In support of Dr. Peter Binz and all other doctors worldwide who care enough about their patients to first do no harm, to listen to us when we speak, and to become detectives in order to connect the dots between cause and effect and to rigorously review the available scientific studies and journals that support our multiple symptoms; our hats are off to you, we applaud you and say “keep up the great work”.

Toxic Injury reached epidemic proportions decades ago. It has been, for the most part, shoved under the carpet, for the financial benefit of Industries, as have its devastating consequences. It is reported that Pharmaceutical companies spend twice the amount of money on marketing drugs than they do on actual research. Whether you know it or not, all of us, you, me, our children, carry the direct consequences of the choices our government, businesses and others make. Look around you and see what is really happening to the health of all the world’s citizenry and to our planet, and then support the doctors who take their patients toxically induced and /or exacerbated illnesses seriously and care enough to provide the very best available treatment to their patients. Those injured by environmental and consumer product toxins cannot use pharmaceutical based medical care. They must seek alternative practices; this includes many of the beneficial remedies, known for their relative safety and efficacy for treatment of specific disorders, health maintenance and disease prevention, used previous to the pharmaceutical revolution. These treatments never stopped working; they were just suppressed in favor of the more lucrative pharmaceutical industry. The specialists and care givers, who are willing to treat those with toxically induced and /or exacerbated illnesses/ injuries without “drugs” should be able to do their job without being harassed or threatened.

Long before we were even born, THOMAS EDISON stated, “The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.” . . . the future is here, it is past time to heed these words of wisdom.

We are an often unseen (medically required isolation), misunderstood (thru ignorance); yet an enormous and rapidly growing population of disabled citizens, including children (our future leaders) as well as the men and women of our military services. While our disability may be more complex than some, this does not make our lives any less valuable, less important, nor disposable. Yet daily, we are discriminated against, abused, neglected and deprived of our rights, privileges and proper medical care because of lack of physicians trained in treating our condition.

The prevalence of these illnesses and the lack of knowledgeable and qualified doctors, clearly warrant adequate training and continuing education in this field. We need to provide health care professionals the information they need to better identify and treat toxic injury/illness early, before disability develops. Misdiagnosis, mistreatment, and discrimination against those with toxically induced and exacerbated illness must stop

The need to change our ideas and practices to protect all citizens, our children, our pets, our livestock, our agriculture, our industries and our environment, is imperative. No one can afford to blindly continue using consumer products that contain toxic substances or being exposed to environmental toxins. The price tag is too high, and the bill is fast coming due. The rapidly increasing numbers of those disabled by toxic injuries testify to that.

As doctors become aware of the numerous toxic effects of many chemicals found in our everyday environment and surroundings, they need to be commended, not persecuted. There are diagnostic codes for “Toxic Injury”. It is to all our advantage to put them to use.

Some ICD-9 Codes: 272.7 – E997.2
V82.5 Screening for chemical poisoning and other contamination.
349.82 Encephalopathy due to chemical toxin.
380.22 Acute chemical otitis external.
500-508 Pneumoconioses And Other Lung Diseases Due To External Agents
500 Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis
501 Asbestosis
502 Pneumoconiosis due to other silica or silicates
506.4 Chronic Respiratory Conditions Due To Fumes And Vapors: {Emphysema (diffuse) (chronic)} {Obliterative bronchiolitis (chronic) (subacute)} {Pulmonary fibrosis (chronic)} due to inhalation of chemical fumes and vapors
692.4 Contact dermatitis from chemical product.
975 Poisoning By Agents Primarily Acting On The Smooth & Skeletal Muscles & Respiratory System
987.6 Toxic Effect Of Chlorine Gas
987.9 Toxic Effect Of Unspecified Gas, Fume, Or Vapor
989.0 Toxic Effect Of Hydrocyanic Acid And Cyanides Potassium cyanide; Sodium cyanide
989.3 Toxic Effect Of Organophosphate And Carbamate Carbaryl; Dichlorvos; Malathion; Parathion; Phorate; Phosdrin
989.4 Toxic Effect Of Other Pesticides, NEC Mixtures of insecticides
989.6 Toxic Effect Of Soaps And Detergent
995.66 Anaphylactic Shock Due To Food Additives
E997.2 Injury due to war operations by gases, fumes, and chemicals

MORE STATISTICS AND CODES:
http://www.mcsbeaconofhope.com/stat2005.html
Injury and Poisoning (800-999) http://www.disabilitydurations.com/icd9top.htm
http://www.disabilitydurations.com/icd_8.htm

Sincerely, your friends in Hope & Health at the “MCS” Beacon of Hope Foundation,
Peggy, Julia, and Jennifer

Peggy Troiano, Founder and Program Manager:
Largo, Florida 33771
Email: mcsbeaconofhope@yahoo.com

Julia Williams, Executive Director:
Largo, Florida 33771
E-mail: juliamcs2004@yahoo.com

Jennifer McKinnis, Accommodations Advocate &
Pacific NW Regional Representative
Hermiston, OR 97838-6812
E-mail: mckinnis@oregontrail.net

Brigitte Bartels, Wuppertal, Germany

MONIKA KENNEL, PALM CITY , FLORIDA

Prof.Dr.H.J.Bocker, Switzerland and Canada

The accusations against him as also the methods applied are a disgrace that revive memories of German history of the previous century. However, I wonder: where are his German colleagues, where are the German politicians, where are the German journalists who could and can contribute to a termination of this disgraceful suit leading to a full “acquittal” and compensation for the unjust pain and suffering as well as for the financial losses suffered?

Dorte Pugliese

We’ve got it backwards. Insurance companies pay mostly for treatments that keep patients sick and dependent on medical care for years and sometimes lifetimes. Physicians that provide treatments that actually work but are considered alternative are not only unsupported by the majority of their colleagues but are vilified and put on trial. We support chemical companies and big business over the health of our people, wildlife, and planet.

Will we wake up before it’s too late?

PlanetThrive.com voices its support of Dr. Peter Binz as a physician risking everything to treat his patients and report the truth. Our survival as a species is dependent on creating fertile ground in which physicians of his ilk can practice without fear of persecution. I urge others to stand in public support of this brave physician.

Julie Genser
founder and director
Planet Thrive, Inc.
http://www.planetthrive.com

The chemical manufacturers will simply have to face up to the fact that their products are killing the earth on which we all live. Perfume manufacturers have to do likewise, instead of putting a new one on the market every day.

Iris Edna Thorogood, B.Sc., M.D.C.M.
Ottawa Environmental Health Clinic….Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

The EHAO would like to express its support for Dr. Binz and other Environmental Health Practitioners who diagnose and treat patients with Environmental Sensitivities, Multiple Chemical Sensitivites, etc. In Canada, this condition is recognized as a legal disability by the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

1. ES is a disease caused by toxic injury on the one hand and detoxification deficiency on the other. Exposure to toxic chemicals (e.g. pesticides, solvents, paints, carbon emmissions, mycotixins, plastizers, flame retardants) in some individuals who are physically incapable of detoxifying these chemicals results in neurotoxicity and inflammation,
immune system damage and endocrine disruption. These in turn create extreme chemical hypersensitivity, and open the door to multi-organ system illnesses,
common among which are respiratory illnesses, vasculitis, diabetes, chronic fatigue syndrome (with viral infections), gastro-intestinal and genito-urinary disorders, fibromyalgia and arthritis, and chronic bacterial and fungal infections.

2. While ES, like other diseases, appears in some individuals to be a result of a genetic lack of detoxification capacities meeting a chemical overload, a severe enough chemical exposure can induce this illness in any person, at any stage of life. Everyone is at risk for ES.

3. ES at early stages or in a mild form presents with symptoms that range from nuisance to considerable discomfort. However, if not treated, or if the initial exposure is severe enough, symptoms can, and do become illness-producing, financially disabling and life-threatening. Hence, ES is a very serious disease that requires an array of appropriate medical, social and financial supports in the same way as other diseases and disabilities do.

4. Safe and generally effective treatment of ES capable of stopping further deterioration and in many cases restoring high degrees of well-being and functioning is known and accepted by knowledgeable clinicians. It consists of two broad dimensions:

a. A safe home environment, chemically clean and with special features where the damaged and toxic systems can rest and recover – this is a precondition to improvement;
b. An established and proven array of treatments to detoxify the body and support damaged organs and functions, applied case by case as appropriate.

5. ES has been recognized as a disability by the Canadian Human Rights Commmission (2007), the Canada Pension Plan (CPP – 1998), Worker’s Compensation Boards in Nova Scotia and Ontario. It has been incorporated in curriculum by the American Medical Association; The Ontario College of Family Physicians. Health Canada has sponsored two workshops (1990 and 1992) on MCS. The Ontario Ministry of Health published the ‘Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Environmental Hypersensitivity Disorders ‘ which provided the first definition in Canada. The Ministry funds medical research projects on ES. In 1994 it provided $1.5 million for the creation of the Environmental Health Clinic at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto; this clinic collaborates with medical research projects at the University of Toronto. In short, ES is known and understood as an illness of toxic injury and as a disability.

6. The classification of ES as psychogenic in causation and psychiatric in treatment is wrong and causes many forms of harm to ES patients. Whatever neurological effects ES has – and however they may manifest in apparently psychiatric problems such as depression, anxiety, disorientation, or in difficulties in cognition, memory and executive function in specific individuals – the causation of ES is physiological: toxic injury, detoxification insufficiency. Hence the treatment for ES must address these two fundamental causes. While some unknown proportion of ES sufferers benefit from anti-depressants and tranquilizers, others find these drugs toxic and harmful because they are not able to metabolize them. In either case, we consider such a psychiatric causation classification to be a form of medical malpractice.

Regards,
Linda Nolan-Leeming,
President, EHAO
Environmental Health Assoc of Ontario
Canada
http://www.aeha.ca
tel 613-290-3969, fax 613-6924603