The Massachusetts Association for the Chemically Injured is a non-profit statewide support, education, and referral organization for people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS), others who are sensitive to chemicals in the environment, and those who care about the prevention of chemical injuries.
Greater Boston MCS Support Meetings
- No meetings in July and August. Please check back for future dates.
St. Brigid Church, Lexington. Parish Center, Rm 16
To learn more about MACI Support Meetings, please click here.
Massachusetts Department of Public Health - Bureau of Environmental Health: What You Should Know About Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
Doctor Pamela Gibson Seeking MCS Study Participants
The James Madison University Environmental Sensitivities Research Team is inviting adults aged 21 and over who have experienced environmental sensitivities (chemical and/or electrical) to participate in on online study of how their needs are being met as they grow older with sensitivities. If you are interested in participating, please click on the link below to see the consent form and learn more about the study. If you are unable to complete the survey online, you are welcome to request a hard copy that can be mailed to you. To request a hard copy please email gibsonpr@jmu.edu or call 540-568-6195 and leave a message with you name (clearly stated) and your complete address. Thank you ahead to everyone who helps me with this study. To take the survey online, copy this url into your browser: http://jmu.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_4YGd1uBrKkxx8nr
Professor Anne Steinemann’s
Latest Reports on Fragranced Products and Health Effects
Since October 2016, Doctor Anne Steinemann, Professor of Civil Engineering and Chair of Sustainable Cities at the University of Melbourne, Australia, has completed two studies related to health and societal effects caused by exposure to fragranced consumer products.
The reports indicate that over one-third of Americans and Australians experience health problems—from asthma attacks to migraine headaches—when exposed to common fragranced consumer products such as air fresheners, cleaning supplies, laundry products, scented candles, cologne, and personal care products.
Moreover, the findings also show that fragranced products may affect business profits, with more than 20 percent of respondents stating that they leave fragranced business establishments as quickly as possible. And, given a choice, more than twice as many customers would select fragrance-free hotels and airplanes. To read Dr. Steinemann’s reports, please visit her Publications webpage at http://www.drsteinemann.com/publications.html
The reports indicate that over one-third of Americans and Australians experience health problems—from asthma attacks to migraine headaches—when exposed to common fragranced consumer products such as air fresheners, cleaning supplies, laundry products, scented candles, cologne, and personal care products.
Moreover, the findings also show that fragranced products may affect business profits, with more than 20 percent of respondents stating that they leave fragranced business establishments as quickly as possible. And, given a choice, more than twice as many customers would select fragrance-free hotels and airplanes. To read Dr. Steinemann’s reports, please visit her Publications webpage at http://www.drsteinemann.com/publications.html
Medical Reference Link: Hospital Protocols for People With MCS/ES | Seriously "Sensitive" to Pollution
Investments in Our Health
Hoffman Program on Chemicals and Health
The Hoffman Program was founded in 2014 with a generous bequest from Ms. Marilyn B. Hoffman. It is dedicated to the study of chemical and particle exposures and their subsequent human health effects.
http://wordpress.sph.harvard.edu/hoffman-program
Hoffman TILT Program: University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
(Mission, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Fall '15 / Winter '16).
https://magazines.uthscsa.edu/mission/bequest-funds-the-search-for-answers-in-mystery-illness/
The Hoffman Program was founded in 2014 with a generous bequest from Ms. Marilyn B. Hoffman. It is dedicated to the study of chemical and particle exposures and their subsequent human health effects.
http://wordpress.sph.harvard.edu/hoffman-program
Hoffman TILT Program: University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
(Mission, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Fall '15 / Winter '16).
https://magazines.uthscsa.edu/mission/bequest-funds-the-search-for-answers-in-mystery-illness/
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