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Tag: Chemicals

Posted onApril 20, 2019April 26, 2019Airlines

Americans Don’t Care About Safety

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If it’s not a Boeing, I’m not going. That’s a phrase I’ve heard often over the course of my 20-plus career as a flight attendant…

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Posted onApril 20, 2019March 2, 2021Airline uniforms

Crematories & “Safe” Chemicals

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What does Bill Clinton’s sex life have in common with dead people? I’ll get to that in a moment. First, a little bit about me.…

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Posted onApril 20, 2019April 26, 2019Airline uniforms

Wake Up and Smell the Formaldehyde

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There’s a school that suspends kids for wearing deodorant,” said my 12-year-old son on the way to school one morning. “It was on a YouTube…

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Posted onJune 26, 2018April 26, 2019Toxic Uniforms

Airlines Slow to Respond to Health and Safety Standards for Flight Attendants

by Heather Poole3 Comments on Airlines Slow to Respond to Health and Safety Standards for Flight Attendants

Initially, the Harvard Flight Attendant Health Study set out to learn how flame retardants in the home affect the endocrine system. Who better to study than…

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Posted onMay 30, 2018May 7, 2019Uncategorized

Dear Kamala Harris, Our Airline Uniform Made Us Sick

by Heather Poole1 Comment on Dear Kamala Harris, Our Airline Uniform Made Us Sick

Dear Kamala Harris, I’d like to say thank you. Thank you for caring about people, all people, regardless of race, age, gender, social status or…

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Posted onJanuary 8, 2018April 26, 2019Uncategorized

Welcome to the Club Nobody Wants to Join

by Heather Poole4 Comments on Welcome to the Club Nobody Wants to Join

Welcome to the club nobody wants to be a part of. That’s how we greet newbies who join our support group for American Airlines employees who’ve had reactions to toxic chemicals…

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Posted onSeptember 21, 2017April 26, 2019Uncategorized

Fly Me: It’s 2017, so why are flight attendants still being sexualized?

by Heather Poole1 Comment on Fly Me: It’s 2017, so why are flight attendants still being sexualized?

  I’m a flight attendant. My job is to make sure passengers get from point A to point B as safely as possible, which is…

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Posted onJuly 5, 2017April 26, 2019Uncategorized

My Uniform Made Me Sick. Could The Same Thing Happen To a Hockey Star?

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  On Friday nights in Dallas, when I was in high school, I liked to go to free concerts in the West End. My friends…

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Posted onJuly 5, 2017April 26, 2019Uncategorized

Connect the Dots: Can Airplanes and Toxic Uniforms be Linked to Thyroid Disorders and Infertility?

by Heather PooleLeave a comment on Connect the Dots: Can Airplanes and Toxic Uniforms be Linked to Thyroid Disorders and Infertility?

A couple of weeks ago the New York Times published a story about cats that have hypothyroidism. A few people tweeted the link to me. One…

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Posted onJuly 5, 2017April 26, 2019Uncategorized

Open Letter: Why I won’t wear the American Airlines uniform

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Dear Ms. Surdek, My name is Heather Poole, but you probably know me better as employee 447110. I’ve been a flight attendant with American for…

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Posted onJuly 5, 2017April 26, 2019Uncategorized

American’s uniform crisis: Airline shirks responsibility as people keep getting sick

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  After President Bill Clinton stated, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” the world focused on two words, “sexual relations” and what…

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Posted onJuly 5, 2017April 26, 2019Uncategorized

An Open Letter About American Airlines’ Uniform Crisis

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Dear Kerry Philipovitch: I’ve been a flight attendant for over 21 years. I’ve loved my job so much that I wrote a bestselling book about it,…

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Posted onJuly 5, 2017April 26, 2019Uncategorized

My Uniform Makes Me Sick: (Part 3) Interview with Dr. William J. Rea about toxic clothing

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Before Sept. 20, 2016, I would have never dreamed of scratching my a — , er, butt cheek in public. Now that’s all I want to do…

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Posted onFebruary 20, 2017April 26, 2019Uncategorized

My Uniform Makes Me Sick (Part 2)

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Flight attendants never forget the first time they see themselves in uniform. It’s one of the most exciting moments of their career, even when the…

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Posted onFebruary 2, 2017April 26, 2019Airline uniforms

My Uniform Makes Me Sick (Literally)

by Heather Poole5 Comments on My Uniform Makes Me Sick (Literally)

You’re at the airport. Your flight is cancelled. Nobody knows why. The only answer you’ve been given is totally lacking in information and, based on…

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