This is the short version of my story without all the details, hopefully this will help others avoid being poisoned.
I was trying to avoid harmful products for a long time since I had overcome a couple of health problems in the past. Been learning how to live healthy, avoiding toxins and toxicants as much as possible. Eating clean food according to God’s food laws. Drinking clean water with minerals. Breathing clean air as much as possible. I finally reached a point in my life when I was feeling better than I ever felt before. I figured out that my endocrine system was functioning properly for the first time, at least much better than anytime before. My sleep, brain function, breathing ect.. I felt better than ever. I enjoyed the flowers and blossoms in the spring, more than I did before. I believe one reason why people use drugs is to relieve themselves from their toxic situation without knowing why they don’t feel good. I believe there is no drug that compares to how good your body feels when your endocrine system is functioning properly without endocrine disruptors.
Then I noticed that I became very sensitive to man made chemicals, cologn, perfume, deodorant, hair spray etc.. Some call this MCS Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, others call it MCAS Mast Cell Activation Syndrome etc.. It became difficult to breath without feeling sick when passing by the cleaning section at the market. Became difficult to enjoy my back yard because my neighbors dryer vents push out toxic fabric softener chemicals into the air etc.. I noticed at the park they were using synthetic rubber in the children’s play area that didn’t smell right, made me dizzy. Even the football field is made of synthetic material that smells bad. I noticed when the wind wasn’t blowing in mid summer, that the air in the city was toxic, smelled like deodorants people use on their body, air fresheners that people use in their automobiles.
I believe my body became used to being clean for the first time and was rejecting everything bad. I realized I was poisoned my entire life since I could remember. I used to poison myself, the people around me were poisoning themselves and each other without knowing about it. We have been conditioned to buying our own poison, put it on our clothes, our body, and use it in our homes.
Then I started cleaning up the house, getting rid of everything with toxic chemicals. I was doing great, thought I was approaching the finish line until I turned on the air conditioner getting ready for the summer. Something was toxic about it, so I had the ducts cleaned. Still didn’t smell right, then had the blower cleaned and evaporator coil cleaned. After this a bunch of nasty smelling air was blowing in, and to my horror I figured out it was fiberglass insulation contamination blowing in through the air conditioner. It was that blown in yellow fiberglass insulation from the attic, and was told by an attic specialist that fiberglass insulation starts to break down after 15 years.
The air coming in from the attic made me feel very ill, made my heart beat fast, raised my blood pressure and couldn’t sleep etc.. Whole body was itching. I could feel it in my veins, my body was having trouble regulating temperature. During this time the other person that shares the house with me was in denial, says that they’re not bothered by it and that it’s all in my head. I started sleeping outside until it became too hot, and after a month in a half we finally had the insulation removed from the attic. 3 months later we replaced the duct work.
After the duct work was replaced I started the clean up process, and now to the point where I’m arguing with this person that the carpet needs to be replaced.
I learned early on that it is impossible to remove fiberglass insulation contamination from carpet and other fabrics. I believe that the main problem is the fiberglass insulation that was blown into the attic when the house was built came with this very fine invisible dust that floats in the air. I believe it is silica dust, or crystalline silica, too fine to see. Too small for HEPA filters to capture. It goes right through HEPA, standard 95 mask, and masks that are supposed to filter fiberglass. Took advantage of when the weather was mild with all the windows open and fans blowing, using a portable air scrubber. HEPA filter tech is old tech, they say it was developed during the 1940’s. I now believe there is no HVAC filter, HEPA filter or air scrubber on the market that will filter this stuff. And I very much doubt that ULPA filtration, ionization, or ozone can do it. I researched all I could and nothing. I know this because I can smell it, feel it in my lungs, skin, and all over my body, inside and out. As soon as I take a shower and leave I begin to feel much better, but have no choice but to later return to the fight.
I tried to get help for a place to stay early on while sorting this out from people I thought were my friends, people I helped in the past and was denied. Just a little spot where I could breath and sleep under some shelter and think straight. I reached out to everyone I know and nothing so I gave up on that. Tried to find live in work, let them know my situation and still nothing. Checked out a local homeless shelter and found it to be overwhelmed with so many in need.
So here I am breathing in this fine dust in winter with the windows closed, still arguing with the person I live with about completing the cleanup by removing the carpet, but is still in denial. I did vacuum the carpet many times and used a wet carpet cleaning machine but it doesn’t remove nearly enough. My lungs hurt, and my entire body itches as my life slowly seems to fade away. The good part is that I will hopefully be able to meet my Creator soon.
Be careful of what kind of insulation you have in your home. If you have a central air system that shares space with the attic be careful not to create a breach in the duct work, or stir any of the dust up into the air, this can be extremely dangerous to the health of those living in the house, and very difficult to remove. There is not enough attention towards the harmful affects of fiberglass insulation. The use of fiberglass insulation seems normal to most people around me and to professionals alike. In my opinion fiberglass insulation should be banned, it is used worldwide. Sure it’s a good insulator but it will eventually kill you if you’re breathing it. They say it causes silicosis, cancer etc..
It’s crazy to use harmful insulation in an attic that shares the same space with the duct work of the central air system of a home. I know just about everything else they try to kill us with but completely missed this one, it literally broad sided me. I live in a deprived society with no help from my neighbors. I’m a financial prisoner in my own fiberglass contaminated home shared with someone that doesn’t want to understand how serious this is. This problem could have been resolved by now.
Be careful out there and take the OP seriously, because this is very real. And watch out for all the other dangers they throw at us. You may be focused on the dangers that are in plain sight and not be able to see what may be close by.