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Bottom Line's Prescription Alternatives Earl L. Mindell, RPh, PhD with Virginia Hopkins, MA See book keywords and concepts

Fumes from copy machines and laser printers can have a strongly irritating effect, too. Quercetin can be very helpful in decreasing allergic inflammation. Take 1,000 to 2,000 mg a day and eat plenty of red onions, brussels sprouts, red apples, bell peppers, asparagus, and kale. Vitamin B6 taken with omega-6 essential fatty acids (found in evening primrose oil) can also take the edge off of eye allergies. Vitamin C (1,000 to 2,000 mg a day) also helps relieve allergic inflammation.

Power Healing: Use the New Integrated Medicine to Cure Yourself Leo Galland See book keywords and concepts

The first category are volatile organic compounds (VOCs), invisible gases emitted from paints, adhesives, carpeting, wall coverings, new furniture, building materials, solvents, cleaning solutions, copy machines, and laser printers. Studies using experimental chambers have shown that VOCs can cause irritation of the respiratory system in humans and animals at levels one hundred times weaker than permissible exposure levels or the World Health Organization Indoor Air Guidelines.

All these office machines, including laser printers, emit VOCs during their operation. To decrease your exposure, I recommend that you keep all printers and copiers in one room (preferably not a bedroom), run them at a time of day when you or members of your family can leave the room, and run an exhaust fan after printing or copying more than just a few pages at one time. To safeguard your home from environmental toxins: ?Don't allow tobacco smoking inside your home. ?Remove shoes upon entering your home from outside. ?

Do not use a computer printer in the bedroom; laser printers, in particular, emit irritating and allergenic VOCs when they print. Keep pets out. Encase pillows and mattresses in an impermeable fabric. These may be ordered by mail from Allergy and Asthma Shopper, P.O. Box 239, Fate, TX 75132, (800) 447-1100; or Allergy Control Products, 96 Danbury Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877, (8°°) 422-DUST. If you use plastic bed-covers, allow the plastic to air out and off-gas for a few days before sleeping on it. Avoid the use of feather pillows, wool blankets, or down comforters.

Prescription Alternatives, Third Edition: Hundreds of Safe, Natural Prescription-Free Remedies to Restore and Maintain Your Health Earl L. Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

Fumes from copy machines and laser printers can have a strongly irritating effect too. Quercetin can be very helpful in decreasing allergic inflammation. Take 1,000 to 2,000 mg a day and eat plenty of red onions, Brussels sprouts, red apples, bell peppers, asparagus and kale. Vitamin B6 taken with omega-6 essential fatty acids (found in evening primrose oil) can also take the edge off of eye allergies. Vitamin C (1,000 to 2,000 mg a day) also helps relieve allergic inflammation.

Nontoxic, Natural and Earthwise Debra Lynn Dadd See book keywords and concepts

Recycles toner cartridges for copy machines and for laser printers. Crayons_ Harmful materials: paraffin. Children's crayons are generally considered quite safe. The Clinical Toxicology of Consumer Products gives them a fating somewhere between "practically nontoxic" and "slightly toxic," which means that a seventy-five pound child would have to eat between one and two cups of crayons for a toxic effect to occur. Even so, standard crayons are made from nonrenewable petrochemical products.

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