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only people living way up north would get it. I had flu-like symptoms for 2 weeks, lost 20lbs, ankle feet and hands got very swollen.
Programs that condone the continued purchase and installation of wood burning devices fail to place public health and environmental protection above the financial interests of the wood burning industry - as represented by the Hearth, Patio, and Barbecue Association, which for far too long has placed profit above people. Many people have continue to suffer greatly from toxic emissions of EPA certified stoves and other wood burning appliances in their neighbourhoods.
who show clinical signs of borreliosis. Many of the diseases are transmitted in far less time even than the 24 hours you allow, and few people can actually pinpoint how long a tick was attached. Indeed, many people don’t ever see the tiny, poppy seed sized nymphal tick that bit them, so if they find one tick you might want to assume that they were exposed to unobserved ticks as well, and your “24 hr” window of safety is not useful.
I was diagnosed with Lyme 3/19. No doctor here knew how to treat it. My primary doctors gave me doxy for two weeks but wouldn’t give me anymore
Igenex Lab probably gets more positive test results because they also test for a California strain of B. burgdorferi, not just the New York strain that all other labs test for. We are 3,000 miles away and have different strains and species. What you test for does make a difference.
I was seeing a nurse practioner also. Her husband’s niece came out with Lyme and they told me about her doctor in Marble Falls, Texas. She is a Lyme-literate doctor and thinks she can help me with my Lymes.
The wood burning industry’s business interests should not come before clean air and public health protection - which depends upon residential wood burning bans.
and he wouldn’t give anything for my joint pain or swelling. It was so bad I couldn’t walk.
Irma Garcia, South Texas
A single dose of doxycycline is not very effective. Two doses of time- release doxy is better and a 10% azithromycin cream applied topically is apparently more effective than either. Perhaps you could review the most current information.
MulchStock
It is time to stop condoning the burning of wood in any urban area, where cleaner and healthier alternatives to wood burning are available. In addition to clean burning natural gas, propane, electricity, solar panels and heat pumps are available - and wood burning appliances should not be condoned in any way, by any government department or health organization, for residential use.
Our west coast ticks are not called deer ticks. “Deer tick” is a common name for Ixodes scapularis. Our ticks are Ixodes pacificus. Guy Kovner of the Press Democrat made the same mistake.
I just saw the Mulchstock articles in the October issue and just wanted to say thank you so much. You went above and beyond printing that spread for us. I really appreciate it! We’re in outreach mania as we look for 250 volunteers, but your help is huge!
Kellen Watson
Program Coordinator,Daily Acts
The continued use and installation of new wood burning appliances are in no way an answer to the problem of wood smoke pollution. They create smoke pollution, and they are part of theproblem.
Once again, thank you for even bothering to treat patients with Borreliosis- many medical providers won’t do even that much in this County. Unfortunately, most of them have been misinformed and cannot recognize most of the tick-borne illnesses that occur here.
Grateful for Trash Pickers
Karen Miller
Healdsburg
Target Lyme, (707)843-0197 hbgkaren@sonic.net
More cleanups were organized this year than ever. We have pulled an incredible amount of plastic out of our environment and we have saved an untold amount of needless suffering and deaths of our sea creatures. Don’t forget the next cleanup is 11/07/15
Cathy Baiton
Thank you for your response on the article on Lyme. Your understanding of the science is much more nuanced than mine-- I am working from the current medical recommendations, some evolution through local experience and reading some of the alternative Lyme literature, and then the PD article added onto this. It seems that the prevalence of disease is much more common than conventional thinking would suggest, more congruent with the data you have. Hopefully, clinical practice catches up in the near future.
Keary and Sally Sorenson
Volunteer coordinators of marine debris Sonoma Coast State Park
Supervisors planned a meeting to vote on whether Ken and Diane Wilson’s Hale Winery would be allowed to have a permit.That very day, the meeting was rescheduled for October 17th. Hale Winery would be a 25,000 case winery with twelve events a year. The Wilson’s own nine more wineries in Sonoma County. In an article that appeared in the Press Democrat on October 12th, Susan Gorin stated, “”This (referring to the Hale Winery) could be an indication of where the Board is going on new wineries, tasting rooms and events.”
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Thanks for your input.
Laboratory results of wood burning appliances are nothing like real- world emissions. Wood stoves also deteriorate and become less effective with use and over time. When two or more new wood stoves or pellet stoves are used in a neighbourhood or community, that toxic pollution is multiplied.
We are in unprecedented territory regarding climate change. In spite of what some say about El Nino, no one knows if or when it will occur. On October 25th in the Press Democrat, Jan Null, a consulting meteorologist states, “El Nino hype is in full swing.” It’s predicted that the heaviest rainfall will be in Southern California and
Dr. Gary Pace
For the same reasons that make cigarette smoking bans essential, wood burning must be banned in residential areas, where no amount of wood smoke is acceptable.
We would like to thank all of the volunteers who showed up on tje cleanup days this year. And a special thank you goes out to those who have organized the cleanups here in Sonoma County.
Please promote an end to all residential wood burning, both indoor and outdoor, in order to help preserve and protect the highest standard of clean air attainable, for better public health.
End Wood Burning
Dear Vesta,
On October 12th, the Board of
Dear Editor,
I have Lyme. I live in south Texas .
I never saw the tic but I did get tested and I did get bulls eye rash. I thought