MichelleFeb 17

NEW PEER-REVIEWED STUDY CONFIRMS OVER 1.13 MILLION CANADIANS LIVING WITH MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY

https://aseqmail.moosend.com/show_campaign/87493395-7dd7-451d-b97b-fd0eb026f604

As of 2020, 3.5% of Canadians (n = 1,130,801) had been diagnosed with MCS

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/23/2/236

#Canada #HealthResearch #MCS #MultipleChemicalSensitivity #ScentFree

MichelleNov 7

"Fragrance-free environments are not a inconvenience, they are a medically necessary accommodation. The scientific evidence is clear: fragranced and chemical exposures can trigger profound physiological reactions. Ensuring clean indoor air is essential for protecting public health and enabling full participation in society.”
— Dr. John Molot, Environmental Medicine Specialist and medical advisor to EHAC-ASEC and ASEQ-EHAQ.

Call to action here:
https://aseqmail.moosend.com/show_campaign/%20f7149eb6-77d2-4c23-96bc-e781637707c6

#ScentFree #MCS

MichelleJul 24, 2025
Yesterday was my first World Sjogren's Day since getting diagnosed. It has been over 8 years since I went to my doctor about postpartum symptoms that wouldn't go away and they asked "Have you tried looking it up online?" I was very much on my own until my doctor left the practice and I got assigned a nurse practitioner who took me seriously. Most of my symptoms were related to histamine responses to scented products. To get into see an environmental allergy specialist, I had to be screened for autoimmune diseases. It took about two years from the blood tests to the biopsy that confirmed Sjogren's. Now I am being monitored for systemic involvement and other autoimmune diseases. I eventually got into the environmental allergies clinic and got diagnosed with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. More diagnostic adventures await as we figure out what's going on with my mast cells. The good thing is that while there's no cure for Sjogren's or MCS, I am doing all of the things I can (My doctor says I am the perfect patient who goes above and beyond!). The main guidance - "Don't get sick!" so I mask up around others. Ironically, Sjogren's prescribes low impact exercise and MCS high impact so training 80-20 for ultra marathons is a perfect fit. Running is my medicine!


#Sjogrens #SjogrensDisease #Running #AutoimmuneDiseases #MultipleChemicalSensitivity #UltraTrail #GetOutside #Zone2Running #MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver #ScentFree
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Tom KindlonJul 2, 2024

Canada:
Environmental sensitivities and scent-free policies: A guide for federally regulated employers and
service providers (2024) - Canadian Human Rights Commission
https://www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/en/resources/publications/environmental-sensitivities-and-scent-free-policies

#MCS #MultipleChemicalSensitivities #ScentFree
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Environmental sensitivities and scent-free policies

Cat. No.: HR4-124/2024E-PDF ISBN: 978-0-660-71795-1

Show threadLikely Jan LukasFeb 29, 2024

@linux_mclinuxface

Sidenote: I loved getting treatments at the Cross Cancer Institute because they were a #ScentFree facility that *actually enforced it* and made people go wash (skin, hair, etc.)

On chemo, everyone tends to become as chemically reactive as I am most of the time.

It's amazing to see people who previously thought allergies (perfume, etc) were fake suddenly discover that they themselves were utterly miserable around such things, too.

CavarNov 24, 2022

#DisabilityCommunity question: if you're #ScentFree / #FragranceFree , what are some nice giftable products that you really like? one of my partners just moved and is mostly eliminating fragrances at home now that they live on their own and i'd love a gift that reflects that/lets them treat themself a little :)

#NEISVoid pls advise

moving to @ni.hil.istMar 31, 2019

dealing with nausea-related scent overload while traveling really has me rethinking my ambivalence around keeping a resuable face mask as part of my spoonie supply kit

#disability #scentfree #fragrancefree #spoonie