Healthy schools advocate dies

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Irene WilkenfeldIrene Wilkenfeld served as an environmental health consultant for a national, full-service architectural firm, specializing in school design and construction (Fanning/Howey Associates, Inc.); and as an advocate and consultant to chemically injured teachers and students throughout the United States, Canada, England, Australia and New Zealand. She collected several thousand case histories to document the widespread and insidious nature of the sick school syndrome. Ms. Wilkenfeld was the founder and first president of H.E.A.L. of Michiana (The Human Ecology Action League), a regional educational, information, research and advocacy group, which focuses attention on environmental health issues. She was president of the Indiana State Office of the Chemical Injury Information Network (CIIN). Ms. Wilkenfeld felt strongly that we must all make a personal commitment to explore the human cost of toxic chemicals in our homes, offices and schools. THE SICK SCHOOL SYNDROME can only exist in a conspiracy of silence. Breaking this silence must become a priority for all environmentally aware students, parents, educators, physicians and concerned citizens. Irene died February 29, 2004, Cheyenne, Wyoming, from liver failure, the result of an exposure to Chlordane over 34 years ago.See www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/irene.html for complete information on Irene Wilkenfeld.

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Thanks, , for sending this. I am learning so much on this list. I plan to ask about the school buildings in the town in South Carolina where I taught when I got sick.

Question - I was exposed to chlordane a few times years ago. How would one know that chlordane caused this woman's liver failure years later? I don't want to get paranoid about this. My liver seems to be fine - so just curious as to what her case looked like and how the connection was made.a Carnes

Irene WilkenfeldIrene Wilkenfeld served as an environmental health consultant for a national, full-service architectural firm, specializing in school design and construction (Fanning/Howey Associates, Inc.); and as an advocate and consultant to chemically injured teachers and students throughout the United States, Canada, England, Australia and New Zealand. She collected several thousand case histories to document the widespread and insidious nature of the sick school syndrome. Ms. Wilkenfeld was the founder and first president of H.E.A.L. of Michiana (The Human Ecology Action League), a regional educational, information, research and advocacy group, which focuses attention on environmental health issues. She was president of the Indiana State Office of the Chemical Injury Information Network (CIIN). Ms. Wilkenfeld felt strongly that we must all make a personal commitment to explore the human cost of toxic chemicals in our homes, offices and schools. THE SICK SCHOOL SYNDROME can only exist in a conspiracy of silence. Breaking this silence must become a priority for all environmentally aware students, parents, educators, physicians and concerned citizens. Irene died February 29, 2004, Cheyenne, Wyoming, from liver failure, the result of an exposure to Chlordane over 34 years ago.See www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/irene.html for complete information on Irene Wilkenfeld. FAIR USE NOTICE:This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.