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The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM), founded in 1965 as the Society for Clinical Ecology, is an international association of physicians and associated professionals interested in the clinical aspects of ecological or environmental illnesses. The academy aims for recognition of ecologic illness as a medical diagnosis. Composed primarily of traditionally-trained M.D. and D.O. physicians from many specialities, the principal goals of the AAEM are physician education and the expansion of medical knowledge about often-overlooked effects on human health of environmental exposures encountered in everyday life.〔(Letter of Jennifer Armstrong MD, FAAEM, BIBEM, President, American Academy of Environmental Medicine ''(PDF file)'' ) to US Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research, April, 2009〕 The AAEM opposes the use of mercury-containing compounds in any product for human consumption, including mercury in vaccines. The AAEM also opposes water fluoridation〔()〕 and has called for a moratorium on food from genetically modified crops.〔(Genetically Modified Foods )〕 The AAEM has been cited as an illegitimate organization by Quackwatch, for promoting the diagnosis of multiple chemical sensitivity. ==History== The Society for Clinical Ecology was founded in 1965, and inspired by the ideas of Theron Randolph. Clinical Ecologists claimed that exposure to low levels of certain chemical agents harm susceptible people, causing multiple chemical sensitivity and other disorders. Members of the academy may have a background in the field of allergy, and their theoretical approach is derived in part from classic concepts of allergic responses, first articulated by Randolph. Thus, they may find cause-and-effect relationships or low-dose effects that are not generally accepted by toxicologists. In 1984 the Society changed its name to the American Academy of Environmental Medicine.〔(''Inquiry into Multiple Chemical Sensitivity'' (PDF file) ), Parliament of South Australia, 2005〕 The academy claims that its founders and members are "recognized as the first to describe" or to acknowledge: * Serial Dilution Endpoint Titration * Sublingual immunotherapy * Optimal Dose Immunotherapy * Food allergy/Addiction * Provocation/Neutralization * Avoidance/Reintroduction Challenge Testing * Rotary Diversified Diet * Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) * Total Load Phenomenon * Environmental Control in the Home, Workplace, and Hospital * Chemically Less-Contaminated Foods * Sauna Depuration * Hepatic Detoxication Enhancement * Gulf War Syndrome * Endocrine Mimicry Disorders * The Role of Mold in the Development of Systemic Illness * Yeast Syndrome * Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFID)/Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS)〔(The Academy of Firsts ) from AAEM website〕 Clinical ecology is an offshoot of Environmental medicine and a sub-specialty within the Biological anthropology field. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Academy of Environmental Medicine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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