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The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast
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Brought to you by fellow canary, Aaron Goodman, Ph.D., longtime journalist and communication studies researcher with assistance from producers Dani Penaloza and Emma Bolzner.
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Why do some health conditions gain recognition while others remain difficult to classify, diagnose, or accommodate?
Aaron Goodman speaks with Geoffrey Bowker, Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine, and author of Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences, about medical classification systems and what they can teach us about MCS.
You'll hear:
• Why MCS remains difficult for many healthcare systems to classify and recognize
• How medical classifications influence diagnosis, accommodation, and support
• Why some health conditions fit established categories while others remain contested
• The role of patient knowledge and lived experience in healthcare
• What lessons Long COVID may offer for the future recognition of MCS
• What could help MCS gain broader recognition within medicine and society
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https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/1970633/episodes/19445366-the-recognition-gap-mcs-medical-classification-geoffrey-bowker-phd
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This episode discusses Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), suicide, disability, chronic illness, and end-of-life decision-making. Please listen with care.
If you need support, call or text 988 in the United States or 9-8-8 in Canada (24/7).
Outside the United States and Canada, contact your local crisis line, healthcare provider, or emergency service.
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call your local emergency number.
About the episode:
What can Sophia's story teach us about disability, housing, healthcare, and Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)?
This episode features two conversations: one with disability ethicist Heidi Janz, PhD, and another with a Toronto woman living with severe MCS who was friends with Sophia, a woman whose 2022 MAiD death brought international attention to the challenges many people with disabilities and chronic illnesses face.
Together, they explore disability rights, healthcare, housing, social support, and the broader questions Sophia's case continues to raise.
Professor Janz participated in this interview with the assistance of a support person who repeats her words for listeners.
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Professor Heidi Janz:
2025 paper - "First they came for the Physical Crips: The Eugenic Logic Driving MAiD."
https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/bioethics/2025-v8-n4-bioethics010388/1121337ar.pdf
Faculty profile:
https://www.ualberta.ca/en/john-dossetor-health-ethics-centre/about/people/adjunctmembers/heidijanz.html
MCS #MultipleChemicalSensitivity #DisabilityRights #MAiD
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This episode marks the 100th episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast!
Thank you very much to the Marilyn Brachman Hoffman Foundation for its support that makes this work possible.
Gratitude to listeners and viewers around the world for being part of this journey.
If you enjoy the podcast, please subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and on YouTube, and share it with others who may benefit from these conversations.
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Here's to 100 episodes and more to come!
In this episode:
What can the history of lead exposure teach us about risk, regulation, and MCS?
Aaron Goodman speaks with Bruce Lanphear, MD, PhD, about lead as a model for understanding chemical harm.
Topics include:
- What lead teaches us about body burden and cumulative exposure
- Risk, regulation, and the precautionary principle
- Why listening to affected people matters—and lessons for MCS
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Link:
Dr. Bruce Lanphear
https://www.sfu.ca/fhs/about/people/profiles/bruce-lanphear.html
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What can the daily chemical exposures faced by nail salon workers teach us about MCS, chronic illness, and the environments many people live and work in every day?
Aaron Goodman speaks with Reena Shadaan, PhD, from the University of Toronto, about chemical exposure, worker health, body mapping, and chronic illness in nail salon environments.
Topics include:
• The hidden chemical exposures faced by nail salon workers
• What nail salon environments may reveal about MCS and chronic illness
• Body mapping and citizen science as tools for advocacy and documenting lived experience
• How marginalized workers are pushing back against unsafe environments
Listen & subscribe:https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/1970633/episodes/19262474-nail-salon-workers-chemical-exposure-body-mapping-mcs-reena-shadaan-phd
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The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast has a new trailer!
Please share with anyone interested in learning more about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).
Listen to the podcast — new episodes twice a month!
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Can public spaces ever truly be safe for people living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)?
In this episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, Aaron Goodman speaks with Aimi Hamraie, Associate Professor at York University whose work focuses on disability justice, accessibility, and inclusive design.
They explore:
• Why MCS is often overlooked in accessibility conversations
• Remote access as a vital form of inclusion
• How chemicals and fragrances can make public spaces inaccessible
• Why some people with MCS leave cities
• What truly MCS-inclusive public spaces could look like
🎧 Listen now:
https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/1970633/episodes/19185636-can-public-spaces-be-safe-for-mcs-aimi-hamraie-phd
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https://youtu.be/thzV3GgBsHw
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Links:
- Aimi Hamraie
- Remote Access Archive – Critical Design Lab
- Fragrance-free resources compiled by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
- Sick Building Syndrome and the Problem of Uncertainty by Michelle Murphy
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This episode is great to share with your doctor or healthcare provider.
We explore how medical visits could become more supportive for people living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).
We focus on listening, trust, and the responsibility clinicians have to support people with chronic illness. And how small changes can lead to more respectful, effective care.
Aaron Goodman speaks with Téa Christopoulos, PhD candidate and sessional instructor at the University of Toronto, working across the Faculty of Kinesiology and the Joint Centre for Bioethics. Her research explores narrative medicine and Chronic Invisible Disabilities, examining how lived experience can reshape care to be more ethical, responsive, and truly patient-centered.
🎧 Listen:
https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/1970633/episodes/19104690-from-dismissal-to-support-rethinking-care-for-mcs-tea-christopoulos-phd-candidate
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https://youtu.be/m1txBxi03Bc
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2025 paper by Téa Christopoulos:
An Ethics of Care, Relational Suffering, and Contested Invisible Disability
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What happens when people's lived experience with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) is dismissed in medicine? And how can it become a vital form of knowledge?
In this episode, Aaron Goodman speaks with Megan Moodie, a medical anthropologist and disability studies scholar at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her work explores patient activism and how knowledge is produced in medicine. Megan also brings lived experience to this conversation, including Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and chemical sensitivities.
You'll hear Aaron and Megan discuss:
- Why people with MCS are often dismissed or psychologized in clinical settings.
- How lived experience becomes meaningful knowledge in medicine.
- What more equitable collaboration between researchers and affected communities could look like.
- And more!
🎧 Listen now:https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/1970633/episodes/19037045-mcs-when-lived-experience-becomes-knowledge-in-medicine-megan-moodie-phd
Watch on YouTube:https://youtu.be/k4aNnImGMd4
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Please share with anyone interested in learning more about MCS.
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Long COVID has pushed millions into a reality people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) have faced for decades: severe symptoms, disbelief, and no clear diagnosis.
This episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast explores what these conditions share:
Medical dismissal.
Stigma and social isolation.
And epistemic injustice—when patients’ knowledge of their own bodies is questioned or ignored.
Aaron Goodman speaks with Professor Deborah Lupton, a leading sociologist of health and medicine at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and editor of the recent book, Long COVID and Society: International Perspectives.
It's always great to hear from people who listen and watch the podcast!
Please share your experiences with MCS, Long COVID, or about anything you hear on the podcast.
Listen now:
https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/1970633/episodes/18945867-mcs-long-covid-shared-struggles-stigma-endurance-deborah-lupton-phd
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https://youtu.be/pN6UGkaddis
The podcast has a new webpage!
http://listen.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/
Please share with anyone interested in learning more about MCS.
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Brain fog is something many people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) experience.
In this episode, we explore what brain fog is, how it affects thinking, memory, and what research reveals about its links to distress and quality of life.
Aaron Goodman's guests are researchers Tara Packham, PhD, and PhD candidate Ronessa Dass from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
It's always great to hear from listeners!
Please share your experiences with brain fog and MCS or about anything you hear on the podcast.
Listen now:
https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/1970633/episodes/18821290-brain-fog-mcs-ronessa-dass-and-tara-packham-phd
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Links:
Ronessa Dass - email: dassr5@mcmaster.ca
Pain and Movement Research in the IMPRinT Lab, McMaster University:
https://painmovementresearch.healthsci.mcmaster.ca/people-2/
Understanding the Experience and Impacts of Brain Fog in Chronic Pain: A Scoping Review - Ronessa Dass, Tara Packham, et al. (2023):
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37441085/
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Listener advisory: This episode includes discussion of suicide.
Many people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) trace the start of their illness to exposures like pesticides, fragrances, mold, smoke, or chemical fumes.
Others say their symptoms began after taking prescription medications, especially antibiotics.
In this episode, Dr. Stefan Pieper, a functional medicine physician in Germany who specializes in mitochondrial medicine, discusses Fluoroquinolone-Associated Disability (FQAD).
People with the condition develop long-lasting neurological, cognitive, and physical symptoms after taking fluoroquinolone antibiotics. Some also develop chemical intolerance that closely resembles MCS.
Could medications trigger long-term chemical sensitivity? And what might this reveal about MCS?
Listen now:https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/1970633/episodes/18803337-antibiotic-injury-mcs-dr-stefan-pieper
Watch on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4Mjn-ggsZA&t=1s
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Link:
Stefan Pieper — Fluoroquinolone-Associated Disability (FQAD): Side-effects of Fluoroquinolones
Springer Nature, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-72123-0
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In Japan, many people report developing Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) following exposure to fragrance in personal care and household products—and increasingly, in laundry projects, especially fabric softeners.
Some are forced to leave their jobs. Others can no longer attend school. Many struggle to access medical care or even safe housing. Yet despite the profound disruption to people’s lives, MCS remains poorly understood and often invisible.
Is Japan facing a Multiple Chemical Sensitivity crisis?
Today’s guests, journalist and MCS advocate Yasuko Kato and sociology scholar Seykyoung Jung, bring firsthand insight into this urgent question.
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Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) is often seen as a condition that mostly affects older people. However, recent studies indicate young adults may be especially affected by MCS.
Research suggests young adults have the highest prevalence, may be more likely than other age groups to develop the condition, and seem particularly vulnerable to the mental-health impacts of living with chemical intolerance and the social isolation it can bring.
This episode's guest, Abby Steeves, recently completed her PhD focused on MCS and its impacts on young adults. As a former gymnast, she struggled to train and compete while living with the condition. These experiences led her to explore how MCS is challenging—and shaping—the lives of many other young people.
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Abby’s dissertation:
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8845&context=doctoral
MCS #multiplechemicalsensitivitypodcast #multiplechemicalsensitivity #ChemicalIntolerance #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllness #Youth
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You’re listening to The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast. I’m Aaron Goodman.
In this episode, we discuss illness memoirs as evidence, resistance, and survival. We explore the seminal 1994 memoir by Australian writer, Diana Crumpler, Chemical Crisis: One Woman's Story, Humanity's Future?
I speak with Roxana Delbene, PhD, a linguist and medical humanities scholar who studies how people with so-called contested illnesses, including Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), use language and storytelling to tell their personal stories of lived experience.
Exciting news! Check out the podcast's new webpage: http://listen.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/
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Link to Roxana's recent essay on illness memoirs:
https://medicalhealthhumanities.com/2024/10/23/the-patients-productive-imagination-the-reportability-paradox-in-narratives-of-contested-illnesses/
Apologies for some subtle clicking sounds in this interview.
MultipleChemicalSensitivity #MCS #MCSAdvocacy #InvisibleIllnessAwareness #SafeHealthcareSpaces #ChemicalIntolerance #EnvironmentalDisability
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This episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast explores something many listeners live every day: toxic exposures hidden in everyday products.
I’m speaking with researcher Adrianna Trifunovski and environmental health professor Dr. Caroline Barakat about their study on women’s awareness, beliefs, and avoidance of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in personal care and household products.
We discuss:
- Which chemicals many women recognize
- Which fly under the radar
- How symptoms drive behavior
- And what their findings mean for people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity—and for public health more broadly.
Exciting news!! Check out the podcast's new website to listen and learn more:
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Link - 2025 paper by Barakat and Trifunovski:
"Analysis of Women’s Knowledge, Health Risk Perceptions, Beliefs and Avoidance Behaviour in Relation to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Personal Care and Household Products."
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12116110/
MultipleChemicalSensitivity #MCS #MCSAdvocacy #InvisibleIllnessAwareness #SafeHealthcareSpaces #ChemicalIntolerance #EnvironmentalDisability
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On February 3, 2023, a freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, in the U.S. Days later, a “controlled burn” released a massive plume into the air. Many residents who returned home soon became ill.
In this episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, Aaron Goodman speaks with sociologist Madison Scott and toxic exposure expert Professor Lynn Singer.
They explore how:
- Toxic exposure triggered ongoing symptoms akin to Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), including brain fog, rashes, and fatigue.
- Many residents continue to report symptoms long after officials declared the area safe.
- Emerging biological research may reveal critical information about the mechanisms behind MCS.
- And more!
Thank you for listening!
New episodes twice a month. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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All episodes available at:
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MultipleChemicalSensitivity #MCS #MCSAdvocacy #InvisibleIllnessAwareness #SafeHealthcareSpaces #ChemicalIntolerance #EnvironmentalDisability #OhioTrainDerailment #EastPalestine
Link:
Professor Lynn Singer's co-authored 2025 paper:
"The East Palestine train derailment: A complex environmental disaster."
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0892036225000996
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This episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is a game-changer. It counters widespread misinformation and misunderstanding about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), an illness that affects millions around the globe.
You'll hear Aaron Goodman in conversation with Beatrice Golomb, Professor in Residence in Medicine at the University of California in San Diego in the U.S.
Professor Golomb explores:
- How MCS is clearly not a psychological condition, but an illness influenced by mitochondrial or cellular damage, genetics, and chemical exposure.
- The connections between MCS and Gulf War Illness.
- How recent diagnostic recognition of Gulf War Illness could potentially lead to better understanding and validation of MCS.
This important information has the potential to critically inform researchers, policy makers, people living with MCS, and the wider public.
New episodes twice a month! Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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Link:
Professor Golomb's 2025 paper:
SOD2 genetics regulating mitochondrial management of oxidative stress is tied to chemical sensitivity in Gulf war veterans
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40628885/
Contact info for Professor Golomb's research group:https://www.golombresearchgroup.org/contactus
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In this episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast,we’re exploring youth, chronic illness, and MCS. You'll hear Aaron Goodman speaking with Imogen Harper, Ph.D., a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Sydney in Australia. She explores how:
· Diagnosis of illnesses like MCS in youth is often complex and requires adults noticing symptoms and advocating.
· Parents and caregivers can play a crucial in navigating medical systems and ensuring that their child’s needs are taken seriously.
· Illnesses like MCS affect young people’s identity, relationships, and sense of independence.
· Youth and older people with chronic illnesses often deal with anxiety, isolation, stigma, and the challenge of staying connected with others.
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Links:
Imogen's 2024 paper:
"Chronic Concealment and Awareness in the Affective Worlds of Young People Living with Chronic Illness."
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10497323241304571
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In recent weeks, as many listeners know, I've been exploring ways to challenge false arguments that MCS is a psychological disorder.
I hope you find this episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast helps.
You'll hear me in conversation with Kevin Elliott, Ph.D. He is the Red Cedar Distinguished Professor of Philosophy of Science at Michigan State University in the U.S.
I was delighted to speak with Kevin, learn about his important research — and I am excited to share this episode with you.
Kevin explains how scientific research practices — from hidden assumptions to “undone science” — have shaped decades of misunderstanding around Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).
You'll hear Kevin explore:
- How his mother's MCS inspired him to spend decades researching the illness
- Why certain kinds of evidence are ignored
- How harmful psychogenic theories persist
- And what needs to change in research frameworks to genuinely support people living with MCS.
This conversation is forward-looking and grounded in the belief that better science is both possible and urgently needed to support people with MCS.
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Links:
Kevin Elliott:
https://kevincelliott.com/
Kevin's 2025 paper: "Alleviating Epistemic Injustice in Environmental Health Research: Strategies from Science and Values":
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11245-025-10268-3
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Thank you to everyone who took time to share feedback about The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast through the 2025 listener survey.
The goal was to learn more from you about how the podcast contributes to awareness, education, and support around MCS.
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In the latest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, we’re exploring medical invalidation. It's something virtually everyone with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) has experienced and it can be devastating.
Researcher Allyson Bontempo, Ph.D. joins Aaron Goodman on the podcast to discuss her work on healthcare invalidation and discusses:
· What she calls an “epidemic” of medical invalidation for people with MCS and other illnesses.
· The consequences of dismissal by healthcare professionals — how it affects us on a personal and human level.
· How people with MCS, as we know, support each other largely online.
· And some strategies for ways we can advocate for ourselves.
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The newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It's called “Synthetic Food Dyes & MCS.”
Researcher and psychology professor Rebecca Bevins tells Aaron Goodman how she discovered her son’s extreme reactions to synthetic food dyes — petroleum-based additives linked to anxiety, aggression, and cognitive disruption.
Their conversation reveals the impacts of everyday chemicals, something people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) are very familiar with.
Plus, Aaron explores the momentum that could potentially follow the American Medical Association’s recent acknowledgment that fragrance sensitivity can, in some cases, be disabling.
Thank you for listening!
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The newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It's called “Chemical Production, Regulation, & MCS."
I’m speaking with Miriam Diamond, Ph.D., an expert in chemical contaminants and a professor at the University of Toronto in Canada.
You'll hear Professor Diamond explore:
- How tens of thousands of toxic chemicals are produced, yet many people with MCS are still dismissed.
- There is insufficient research into the harms of chemicals.
- The industries that create most chemical waste.
- If we can have hope that harmful chemicals that impact people with MCS and others will be regulated.
- And more!
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In the latest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, we uncover what people with the illness already know — there is no such thing as safe fragrance.
I speak with Professor Gertrud Morlock from Justus Liebig University Giessen in Germany. You'll hear her share:
- What her lab found when screening 42 perfumes.
- Why fragrance formulas are shielded as trade secrets, and how even small amounts can be toxic.
- How ethanol in perfume enhances skin penetration and persistence.
- And what “unscented” / “fragrance free” labels really mean for people with MCS.
Professor Morlock's 2025 paper:
"Fast Unmasking hazards of safe perfumes":
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021967325003073
One more thing:
Wendy Kearley is someone many of us know.
She has lived with debilitating Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
(MCS) for decades.
Wendy has devoted her life to researching and sharing vital information about MCS.
Wendy recently lost access to her Facebook account.
She needs our help to get critical and non-toxic dental care.
Please find a like to her Go Fund Me Page, and please consider contributing to support Wendy.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-wendy-restore-her-smile-and-health
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Millions of people live with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).
We are often the best sources of knowledge about the condition.
In this special episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, I explore listeners’ important questions.
I turn to people with MCS for answers, as well as researchers who specialize in the condition.
We explore:
- How to survive in toxic housing
- Traveling safely with MCS
- Which countries recognize MCS as a disability
- Hospital accommodations
- Why fragrances are so pervasive
- Hormonal links to MCS
- Transparency in product labeling
- Medication sensitivity
- And more
This is an episode about real-life challenges — and the collective wisdom of our community.
🎧 Listen now and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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For people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), this is often our reality:
We're told the illness isn’t real — it's just in our heads — and the law refuses to protect us.
In this episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, Professor Doron Dorfman, a disability law scholar at Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark, New Jersey, in the U.S., explores how:
- People with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) face discrimination because courts often dismiss fragrance-free policies as unreasonable.
- No-smoking rules and peanut-free zones could serve as examples for fragrance-free policies.
- Fragrance-free policies are truly not an administrative burden, as some argue.
- And more!
I'd love your help. I’m running a short listener survey to understand how The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast can best serve people with MCS.
It’s short, will help guide our next steps, and allow us to grow the podcast and create greater awareness about MCS.
Thank you for your support! Please find the link here:
https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSeVqlO2G5OMxN.../viewform
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Check out the latest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast!
It's called “RVs, Formaldehyde, & Toxic Exposures.”
I’m speaking with environmental anthropologist, Nicholas Shapiro, Ph.D., associate professor at the University of California in Los Angeles.
You’ll hear Nicholas explore how after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, tens of thousands of people were exposed to dangerous levels of formaldehyde in government-supplied RVs. Many developed chronic illnesses and symptoms that could fall under the umbrella of MCS.
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The latest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It's called “Fragrance & Indoor Air Quality.”
I’m speaking with Jeffrey Siegel, Ph.D., Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto. He is an expert in healthy and sustainable buildings, ventilation, and indoor air quality. A lot of people with MCS contact him, and he has compassion for folks with the illness.
You’ll hear Professor Siegel explore:
· The impacts of indoor pollutants, including from personal care, consumer products, and fragrance.
· Toxins and cognitive function.
· The effectiveness of masking and air filtration.
· The hazards of essential oil (finally, I found someone with deep insights about this!)
· How we might improve indoor air quality.
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Jeffrey Siegel, Ph.D:
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The newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It's called “Women’s Scented Products and Environmental Justice.”
I’m speaking with Ami Zota, associate professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University in New York.
Professor Zota explores how women of color are disproportionately affected by toxic exposures and unregulated chemicals in beauty, intimate, and personal care products.
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The newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It's called “Chemical Intolerance & the Body.”
I’m speaking with Linus Andersson, associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Umeå University in Sweden. His carefully designed experiments have shown how people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) or Chemical Intolerance (CI) react to small amounts of chemicals.
You’ll hear Linus explore:
· How he believes 1 in 10 people in Scandinavia have severe MCS/CI.
· The important research he has done with people with MCS/CI.
· How chemicals impact different bodily systems in people with the illness.
· If there could be a test people could take to confirm a diagnosis with MCS/CI.
· His conviction that MCS/CI is not a psychological disorder.
· And more!
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The newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It's called “Environmental Disability.”
I’m speaking with Norwegian sociology researcher, Pia Aimée Tordly. Her research on Environmental Disability is informed by her experiences living with MCS.
When Pia first developed the illness in 2010, she lost her job, had move 10 times, and had no other option but to live in her vehicle for a time. Since then, she has completed two master’s degrees focused on Environmental Disability and MCS.
You’ll hear Pia explore:
· Her use of the term Environmental Disability.
· How health authorities in Norway mystify, psychologize, and stigmatize people with MCS.
· How officials largely dismiss Environmental Disability and downplay the need to include and support people with MCS.
· How the medical system increases the social isolation that many individuals with MCS experience.
· And how the medical authorities could to a better job responding to people with MCS.
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Pia Aimée Tordly's 2025 co-authored paper:
"Environmental disability – a languageless diffuse
stigma"
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Check out the newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast!
It's called “MCS Advocates and Activists.”
I’m speaking with two women in the U.S. and two women in Canada. All have severe MCS and are activists when it comes to the illness, creating awareness and calling for change in unique and important ways.
You’ll hear them explore:
- Why they decided to engage in advocacy
- How they respond to disbelievers and ask people to choose fragrance-free products
- And their hopes for the future.
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The newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It's called “Chemical Deregulation and Trump.”
I’m speaking with Maria Doa, Ph.D., Senior Director of Chemicals Policy at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), a U.S.-based non-profit environmental advocacy group.
Before joining the EDF, Dr. Doa was Director of the Chemical Control Division in the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention at the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
You’ll hear Dr. Doa explore:
· Pressures she and others faced under the first Trump administration to change the way toxic chemicals are understood and regulated.
· How chemicals may be less regulated under the current Trump presidency.
· How fragrance is regulated.
· How states and individuals can push back and advocate for stricter regulation and safety.
· And more!
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Links:
The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast (Facebook group)
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Dr. Maria Doa
https://www.edf.org/people/maria-doa
Mentioned in the introduction:
"Perceived treatment efficacy for conventional and alternative therapies reported by persons with multiple chemical sensitivity." (Pamela Reed Gibson et al., 2003):
https://rb.gy/fah5kp
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The newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
You'll hear my first in a series of personal reflections about MCS.
The episode is called “Nutrition, Detox, and MCS.”
I’m speaking with Dr. Jenny Goodman, a medical doctor specializing in environmental medicine based in London, England.
We’re talking about Dr. Goodman’s new book, “Getting Healthy in Toxic Times.”
I ask her about:
· Nutrition and detox for people with MCS
· The widespread dismissal and misdiagnosis of people with MCS
· The lack of medical training about MCS
· The greatest sources of indoor air pollution
· The harms of pesticides
· And more.
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Dr. Jenny Goodman
https://www.drjennygoodman.com/
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The latest episode from The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It's called “Fragrance & Indoor Air Quality.
I’m speaking with two leading experts, Nusrat Jung, Ph.D. and Brandon Boor, PhD. Both are both professors at Purdue University in Indiana in the U.S. They specialize in indoor air quality, workplace air quality, infant and early-life exposures, assessing levels of air pollution, and architectural engineering.
I ask them about:
- What is actually in fragrance
- Which fragranced products they are most concerned about
- If they have any hope regulation can change
- And a lot more!
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Scented products cause indoor air pollution on par with car exhaust
https://newatlas.com/environment/indoor-air-pollution-scented-terpenes/
Nusrat Jung, Ph.D.https://engineering.purdue.edu/CCE/People/ptProfile?resource_id=209763
Brandon Boor, Ph.D.https://engineering.purdue.edu/CCE/People/ptProfile?resource_id=124718
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The newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It's called “MCS & Lyme Disease.”
I’m speaking with Kathleen Wallace in New York State in the U.S. Kathleen has lived with MCS and Lyme Disease for years.
This episode is part of our ongoing efforts to amplify voices of people with MCS.
When Kathleen got ill, Kathleen lost her job as a successful manager with a national company, her house, and her relationship with her partner. She now offers all-natural hair services for people with MCS at her home. Kathleen is an outspoken advocate helping to raise awareness about MCS and Lyme Disease.
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The newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It's called “Illnesses You Have to Fight to Get.”
It features a conversation with Melina Sherman, Ph.D.
Melina is a critical science and health communication scholar and Visiting Assistant Professor at Fairfield University in Connecticut in the U.S.
You’ll hear Melina explore how:
· People with chronic illness are often “invisibilized” by Western medicine.
· The medical system is not able to address illnesses caused by environmental toxicants.
· People with MCS and other illnesses often create community online to support one another and lobby for change.
· And more!
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Melina Sherman:
https://melinasherman.com/
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The newest episode from The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It's called “Chemicals & Parkinson’s Disease.”
It features a conversation with Ray Dorsey, MD, professor of neurology at the University of Rochester in New York State in the U.S.
I invited Ray to speak on the podcast, because he insists toxic chemicals are the leading cause of Parkinson’s Disease and other neurological illnesses. MCS also affects the neurological system among others.
You’ll hear Ray explore:
- The most harmful chemicals that contribute to neurological disorders.
- How we can protect ourselves from being exposed to toxicants.
- The need for better chemical regulation.
- And more!
Thank you for listening!
As always, you can reach me at aaron@chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org
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Links:
Ray Dorsey, MD
Parkinson’s is Predominantly an Environmental Disease (2024 paper)
Ray Dorsey, MD and colleagues
Ending Parkinson’s Disease (2021 book)
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Episode 65 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It's called “Diagnosis & MCS.”
It features a conversation with Annemarie Jutel, Ph.D.
Annemarie is Professor of Health in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Practice at Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.
For decades, Annemarie has explored the power the medical establishment has to provide or withhold diagnoses, the clarity diagnoses can provide for people who receive them, and how communities innovate when doctors do not provide diagnoses or recognize illnesses.
I invited Annemarie to speak on the podcast, because diagnosis is such an important and complex issue for folks with MCS. As you know, most people with the illness are unable to get a diagnosis, because unfortunately, the condition remains widely misunderstood by physicians and healthcare workers.
You’ll hear Annemarie's insights about:
- The “transformative” nature of a diagnosis.
- How many people with so-called contested illnesses struggle to get diagnoses.
- How many self-diagnosis and determine which illnesses they have by connecting with community online.
- And more!
Please share your stories about this issue on the podcast's social media sites if you like.
As always, you can reach me at aaron@chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org
Annemarie Jutel, Ph.D.:
https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/annemarie.jutel
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Episode 64 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It's called “The Physical & Emotional Labor of MCS.”
It features a conversation with Isabella Clark.
Isabella is completing her PhD in sociology at the University of Oregon in the U.S. Her fascinating research focuses on how people with MCS engage in a lot of physical and emotional labor just to survive.
You’ll hear Isabella and I explore how:
· We do countless things to avoid chemicals and make the places we live as safe and healthy as possible.
· Chemical contamination impacts our relationships with others.
· How devastating it is when people with MCS cannot stay in their own homes.
· And more.
Thank you for listening!
As always, you can reach me at aaron@chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org
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Episode 63 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It's called: “The Chemical Anthropocene.”
It features a conversation with Yogi Hendlin, Ph.D.
Yogi is environmental philosopher and public health scientist who works at a number of universities, including Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
You’ll hear Yogi and I discuss:
- The chemical anthropocene (how synthetic chemicals are impacting human health and the planet).
- Which groups of people are most affected by toxic chemicals.
- How powerful companies can produce and sell harmful toxins.
- And more!
Thank you for listening!
As always, you can reach me at aaron@chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org
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Episode 62 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It's called: “Forever Chemicals.”
You'll hear my conversation with two U.S.-based anthropologists, Daniel Renfrew, Ph.D. and Thomas Pearson, Ph.D.
They explore:
· What forever chemicals are and where they come from.
· The harms forever chemicals cause to human health.
· The challenges of better regulation.
· How fenceline communities impacted by industries and forever chemicals are mobilizing to resist.
Thank you for listening!
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Episode 61 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
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It’s part of the podcast's ongoing Book and Film Club series that we aim to bring you as often as possible.
I’m joined by two listeners with MCS, Chantelle Kirk and Kae Donais, to discuss “Safe,” the 1995 film directed by Todd Haines.
We're not giving the film — which is controversial and could definitely be triggering — a thumbs up. The aim is to explore how the movie represents MCS.
Thank you for listening! Please subscribe where you get your podcasts and share your feedback. We love hearing from you.
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Episode 59 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It's called “A Biomedical Scientist with MCS.”
It features a conversation with Dr. Anita Wasik, a medical herbalist with a PhD in Medicine based in Finland. She has so much knowledge about MCS and also has the condition.
You’ll hear Dr. Wasik explore:
- Her own experiences with MCS and related conditions.
- How exposure to toxic mold can lead to and contribute to MCS.
- How the chemical industry influences research and medicine to dismiss MCS.
- Why she thinks more and more people will develop MCS going forward.
- How herbal medicine can assist people with the illness.
Thank you for listening. Please subscribe where you get your podcasts.
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More info about Dr. Wasik:
https://www.anitawasik.com/
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Episode 58 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It's called “MCS & the Medical System.”
It features a conversation with Tarryn Phillips, Ph.D.
Tarryn is a medical anthropologist and associate professor in Crime, Justice and Legal Studies in the Department of Social Inquiry at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia.
I'm really excited to share this episode with you, because Tarryn is one of the most knowledgeable people I've spoken with on the podcast about MCS.
You’ll hear Tarryn share why so many doctors fail to assist people with MCS, how other so-called "contested illnesses" are now widely accepted by medical professionals, how the medical system needs to change, and more.
Thank you for listening!
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Links:Tarryn Phillips, Ph.D.
2023 paper:The doctor, the lawyer and the journalist: Neoliberal career changes and professional resistance during a mining boom
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Episode 57 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
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It’s the first in an ongoing series that we’re calling The MCS Podcast Book Club.
I’m speaking with four women with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) — two in the U.S. and two from Canada. They are Caren Kirk, Donna Reid, Jacqueline Rice, and Ronda Sternhagen.
The women share their thoughts about the 2020 book, “The Sensitives: The Rise of Environmental Illness and the Search for America's Last Pure Place” by Oliver Broudy.
The book is about a journey Broudy took to try to understand MCS. We discuss how the author conducted a lot of research, outlines how we are all exposed to toxic chemicals, but according to my guests, fails to put the false argument that MCS is in our heads to rest.
Share your thoughts about the conversation and the book.
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Episode 56 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
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It’s called “En Environmental Refugee."
I'm speaking with Sue, who goes by the name Canary Involuntary. She lives with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) and Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS).
We spoke about:
- Her ongoing experiences living in an RV in Massachussetts.
- Medical dismissal.
- Attempts to stay employed.
- The isolation and strength it takes to go on.
- How she documents her life and advocates for people with MCS on Instagram.
Thanks so much to Canary Involuntary (Sue) for speaking with me and thank you for listening.
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Links:
Canary Involuntary (Sue) on Instagram
Sue's Etsy sites:https://www.etsy.com/shop/BiofieldHarmony
https://www.etsy.com/shop/FoxyRoxyHomemade
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It's called: “Sacrifice Zones, Slow Violence, and Pushing Back against Chemical Pollution."
It features a conversation with Noah Theriault, Ph.D.
Noah is an associate professor of anthropology in the Department of History at at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a political ecologist and specializes in how capitalism shapes social and environmental inequality.
You’ll hear Noah explore:
- How he sees toxic chemical pollution as "state-sanctioned violence" and environmental injustice.
- How marginalized and racialized communities are frequently exposed to toxic chemicals and the places they live become uninhabitable and what he calls “sacrifice zones.”
- How some communities are pushing back against toxic chemical pollution.
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Links:
Noah Theriault, Ph.D.
“Toxic Research. Political Ecologies and the Matter of Damage” by Noah Theriault and Simi Kang
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It's called: “Women, Dismissal, and Healthcare.”
You'll hear Charee M. Thompson, Ph.D.
Charee is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the College of Liberal Arts & Science at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. She is also an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical & Translational Sciences at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine at the University of Illinois.
You’ll hear Charee explore how:
- Women are often blamed and dismissed for their health conditions.
- Women are frequently excluded from research about health.
- Women with MCS and other so-called 'contested illnesses" are often dismissed by healthcare workers as well as friends and family.
- Illnesses such as Multiple Sclerosis were once widely dismissed by healthcare providers.
- Parents of girls can support their children when they navigate the healthcare system, and more.
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About Charee M. Thompson
2023 paper:
“Women's Experiences of Health-Related Communicative Disenfranchisement”
Authors: Charee M. Thompson, Sara Babu, and Shana Makos
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It's called: “A Journalist, 9/11, & MCS.”
You'll hear Justine Barron, an investigative journalist and writer based in Miami Florida. Justine is the author of the 2023 book, “They Killed Freddie Gray: The Anatomy of a Police Brutality Cover-Up."
Justine talks about:
· Her experiences witnessing the attacks of September 11th, 2001 in New York City, and how living and working in the city contributed to her health challenges.
· How MCS has impacted her daily life and career.
· Her challenges with housing.
· Ableism and accessibility in journalism, and more.
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It’s called "Crip Kinship."
I’m speaking with Shayda Kafai, Ph.D., author of the 2021 book, "Crip Kinship. The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid."
Shayda is an associate professor in the Ethnic and Women's Studies Department at California State Polytechnic University, in Pomona, California.
You’ll hear Shayda talk about Sins Invalid,a disability justice-based performance project and what she calls "crip kinship" and the importance of finding connections online with others with disabilities. Shayda explores the notion of dreaming and dream work, in which we can "embody recurring hope, active love, critical resistance, and radical change," the power of telling stories, and the need to love ourselves.
I hope you enjoy the conversation.
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Episode 50 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It's titled, "Everyday Exposures in Canada’s Chemical Valley."
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You'll hear Sarah Marie Wiebe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Advisor in the School of Public Administration at the University of Victoria, in British Columbia, Canada.
Sarah explores how First Nations people in what's known as Canada's Chemical Valley in southeastern Ontario face everyday chemical exposures from industry.
Sarah talks about how Indigenous people and other racialized communities are disproportionately impacted by toxic chemical pollution. Many affected individuals may not know they have Multiple Chemical Sensitivity or Chemical Intolerance, although countless people report experiencing symptoms of these conditions.
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It’s called: “Gulf War Illness and MCS.”
I’m speaking with with Beatrice Golomb, MD, PhD. Dr. Golomb is a professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. She served as a primary care doctor for a panel of veteran patients for over 15 years. Dr. Golomb specializes in Gulf War Illness and other issues.
You will hear Dr. Golomb explore why thousands of veterans developed Gulf War Illness and MCS, how they were dismissed by health care workers, and how their conditions have impacted their lives.
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Dr. Golomb's 2016 paper:Recent research on Gulf War illness and other health problems in veterans of the 1991 Gulf War: Effects of toxicant exposures during deployment
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010945215003329
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It’s called “A Mother, Daughter, & MCS.”
I’m speaking with Adelia Shepherd and Sherry Crowell-Shepherd who live in Nova Scotia on the East Coast of Canada.
You’ll hear them talk about how Sherry’s MCS influenced their mother-daughter relationship.
It’s an honest and moving conversation, and I think a lot of listeners will relate.
Thank you very much to Adelia and Sherry for sharing their stories.
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It’s called “The Canary Professor.”
I’m speaking with anthropologist and professor, Liza Grandia, Ph.D.
Liza is an associate professor of anthropology in the Dapartment of Native American Studies at the University of California Davis. She identifies as a three-time canary, having survived cancer, long Covid, and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).
Liza is one of the only academics I know of who is publicly outspoken about her lived experiences with MCS. She has long advocated for less toxic schools and is known as Professor Canary for raising awareness about the dangers of toxic products in everyday life.
More about Liza
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It’s called: “Finding Environmentally Safe Housing.”
I’m speaking with Scott Daniska.
Scott Daniska, an independent researcher with a background in biology and genomics who has MCS. After five years trying to rent safe apartments in Massachusetts, he currently lives in Connecticut on the east coast of the U.S.
We talk about what is one of the greatest challenges that people with MCS face -- finding environmentally safe housing. It’s something Scott has grappled with and has shared insights about on his YouTube channel.
More about Scott Daniska:
https://linktr.ee/scottthescientist
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It’s called: “Ecosickness in U.S. Fiction."
I’m speaking with Heather Houser, Ph.D., professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin and the author of the 2014 book, “Ecosickness in Contemporary U.S. Fiction.”
We explore how:
- Writers explore the impacts of toxic chemicals on human health in fiction.
- How fiction can impact the public differently than raw information
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It’s called: “American Breakdown.”
I’m speaking with author and activist Jennifer Lunden, who goes by her last name, Lunden.
Lunden is the author of “American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body's Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life.”
We talk about:
· Her lived experience with MCS and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS).
· How many folks with both illnesses are misdiagnosed by medical professionals.
· The strength it takes to cope with MCS, and more.
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Find out more about Jennifer Lunden
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It’s called: “American Breakdown.”
I’m speaking with author and activist Jennifer Lunden, who goes by her last name, Lunden.
Lunden is the author of “American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body's Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life.”
We talk about:
· Her lived experience with MCS and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS).
· How many folks with both illnesses are misdiagnosed by medical professionals.
· The strength it takes to cope with MCS, and more.
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Find out more about Jennifer Lunden
DISCLAIMER: THIS WEBSITE DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICEThe information, including but not limited to, text, graphics, images, and other material contained on this website are for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regimen, and never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website. No material or information provided by The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, or its associated website is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
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It’s called: “The Chemical Age.”
It features a conversation with Frank A. von Hippel, Ph.D.
Frank is a professor of environmental health sciences at the University of Arizona. His research focuses on toxicology and health disparities, with a focus on Indigenous and underserved communities. Frank is the author of 2020 book, “The Chemical Age,”and he is the creator and host of the Science History Podcast:
You’ll hear Frank explore:
· Why scientists developed pesticides to combat famine and diseases.
· The toxic effects that pesticides have on the environment, wildlife, and humans.
· That there are currently about 350,000 human-made chemicals polluting the environment.
· How scientists understand how just a fraction of these chemicals are harmful.
· That chemical pollution poses a serious threat to human existence.
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It’s called: “The Chemical Age.”
It features a conversation with Frank A. von Hippel, Ph.D.
Frank is a professor of environmental health sciences at the University of Arizona. His research focuses on toxicology and health disparities, with a focus on Indigenous and underserved communities. Frank is the author of 2020 book, “The Chemical Age,”and he is the creator and host of the Science History Podcast:
You’ll hear Frank explore:
· Why scientists developed pesticides to combat famine and diseases.
· The toxic effects that pesticides have on the environment, wildlife, and humans.
· That there are currently about 350,000 human-made chemicals polluting the environment.
· How scientists understand how just a fraction of these chemicals are harmful.
· That chemical pollution poses a serious threat to human existence.
Thank you for listening!
Please share your feedback with us. We love hearing from you.
DISCLAIMER: THIS PODCAST AND WEBSITE DO NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICEThe information, including but not limited to, text, graphics, images, and other material contained on this website are for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regimen, and never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website. No material or information provided by The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, or its associated website is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
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It’s called "Fighting to Breathe."
It features a conversation with Nicole Fabricant, Ph.D.
Nicole is a professor of Anthropology and director of Latin American and Latino/a Studies at Towson University in Maryland on the east coast of the U.S. Her research focuses on issues of environmental toxicity and community activism. She is author of the 2022 book, “Fighting to Breathe: Race, Toxicity, and The Rise of Youth Activism in Baltimore.”
You will hear Nicole talk about the book and:
· How she has worked with youth in South Baltimore who have used creative forms of activism to push back against serious chemical pollution that impacts their health.
· How many people in South Baltimore suffer from asthma and likely undiagnosed MCS.
· How it is important for everyone, not just people whose health is clearly affected by chemicals, to act.
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Please share your feedback with us. We love hearing from you.
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It’s called "Fighting to Breathe."
It features a conversation with Nicole Fabricant, Ph.D.
Nicole is a professor of Anthropology and director of Latin American and Latino/a Studies at Towson University in Maryland on the east coast of the U.S. Her research focuses on issues of environmental toxicity and community activism. She is author of the 2022 book, “Fighting to Breathe: Race, Toxicity, and The Rise of Youth Activism in Baltimore.”
You will hear Nicole talk about the book and:
· How she has worked with youth in South Baltimore who have used creative forms of activism to push back against serious chemical pollution that impacts their health.
· How many people in South Baltimore suffer from asthma and likely undiagnosed MCS.
· How it is important for everyone, not just people whose health is clearly affected by chemicals, to act.
Thank you for listening!
Please share your feedback with us. We love hearing from you.
DISCLAIMER: THIS PODCAST AND WEBSITE DO NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICEThe information, including but not limited to, text, graphics, images, and other material contained on this website are for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regimen, and never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website. No material or information provided by The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, or its associated website is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
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It’s called "Silent Winter: Toxic Chemicals and Chronic Illness."
It features a conversation with with Joanna Malaczynski.
Joanna lives with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) and is the author of the 2021 book, “Silent Winter: Our Chemical World and Chronic Illness.”
You’ll hear Joanna explore:
- Her personal experiences with MCS.
- How “Silent Spring,” by Rachel Carson, published in 1962, inspired her to research the link between chemicals and MCS.
- What fragrance is actually made of and how it impacts the body.
- How corporations are not required to list all the chemicals in products.
- And more.
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Episode 41 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
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It’s called "Silent Winter: Toxic Chemicals and Chronic Illness."
It features a conversation with with Joanna Malaczynski.
Joanna lives with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) and is the author of the 2021 book, “Silent Winter: Our Chemical World and Chronic Illness.”
You’ll hear Joanna explore:
- Her personal experiences with MCS.
- How “Silent Spring,” by Rachel Carson, published in 1962, inspired her to research the link between chemicals and MCS.
- What fragrance is actually made of and how it impacts the body.
- How corporations are not required to list all the chemicals in products.
- And more.
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Episode 40 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
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It’s called “Surviving and Detoxing in Toxic Times.”
It features a conversation with Dr. Jenny Goodman.
Dr. Goodman is a medical doctor specializing in environmental medicine based in London, England. (We share the same last name, but we aren’t related.) She is the author of the 2020 book, “Staying Alive in Toxic Times: A Seasonal Guide to Lifelong Health.”
You’ll hear Dr. Goodman discuss how MCS has become an epidemic in modern times, how environmental physicians search deeply into the roots of people's illnesses, electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS), the vital role of nutrition for people with MCS, and seven ways people can detoxify.
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Dr. Jenny Goodman
“Staying Alive in Toxic Times”
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Episode 40 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/
It’s called “Surviving and Detoxing in Toxic Times.”
It features a conversation with Dr. Jenny Goodman.
Dr. Goodman is a medical doctor specializing in environmental medicine based in London, England. (We share the same last name, but we aren’t related.) She is the author of the 2020 book, “Staying Alive in Toxic Times: A Seasonal Guide to Lifelong Health.”
You’ll hear Dr. Goodman discuss how MCS has become an epidemic in modern times, how environmental physicians search deeply into the roots of people's illnesses, electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS), the vital role of nutrition for people with MCS, and seven ways people can detoxify.
Thank you for listening!
Please share your feedback with us. We love hearing from you.
Dr. Jenny Goodman
“Staying Alive in Toxic Times”
DISCLAIMER: THIS PODCAST AND WEBSITE DO NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICEThe information, including but not limited to, text, graphics, images, and other material contained on this website are for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regimen, and never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website. No material or information provided by The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, or its associated website is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
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Episode 39 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/
It’s called “Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity.”
It features a conversation with Julia Lupine. Julia is the author of “Under a Rock: An Electrosensitive Survival Guide.”
You’ll hear Julia talk about how she adapted to having Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS), Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), how she communicates using a computer and social media, how she has dealt with people who are skeptical about EHS, supplements that have helped her, and more.
Thank you for listening!
Please consider buying Julia's book:
“Under a Rock: An Electrosensitive Survival Guide.”
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Episode 39 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/
It’s called “Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity.”
It features a conversation with Julia Lupine. Julia is the author of “Under a Rock: An Electrosensitive Survival Guide.”
You’ll hear Julia talk about how she adapted to having Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS), Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), how she communicates using a computer and social media, how she has dealt with people who are skeptical about EHS, supplements that have helped her, and more.
Thank you for listening!
Please consider buying Julia's book:
“Under a Rock: An Electrosensitive Survival Guide.”
DISCLAIMER: THIS PODCAST AND WEBSITE DO NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICEThe information, including but not limited to, text, graphics, images, and other material contained on this website are for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regimen, and never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website. No material or information provided by The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, or its associated website is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
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Episode 38 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/
It’s called Chemical Free Homes.
It features a conversation with Corinne Segura.
Corinne is a building biologist practitioner and founder of My Chemical-Free House where she tests and writes about green building materials.
You’ll hear Corinne talk about why she started My Chemical-Free House, some of the greatest challenges people face when renovating, the benefits of air purifiers, if it’s possible to create a safe space in a contaminated home, and more.
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My Chemical Free House
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Episode 38 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/
It’s called Chemical Free Homes.
It features a conversation with Corinne Segura.
Corinne is a building biologist practitioner and founder of My Chemical-Free House where she tests and writes about green building materials.
You’ll hear Corinne talk about why she started My Chemical-Free House, some of the greatest challenges people face when renovating, the benefits of air purifiers, if it’s possible to create a safe space in a contaminated home, and more.
Thank you for listening!
Please share your feedback with us. We love hearing from you.
My Chemical Free House
DISCLAIMER: THIS PODCAST AND WEBSITE DO NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICEThe information, including but not limited to, text, graphics, images, and other material contained on this website are for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regimen, and never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website. No material or information provided by The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, or its associated website is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
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Episode 37 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It’s called “Insights from a “Universal Reactor.”
It features a conversation with Daniel Waclawiw.
Daniel’s the founder of the YouTube channel, The Canary Uncaged. He makes short videos about how, at 27, he is navigating what he calls an "impossible illness."
You'll hear Daniel explore challenges he's faced finding a safe vehicle to live in, isolation, how chemicals are deemed safe, and how people with MCS can support one another.
Thank you for listening!
Please share your feedback with us. We love hearing from you.
Let's show our support for Daniel. Please consider sharing your generosity with him.
You can make a contribution to Daniel's Go Fund Me.
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Episode 37 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It’s called “Insights from a “Universal Reactor.”
It features a conversation with Daniel Waclawiw.
Daniel’s the founder of the YouTube channel, The Canary Uncaged. He makes short videos about how, at 27, he is navigating what he calls an "impossible illness."
You'll hear Daniel explore challenges he's faced finding a safe vehicle to live in, isolation, how chemicals are deemed safe, and how people with MCS can support one another.
Thank you for listening!
Please share your feedback with us. We love hearing from you.
Let's show our support for Daniel. Please consider sharing your generosity with him.
You can make a contribution to Daniel's Go Fund Me.
DISCLAIMER: THIS PODCAST AND WEBSITE DO NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICEThe information, including but not limited to, text, graphics, images, and other material contained on this website are for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regimen, and never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website. No material or information provided by The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, or its associated website is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
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Special thanks to the Marilyn Brachman Hoffman Foundation for its generous support of the podcast.
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Episode 36 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/
It’s called “Autobiography and MCS.”
It features a conversation with Sofia Varino, Ph.D. Sofia is a professor at the University of Potsdam in Germany. They specialize in gender studies, cultural studies and the environment.
You’ll hear Sofia explore how two writers, Aurora Levins Morales and Peggy Munson, as well as singer and filmmaker Susan Abod document their personal experiences with the illness.
Thank you for listening!
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Sofia Varino, Ph.D.
Chapter by Varino: Pathogenic (Auto)Ecologies: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Mechanisms in Environmental Autobiography
Aurora Levins Morales
Susan Abod
Peggy Munson
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Episode 36 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/
It’s called “Autobiography and MCS.”
It features a conversation with Sofia Varino, Ph.D. Sofia is a professor at the University of Potsdam in Germany. They specialize in gender studies, cultural studies and the environment.
You’ll hear Sofia explore how two writers, Aurora Levins Morales and Peggy Munson, as well as singer and filmmaker Susan Abod document their personal experiences with the illness.
Thank you for listening!
Please share your feedback with us. We love hearing from you.
Sofia Varino, Ph.D.
Chapter by Varino: Pathogenic (Auto)Ecologies: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Mechanisms in Environmental Autobiography
Aurora Levins Morales
Susan Abod
Peggy Munson
DISCLAIMER: THIS PODCAST AND WEBSITE DO NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICEThe information, including but not limited to, text, graphics, images, and other material contained on this website are for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regimen, and never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website. No material or information provided by The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, or its associated website is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
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Episode 35 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It’s called “Toxic Fashion.”
It features a conversation with Alden Wicker, author of“To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick – and How we can Fight Back.”
The book explores the impacts of clothing made with synthetic materials and dyes derived from fossil fuels.
In this interview, Wicker talks about the connection between clothing, textiles, and MCS.
Thank you for listening!
Please share your feedback with us. We love hearing from you.
Alden Wicker
EcoCult
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Special thanks to the Marilyn Brachman Hoffman Foundation for its generous support of the podcast.
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Episode 35 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It’s called “Toxic Fashion.”
It features a conversation with Alden Wicker, author of“To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick – and How we can Fight Back.”
The book explores the impacts of clothing made with synthetic materials and dyes derived from fossil fuels.
In this interview, Wicker talks about the connection between clothing, textiles, and MCS.
Thank you for listening!
Please share your feedback with us. We love hearing from you.
Alden Wicker
EcoCult
DISCLAIMER: THIS PODCAST AND WEBSITE DO NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICEThe information, including but not limited to, text, graphics, images, and other material contained on this website are for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regimen, and never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website. No material or information provided by The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, or its associated website is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
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Special thanks to the Marilyn Brachman Hoffman Foundation for its generous support of the podcast.
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Episode 34 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It’s called “The Sensitives.” Exploring a Film About MCS.
https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/
You'll hear a conversation about the 2017 documentary “The Sensitives.” It’s a film about people who live with severe MCS.
Thank you for listening!
Please share your feedback with us. We love hearing from you.
“The Sensitives” – full film on YouTube
Check out The Uncaged Canary — Daniel Waclawi's YouTube channel about his life with MCS and living in a vehicle
DISCLAIMER: THIS PODCAST AND WEBSITE DO NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICEThe information, including but not limited to, text, graphics, images, and other material contained on this website are for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regimen, and never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website. No material or information provided by The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, or its associated website is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
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Episode 34 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It’s called “The Sensitives.” Exploring a Film About MCS.
https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/
You'll hear a conversation about the 2017 documentary “The Sensitives.” It’s a film about people who live with severe MCS.
Thank you for listening!
Please share your feedback with us. We love hearing from you.
“The Sensitives” – full film on YouTube
Check out The Uncaged Canary — Daniel Waclawi's YouTube channel about his life with MCS and living in a vehicle
DISCLAIMER: THIS PODCAST AND WEBSITE DO NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICEThe information, including but not limited to, text, graphics, images, and other material contained on this website are for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regimen, and never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website. No material or information provided by The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, or its associated website is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
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Special thanks to the Marilyn Brachman Hoffman Foundation for its generous support of the podcast.
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Episode 33 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It’s called “Conversations with Doctors.”
Subscribe where you get your podcasts.
https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/
This episode features a conversation with Suvi Kaikkonen.
Suvi is a linguist in Finland. She specializes in how people who are impacted by poor air quality in their homes and get ill are often dismissed by doctors.
It’s something a lot of listeners with MCS will relate to.
Thank you for listening!
Please share your feedback with us. We love hearing from you.
Read a paper by Suvi Kaikkonen and colleagues:
Making sense of the deligitimation experiences of people suffering from indoor air problems
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Episode 33 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
It’s called “Conversations with Doctors.”
Subscribe where you get your podcasts.
https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/
This episode features a conversation with Suvi Kaikkonen.
Suvi is a linguist in Finland. She specializes in how people who are impacted by poor air quality in their homes and get ill are often dismissed by doctors.
It’s something a lot of listeners with MCS will relate to.
Thank you for listening!
Please share your feedback with us. We love hearing from you.
Read a paper by Suvi Kaikkonen and colleagues:
Making sense of the deligitimation experiences of people suffering from indoor air problems
DISCLAIMER: THIS PODCAST AND WEBSITE DO NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICEThe information, including but not limited to, text, graphics, images, and other material contained on this website are for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regimen, and never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website. No material or information provided by The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, or its associated website is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
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Special thanks to the Marilyn Brachman Hoffman Foundation for its generous support of the podcast.
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Episode 32 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
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This episode is called “Canary Whiskers: Fragrance-Free Soap.”
It features a conversation with Rebecca, founder of Canary Whiskers Soap Company that makes completely fragrance-free and essential oil-free, cold-process soap for people with MCS.
You’ll hear Rebecca share how:
· She started Canary Whiskers because she couldn’t find soap that didn’t make her unwell.
· Canary Whiskers soap is different than most other “fragrance-free” soap.
· Canary Whiskers helps make MCS more visible.
· She is trying to access fragrance-free healthcare, something many listeners can relate to.
Find out more about Canary Whiskers.
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The Chemical Sensitivity and its associated website are made possible with grant funds awarded to Aaron Goodman by Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) under the KPU 0.6% Faculty PD Fund. With the exception of Aaron Goodman as the creator of the Podcast, neither KPU, its directors, officers and employees operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast and associated website. The content, opinions, findings, statements, and recommendations expressed in The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast and associated website do not necessarily reflect the official views of KPU or the students of KPU.
Episode 31 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
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This episode is called “Podcasting, MCS and Community-Building.”
It features a conversation with me, Aaron Goodman, founder and host of the podcast.
I answer some listeners' questions about why I started the Chemical Sensitivity The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, my experiences with the illness, community-building, and more.
Thank you for listening!
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This episode is called “Powered Air-Purifying Respirators.”
It features a conversation with two women in the U.S. who wear Powered Air-Purifying Respirators (PAPRs) so they can continue engaging in the world with MCS.
You’ll hear Kyle Higgins and Mariann Martin explore:
· How and when they started wearing PAPRs.
· Which models they use and how they adapt them.
· How they respond to questions and stares from family members, friends, and strangers.
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This episode is called “Man on a Mission: A Very Deep Exploration of MCS.”
It features a conversation with Don Want, Ph.D. , whose children's experiences with MCS led him to write perhaps the most comprehensive information about the condition.
You’ll hear Don explore:
- His own family’s experience with MCS.
- Whether there could be diagnostic tests for MCS.
- How many people with MCS also have other conditions.
- His thoughts on the name, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.
- Why many healthcare professionals misdiagnose people with MCS.
- And more.
Don Want’s 2022 PhD dissertation on MCS:“Environmental Effects on Health: Ignorance and Undone Science”
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This episode is called “Toxic Chemicals in our Blood and World.”
It features a conversation with environmental journalist Anna Turns.
You’ll hear Anna explore:
- The extent of chemical pollution in the world.
- An experiment Anna did to find out which chemicals are in her blood stream.
- How people can find out which chemicals are safe and which are not.
- How members of marginalized communities are disproportionately affected by toxic chemicals.
- And more.
“Go Toxic Free. Easy and Sustainable Ways to Reduce Chemical Pollution.” – Book by Anna Turns
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The title is “An Environmental Physician Weighs In.”
It features a Conversation Dr. John Molot, a doctor in Ontario, Canada who has specialized in MCS for over 30 years.
You’ll hear Dr. Molot explore:
· The primary mechanisms of the illness.
· Why roughly 70% of people with MCS are women.
· MCS and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS).
· Why many people with MCS have other co-related illnesses.
· The need for new doctors to learn about MCS.
· And more.
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2023 paper co-authored by Dr. Molot:
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The title is “Stories of Grief, Acceptance & Strength.”
It features a Conversation with Gail McCormick.
Gail is a psychotherapist, former newspaper reporter, and writer based in Seattle in the U.S. She has lived with MCS for many years. In 2001, she published a book of interviews she conducted with dozens of people who had MCS across the U.S. Her goal was to find out how they were coping and how their emotional and social lives were impacted by the illness.
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The title is “Safe Dentistry & MCS.”
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You will hear Dr. Amy Dayries, one of the world’s most knowledgeable dentists about MCS. She shares helpful information about how to find a dentist who understands MCS, testing for safe dental products, amalgams, root canals, and more.
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The title is “A Physician with MCS.”
It features a conversation with Dr. Ann McCampbell.
Although she trained as a physician, Dr. McCampbell’s career in medicine was interrupted by severe MCS. However, she has devoted her life to raising awareness about the illness and helping people who have it.
In our conversation, you'll hear Dr. McCampbell explore:
· Whether tests could be developed to help people with MCS get a diagnosis.
· Who is most at risk of developing MCS?
· Her personal experiences as a physician and person with MCS.
· Some information about treatments, diet, and isolation that people with MCS often experience.
· How people with MCS can speak with friends and loved ones about the illness.
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Chemical Intolerance Self-Assessment Test (QUEESI)
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The title is “Chemicals in Central America, Chemicals Everywhere.”
It features a conversation with Alex Nading, Ph.D.
Professor Nading teaches anthropology at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in the US. He specializes in the impacts of pesticides and toxic exposures for people who work on sugarcane plantations in Nicaragua, climate change, and environmental health and activism.
You will Professor Nading explore:
- The impacts of pesticides and other chemicals for people who work on sugarcane plantations in Nicaragua.
- How we are all impacted by chemicals and toxins, no matter where we live.
- Why there is so much denial about the fact the MCS is a real illness.
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The title is “Bodily Natures: Exploring Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.”
You’ll hear my conversation with Professor Stacy Alaimo, who teaches at the University of Oregon in the US. She specializes in environmental humanities, American literature, and how writers explore environmental threats to oceans, plants, and animals. Professor Alaimo also has Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and describes it as relatively mild.
We start our conversation talking about her experiences with MCS. Then we explore her influential 2010 book, “Bodily Natures: Science, Environment, and the Material,” in which she writes in detail about MCS.
You’ll hear Professor Alaimo discuss:
• How many products that people buy make them ill in unexpected ways.
• Why the majority of people with MCS are women.
• How most people who are able to get diagnosed with MCS are white and have completed higher education.
• And more.
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The title is “Putting Chemicals Back in MCS.”
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This episode features a conversation with Varda Burstyn, longtime advocate for people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Based in Ontario, Canada, Varda is also an environmentalist, writer, and has lived with the illness for decades.
You’ll hear Varda discuss her important and extremely well-researched report that she wrote with Maureen MacQuarrie in response to a 2021 paper published the Quebec National Institute of Public Health that claims MCS is an anxiety disorder.
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The title is “Snowflake, Arizona.”
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It features a conversation with two long-time residents of Snowflake, a town in the northern part of the US state of Arizona. The community has gained a reputation among people with MCS as a relatively safe place to live, away from chemicals found in urban environments.
You’ll hear Susan Molloy and Scott Killingsworth talk about
- Their experiences with MCS and settling in Snowflake.
- What it's like to live there and some of the challenges (including the climate).
- And the steps people with MCS normally take in order to decide if living in Snowflake is the right choice for them.
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The title is “Photographing The Canaries.
It features a conversation with documentary photographer Thilde Jensen.
Thilde talks about her internationally acclaimed 2013 book, "The Canaries." It's a compelling collection of self-portraits and photos of others with MCS.
"The Canaries" by Thilde Jensen
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In Episode 18, “Toxicology & Communities of Resistance," I’m speaking with Melina Packer, Ph.D.
Melina is a postdoctoral research associate in the Feminist Lenses for Animal Interaction Research (FLAIR) Lab at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is currently writing a queer feminist history of toxicology in the U.S., in which she argues that racial, gendered, and economic hierarchies are embedded into the science itself. These inherent biases, in turn, help explain how and why marginalized peoples remain disproportionately more exposed to toxic environmental chemicals.
In our conversation, Melina explores:
- How society became inundated with synthetic chemicals or toxicants.
- How women, especially women of color, factory- and farm-workers, LGBTQ+ people, and members of other socially marginalized groups, are often over-burdened by toxic exposures.
- What endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are and how they challenge core tenets of toxicology.
- How over-exposed communities are pushing back against the chemical industry.
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In this episode, I’m speaking with Andrea Lily Ford, Ph.D. Originally from California in the U.S., Andrea is now based in Scotland. She is an anthropologist and specializes in culture and medicine and works at the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society at the University of Edinburgh Medical School.
As a researcher, Andrea builds on her experience as a practicing birth doula to examine the impact of chemicals on the endocrine system. She also specializes in how chemicals affect childbearing women, foetuses, and infants.
In our conversation, Andrea explores how:
- The placenta does not protect the foetus from chemicals.
- Many women spend time and energy identifying products that potentially keep their unborn children and infants safe.
- Reducing the number of chemicals is everyone’s responsibility.
- Breastfeeding can pass chemicals from mothers to infants, but in spite of this, it is still widely recommended because of its benefits.
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"Purity is not the Point: Chemical Toxicity, Childbearing, and Consumer Politics as Care." 2020 paper by Andrea Lily Ford.
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In this episode, I’m speaking with filmmaker and singer-songwriter Susan Abod. Susan has MCS and focuses on the illness in her work.
In our conversation, Susan explores:
- Her singing and songwriting about MCS.
- Her film, “Homesick,” about her journey exploring how people with MCS try to find and build healthy and safe housing.
- Trigger warning: Susan talks about how people with MCS who struggle housing experience disproportionately high rates of suicide.
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I’m speaking with Professor Emily Lim Rogers. Emily is a Disability Studies researcher and educator who specializes in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or ME/CFS.
She is the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Disability Studies in the Department of American Studies, the Program in Science, Technology, and Society, and the Cogut Institute for the Humanities at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, in the U.S.
In our conversation, Emily explores:
- The nature of ME/CFS.
- How people with ME/CFS and MCS struggle to have these illnesses understood and accepted.
- Online activism as a way for people with chronic illnesses to call for change.
- The impacts of capitalism on people with ME/CFS and MCS.
- How long COVID could potentially lead to more research and understanding about ME/CFS and MCS.
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I’m speaking with author Marcus Sedgwick, who wrote the book “Snowflake, AZ,” published in 2019.
The novel focuses on Ash, who travels by Greyhound bus to find their stepbrother Bly, who was last seen in Snowflake, Arizona. It’s a community where many people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) have settled, at an altitude of 6,000 feet in the desert, to get away from chemicals that are all too common in urban environments.
In our conversation, Marcus explores:
● How the character Ash first views so-called canaries, people with MCS who live in Snowflake, and how the character's views shift when they develop the illness.
● His experience visiting the community of Snowflake, AZ, and getting to know people with MCS who reside there.
● How long COVID may be changing the way some authorities in some countries are responding to chronic illnesses.
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This episode is titled “Fragrance-Free Church?”
The focus is on churches, however, I think the discussion is relevant foranyone with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) who may be struggling to access indoor spaces, whether they are run by faith-based organizations or not.
I’m speaking with Martha McLaughlin, author of the extraordinary book “Chemicals and Christians: Compassion and Caution.” Martha spent years exploring the science behind the illness and makes it accessible to everyone in her book.
In our conversation, Martha discusses:
- A process of grief and acceptance that many people with MCS go through as they navigate life with the condition.
- How people with MCS who go to church face barriers because of the presence of scented products.
- The steps Martha and others have taken to ask churches to become fragrance-free, how churches have responded, and how churches could do more to ensure they are not excluding people with chemical sensitivities.
I hope you enjoy the conversation and find it of benefit.
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This episode is titled "Parenting Children with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)."It features an insightful conversation with a woman who has MCS and is the mother of two teenage daughters who also have the illness and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). My guest and her daughters live in Colorado in the U.S. and have chosen to remain anonymous to protect their privacy.
If you’re listening and have children with MCS, you may find my guest shares:
- Helpful information about the importance of listening to your intuition about children's chemical sensitivities or intolerances.
- That it's helpful to back up your thoughts with research.
- And above all, to trust yourself in advocating for your children.
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This episode is titled, "A Critical Link? Mast Cell Activation and Chemical Intolerance."
My guest is Dr. Lawrence Afrin, a long-time physician and expert on MCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome).
You will hear Dr. Afrin discuss:
- Could MCAS be at the root of Chemical Intolerance for many people?
- The primary symptoms of MCAS and what to do if you can't find or see a doctor.
- Medication that people with MCAS could try with a discussion about fillers and excipients that can lead to reactions for people with MCS.
I hope you enjoy the conversation and find it of benefit.
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Overlooked for Decades, Mast Cells May Explain Chemical Intolerance
Mast cell activation may explain many cases of chemical intolerance
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This episode is about living in vehicles as a refuge.
It features a conversation with two women with severe MCS. They have had to make difficult decisions to live in their vehicles because synthetic and scented chemicals that many people use make them very ill.
You'll hear Maggie, who chose to use a pseudonym, and Evangeline Elmendorf Greene. Both women live in Arizona in the western United States, sometimes driving to neighbouring states where they are not exposed to chemicals and forest fire smoke.
Maggie and Evangeline talk about:
- Social isolation that comes with living in vehicles.
- The challenge of finding vehicles that allow them to be healthy.
- How they are among countless other environmental refugees whose illnesses are not well understood and remain stigmatized.
It was moving hearing Maggie and Evangeline’s stories. I’m very grateful to them for sharing their experiences. I hope you enjoy the conversation and find it of benefit.
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This episode is about creating a fragrance-free policy.
My guest is Mushim Ikeda.
Mushim is a writer, poet, longtime Buddhism and mindfulness teacher, and Community Director at the East Bay Meditation Center (EBMC) in Oakland, California. She has played a key role in developing a fragrance-free policy at the center, and it is an excellent model and resource for organizations of all kinds.
In our conversation, Mushim speaks speak about:
- How the fragrance-free policy was created.
- Challenges the center encountered.
- How other groups and organizations can adopt fragrance-free policies.
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The title of this episode is "MCS: Not an Anxiety Disorder." It features a conversation with Dr. Eleanor Stein.
Dr. Stein is a a psychiatrist and psychotherapist with an appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary in the Faculty of Medicine. For over 20 years, Dr. Stein has been intensively learning about diagnosis and management of Environmental Sensitivities or MCS, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), and Fibromyalgia (FM). Dr. Stein’s goal is that everyone with these conditions receive effective and respectful treatment within the public health care system.
Dr. Stein is one of a small number of experienced clinicians for these illnesses in Canada and is involved with two research teams providing clinical expertise.
Her manual “Let Your Light Shine Through: Strategies for living with ME/CFS, FM and MCS” guides patients and clinicians through managing the symptoms of these conditions. Dr. Stein also offers self-management education online through the Pathways to Improvement course.
More information about Dr. Stein and her practice can be found at www.eleanorsteinmd.ca
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This episode features a conversation with Maya Dusenbery.
Maya is the author of the extraordinary book, "Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick."
Maya talks about why so many women with chronic illnesses, including MCS, are often dismissed and misdiagnosed. And how women's knowledge is a source of power.
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This episode features a conversation with a man who has severe MCS. We take a deep dive into how the illness affected his marriage with his former wife and ultimately contributed to the end of their relationship. We've kept his and his former partner's identities confidential.
Folks with MCS will understand the challenges MCS can create when it comes to being in relationships. And for people without the illness, hopefully this episode will shed light on what it can be like for individuals and couples navigating these issues.
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This episode is about safer sex and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). It features two conversations with Rachael Rose and Jack Lamon.
Rachael Rose is a certified sex & relationship coach and educator. She's chronically ill, has MCS, and identifies as queer, neurodivergent, and polyamorous.
Rachael's work focuses on an inclusive, sex-positive, pleasure-focused, and healthy approach to sex education and sexual health for all. As a coach, she specializes in working with chronically ill and disabled folks.
For more info about Rachael's work, check out her website. And explore her Beginner's Guide to Fragrance and Chemical Sensitivities.
In the second part of this episode, I’m speaking with Jack Lamon. He is the longest-serving member and worker-owner at Come As You Are. It’s an anti-capitalist and feminist cooperative in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It sells products connected with sexual pleasure, health, and education. I reached out to Jack and invited him speak about safer sex toys for people with MSC.
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This episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is about finding community and supporting one another online.
Since so many people with MCS are dismissed and misdiagnosed by healthcare professionals, the internet is often a vital source of information about the illness. And because of the social isolation that many folks with MCS experience, connecting with others online and supporting one another can play an important role in many people’s lives.
In this episode, Aaron speaks with Brenda Fincher, a longtime administrator, and Shelley Petit, a member of The Multiple Chemical Sensitivity group on Facebook. It was formed about seven years ago, is one of the largest MCS groups online, and now has more than 8,200 members from around the world.
In their conversation, Aaron asks Brenda and Shelley about the role online community can play in the lives of people with MCS, how they have personally benefited from being involved with The Multiple Chemical Sensitivity group, and how they see their online activities as a form of activism.
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In this episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, Aaron speaks with Roselle O'Brien.
Roselle is a licensed clinical mental health counselor based in Massachussetts in the United States. She is dedicated to providing support for those whose lives are impacted by Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).
Roselle has been a medical professional for over 30 years as a licensed nurse, and is an educator, psychotherapist, and creative arts therapist as well as a musician and writer. She combines all her of skills in a holistic approach to care, health, and wellness.
Aaron asks Roselle how folks with MCS can respond when they are dismissed and misdiagnosed by medical professionals, and how to ask family members, friends, housemates and others to accommodate us.
Roselle has a compassionate approach to working with people affected by MCS. She shares insights about how we can communicate with others, and above all, how we can put our health first.
For more information about Roselle’s counselling and work, please visit her website.
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In this episode, Aaron speaks with Michel Dumont.Michel is a queer, two-spirited, disabled, Métis artist who lives and works with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). He resides in Thunder Bay in northern Ontario, Canada.
A lot of Michel's art involves what he calls ‘faux taxidermy.' He makes beautiful, colourful animal objects — bears are some of his favourites — with found taxidermy and covers them over with discarded vintage tile. The results are fabulous mosaic pieces. Michel also creates wearable art using packing tape, mylar, cellophane and LED lights. His work has been exhibited at galleries across Canada.
In this podcast chat, Michel speaks about how he uses materials that are safer for him as a person with MCS, and that sometimes he’s been judged for his choices. He also talks about the challenges of exhibiting art as someone with MCS, how he draws on his Indigenous and Métis roots, and how his mother’s experiences as a survivor of the Indian Residential School System influence his creative practices.
The Canadian government and a number of churches removed and separated Indigenous children from their families and communities and forced them to attend residential schools. Most of the 139 Indian Residential Schools stopped operating by the mid-1970s, but the last federally-run school closed in the late 1990s. In recent years, the remains of hundreds of children have been found on the sites of former Indian Residential Schools.
Part of this episode deals with traumatic memories of past abuse. If you are a survivor of the Residential School System, you can call the National Indian Residential School Crisis Line anytime. The number is 1-866-925-4419.
Thank you for listening!
Links:
Michel Dumont on Instagram
On Tokenization, Funding and Being an Indigenous Artist who is Differently Abled
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In this episode, Aaron speaks withDr. Shahir Masri.
Dr. Shahir is a member of theHoffman TILT Program at the University of Texas Health Science Centre in San Antonio. It is an organization that conducts critical research, education, and outreach about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Toxic Induced Loss of Tolerance or TILT.
Dr. Masri is also an assistant specialist in air pollution exposure assessment and epidemiology at the University of California, Irvine. He teaches courses on environmental health and pollution at Chapman University in Orange, California and National University in San Diego, California.
Dr. Masri holds a Doctorate in Science from the Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard School of Public Health.
In this conversation, Dr. Masri talks about how environmental scientists understand MCS, why so many people with the illness struggle to get a medical diagnosis, and how the condition is likely to continue to affect millions of people in the coming years.
Thank you to Dr. Masri for taking the time to speak on the podcast. I hope you find the insights he shares are helpful and interesting.
Links to two 2021 articles about TILT from the Hoffman TILT Program. The second is co-authored by Dr. Shahir Masri:New Study Provides a Link between Common Chemicals and ‘Unexplained’ Chronic Illnesses
Toxicant-induced loss of tolerance for chemicals, foods, and drugs: assessing patterns of exposure behind a global phenomenon
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