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MCS Michigan, a subsidiary of MCSA, was formed to provide information, support, and education to sufferers, family, and friends of victims of Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS) in Michigan. You need not live in Michigan to join.

What is MCS and What Causes It?

Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS) is also known as Environmental Illness (EI), Toxic Injury (TI), and Toxicant Induced Loss of Tolerance (TILT). Originally identified in a 1989 multidisciplinary survey of 89 clinicians and researchers, and modified in 1999, top consensus criteria (Nethercott et al, 1993) for MCS define the condition as:

A chronic condition
Symptoms recur reproducibly
Symptoms recur in response to low levels of chemical exposure.
Symptoms occur when exposed to multiple unrelated chemicals
Symptoms improve or resolve when trigger chemicals are removed
Multiple organ systems are affected.

Products that MCS victims react to include ANY quantity of exposures to pesticides, secondhand smoke, alcohol, fresh paint, scented products and perfumes, candles, fragrances, food preservatives, flavor enhancers, aerosols, tap water, cosmetics, personal care products, new carpets, petroleum products, formaldehyde, outdoor pollutants, newspaper ink, cleaning compounds, printing and office products, and other synthetically derived chemicals. Some also react to natural products that are highly concentrated such as natural orange cleaners due to high pesticide concentration. Symptoms can range from minor annoyances to life-threatening reactions.

Research by Dr. Martin Pall has identified an etiology for MCS in elevated levels of peroxynitrite and nitric oxide in a vicious cycle he refers to as the NO/ONOO cycle of biochemistry.

DISCLAIMER

This information is for informational purposes and is not intended to replace the examination, diagnosis and treatment of a licensed physician and no such claims are inferred. We will not be responsible for misuse of this information

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