When there was a flood in Louisiana, many of us found a way to help out.
We have a local problem. One of our hospitals has mold, and it needs cash to carry it through while it solves the problem. The people in that hospital, private or not, deserve our support. You see, that’s what a hospital is — people like you and me, supporting others with expert care and kindness when they really need it.
Now what this hospital needs is funding to make sure all the extras, like the Mom and Me program for new moms, still have funding. St. John’s Regional Medical Center offers a lot of other free and wonderful services to our community.
I’ve never played stocks or gambled much, but this is an investment in my community’s future. I hope you all will join me in sending some cash into the future where it may give us ease. Gifts like these have a way of returning.
— Wendy Verdades, Ventura
Every parent in America should receive a book on proper nutrition and exercise. The savings to the tax payer in the long run would be monumental. On page one should be a warning about tap water for infants. The FDA amounts of fluoride in our tap water is causing numerous health problems. The FDA even admits it's bad.
I would also prefer St. Johns Hospital to use hydrogen peroxide instead of chlorine. Chlorine is the stuff terrorists in Iraq use for dirty bombs. Why are they spraying it all over the hospital.
Thank you Dr. Stien. Your knowlege of nothing never ceases to amase me.
Michael, Michael, Michael!
1. It's chlorine dioxide...not straight chlorine. Dangerous? Yes. But, not the same thing.
2. 'Dirty Bombs' are not chemical in nature, they're radiological. And, no one has used a radiological dirty bomb in Iraq.
3. Most newly pregnant mothers DO receive a booklet on proper nutrition.
4. They're using chlorine dioxide to get rid of the mold. Will it work? I don't know. But, it seems to have worked in NOLA.
5. I suppose if they had wanted to bleach the walls, and the hair of the nurses, they would have decided on hydrogen peroxide.
Information regarding death in humans exposed to atmospheres of chlorine dioxide is limited to a single
case in which a bleach tank worker died after being exposed for an unspecified amount of time (Elkins
1959). A chlorine dioxide vapor concentration of 19 ppm (52.4 mg/m3) was measured inside the tank.
Limited information is available regarding death in laboratory animals exposed to atmospheres of
chlorine dioxide. Death resulted from the exposure of a single guinea pig for 44 minutes to an airborne
chlorine dioxide concentration of 150 ppm (420 mg/m3); at the same concentration, exposure for 5 or
15 minutes was not lethal (Haller and Northgraves 1955).
Dalhamn (1957) exposed four rats to approximately 260 ppm (728 mg/m3) of chlorine dioxide for
2 hours. One of the rats died during exposure and the remaining three rats were sacrificed immediately
following the 2-hour exposure period. Microscopic examination revealed pulmonary edema and
circulatory engorgement. Dalhamn (1957) also reported death in three of five rats exposed to
approximately 10 ppm (28 mg/m3) of chlorine dioxide, 4 hours/day for up to nine exposures in a 13-day
period; clinical signs of toxicity included rhinorrhea and altered respiration.
In another study, rats were repeatedly exposed for 1 month (15 minutes/exposure, 2 or 4 times/day) to
atmospheres containing 15 ppm (42 mg/m3) of chlorine dioxide (Paulet and Desbrousses 1974). Death
was noted in 1/10 and 1/15 rats exposed 2 or 4 times/day, respectively. Histological examination of the
exposed rats revealed nasal and ocular inflammation, bronchitis, and alveolar lesions. No deaths occurred
in rats similarly exposed to 10 ppm (28 mg/m3) of chlorine dioxide.
So I guess your right. I stand corrected.