Education and Publications:

Ms. Wilkenfeld was a regular contributor to:

• The Environmental Physician, a publication of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM);
• Informed Consent, an environmental health magazine;
• Our Toxic Times, a publication of the Chemical Injury Information Network;
• Indoor Pollution Law Report (New York City);
• The Townsend Letter for Doctors, an informal, national medical journal;
• The Journal of Pesticide Reform, a publication of the Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides;
• The New Reactor (Environmental Health Network, CA);
• CanaryNews (Chicago, IL); and
• Green Alternatives (now defunct).

• Dr. Doris Rapp, M.D. (Is This Your Child?; Is This Your Child's World?);
• Lynn Lawson (Staying Well in a Toxic World);
• Dr. Harold Buttram (Needed, An Advocacy for Children);
• Bonnye Matthews (Chemical Sensitivity: A Guide to Coping with Hypersensitivity Syndrome, Sick Building Syndrome and Other Environmental Illnesses);
• Cynthia Wilson (Chemical Exposure and Human Health);
• the Center for Environmental Education (Blueprint for a Green School);
• The National Feingold Association (Pure Facts Newsletter);
• Jane Hersey (Why Can't My Child Behave?);
• Mimi Weisbord (Asthma - Breathe Again Naturally and Reclaim Your Life);
• Spectrum Magazine (Belmont, NH);
• the New Jersey Education Association Review;
• Healthy Home and Workplace Magazine (New York, NY); and
• Jennifer Mendelsohn (USA Weekend).

Lectures

Ms. Wilkenfeld was a guest presenter at the annual Instructional & Professional Development Conference of the Michigan Education Association, in Detroit. She was a guest faculty member at the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (Lincolnshire, IL), where she presented two technical papers on the subject of THE SICK SCHOOL SYNDROME. She has addressed audiences at Borgess Medical Center (Kalamazoo, MI), and at Michiana Community Hospital (South Bend, IN).

A recent, major workshop, entitled, "Prescription Environments: Solutions to the Sick Building Syndrome," was presented at the Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College. She has presented numerous IN-SERVICE training programs to concerned school districts. The most recent ones being to the Mokena School District (Illinois), the Mokena PTA, the Wellington School District and the Waterloo School District, (the latter two are pioneers in landmark accommodations for chemically sensitive students) in Ontario, Canada; and the Delphi Community School Corporation (Delphi, IN). Wilkenfeld was the keynote speaker in Stone Ridge, NY, at a conference sponsored by the New York State United Teachers' Union and the American Lung Association. She recently addressed the Faribault School District in Minnesota, and a group of concerned parents in Aiken, South Carolina. She was invited to Aiken by an inspirational 15-year-old working on a community service project to earn his Eagle Scout rank. Wilkenfed also visited St. Charles and Geneva, Illinois, where she worked with the Kane County Superintendent of Schools and the community to rememdy serious mold contamination and IAQ problems at a local high school.

Media Appearances

Safe Building Construction - Consultations & Advocacy

A vocal proponent of environmental medicine, and "oasis" indoor environments, Ms. Wilkenfeld has submitted (invited) testimony to the Board of Regents at the New York State Department of Education at a Public Hearing on Environmental Quality in the Schools; to the Maryland State Legislature's Environmental Matters Committee on the issue of pesticide notification; to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for their proposed revised Indoor Air Quality Guidelines; to the U.S. Department of Transportation, on their proposed aircraft disinsection policy; and to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), on their draft document entitled, Improve Your School's IAQ.

Ms. Wilkenfeld was the founder and first president of H.E.A.L. of Michiana (The Human Ecology Action League), a regional educational, information, research and advocacy group, which focuses attention on environmental health issues. She now serves as president of the Indiana State Office of the Chemical Injury Information Network (CIIN).

Ms. Wilkenfeld feels strongly that we must all make a personal commitment to explore the human cost of toxic chemicals in our homes, offices and schools. THE SICK SCHOOL SYNDROME can only exist in a conspiracy of silence. Breaking this silence must become a priority for all environmentally aware students, parents, educators, physicians and concerned citizens.