WHEREAS, people of all ages and throughout the world have developed illnesses from Toxic Injury, also referred to as Chemically Induced Illness; and in the past some of those who developed intolerance to low-level exposure were diagnosed with Chemical Sensitivity and/or Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS); and

        WHEREAS, Toxic Injury often is characterized by heightened sensitivity to very small amounts of air pollution, petrochemicals and other toxins found in our everyday products and environment; it can start at any age and can be caused by short-term or chronic exposure to one or more chemicals, frequently pesticides and solvents; and

        WHEREAS, Toxic Injury can be life threatening and may include multiple, often disabling illnesses, affecting the respiratory, central nervous (brain), immune, musculoskeletal, porphyrin, energy metabolism and endocrine systems; and

        WHEREAS, Toxic Injury is a chronic debilitating condition for which there is no known cure, causing serious financial, employment, learning, housing, health, social and other consequences; and it is crucial for those with Toxic Injury to have the support and understanding of their government, families, friends and society in general as they struggle with the restrictions and isolation now placed on them; and

        WHEREAS, there are diagnostic codes readily available for toxic effects of many chemicals found in our everyday environment and surroundings; and

        WHEREAS, those suffering with Toxic Injury deserve the same rights, acknowledgment, respect, support and help allotted to other illnesses and disabilities;

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “BUTCH OTTER” , Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim the month of May in the year 2007, to be

T O X I C   I N J U R Y   A W A R E N E S S   A N D   E D U C A T I O N   M O N T H

in Idaho.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this 16^th day of March in the year of our Lord two-thousand and seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-first and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred seventeenth.       

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE