Governor Proclaims MCS Awareness Week, May 10 - 16, 2026
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Raising Public Awareness and Education about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
May 10 – 16, 2026
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Week.
To raise awareness about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity in Massachusetts Her Excellency Governor Maura T. Healey issued a Governor's Proclamation proclaiming the week of May 10th through the 16th, 2026 to be Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Week. MCS is a term used to describe a complex medical condition that some individuals develop after exposure to chemicals in the home, at work or in the environment. Due to the often debilitating nature of the illness and the major financial, employment, housing, health and social consequences for individuals and families expanding knowledge of MCS within the general public is an important first step toward preventing additional injuries.
What can you do to help spread the word about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Week and about multiple chemical sensitivity. Please distribute it among other people in your office, department and other departments (if it applies). Please send a copy to your local board of health, health professionals, etc.
A few web addresses that would be educational in this MCS Awareness Week outreach are:
I hope you will take the time to view the websites listed above. They are terrific resources of professional information about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.
Thank you for participating in the Massachusetts Association for the Chemically Injured's MCS Awareness Week’s educational outreach to your agency, healthcare office, organization and to the public.
Jean A. Lemieux, President
May 10 – 16, 2026
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Week.
To raise awareness about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity in Massachusetts Her Excellency Governor Maura T. Healey issued a Governor's Proclamation proclaiming the week of May 10th through the 16th, 2026 to be Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Week. MCS is a term used to describe a complex medical condition that some individuals develop after exposure to chemicals in the home, at work or in the environment. Due to the often debilitating nature of the illness and the major financial, employment, housing, health and social consequences for individuals and families expanding knowledge of MCS within the general public is an important first step toward preventing additional injuries.
What can you do to help spread the word about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Week and about multiple chemical sensitivity. Please distribute it among other people in your office, department and other departments (if it applies). Please send a copy to your local board of health, health professionals, etc.
A few web addresses that would be educational in this MCS Awareness Week outreach are:
- Hoffman TILT Program at UT Health Science Center San Antonio, Department of Family and Community Medicine: https://tiltresearch.org/ [TILT: Toxicant-Induced Loss Of Tolerance;] View News section https://tiltresearch.org/news/ for chemical intolerance in the news.
- Dr. Ann McCampbell’s http://annmccampbellmd.com/
- Dr. Anne Steinemann's research website https://www.drsteinemann.com/
- Dr. Pamela Reed Gibson, https://www.mcsresearch.net/ Papers: https://www.mcsresearch.net/read-me Environmental Sensitivities Resource Team housed at James Madison University. “ESRT has been researching the life impacts of having sensitivities since 1992.”
- The Hoffman Program on Chemicals and Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health https://hsph.harvard.edu/research/hoffman-program/
- Marilyn Brahman Hoffman Foundation https://mbhoffman.org/
About the Foundation https://mbhoffman.org/about-the-foundation;
Resources: https://mbhoffman.org/resources - Environmental Health Association of Quebec (ASEQ-EHAQ) https://aseq-ehaq.ca/en/ Resilience International Conference on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, May 7 and May 8, 2026 https://aseq-ehaq.ca/en/resiliencemcsconference-2026/
- Aaron Goodman Ph.D. The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/
April 23, 2022 Title: MCS & Toxicant Induced Loss of Tolerance (TILT) Shahir Masri Episode 1
June 5, 2023 Title: An Environmental Physician Weighs In Dr John Molot Episode 27
December 15, 2025 Beatrice Golomb, M.D. PhD Toxic Evidence: What Gulf War Illness Reveals about MCS
I hope you will take the time to view the websites listed above. They are terrific resources of professional information about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.
Thank you for participating in the Massachusetts Association for the Chemically Injured's MCS Awareness Week’s educational outreach to your agency, healthcare office, organization and to the public.
Jean A. Lemieux, President