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The Work of Julia Kendall (1935 - 1997)

NOTE: Julia's information is now dated. For example, her Twenty Most Common ... refers to 10 million people living with asthma. That number -- in 1997 -- hit 17.6 million according to the CDC's "Fast Stats" . . . and soaring! Now, we're to October 2002 and the latest information I have from ALA Calif. is a whopping 24.7 million people have been diagnosed with asthma. I can only wonder if these numbers wouldn't be skyrocketing had the people already suffering fragrance sensitization had been listened to, instead of ridiculed? Many someones, somewhere in our various agencies charged with protecting public health, should read, and take to heart, The Guy In The Glass by Dale Wimbrow, (c) 1934 at http://www.ehnca.org/ehnlinx/guyglass.htm

Julia looked up the chemicals found in the 1991 and 1992 EPA reports (see links below) and then searched for the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) for them, and that is the information she compiled. MSDS, produced by the industry, give us only a hint of what we might expect to find about any one chemical. Often times, you will read that "The chemical, physical, and toxicological properties have not been thoroughly investigated."

How, praytell, can synthetically scented products be released to market without at the very least carrying the required FDA statement: "WARNING: The safety of this product has not been determined." (See http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-206.html.) I ask you! I haven't gotten any answers from the FDA.

Should you wish to write to the FDA, informing them of your adverse reactions, and/or the reactions of your loved ones, please visit EHN's FDA Petition, where you will find contact information, analyses by reputable laboratories and complementary information. I think we all could do this in memory of Julia. See http://www.ehnca.org/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm. -- barb

Julia's work was based upon the 1991 and 1992 EPA Reports:


  • Julia Kendall's opinion of ABC's John Stossel
    08 Jan 1997
    "The chemical industry has billions to spend on false advertising and planting
    'news' items, and obviously paying Stossel, who, by the way, showed up at
    Ecology House, low cost, subsidized housing, for the disabled, in a stretch limosene,
    hidden behind dark windows and dark sunglasses, to verbally abuse the residents.
    If Stossel had wanted an accurate, honest report, he had the scientic data. I gave it to
    him along with names and phone numbers of respected physicians and scientists. He
    chose to ignore the truth. There are honest journalists. I've worked with quite a few.
    Stossel has chosen to sell his credentials to the highest bidder, the Chemical
    Manufacturer's Association."
    http://home13.inet.tele.dk/mcscphdk/kendall.htm

    Via the Wayback Machine
    http://web.archive.org/web/20010907171813/http://home13.inet.tele.dk/mcscphdk/kendall.htm

    In memory of Julia --

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