Environmental Intolerances

Written By Emily Joy Johnston

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Environmental Intolerances Handout

An Integrative Approach to Environmental Intolerances: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Related Illnesses

What are environmental intolerances?

In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of illnesses that may be caused by a reaction to something in a person’s environment. These illnesses include:

  • Multiple chemical sensitivity

  • (MCS) Sick building syndrome

  • Post 9/11 syndrome

  • Silicone breast implant intolerance

  • Gulf War syndrome

  • Toxic mold syndrome

  • Electromagnetic field intolerance

This handout will focus mainly on multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) because it is the best-studied of these environmental illnesses. But the causes, diagnosis, and treatment are similar for all of them.

Emily Joy Johnston
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