Released on: October 27, 2007, 1:20 am

Press Release Author: MCS America

Industry: Healthcare

Press Release Summary: MCS America, a national organization, has issued a position
statement on multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS).

Press Release Body: MCS America, a national organization, has issued a position
statement on multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS). The paper supports the position
that MCS is a disorder of organic biological origin induced by toxic environmental
insults, and requires immediate recognition in the workplace, medical community,
school system, and public places across America; and that it is crucial that
environmental toxicants are identified and reduced or effectively regulated and
enforced through legislation to prevent additional injury to citizens.

Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is an environmental illness (EI) in which
negative neurological, pulmonary, cardiac, and rheumatic health effects, among
others, are experienced from exposure to common environmental chemicals including
fragrances, cleaners, pesticides, and other petrochemicals at concentrations that
are below regulatory toxicity thresholds and that are normally deemed as safe.

A surprising number of people report sensitivity to ordinary everyday chemicals.
The figures range from an average of eleven to seventeen percent, with spikes as
high as thirty percent of subjects who report reactions to multiple chemical
incitants.

MCS America seeks to clarify the many contradistinctions in the medical, scientific,
legal, and social communities so that MCS may be granted the same recognition that
the Centers for Disease Control recently granted to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

\"Sufficient clear and present evidence is currently available to show that MCS is
real and disabling, and to justify, indeed to demand, immediate action,\" said
Lourdes Salvador, Founder and President of MCS America.

Salvador cites the worldwide status of MCS recognition and asserts, \"It is essential
that MCS be immediately and fully recognized in America as an organic physiological
disorder induced by toxic environmental insults.\" She asks that immediate
accommodation with a safe environment for school, work, and housing be granted to
MCS victims.

The position paper is available for supporting signatures at:
http://www.petitiononline.com/MCSAPS/petition.html

For additional information e-mail MCS America, admin@mcs-america.org or visit
www.mcs-america.org.

About MCS America:
The mission of MCS America (MCSA) is to gain medical, legal, and social recognition
for multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) as a disorder of organic biological origin
induced by toxic environmental insults. Secondarily, MCSA seeks to ensure that
environmental toxicants are identified, reduced, regulated, and enforced through
lobbying for effective legislation.

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Web Site: http://www.mcs-america.org

Contact Details: MCS America
Lourdes Salvador
admin@mcs-america.org