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Community-Style Acupuncture
News and resources to inspire concerned citi-
Center Open House In Ferndale
zens to work together in building a healthier,
C
ommunity Health Acupuncture Center (CHAC), a commu-
stronger society that works for all.
nity-style acupuncture clinic in Ferndale, will hold its spring
open house Saturday, March 21st from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Free ear
Floating Smokestacks
acupuncture treatments will be available to try from 10 am to 2
Sea Diesel Shakedown
p.m. The open house is meant to be an opportunity for people to
While cars have long been
fi nd out more about acupuncture by trying a treatment and talk-
subjected to pollution limits,
ing with the clinic’s founder and acupuncturist, Darlene Berger.
standards for other engines have
Visitors may also take the opportunity anytime during the open
lagged behind; some of the last
house to schedule
holdouts are oceangoing vessels.
an appointment
Now, new international stan-
for a fi rst-time free
dards adopted by member states
treatment at a later
of the International Maritime
date, something that
Organization will close this loophole, cutting pollution
is available to all
from cruise and container ships and other vessels by 80 to
new patients at any
90 percent. Recent U.S. legislation enables our country to
time.
participate.
Community style acupuncture means that patients
Health data in a recent Environmental Defense Fund
are treated in a community setting, usually in recliners. CHAC
report documents how millions of people in hundreds of
charges patients on a sliding scale of $15-$35 per treatment,
U.S. coastal communities are at risk from shipping emissions.
whatever patients can afford. There is no embarrassing income
Smog-forming diesel particulates that can lodge deep in
verifi cation process to endure, and no questions asked.
lungs have been linked to cancer.
Community style acupuncture is a movement within the
The victory complements new Environmental Protection
acupuncture profession to provide alternative medicine, in the
Agency rules mandating cuts in soot and smog-forming pol-
form of acupuncture, to people at affordable rates. Profi ts made
lution from diesel barges, ferries and trains. Collectively, the
from the sale of acupuncture services will be reinvested into
standards are expected to prevent tens of thousands of deaths
the clinic to hire new acupuncturists, or to expand the space
and hospitalizations each year.
available to treat patients.
CHAC is located at 801 Livernois St., Ferndale. For more
information, call Darlene Berger at 248-246-7289 or visit Com-
Landmark Victory
munityAcuCenter.com.
Clean Air Gets a Chance
Recently, the Washington, D.C. Circuit Court confi rmed
the power of states and localities to require more rigorous
pollution monitoring from coal plants, refi neries and similar
Neurofeedback Practitioner
industrial polluters than the Environmental Protection Agency
Opens Second Offi ce
requires. Now, citizens’ groups have successfully closed a
loophole that polluters have long relied upon, at the ex-
M
ary St. Clair of Flexible Brain Neurofeedback Services
pense of neighboring communities. In the future, companies
announces a second offi ce at 5665 West Maple, just
no longer will be able to ignore pollution limits whenever
east of Orchard Lake Road. in the heart of West Bloomfi eld.
equipment malfunctions or when they start up or shut down
Her home offi ce is located at 3674 Oakleaf Road, also in West
operations.
Bloomfi eld.
“Under this notorious EPA exemption, industrial facili-
St. Clair is a Clinical Social Worker and has been in private
ties have been allowed to operate like a fl eet of junk cars…
practice since 2002. She uses a variety of neurofeedback/neu-
spewing blue smoke, misfi ring, backfi ring, stalling and
rotherapy techniques and is certifi ed in EEG Biofeedback.
chugging,” says Marti Sinclair, chair of Sierra Club’s Clean Air
Neurofeedback is a healing modality for symptoms of
Team.
ADHD, brain injury, autism, anxiety and depression, headaches
In Texas, home to more than 250 refi neries, chemical,
and many other disorders of the brain and nervous system. It
petrochemical and other industrial sites, the most of any
is a drug free, non-invasive, physiologic approach to better
state, state records tracked 30 facilities emitting 45 million
functioning. Improvements are usually seen in better mental
pounds of toxins in one year, during these off-the-books pe-
functioning, more emotional stability, greater movement, en-
riods. Citizens of Louisiana, where some 20 million pounds
ergy, pain control and more restful sleep.
of air toxins are pumped into the air each year, also stand to
Contact St. Clair at 248-366-6600 or visit FlexibleBrain.com.
benefi t.
See Community Resource Guide, page 45.
Source: Earthjustice.org.
10 Oakland, Macomb, Livingston & St. Clair, MI
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