MCS Friends

12/02/2021

Hi this is the Hoffman TILT program at UT Health San Antonio, led by Dr. Claudia Miller. Just wanted to share our new study on the link between environmental exposure and chemical intolerance. Hope you can read and share! Thanks!

A new study supports mast cell activation syndrome and mediator release (MCAS) as an underlying mechanism for chemical intolerance.

10/22/2021

Black-winged (shouldered) Kite (Elanus caeruleus) in India by Basawant Annigeri‎.

12/15/2020

Our team at the Hoffman Toxicant-Induced Loss of Tolerance (TILT) Program at UT Health San Antonio wanted to share this article from Very Well Health, which describes new fragrance sensitivity in a COVID-19 long-hauler. We think you may find his experience interesting and relatable. David Skoog cred...

11/30/2020

Multiple Chemical Sensitivty Treatments.
A study of over 900 patients on what treatments helped, harmed or made no difference.

05/14/2018

http://www.ehn.org/shenango-coke-works-closed-asthma-dropped-2566777141.html

There's some debate over what the findings mean. But one thing is certain—people are breathing easier.

05/06/2018

One of our members asks: Looking for any advice from fellow MCS sufferers about having cataract surgery. Thanks!

05/06/2018

https://www.nationofchange.org/2018/04/19/germany-to-put-massive-restrictions-on-monsanto-weedkiller/

"I am planning a regulatory draft as a first building block in the strategy to minimize use of glyphosate."

04/11/2018

http://www.commonsnews.org/site/site05/story.php?articleno=27802&page=1

Whenever a high quality article like this gets published, it's important to write comments and share it! It will then be more likely to come up in internet searches, and the editors will be more likely to run similar articles in the future.

BRATTLEBORO—Susan’s home was making her sick. She’d searched a long time to find this apartment. With a small budget and health problems requiring certain conditions, it wasn’t easy to find a place that worked. And now it wasn’t working anymore. Her throat was on fire, and she felt like .....

04/04/2018

The next MCS Housing Projects Conference Call ​will be Wednesday, April 18th at 2 pm Eastern Time. It’s open to the public, so please share and let all your friends know! The dial-in number is 712-770-4010, access code 735-129 #. We hope to feature an organic ranch in Texas that has trailer and camping spots available as well as other MCS housing projects.
If you know of other MCS housing projects or concepts we should feature please let us know!

04/04/2018

A question from one of the followers of our page: Hello friends! I am pretty certain (after 20 yrs of MCS) that my toothbrushes, even placed in baking soda for 6 months prior to use, are wreaking havoc with mouth. Anyone else affected? Are there alternative types of brushes you have discovered? Thanks!

03/25/2018

https://www.bu.edu/today/2018/the-problem-with-cooking-with-fracked-gas/ The chemicals used in the fracking process are not adequately filtered out and may not combust fully.

CAS prof among researchers studying potential for health consequences