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Have you ever heard of the “Pigpcn Syndrome"? ‘8 } omen's Institute members at- tending the Lennox & Addington District Annual meeting know what it is. Guest speaker Ron Bell of the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy spoke about indoor air quality. He stated that people spend less than ten percent of their time outdoors. and when you con- sider indoor concentrates of organic compounds are two to five times higher in the home than outdoors you realize the risk of pollution in the home. Typical sources include odours and ir- ritants, cigarette smoke, waxes and polishes, plastics and glues and resins. But the most prevalent and overlooked causes are personal care products, such as shampoos. hair sprays, colognes and powders. Now we come to the “Pigpen Syndrome,“ a term coined from that dusty character in the Peanuts comic strip. We breathe our own “cloud,” which is called. our breathing zone. When we inhale all these odours and irritants, they stay in our lungs for pro- longed periods, so that we continue to breathe in what we breathe out. The Women's Institutes in Lennox & Addington, Frontenac and Leeds Counâ€" ties are taking part in a pilot project with the Kingston and Area Lung Associaâ€" tion. WI volunteers will be carrying out a major mailing campaign (to 25,000 rural homes) of a brochure outlining Ten Actions consumers can take to decrease indoor pollutants. This project is one of the outcomes of an Amherst Island Women’s Institute resolution dealing with indoor air qual- ity, and is certainly in keeping with the theme“Sa.fe and Healthy Communi ties.” Submitted by Valerie Smith. Public Relation: Ofiicer. Lennox & Addingwn District. 6 Home & Country, Summer '96 Donors to the FWIO Headquarters Func. DISTRICTS: Algoma Centre Algoma East Brant South Bruce Centre Bruce North Carleton East Carleton West Cochrane Dufterin South Dundas Frontenac Glengarry Grey South Grey West Haldimand West Hastings West Huron South Lambton Centre Lambton North Lambton South Lennox 8. Addington Muskoka North Norfolk South Northumbenand East Ontario North Ontario South Perth Centre Perth Norlh Perth South Prescott Rainy River Rentrew South Simcoa Centre South Lanark Thunder Bay Victoria West Waterloo North Waterloo South Wellington Centre Wellington North Wellington South Wentworth North York North ‘ j IIJIIII. . II! BRANCHES: Alton WI. Peel Norlh Altona WI. Ontario South Arkell WI. Wellington South Bailieboro WI, Durham East Burgoyne WI, Bruce Centre Bishops Mills WI, Durham West Carry-On WI, Wellington North Clachan WI, Elgln West Coningsby WI, Wellington Centre Cooper & Remington WI, Hastings North Lakeshore WI. Noriolk South Lamlash WI, Grey Centre Laura Rose WI, Waterloo South Laurentian View WI, Flentrew North MacCrimmon WI, Glengarry Maynard WI, Grenville Moorelield WI, Wellington North Nassagaweya WI, Halton Peace WI, Perth Nonh Princeton-Woodbury WI, Brant South Flylstone WI, Hastings North Solina WI, Durham West St. George WI, Brant North Sundsrland WI, Ontario North Sunnyview WI, Grey South The Maples WI, Dutterin South Thomdale WI. Middlesex East Washago WI, Simooe East Walton WI, Huron East Woodland Springs WI, Grey South Headquarters Fund as at May 31, 1996 - $406,833.00 / Ill: II a... “"1 I I % I," 1’4?” 74/241 (9-H 7 m ' A â€" W / i', / (1‘ '-r' WWW ._._.._,_â€"â€"vâ€" INDIVIDUALS: Hennalle Ethler Bud & Marg Harris Peggy Roger Pat Salter CORPORATE: Kmart Mutual Group IN MEMORIAM DONATIONS BY: Algoma East District Beavorton WI, Ontario North Blackstock WI, Durham West Ethelda Boa Dromore WI, Grey South Durham West District Edy‘s Mills WI, Lambton South Gordon WI, Manitoulin West Hampden WI, Grey South Harrietsville WI, Middlesex East Bud 8i Marg Harris Lucy KIIngender Peggy Knapp Jane LeVay Maynard WI, Grenville South Joan McPhee Lee Valley WI, Algoma East Palmyra WI, Kent East Parry Sound WI, Parry Sound Stayner WI. Simcoe West Uttoxetor WI, Lambton North Vickers Heights WI. Thunder Bay Waverley WI, Manitoulin West Ann Wilson Jean Wismer infill! II Illillll!