Governor Proclaims MCS Awareness Week, May 9 - 15, 2021
Raising Public Awareness and Education about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
To raise awareness about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity in Massachusetts His Excellency Governor Charles D. Baker issued a Governor's Proclamation proclaiming the week of May 9th to the 15th, 2021 to be Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Week. MCS is a term used to describe a class of health conditions 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 the Proclamation 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 educational web addresses 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
To raise awareness about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity in Massachusetts His Excellency Governor Charles D. Baker issued a Governor's Proclamation proclaiming the week of May 9th to the 15th, 2021 to be Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Week. MCS is a term used to describe a class of health conditions 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 the Proclamation 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 educational web addresses 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;] Be sure to visit the Provider section https://tiltresearch.org/provider-resources/ which has an explanation of TILT and the Blog section https://tiltresearch.org/category/blog/ for chemical intolerance in the news.
- Dr. Ann McCampbell’s http://annmccampbell.com/
- Dr. Anne Steinemann's research website www.drsteinemann.com Publications: https://www.drsteinemann.com/publications.html
- Dr. Pamela Reed Gibson, https://www.mcsresearch.net/ Environmental Sensitivities Resource Team housed at James Madison University. “ESRT has been researching the life impacts of having sensitivities since 1992.”
- Chemical Sensitivity Foundation: http://www.chemicalsensitivityfoundation.org/ View Alison Johnson’s Fragrance Free Workplaces and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: at the website.
- MA Department of Public Health, Bureau of Environmental Health: Environmental Health Outreach and Education Material Resources: “What You Should Know About Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.” https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2016/07/ua/chemical-sensitivity-english.pdf?_ga=2.207032336.247813442.1618251859-2001514997.1602871960
Contact info: MDPH’s BEH at 617-624-5757. If you are not able to connect with MDPH, you can go to MACI’s website www.maci-mcs.org to bring up a copy of the brochure under Medical Reference links.
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
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