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"Hazardous materials certainly do not recognize a separation between the workplace and the wider environment. Each such product passes though its own life cycle, from invention through technological refinement, then on to mass production, until it reaches obsolescence. Along the way, to paraphrase the advertising slogan of the chemical industry, something it makes will touch your life. My impetus in writing this book is to tell a story that has not yet been told but needs to be heard." - Paul D. Blanc, M.D., How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace (Get the book.) "There is a rich and well-documented history of injury and illness, much of it concentrated in the workplace or in neighborhoods contaminated from spillage just beyond the factory door. This history has a clear and important message to transmit. It shows us how time and again innovative processes have been introduced into large factories or small workshops, novel products have entered the marketplace, and new contaminants have been released into the environment. Each time these have occurred, episodes of disease, disability, and death have ensued." - Paul D. Blanc, M.D., How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace (Get the book.) "Given the changing characteristics of the workplace involving these equipment-oriented tasks, we should not be surprised that carpal tunnel syndrome has exploded on the scene, spreading like a computer virus. But this disease too, just like asbestosis, is not new. Carpal tunnel syndrome is one of a family of conditions known collectively as either cumulative trauma disorders or repetitive strain injuries?" - Paul D. Blanc, M.D., How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace (Get the book.) "Adam Smith is the spiritual godfather of this line of reasoning, although it took later political theorists of laissez-faire economics to develop these market force arguments in relation to workplace and environmental safety and health. By the latter part of the nineteenth century, the Social Darwinists already had quite a bit to say on the subject. They argued that external regulations for safety and health protection were unwarranted because, simply put, business knows best. Yes, they might allow that child labor is an area in which limited governmental purview may be reasonable." - Paul D. Blanc, M.D., How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace (Get the book.)

"They may underperform academically and in the workplace. • If you ask about job histories, you will often find that their pasts are full of job changes. • They may be unemployed and looking for work. • The may be underachieving in the workplace. • Driving Problems • People with ADD/ADHD do more false braking than people in the population at large.They also are cited for more speeding tickets and moving violations. • People with ADD/ADHD are more likely to get into motor vehicle accidents. The accidents are also likely to be more severe." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"Can the workplace promote the cognitive health of baby boomers? Most jobs require us to have social interactions and to use our minds in challenging situations, and can compel us to be physically active, punctual, and driven by a daily sense of purpose. These benefits are positive in the face of the fact that there is little chance of baby boomers retiring as their parents did. Working into old age may now be a financial necessity or a personal choice for our generation. Whatever the case may be, work has the potential to be protective for individuals and good for society as a whole." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"With classes and workshops in mindfulness meditation springing up in cities all over the world—in hospitals, in workplace wellness programs, and in yoga studios—there's every reason to enroll in one to jump-start your ability to become more mindfully aware. You have nothing to lose but a lot of gratuitous negativity. Chapter 8 showed how you can use the Day Reconstruction Method to locate some of your negativity land mines. You can also spot these by reflecting on your typical daily routine and asking yourself which circumstances usher in the most negativity. Is it your commute? Mealtime?" - Barbara Fredrickson, Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life (Get the book.) "Jane, a cutting-edge scholar of relationships in the workplace,1 is also a self-described matchmaker, but she doesn't connect lonely hearts; she connects people with promising, interrelated ideas. She'd connected me to soon-to-be collaborators in the past, so I'd come to trust her intuition. Early in 2003 I received an e-mail from Marcial Losada. He said he'd developed a mathematical model—based on nonlinear dynamics—of my broaden-and-build theory and that we should talk." - Barbara Fredrickson, Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life (Get the book.)

"Relationships and stress in the workplace are also important contributors, and often these factors combine. These are things that need to be dealt with through psychotherapy, exercise, diet, journaling, spiritual growth, and/or a change of circumstances if necessary, which includes getting out of dysfunctional relationships or jobs. If you have severe major depression, medication alone may not suffice; psychotherapy plus medication is better than taking medication alone." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Grain dust, for instance, can be carried spasmodically by the wind from nearby flourmills to a workplace and the allergy may only develop over a period of time. Cigarette smokers are much more likely to develop occupational asthma than non-smokers. This is because the linings of the air passages are damaged by cigarette smoke and they then react more to other triggers. It is important to understand there is a risk that long-term occupational asthma can lead to serious and irreversible airway obstruction." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.) "Occupational Asthma Exposure to offending allergen or irritant substances in the workplace puts many asthma-sensitive people at great risk. Certain occupations and particular industries have been associated with high levels of occupational asthma. These include the heavy metal and chemical industries through to bakeries and supermarkets. Housepainters are at risk because of chemicals in the paints, as are hairdressers who are exposed to chemicals in colourings and petrol station attendants surrounded by fuel fumes." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.) "If occupational asthma has been diagnosed it is best to change your workplace,- if you can't do this at least try to avoid the offending irritant. If these options are not possible you could wear a face mask or use medications before exposure. LIVING WITH ASTHMA So you have been diagnosed as having asthma and have had an asthma attack. What can you expect? A lifetime of taking drugs, frequent trips to your health practitioner and occasional visits to hospital? This may be the case, but you might be able to reduce your reliance on medication by taking some practical steps." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.) "You can take control of your condition and reduce or eliminate your exposure to household and workplace pollutants. þ Keep everything that gives off unpleasant odours out of inhalation range until you need to use them. These include polishes, window and oven cleaners, insecticides, cosmetics, nail polish and remover, glues, etc. Use only in well ventilated areas. Don't buy expensive aerosol cleaners, make your own with natural ingredients. Disconnect your automatic gas stove pilot light—a constant source of gas seepage—and keep gas use to a minimum." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"From the data we gathered at Nina's workplace, we learned that our non-surgical intervention is an ex- Safety in Numbers: The Open Heart Study traordinarily efficient and effective way to jump-start positive life changes. Analyzing the data for this large field experiment brought us many "Eureka!" moments. For years we'd had the evidence that positivity and flourishing go hand-in-hand, but our past data did not allow us to untangle cause and effect. To do that, we needed a true experiment?" - Barbara Fredrickson, Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life (Get the book.)

"Because of my decades of research regarding workplace health and safety, I was long sought after as a resource for various congressional committees and the like. So, I took off my blinders and began to poke around "the Hill," seeking an ear that could hear that all was not right with the American health-care system, and that costliness was the least of it. I could find many an ear, but none that were not captured by lobbyists for Big Pharma, the big hospitals, the American colleges of whatever, and so forth. Congress was owned. So, I decided to learn about the advocacy world." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"Even more than family and friends, or schools and the workplace, our media teaches us what's to be expected and what's "normal." It's not hard for viewers—especially young viewers—to feel that they don't measure up. This can set the stage for an enduring sense of shame that infects interactions with peers and otherwise reduces everyday enjoyments.24 As a culture, we're coming to care a lot about the foods we eat. If we don't want to ingest unnecessary toxins, we buy organic produce. If we want to avoid unhealthy fats, we read ingredient labels. Yet we ingest toxic messages without a thought." - Barbara Fredrickson, Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life (Get the book.)

"Instead, the literature increasingly adopted a strategy that involved accommodation to existing workplace values. In part, this happened because it was felt that Type A personalities themselves were not fundamentally interested in changing—they stood to lose too much. In 1978, Rosenman wrote that doctors should take care to reassure their patients that "alternative behavior [to the classic Type A pattern] is not a threat to their socioeconomic well-being." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.)

"Adults in our society certainly need them; workplace pressures and the demands of raising families can get stifling, and without healthy outlets to alleviate stress, many of us would be tearing our hair out at the roots. Pressure is an inescapable part of work and home life for adults. Homework, the classroom dynamic, and social pressures are things that typically introduce a lot of stress into the lives of school-age children. As a result, many yoga studios now offer classes for kids." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.) "The may be underachieving in the workplace. • Driving Problems • People with ADD/ADHD do more false braking than people in the population at large.They also are cited for more speeding tickets and moving violations. • People with ADD/ADHD are more likely to get into motor vehicle accidents. The accidents are also likely to be more severe. 128 needs to be evaluated for ADD/ADHD, listen closely but don't simply accept a diagnosis and the medication that goes with it." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.) "It doesn't let up as our children get older: there's middle school, then high school, then college, and then the workplace. There are social, emotional, and work-related pressures. Since we can't change this about our society, what we must do is make sure our children are prepared to perform comfortably within it, and the best way to do this is naturally—natural learning, natural whole foods, natural athleticism, and natural sleep patterns. Let's allow children to develop at a different pace than we're dictating now." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"Despite his long-term, serious problems, including preexisting violent feelings toward his workplace, Joe had never before voiced delusions about his coworkers, and he had never acted violently until he was put on Prozac. I concluded that Prozac had complicated his condition and amplified it by making him agitated, paranoid, and psychotic, so that he could no longer control his preexisting aggressive impulses. After reviewing the available records, I also concluded that Joe's psychiatrist had not committed malpractice." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"Your Home Environment People are now exposed to a chemical soup at home and in the workplace. Buildings are tightly sealed for energy efficiency and may trap chemical gasses and dust from a variety of sources. Cleaning agents left on floors and other surfaces dry and can eventually circulate on dust particles throughout the house or workplace and be inhaled with each breath. Fire retardants and other chemicals used in fabrics and foams in furniture, mattresses, and electrical insulation can be irritating to the airway." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"The headmaster justified this by saying that such behaviour by adults would not be allowed 'in the workplace'. This sad man was actually revealing a simple truth. Schools are primarily there to prepare young people to be adult cogs in a machine called 'the workplace'. Children are moulded to become a collective 'hive' mind (a trait of the reptilian brain) rather than expressions of uniqueness. Do the same, behave the same and believe the same. Another thing: why shouldn't adults be allowed to kiss and cuddle 'in the workplace'? Jeeez, only in the Matrix could affection be legislated." - David Icke, Icke David, Infinite Love Is the Only Truth: Everything Else Is Illusion (Get the book.)

"You can build your own community by choosing trusted extended family members, groups of friends, fellow church members, and colleagues in the workplace. The only requirement for membership is that everybody offers up the best of themselves, their passions, capabilities, and resources. And, while they give, they also receive from you. Think about your own Marketplace of Giving. Who are the people in it? Who might you also include? What gifts might you offer?" - Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, M.D., Jen Seda, Choosing Brilliant Health: 9 Choices That Redefine What It Takes to Create Lifelong Vitality and Well-Being (Get the book.) "In most workplace settings, as long as you are embracing the company's values and turning out a high-quality product, you have the creative opportunity to be intentional about how you approach the job. Challenge yourself to build in your Centralities. Sometimes, integrating our passions with our work is impossible. What do we do? Meet Jack. HIT THE ROAD, JACK Two things were guaranteed to stop baby Jack from crying: music and TV As Jack grew, he would bounce to music on the radio while he watched movies." - Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, M.D., Jen Seda, Choosing Brilliant Health: 9 Choices That Redefine What It Takes to Create Lifelong Vitality and Well-Being (Get the book.)

"Whereas prior generations prepared children for the workplace within a society of scarcity," today's children have much higher expectations, "being reared to become pleasure seeking consumers in a prosperous new economy." That along with the increased number of divorces and two working parents leads to much less parental supervision, and such symptoms as irritability, running away from home, decline in schoolwork, and headaches that are all characteristics of what is called "depression." Yet the very label of depression may lead to treatment with SSRIs that does not help and even creates harm." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"He also cited sources from the contemporary western press, including Bernard Shaw, Morley Roberts, and an article from the London Times criticizing the bacteriologically focused public health campaigns of the preceding decade, and citing workplace pollution and poor nutrition as the true 'soil' of disease. His most potent ammunition, however, was drawn from germ theory's recent and bitter defeat in the face of the influenza pandemic." - Roberta Bivins, Alternative Medicine?: A History (Get the book.)

"Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): 12 million cases per year, or 42 percent, of all cases globally as a result of exposure to workplace contaminants, chemical fumes, and indoor and outdoor air pollution The WHO further states that most of the environmentally triggered diseases rank as the biggest killers outright. Below are the diseases with the largest absolute number of deaths annually from environmental factors: ?Cardiovascular disease: 2.6 million deaths each year ?Diarrheal disease: 1.7 million deaths each year ?Lower respiratory infections: 1.5 million deaths each year ?" - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Make sure you have enough to tuck a few teabags into your purse or briefcase or to store at your workplace. Take them with you when you travel. You can get a cup of hot water most anywhere, and it's great to have a lovely cup of tea to sip. Canned tomatoes. Do you like to cook with canned tomatoes? We have some terrific recipes using them that you'll enjoy so pick up a couple of cans. Look for diced or whole tomatoes that are low in sodium. Read the labels carefully to be sure you don't buy tomatoes with added sweetener like high-fructose corn syrup. 0 Nuts." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.) "If you work in an office it will be well worth the effort to SlimDown your workplace. The good news is that more and more people are eager to upgrade the food options and temptations at school and work. I recently spoke with a teacher who told me that her elementary school was making a concerted effort to improve the children's food choices at lunch and at snacktime. It quickly became apparent that it was important for the teachers to serve as examples to their students so no more cookies and candies in the teachers' lounge! Everyone is benefiting from the new standards." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

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