{"id":44,"date":"2016-11-16T03:43:12","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T03:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanbell.me\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2022-06-08T14:27:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T21:27:09","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alanbell.me\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/alanbell.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/pexels-photo-187913.jpg&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px|0|50px|0&#8243; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;50px|0|50px|0&#8243; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=&#8221;Environmental Health Warrior&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; content_max_width=&#8221;none&#8221; title_font_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; subhead_font_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Fullwidth Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.16&#8243; title_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; subhead_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; subhead_font_size=&#8221;30px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; button_two_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;on&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing__hover=&#8221;0&#8243; button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;on&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing__hover=&#8221;0&#8243; button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; column_padding_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/alanbell.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/alanhome.jpg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.13.1&#8243; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;left&#8221; animation_duration=&#8221;500ms&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;10%&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; animation=&#8221;left&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; alt=&#8221;posioned environmental toxins&#8221; title_text=&#8221;alan bell author&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #6cbe45; font-size: 20pt; text-align: left;\">Victim, survivor, advocate and avenger. This former organized crime prosecutor almost died from an environmentally linked illness. He now devotes his life to giving a voice for those too weak or sick to fight for themselves.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the late 1980\u2019s, Alan Bell was living the American dream: He was happily married, the father of a baby girl, an athletic lifestyle, international travel and an exciting social life. Soon after he moved his law practice into a new, high-rise office building, \u2018sick building syndrome\u2019 caused him to become ill. One day he was healthy, athletic and strong; the next morning, he was too sick, dizzy and weak to get out of bed. His world imploded.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_116408\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116408\" class=\"wp-image-116408 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/alanbell.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Alan-Beddridden-Oxygen-Air-Purifier-e1484242733734.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"261\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-116408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alan &#8211; Bedridden during his sickness<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Over the following months, Alan developed high fevers, sore throats, swollen glands and impaired breathing. Eventually, he experienced seizures and could barely walk. His health continued to worsen until he became so ill he was forced to stop working. Despite being examined and tested by numerous world-renowned doctors, none of them could help. Finally, a doctor diagnosed him with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, a devastating illness caused by exposure to environmental toxins. The medical profession had no treatment to offer Alan: no cure, and no hope. Doctors could only advise him to avoid all synthetic chemicals and live in complete isolation within a totally organic environment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_116411\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116411\" class=\"wp-image-116411 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/alanbell.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/environmental-controlled-unit-3-e1484242898289.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-116411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Environmental &#8220;bubble&#8221; in the remote Arizona desert.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Alan relocated with his wife and daughter to a small non-toxic house in the middle of the Arizona desert, fifty miles from the nearest town. He continued trying to find treatments for his illness, but traditional doctors had nothing to offer. Alternative medicine quacks and charlatans did more harm than good. In time, his wife tired of living in seclusion, left him with their daughter and filed for divorce. Completely isolated and barely able to survive, Alan was literally imprisoned in solitary confinement within the environmentally controlled \u2018bubble\u2019 tethered to an oxygen tank while restricted to a wheelchair.<\/p>\n<p>To find purpose and meaning in his plight, Alan helped prevent others from sharing his fate. He founded the Environmental Health Foundation with only a pencil, paper, phone and fax machine. Although totally alone, Alan recruited a scientific advisory board consisting of the nation\u2019s foremost authorities on environmentally linked illness. He organized a health summit at the Biosphere II, consisting of nationally renowned environmental health experts and designed an agenda for prioritizing the<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_116413\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116413\" class=\"wp-image-116413 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/alanbell.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Al-Gore-Alan-e1484243073557.jpg\" alt=\"Al Gore with Alan Bell Reviewing Environmental Document\" width=\"400\" height=\"241\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-116413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Al Gore with Alan Bell Reviewing Environmental Document<\/p><\/div>\n<p>direction of environmental health research into the 21st century. Alan convinced the National Institutes of Health to sponsor the event, and he recruited the endorsement of then-Vice President Al Gore for this monumental event. Astronaut Gene Cernan, the Commander of Apollo 17, and celebrities including Alan Thicke, Matthew Perry and Kenny Loggins supported his cause. Laura Ziskin, producer of the Spiderman series, The Academy Awards and Stand up to Cancer, has also embraced his mission.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_116521\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116521\" class=\"wp-image-116521 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/alanbell.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/AlanAshlee.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alanbell.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/AlanAshlee.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alanbell.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/AlanAshlee-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-116521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alan with daughter Ashlee<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Although Alan\u2019s work for the Foundation was fulfilling, at the end of each day, he remained alone. Eventually, Alan\u2019s daughter, Ashlee helped him escape his isolation, after they found an experimental treatment enabling Alan to\u00a0reemerge into the outside world after being isolated for almost a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Alan plunged back into the legal arena to avenge innocent victims of environmental injury. He collaborated with members of the infamous Erin Brochovich law firm and relentlessly brought wrongdoers to justice who recklessly exposed victims to toxic substances. Environmentally ill people across America now contact Alan, seeking his guidance and legal expertise to help them regain their lives. \u201cI can\u2019t turn my back on these victims,\u201d he explains. \u201cWhen I look into their eyes, I see myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alan, an ordinary man, thrown into an extraordinary fight, has devoted his life to helping victims who cannot fend for themselves. Despite overwhelming odds, his personal misfortune has turned into a benefit for others. He has become a global advocate fighting to help \u2018Save the Humans\u2019. Numerous newspaper, magazine and television programs have covered his story.<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#6cbe45&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|54px|0px&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px|0|50px|0&#8243; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;50px|0|50px|0&#8243; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; column_padding_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;58px|0px|27px|0px&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; header_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0)&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;30px|30px|20px|30px&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 30pt;\"><strong>the silent epidemic<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Our environment\u2019s impact upon human health has become the Silent Epidemic of the 21st century. No one is immune to environmentally linked disease, regardless of social, financial or ethnic status. We all breathe air, eat food and drink water and are at risk in our homes, schools, workplaces and neighborhoods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; column_padding_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;staggering statistics&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; 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