below we have posted the ENH Press
Release and a link to
the
charted summary of the chemical analysis.
5) ~*~New
Today~*~
ENH Files FDA Petition to have the
Fragrance Eternity by Calvin Klein
Declared Misbranded
ENH Press Release
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6) ~*~New
Today~*~
Summary of Chemical Analysis of Calvin Klein's Eternity
ENH
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And, we have added one new link to
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7) ~*~New
Today~*~
The Secret
Hazards of Pesticides:
Inert Ingredients
Attorney General of New York
New York State Office of the Attorney General
Environmental Protection Bureau February 1996
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Morning ~
Tuesday, April 11, 2000 about 8:00 am (CST)
We are disappointed to report that
there is little or no
*visible* progress toward
resolving this situation.
It
*appears* that
the Missouri Baptist Convention continues
to condone, encourage, and "benefit" from
the unethical,
immoral, and potentially criminal conduct of the
employees
and associates of
Southwest Baptist
University.
The Spring Meeting of the
Executive Committee of the
Missouri Baptist Convention
meeting at Camp Windermere
is concluding this
afternoon.
We recognize, however, that -- due to discretionary
considerations and privacy laws -- some disciplinary (and other)
actions may not be immediately evident for several days.
Therefore, contact and consultation will be made with
the Missouri Baptist Convention
during Easter
week --
on Monday, April
17, 2000.
The results of that consultation will
be posted
here.
We will continue to post pages and additional information
to this site until then.
Thank you.
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Morning ~
Wednesday, April 19, 2000 about 7:00 am (CST)
Our sincere apologies for the delays in postings this week.
Over the last week, we have experienced a variety of technical problems,
other difficulties, and new developments.
We will not take time to elaborate now except to say that Mr. Bill Gates
appears to have a vastly different perception of the what is meant by the
term *technical
support* than the
rest of us.
At this point, the technical problems seem to have been resolved
(due primarily to divine intervention).
These disruptions have hampered and delayed communications, but we
hope to post a full update and a number of new pages
later this evening --
Wednesday, April 19, 2000.
Thank you.
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Thursday, April 20, 2000 about 8:00 am (CST)
Thunderstorms and severe weather in the Southern and Central Missouri
disrupted communications with particular individuals last evening.
We will resume our efforts today and report back this evening.
Three (3) links have been added:
1) ~*~New
Today~*~
How Pesticides Can Cause Someone
to Become Sensitized or Allergic
to Perfumes and Fragranced Products
with comments
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2) ~*~Newly Redesigned
and Updated
Today~*~
Neurological Damage Due
to Exposure to Neurotoxic Solvents
Several Medical Journals
New Update Includes:
Neurospect in Neurotoxic Chemical
Exposure
Demonstration of Long-Term
Functional Abnormalities.
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3) ~*~Newly Redesigned
and Updated Today~*~
Gulf
War Study of MRS Brain Scan Findings
of Brain Stem and Basil Ganglia
Brain Damage from Neurotoxic Chemicals,
Organophosphate Nerve Gas and Pesticides
Various News Coverage
New Update includes:
Gulf
Vet Study Finds Brain Damage
Similar to Tokyo Nerve Gas Victims
Associated Press
April 7, 2000
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Friday, April 21, 2000 about 7:30 am (CST)
The Spring Meeting of the
Executive Committee of the
Missouri
Baptist Convention
meeting at Camp Windermere concluded last
week.
No resolution was reached concerning this situation.
Click below for the minutes of the Executive Committee
Meeting:
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MBC Executive Board Approves
Camp Upgrades, Wills for Ministers
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Although disappointing, this is not unexpected.
Though we will continue to communicate with members of the
Missouri Baptist Convention, we had
already begun implementing
alternative plans and an accelerated schedule.
This Easter Weekend, we will be posting more
details -- including
Marie's proposal to the Missouri Baptist
Convention entitled:
"Sensitivity of the Heart: A Proposal
For Peace."
Also, beginning today, we will be making a number of changes and
additions to this Website and a related Website.
Thank you for your prayers.
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Morning ~
Monday, April 24, 2000 about 11:00 am
(CST)
The Many-Headed Beast
The more we have dealt with the Missouri Baptist
Convention and
Southwest Baptist University,
the more we are forced to acknowledge
that these corporations are, indeed, like the mythical
many-headed beast --
each head with its own objectives, prejudices, personal and political
ambitions ... and "secrets" to keep.
This Easter Weekend, there were several
new developments -- including
new media offers.
During the coming week or so, we will
attempt to reach some form of resolution.
We are, however, concerned that even if we are able to come to
an agreement,
Marie and other witnesses are still in jeopardy of being "devoured" by one
or
the other "heads" while endeavoring to escape.
In plain English, we have been hoping to reach an agreement that will allow
Marie (and other witnesses) to live without
further slander, persecution,
assault, or the continuous threat of violation, defamation, injury, harassment,
or other forms of brutalization or torment by these individuals.
We now recognize that this may be impossible.
As a part of a resolution offer, Marie has
wholeheartedly agreed to leave
the country in order to seek treatment -- although Marie knows
that
such a strenuous trip could (in and of itself) prove fatal.
Marie's proposal and resolution offer to the
Missouri Baptist Convention
entitled:
"Sensitivity of the Heart:
A Proposal For Peace."
has been reworked to incorporate this and other offers.
But, even the promise of Marie leaving the country for treatment (and
thereby lessening the probability of any political or legal fallout) or
the provision that Marie relinquish any effort to complete her
undergraduate
degree at SBU or, perhaps, any other university (thereby minimizing
any
legal complications or repercussions for SBU) does not seem capable
of satiating this multi-headed beast.
The display of malice, hostility, and hatred by
the Missouri Baptist Convention
and Southwest
Baptist University toward Marie or those of us who have been
forced to speak has not, to our knowledge,
diminished.
Apparently, Marie knows too much to be allowed to exist.
As one reporter noted, "They are just waiting for
her to die."
In the witnessed words of one of the members of
First Baptist Church of Bolivar
and a prominent SBU booster (whose relative is a recently-elected
SBU Trustee):
"If Marie died, there would
not be any lawsuit."
The first of some fifteen (15) pre-dawn pesticide
assaults against Marie's
home -- which resulted in the death of three outdoor pets -- began that
week.
The same booster later informed one of Marie's friends,
"You'd better get her [Marie]
a will."
Yes, according to this SBU philosophy:
Dead students tell no
tales.
How can Marie and others hope to escape such a many-headed,
multi-fanged "beast" with their lives in
tact?
"Mercy" is defined by this beast as the complete absence of
responsibility
or consequence for their actions and conduct.
Anyone who questions this definition will
pay ... with their reputations, careers,
families, friends, and, perhaps, with their lives.
"Give us our
'mercy'
now," this beast
seems to hiss, "... or we will
kill."
If Southwest Baptist
University and the
Missouri Baptist
Convention
refuses to discipline and control their employees and
associates or
to honor the laws of either God or Man,
perhaps resorting to publicity
through the National
Media is the
only option left to secure some
degree
of safety for those who have been unfortunate enough to wander into
this beast's dark den.
It is difficult to believe that this grim many-headed beast has
any relationship
to Jesus, the Son of the Holy Living God,
whose Easter Resurrection we
have just celebrated.
We will keep you posted daily as to any
progress made.
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Morning ~
Wednesday, April 26, 2000 about 11:50 am (CST)
Though there is much activity behind the scenes today, we do not
have anything to report publicly at this time.
We have received several inquiries as to whether Marie had any of
these respiratory or asthmatic symptoms as a youngster or young adult.
The short answer is -- no.
Marie did not have any of these respiratory
or asthmatic symptoms
before the exposures to the
unethically and
illegally applied pesticides
and solvents at Southwest Baptist University.
Severe exposure to these toxins caused permanent changes and damage
to Marie's cholinergic system due to the
refusal of SBU officials to provide
her with required and timely medical care and
information on
these
cholinesterase inhibiting pesticides.
Had the antidote been administered promptly, the damage due to
the permanent and
irreversibly
binding of
the
organophosphates
to
the cholinesterase receptors would have been
minimized.
Medical authorities now recognize the link between
the disruption
of the cholinergic system by organophosphate pesticides and other
chemicals as one of three
primary causes of
Occupational
Asthma.
We have one (1) quick page to add to the
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1) ~*~New
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Links Between Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
and Asthma in a Rat Model
of Cholinergic Hypersensitivity: a Brief Review
Toxicology and Industrial Health
with comments
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More links and pages to be added over the next several days.
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Afternoon ~
Saturday, April 29, 2000 about 4:30 pm (CST)
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An Excerpt
from
"So What About the Money?: A Conversation Among
Friends"
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"That's all?! Only 350,000 dollars?!" gasped an exasperated
friend.
"Yep, $350,000," responded another friend.
"You mean Marie offered to settle the litigation against Southwest
Baptist University for only $350,000? Three hundred and
fifty
thousand ... American dollars, right?" the friend
repeated slowly.
"Marie even lowered it to $348,000. Her lawyers offered to settle
it without any charge except to recover their expenses ...
so that
would have left Marie less than $300,000."
"Only 300,000? That's not nearly enough!"
interjected a third friend.
"I agree. That might be enough to pay off some
of the medical debts
and pay for treatment for a year or so, but good medical care is
expensive and most of this is not covered by Medicare or insurance
and has to be paid out-of-pocket ..."
"... and Marie is permanently disabled and will need care for the rest
of her life. She would still need enough money for relocation
to a safe
living situation. And, how would she pay for future bills and living
expenses ... never mind future medical expenses of at least $100,000
or more a year!"
"I know ... I know. Before Marie's mother died, she pleaded with
Marie
not to accept such a nominal offer."
"Her mother?"
"Yes, Marie's mother said that $300,000 wouldn't even come close
to paying for all those life-long expenses, and then Marie would be
left without any means of support."
"That's a ridiculously low amount. Why would Marie agree to make
such an offer even after her mother warned her?"
At the time, Marie thought that she still might be able to recover
some
of the whole use of her hands and legs if she got treatment right away
and ..."
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"Wait a second: 'at the time?' What
time? When did Marie make
this offer?"
"In October of 1992 -- a couple weeks after the
break-in."
"1992?! The year of our Lord nineteen and ninety two ... you mean,
wait, I'm counting ... five, six, seven ... EIGHT years
ago?"
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long
excerpt from:
"So
What About the Money?: A Conversation Among
Friends"
The remainder of:
"So What About the Money?: A Conversation Among
Friends"
is scheduled to be later this week.
No progress to report publicly yet.
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