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.
Governor Proclaims MCS Awareness Week, May 9 - 15, 2021
Raising Public Awareness and Education about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
Please click here for complete information and to view/download the Proclamation.
Raising Public Awareness and Education about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
Please click here for complete information and to view/download the Proclamation.
Greater Boston MCS Support Meetings
NO SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
For questions about support-group meetings, call 978-681-5117.
To learn more about MACI Support Meetings, please click here.
Medical Reference Links:
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health - Bureau of Environmental Health: What You Should Know About Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
- Emergency Department Treatment Protocol
- An important outline for discussion between patients, medical staff, and physicians.
- Please print and complete this Card or Page and present it to caregivers.
- Other Hospital Protocols:
Hospital Protocols for People With MCS/ES | Seriously "Sensitive" to Pollution
Canada Considers Safe Air Quality a Human Right
"People who have allergies or sensitivity to certain products may have a bad reaction to a much lower level of chemicals, perfumes or environmental triggers than the average person. Their reaction is a medical condition. It is a recognized disability. People with allergies or environmental sensitivity are entitled to protection from its cause.
The Canadian Human Right Act protects people with allergies or environmental sensitivities, like any other disability. Employees or clients with environmental sensitivities can ask employers or service providers for accommodation. Employers and service providers must ensure that their facilities are accessible and safe."
Please click below to read the Canadian Human Rights Commission's
Environmental Sensitivity and Scent-Free Policies.
The Canadian Human Right Act protects people with allergies or environmental sensitivities, like any other disability. Employees or clients with environmental sensitivities can ask employers or service providers for accommodation. Employers and service providers must ensure that their facilities are accessible and safe."
Please click below to read the Canadian Human Rights Commission's
Environmental Sensitivity and Scent-Free Policies.
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
Investments in Our Health
Hoffman Program on Chemicals and Health
(Located at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public 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.
https://sites.sph.harvard.edu/hoffman-program/
- Hoffman TILT Program
(Located at University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio)
https://tiltresearch.org/
- Hoffman TILT Program Blog
https://tiltresearch.org/category/blog/
- Article: Bequest funds the search for answers in mystery illness.
https://magazines.uthscsa.edu/mission/bequest-funds-the-search-for-answers-in-mystery-illness/
(Located at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public 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.
https://sites.sph.harvard.edu/hoffman-program/
- Hoffman TILT Program
(Located at University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio)
https://tiltresearch.org/
- Hoffman TILT Program Blog
https://tiltresearch.org/category/blog/
- Article: Bequest funds the search for answers in mystery illness.
https://magazines.uthscsa.edu/mission/bequest-funds-the-search-for-answers-in-mystery-illness/
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