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Article: The simple truth about MCS: low-tech solutions for real suffering.(Science Selections)
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- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Article date:
- September 1, 2003
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Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), characterized by a hypersensitivity to common household chemicals such as cleaning agents and pesticides, is becoming an acknowledged medical disorder, although debate continues as to whether a psychological component underlies development of the illness. Because MCS is not well understood, no one is sure how best to treat it. This month, researchers led by Pamela Reed Gibson of the James Madison University School of Psychology present survey findings that shed light on what best helps MCS sufferers, as well as the lengths to which they will go for relief [EHP 111:1498-1504].
The investigators surveyed 917 people with ...