MCS resources
The following resources may help you get your chemically sensitive patients the support necessary to return to work. However, Ann McCampbell, MD, chair of the Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Task Force of New Mexico in Santa Fe, cautions that the organizations and authors listed are not necessarily in agreement on the issues surrounding multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS). Case managers will have to help patients sort through the information to find the most applicable suggestions, she says.
Organizations
• Human Ecology League, P.O. Box 29629, Atlanta, GA 30359. Telephone: (404) 248-1898. Fax: (404) 248-0162. E-mail: [email protected]. Provides patient support services and publishes a newsletter called The Human Ecologist.
• National Center for Environmental Health Strategies, 1100 Rural Ave., Voorhees, NJ 08048. Telephone: (856) 429-5358. Provides clearinghouse, educational, referral, support, and advocacy services for the public and those injured by chemical and environmental exposures. Also provides consulting services on access and accommodation issues.
• MCS Referral & Resources, 508 Westgate Road, Baltimore, MD 21229. Telephone: (410) 362-6400. Fax: (410) 362-6401. Web: www.mcsrr.org. Publishes Recognition of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.
• American Academy of Environmental Medicine, 7701 E. Kellogg Drive, Suite 625, Wichita, KS 67207. Telephone: (316) 684-5500. Fax: (316) 684-5709. Professional organization of environmental medicine specialists.
• Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics, 1010 Vermont Ave. N.W., Suite 513, Washington, DC 20005. Telephone: (202) 347-4976. Fax: (202) 347-4950. A professional organization for environmental health specialists.
Books and articles
• Ashford NA, Miller CS. Chemical Exposures: Low Levels and High Stakes. 2nd ed. New York City: Van Nostrand Reinhold; 1991. New York City: John Wiley & Sons; 1998.
• Hileman B. Multiple chemical sensitivity. Chemical and Engineering News 1991; 69:26-42.
• Radetsky P. Allergic to the 20th Century. Boston: Little, Brown and Company; 1997.
• Gorman C. Less Toxic Alternatives. DeKalb, TX: Optimum Publishing; 1997.
• Rapp DJ. Is This Your Child’s World? New York: Bantam Books; 1996.
• Reed-Gibson P. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Survival Guide. Oakland, CA: Harbinger Publications; 2000.
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A Scientific Overview. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Scientific Publishing Company; 1995.
• Miller CS. White paper: Chemical sensitivity: History and phenomenology. Tox Ind Health 1994; 10:253-276.
• Day N. Occupational hazards in the hospital, doctor’s office and other health care facilities. NC Med J 1995; 56:189-195.
• Hayes JP, Fitzgerald MX. Occupational asthma among hospital health care personnel: A cause for concern? Thorax 1994; 49:198-200.
• Ziem GE. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Treatment and follow-up with avoidance and control of chemical exposures. Tox Ind Health 1992; 8:73-86.
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