PART TWO: GETTING WELL AGAIN
Much as you may love that new-car smell, it would be
chemical suicide.- Check your home for exposed fiberglass. If your home is
insulated with fiberglass, seal all holes in your ceilings or
walls that lead to insulated areas. If your hot water heater
has a fiberglass blanket, remove it. Also check for fiber-
glass insulation around fans and air conditioners. - If you have gas heat or a gas water heater or stove, ask
your local Health Department to come out to check for
leaks. Your gas company does not have sensitive equip-
ment to find small leaks. Also have a furnace repair per-
son check your furnace and flue. Better yet, switch to all
electric. Fossil fuels bring with them vanadium. Gasoline
and car exhaust similarly bring vanadium. Keep these
vapors away from your home.
The biggest obstacle to all these changes is the feeling that
you are not worth all this trouble. Of course, you are worth it!
And what a fine example you are setting to family members by
getting well. You are rewarding them for their efforts to help
you. And you are teaching them a valuable lesson about the
toxic pollution of our environment. Your recovery will be an
inspiration to everybody. You may be saving lives!Your total cost will probably be under $2,000. These
changes will herald a new era in your life. I have seen every one
of these tasks done in as little as one week when family and
friends pitched in. Healing starts the day they are completed.
Count how many times you cough in 5 minutes. It should go
down to zero. If it does not go to zero, you have missed some-
thing. Go over the whole list. Be more meticulous. Or go on
vacation. You may go to a friend or relative’s house if they are
willing to clean it up for you. This will get you away from as-