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Article: Sick of it all. (Multiple chemical sensitivity sufferers)
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- Reason
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- June 1, 1996
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PEOPLE WITH "MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY" ARE DEFINITELY SUFFERING. THE QUESTION IS, WHY?
Karen was the librarian at a newspaper in Los Angeles where I worked. When we moved to new offices, somebody told her the library's bookshelves contained formaldehyde. Soon she was suffering from a headache, aching joints, and labored breathing. But then Karen heard there was no formaldehyde in the shelves. Suddenly the symptoms disappeared. A colleague later told me that it turned out the shelves contained formaldehyde after all, but Karen remained blissfully ignorant of this and hence free of symptoms.
Depending on whom you ask, either this was clearly not a case of ...