61. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity CHC Wausau Hospital s Medical Library and Patient Education Center providesresearch services and healthcare information to physicians, http://www.chclibrary.org/micromed/00057160.html

Main Search Index Definition Description Causes ... Resources Multiple chemical sensitivity Definition Multiple chemical sensitivity, also known as MCS syndrome or simply MCS, is a disorder in which a person develops symptoms from exposure to chemicals in the environment. With each incidence of exposure, lower levels of the chemical will trigger a reaction and the person becomes increasingly vulnerable to reactions triggered by other chemicals. Description Multiple chemical sensitivity typically begins with one high-dose exposure to a chemical, but it may also develop with long-term exposure to a low level of a chemical. Chemicals most often connected with MCS include: formaldehyde; pesticides; solvents; petrochemical fuels such as diesel, gasoline, and kerosene; waxes, detergents, and cleaning products; latex; tobacco smoke; perfumes and fragrances; and artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives. People who develop MCS are commonly exposed in one of the following situations: on the job as an industrial worker; residing or working in a poorly ventilated building; or living in conditions of high air or water pollution. Others may be exposed in unique incidents. Because MCS is difficult to diagnose, estimates vary as to what percentage of the population develops MCS. However, most MCS patients are female. The median age of MCS patients is 40 years old, and most experienced symptoms before they were 30 years old.

62. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Resources Below are links to multiple chemical sensitivity resources, Multiple chemicalsensitivity is heightened (or hyper ) sensitivity to a variety of http://members.tripod.com/~Barbara_Robertson/MCS.htm

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63. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Resources multiple chemical sensitivity is heightened (or hyper ) sensitivity to a varietyof commonly used chemical products. People with MCS experience physical http://members.tripod.com/~Barbara_Robertson/MCS.html

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64. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Causes And Treatments Explores nitrites as a causative factor in multiple chemical sensitivity. http://www.ctds.info/multiple_chemical_sensitivity.html

Con nective Tissue Disorder Home Search Site Map ... Links Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Causes, Treatments and the Links to Nitrites Sections in the series: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) - the links to nitrites and nutritional deficiencies. MCS Treatment Overview - what we found helpful. Nutrition Tips Environmental Control Tips Chemical Sensitivity Resources - the articles on MCS I found the most helpful and pragmatic. My younger son has had significant problems with MCS (multiple chemical sensitivity) this past year. He would get head aches and stomach aches from cigarette smoke, car exhaust fumes, pressed wood, new carpet at his doctors office and the new car smell from the inside of a new van we bought. My son and I had both suffered from MCS from time to time in the past, but during those times it was usually after we were on antibiotics. Taking probiotics to restore our normal intestinal flora and eating a diet higher in magnesium foods had helped. But this time around my son seemed to have more complex and harder to treat issues. Antibiotics are known to be a possible factor in magnesium deficiency, and magnesium is one of the main mutrients needed for detoxification. So if you are like my family perhaps antibiotics causing low magnesium levels may be a trigger for your chemical sensitivity episodes.

65. Go Ask Alice!: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Dear Alice, I think my mother has multiple chemical sensitivity, if such a thingexists. It started when she got a bad allergic reaction to a certain brand http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/1741.html

Mac users: please note that our site is optimized for the Safari browser Colds, aches, pains, and other ailments Multiple chemical sensitivity Originally Published: July 21, 2000 Dear Alice, I think my mother has Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, if such a thing exists. It started when she got a bad allergic reaction to a certain brand of carbonless copies at work, but has since ballooned into an allergic reaction to just about everything imaginable. I am really confused as to whether she has a real disease or not. Sometimes she has spent the last two years doing almost nothing but seeing doctors, fighting with Workman's Comp to continue paying for her 'disability,' etc. Alice, your answers have always been straight to the point, and I need a straight answer now. Does Multiple Chemical Sensitivity really exist? Is it all just mental? Dear Reader, Unfortunately, there is no "straight answer" to whether Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) exists. Regardless, your mother obviously has something and deserves sympathetic medical evaluation and treatment. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity is a controversial medical topic. It is manifested differently in individuals who claim to have it, but it is usually characterized by multiple symptoms that occur with low-level chemical exposure. A 1998 report from a U.S. government interagency workgroup notes that there is no key definition of the illness, no protocols for treatment, few published studies on the subject, no information on the projected or real costs, and no federal group convened to study MCS. All of these factors make it difficult to give anyone a "straight answer" on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.

66. Institute For Human Development/AzTAP - Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Such people have a condition known as multiple chemical sensitivity or MCS. Produced multiple chemical sensitivity An Emerging Occupational Hazard http://www.nau.edu/ihd/aztap/mcs.html

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Check out low emission computers Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Chemical-based products are all around: in the clothes we wear, in the food we eat and in the air we breathe. It is not possible to escape exposure. Many people have become sensitized to the chemicals around them. It is estimated that as much as 15% of the population has become sensitized to common household and commercial products. For some people the sensitization is not too serious a problem. They may have what appears to be a minor allergy to one or more chemicals. Other people are much more seriously affected. Such people have a condition known as Multiple Chemical Sensitivity or MCS. Symptoms of MCS asthma or other breathing problems autoimmune disorders behavioral problems bloating or other intestinal problems cardiovascular irregularities chronic exhaustion disorientation or becoming "lost"

67. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity multiple chemical sensitivity, or MCS, as it is sometimes referred to, is underdebate in the What are the symptoms of multiple chemical sensitivity? http://www.umm.edu/environ/chemical.htm

var MenuLinkedBy='AllWebMenus [2]', awmBN='530'; awmAltUrl=''; Environmental Medicine Health Guide Investigated Conditions Accomplishments Epidemiology ... Investigations Environmental Disease Factors - Molds - Asthma Triggers - Air Pollution - Carbon Monoxide ... Site Index Translate using Google to Spanish German French Italian Portuguese Environmental Medicine Multiple Chemical Sensitivity It is known that chemicals cause many human diseases. Some of the chemicals that have been documented to be dangerous to human exposure include: tobacco smoke – the major cause of lung cancer asbestos – causes mesothelioma, an unusual tumor of the linings of the chest and abdominal cavity, lung cancer, asbestosis, and an increased risk of gastrointestinal cancer kepone-causes sterility in men and neurological disorders dibromochloropropane – causes sterility in men Reactions to certain chemicals may cause reactions similar to those experienced with allergies. Chemicals that may cause sensitivity may include synthetic and natural substances found in: carpeting plastics perfumes plants paint cigarette smoke There are many other chemicals which are under investigation and the problem continues to grow because of the ever increasing production of organic chemicals.

68. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity multiple chemical sensitivity Environmental Illness, Multiple Chemical A Report on multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) Predecisional Draft. http://www.reference.com/Dir/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/M/Multiple_Chemical_

Dictionary Thesaurus Encyclopedia Web Home Premium: Sign up Login YOUR AD HERE Dictionary ... Encyclopedia - Web Directory Web Directory Top Health Conditions and Diseases M / Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Immune Support and Information Forum for people with multiple chemical sensitivity, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and other immune-system problems. Associated mailing list. In-house articles, archives, annotated links to other sites. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Resources And Referrals Environmental Sensitivities Research Institute Sponsored Research in Progress. A description of government and privately sponsored research projects in progress that meet the objective criteria of the Environmental Sensitivities Research Insitute. Contact information provided. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Environmental Illness A Resource Web Site for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. Melva Gail Smith's Home Page MCS Louisville Style! Answers to questions about the health effects of products you use around the home. About North Carolina Chemical Injury Network.

69. BBC Inside Out - Multiple Chemical Sensitivity BBC Inside Out meets sufferers of multiple chemical sensitivty. http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/east/series7/multiple_chemical_sensitivity.shtml

@import url('/includes/tbenh.css') ; @import url(/insideout/includes/i.css); @import url(/insideout/includes/ic.css); Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index FRIDAY 9th September 2005 Text only BBC Homepage England Inside Out ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! Inside Out - East: Monday February 14, 2005 Multiple chemical sensitivity Household cleaning products make life a misery for those with MCS For most people, their home is a sanctuary, a place to retreat to at the end of a busy day. But for those with multiple chemical sensitivity, 'home sweet home', becomes a toxic hell. Inside Out meets two women with multiple chemical sensitivity or MCS, to discover how allergies and intolerances have affected their daily lives. Catherine Hislop has multiple chemical sensitivity. So debilitating are her allergies, Catherine has been unable to work for the last 10 years. "The eyes sting, then underneath the eyes is all swollen up," she explains. Catherine's allergies have left her unable to work for 10 years "It's like your throat is closing up and when that happens you can't breathe properly."

70. Job Accommodation Network New Media Sitemap Search. Searchable Online Accommodation Resource (SOAR)Logo. Step 2 Select the Limitation. multiple chemical sensitivity http://www.jan.wvu.edu/soar/mcs.html

Job Accommodation Network's Searchable Online Accommodation Resource (SOAR) Step 2: Select the Limitation MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY Skip Intro MCS Research and Definition The medical community has long questioned the etiology of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) or Environmental Illness (EI). According to Cynthia Wilson of the Chemical Injury Information Network, as long ago as the 1950's physician's recognized that people were becoming sick due to their environment ( http://www.ciin.org/what.htm ). There have been many theories regarding the cause of MCS but due to the lack of reliable scientific research, the medical community and the general public have failed to recognize the physiological effects of chemicals on the body. In an article providing an overview of MCS, Cynthia Wilson states, "The latest research strongly suggests that chemical sensitivity is most probably some combination of central nervous system damage and enzyme deficiencies that can also cause problems with the endocrine and immune systems. Chemical sensitivity is more often than not characterized by real, verifiable damage to the body, though the implications of these anomalies are poorly understood and need additional research." (

71. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity multiple chemical sensitivity. It s not an allergy, it is a sensitivity causedby a chemical injury. I ll cover symptoms and how to limit exposures while http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/multiple_chemical_sensitivity

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72. Coping With Multiple Chemical Sensitivity And Environmental Irritants Eunice Beck, RN, discusses the challenges Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and fibromyalgiapatients face with regard to environmental irritants (loud noise, http://www.immunesupport.com/library/showarticle.cfm/ID/3281/e/1/T/CFIDS_FM/

Immune Support .com Coping with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Environmental Irritants Health Watch Newsletter The Latest News Articles The Latest Abstracts The Latest Drug News Search Our Site Home Fibromyalgia Resources Introduction Tenderpoints ... About Us Coping with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Environmental Irritants by Eunice Beck, RN ImmuneSupport.com Dear Friends, My thanks go out to one of my readers, for pointing out an issue I did not cover in my recent article on music. She was kind enough to write and tell me about her experiences with noise sensitivity, which in her case included many types of music, and fairly severe reactions. Many of us are diagnosed with multiple chemical sensitivity. There has been a good deal of study and written material on this subject. While I have not actually been diagnosed with MCS, I do find that I am more sensitive to odors and scents than I have been in the past. No more scented candles in my house! So it is no surprise that I am also more sensitive to other types of sensory input. For most of us, simply living at this time in history means we coexist with many types of pollution, including noise. Our surroundings are full of sounds of various types which may or may not be bothersome for us. We hear traffic in the distance, planes overhead, the neighbor’s dog barking, and the children screaming while playing next door. Fluorescent lights are used many places, including sometimes in homes. Most of us are not even aware of the constant hum they create, but it can be very distracting to those of us who are cognizant of it, even on a subconscious level.

73. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Detailed information on multiple chemical sensitivity. http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/uvahealth/adult_environ/chemical.cfm

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74. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity - MCS MCS what is it and why are chemical companies fighting so hard to deny its existence? http://www.getipm.com/personal/mcs-campbell.htm

MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES UNDER SIEGE by Ann McCampbell, MD Chair, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities Task Force of New Mexico. Movies like Erin Brockovich and A Civil Action depict the true stories of communities whose members became ill from drinking water contaminated with industrial waste. Their struggles clearly show how difficult it is for people to hold corporations responsible for the harm they have caused. Whether individuals are injured by exposures to contaminated air or water, silicone breast implants, cigarettes, or other chemicals, their quest for justice is usually a David versus Goliath battle that pits average citizens against giant corporations. When confronted with the harm they have caused, corporations typically blame the victims, deny the problem, and try to avoid responsibility for the harm caused. The corporate response to people with multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS) has been no different. People with MCS are made sick from exposures to many common products, such as pesticides, paints, solvents, perfumes, carpets, building materials, and many cleaning and other products. But the manufacturers of these products would rather silence the messenger than acknowledge the message that their products are not safe. To that end, the chemical manufacturing industry has launched an anti-MCS campaign designed to create the illusion of controversy about MCS and cast doubt on its existence. What has been said about the tobacco industry could easily apply to the chemical industry regarding MCS, that is, “the only diversity of opinion comes from the authors with industry affiliations (1).”

75. MCS multiple chemical sensitivity. Because of the pervasive use of toxins in our society, multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), where people report being http://www.mold-survivor.com/mcs.htm

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Because of the pervasive use of toxins in our society, a new disease has emerged known as Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Environmental physician Grace Ziem has proposed a working definition: "Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is defined as illness reactions associated with exposure to more than one chemical, at significantly lower exposure levels than one would cause noticeable illness in the general population, not mediated solely by known immune mechanisms, often accompanied with unusual fatigue, involving symptoms in multiple organ systems, and usually including symptoms of the central nervous system." If you are a person who is severely chemically sensitive, you are a person with serious problems in living. If you have a job, you will probably not be able to give it up for financial reasons; you may have to move; you may lose friends and family; you will probably have less energy; for a while you will need more money; you may not be able to go to stores and other public buildings; you may even become completely homebound. In short, you will have to give up a great deal-or experience the continued deterioration of your health as you go on living as you have been. As you give up these things, you will probably begin feeling better. In time, you may feel fairly well. You may begin feeling almost “cured,” though you will have to be careful about chemical exposures the rest of your life

76. Gulf War: Questions About Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Gulf War Questions about multiple chemical sensitivity. What is multiple chemicalsensitivity? MCS is a controversial illness. Patients complain of fatigue http://www.uthscsa.edu/mission/spring94/featu_7.html

Gulf War: Questions about multiple chemical sensitivity What is multiple chemical sensitivity? MCS is a controversial illness. Patients complain of fatigue, memory problems, mood changes and many other health problems. To those who accept it, MCS is a new diagnosis in medicine that is in a transitional stage of acceptance. They cite lupus and multiple sclerosis as examples where doctors detected a disorder, but could not immediately understand it. How do people become chemically sensitive? What things can make people sick? Patients say a wide range of products trigger symptoms. These include nail polish remover, new carpet, insecticides, a fresh newspaper, perfume, tobacco smoke, hair spray, fresh paint and even the detergent aisle at the supermarket. Why is MCS so controversial? Chemically sensitive patients do not react the same way as people with allergies. The body produces IgE, an antibody, when it encounters a known allergen such as ragweed or bee venom. With MCS, no such "biological marker" has been discovered; therefore, there is skepticism that the syndrome exists. How do chemicals get into the human system?

77. MCS - IEI Symptoms, syndrome, and semantics multiple chemical sensitivity and chronic fatigue Ross, G. Treatment options in multiple chemical sensitivity. http://www.univie.ac.at/Innere-Med-4/Arbeitsmedizin/MCS.HTM

Neue Phänomene MCS - Multiple Chemical Sensitivity von C. Wolf Einleitung und Definition Der Begriff der Chemikalienüberempfindlichkeit oder Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) ist eine Arbeitsdiagnose, welche mit Umweltfaktoren assoziierte Beschwerden beschreibt, die von der Mehrheit der Bevölkerung problemlos toleriert werden. Dieses MCS-Syndrom wird von den Proponenten der klinischen Ökologie als erworbene Multiorganerkrankung charakterisiert, deren Ursache unterschwellige chemische Belastungen sein sollen (24). Die Beschreibung dieses vermuteten Syndroms geht auf Cullen zurück (9), für ein identes klinisches Krankheitsbild sind zahlreiche weitere Bezeichnungen im Umlauf, die bereits aus der Namensgebung auf die vermuteten ätiologischen Faktoren schließen lassen: Allergische Toxämie, zerebrale Allergie, Panallergie, Autointoxikation, chemisches AIDS, um einige Beispiele zu nennen. Manche dieser Begriffe sind keineswegs neu, beispielsweise wurde die Diagnose Autointoxikation bereits im vorigen Jahrhundert als Ursache der Neurasthenie postuliert (23,37). Befürworter dieses Syndroms bedienen sich häufig allergologischer oder toxikologischer Konzepte, um die Krankheitssymptome in Abhängigkeit von chemischen Belastungen zu erklären. Bisher ist es allerdings nicht gelungen, diese Konzepte wissenschaftlich zu begründen, die Anerkennung dieses vermuteten Syndroms durch die Schulmedizin ist daher ausgeblieben. Namhafte Ärztegesellschaften haben eindeutige, ablehnede Stellungnahmen abgegeben (1,8), was zu einer lebhaften Diskussion zwischen Gegnern und Befürwortern des MCS-Syndroms geführt hat (3,10,12,14,18,19,26,35).

78. Home Page- North Carolina Chemical Injury Network Washington State multiple chemical sensitivity Network Cigarette Science/MultipleChemical Sensitivity Rachel s Weekly 464October 19, 1995 http://www.ncchem.com/

North Carolina Chemical Injury Network Envir onmental Illness/MCS CHAT Safe Schools Washington State MCS Network WASTE ... e-mail CIDS/FM/MCS/GW S NC House NC Weather Working Independently together SPOTLIGHT - Expert Witnesses: Raymond Singer, Ph.D., a board-certified forensic neuropsychologist, specializes in the effects of toxic substances on the brain and nervous system (neurotoxicology). Examinations and expert witness services available. Website: www.neurotox.com Email: neurosite@aol.com or Telephone (505) 466-1100 More than 12% of Population Reports Extreme Sensitivity to Low Levels of Common Chemicals -Study Published in Environmental Health Perspectives Finds 1.8% of Population Loses Job as Result http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/press/12pop.htm US Population (1999) 272,639,608 NC Population ( 7/1/98 ) 7,546,493 If 1.8% of NC's population are sensitive to chemicals the number would be 1,282,903 persons in NC Cleaner Air Symbol - Will this be the newest required symbol of accessibility? More on the Cleaner Air Symbol go to http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/events/clnerair.htm

79. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity multiple chemical sensitivity. Few of the many doctors and individuals who makeclaims they Articles about multiple chemical sensitivity on this site http://www.skepticism.net/faq/health_scares/multiple_chemical/

Home FAQ Health Scares Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Skepticism.Net Guests Logon Account Signup Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Few of the many doctors and individuals who make claims they suffer from or can diagnose multiple chemical sensitivity present a common definition or causality but in a nutshell the claim is that the human body becomes so overloaded by exposure to chemicals in the environment that subsequent exposure to even small amounts of chemicals can cause severe reactions. Articles about multiple chemical sensitivity on this site: No messages were found matching specified search criteria. Articles about multiple chemical sensitivity on other sites: Clashing views of MCS from The Daily Hampshire Gazette Environmental Illness: Myth and Reality from the New England Journal of Medicine Genome study maps chemical sensitivity from Nature Making ourselves sick by David Futrelle Multiple chemical senselessness by Steve Milloy Multiple chemical sensitivity: a spurious diagnosis by Stephen Barrett, M.D.

80. Ask Dr Stoll - Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Post Archive Posts to Ask Dr Stoll BB regarding multiple chemical sensitivity Summarydiscussion of the concept of MCS (multiple chemical sensitivity) http://askwaltstollmd.com/archives/mcs.html

Dr Stoll Home Dr Stoll BB Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Posts to Ask Dr Stoll BB regarding Multiple Chemical Sensitivity There have been several posts to the Ask Dr Stoll Bulletin Board (BB) regarding Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. Many of them have been archived here. The archive is roughly chronological. I hope you find it useful. You may also want to check out Melva Gail Smith's Environmental Illness site Summary discussion of the concept of MCS (Multiple Chemical Sensitivity): Although knowledgable Clinical Ecologists have recognized MCS for at least 30 years, it has only been within the past year (of 2000) or so that the EPA and the government have admitted that it is a real clinical entity and getting worse every month. Only within the past year has the conventional medical paradigm begun to grudgingly admit to the facts. Considering how hard it is for physicians to grow beyond the "Tolstoy Effect" it will likely take another 20 years for most people's docs to recognize it and THEN they will not be trained to have any idea what to do about it. See the article about "Modern Medical Interpretation of Stress" on the homepage for how this mechanism works. There are now more than 500,000 chemicals in our environment that never existed on this planet before 100 years ago. Each of these is a burden to our immune system and each additional one magnifies the burden of all the rest. It is now believed that "Gulf War Syndrome" is an example of this combination effect.

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