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* Volume S Number 8 January 1992 TOXIC TREND/By Earon S. Davis and Mary Lamielle \ '" MCS New to Law, Medicine M * 1 A better understanding of multiple chemical sensitivity will remedy the limited medical and legal approaches. : This is the conclusion o f a two-part article. if sppCWdttmtihohiaecosuaeosrkmart.tlrtbbteiikmclictaiaepelihisisaidplrsteoievesyassnAS'ei,tpcoau.aiosChowrnbncfone,ohwlhdbmeMmiNiilcatpneiahpChoctmectae.rSpciaansltf,ouHulunsstmabaadymhe-nslt4nemoiieddc3sosuiion5inesgtghnd8aixhoaKvea,bspvevietoioAtiediletnyuoisrtustsulrnngyegi(iroimd,lMm.veifiinvesoe2teC.,nsnun8uhSiBtsp,tsfro,)sorf.im1.udeoswi9rsesiveef9eiFTiefnnnr0stitrhosicg,)oiio.nueet9nacirnglr1trldesTdae2ocisfirhsoafmoifnFeggrariiygosehn.mn2utttiddoahaszprrerlfeirfseonde9oaodcgfa7,vmoiav1sesgpgl(iec,dusalnMerryocSioiai,nhzimCtpgnseihaneuSldidasengco.CspavcwowiestieirrcienorieocttlsmdhailunAomiii.nnearttMsk,sgvqitI1nCmopinuis9nshScaia9oubryly0nsienistt.elaioydilcctvoseiuy.iTaaoarn,rncnLkshgiwtcdnsileaonymghrnam,gceidnucorSpmhdeclioensthacohotceiadRepeaabmlralnelsepeptaotfiSrtlloilwtoeoneepynryxcbci,rstueillohbtPuerrhigimsdneilraMtineyetsmnenysCemsDsaftlaoSyyhiipilcmvsnevelaabeyaodirrbenonyefiuiamwbleiaitnthyeto-ieyslaHoorn)etvfnkhutnI-itncnomsooaloisgsontfuaueictdnvrthrhahwaetetaieRniniroittcmerhonexlcasftriutoettihiiganlnozehntentdnss , The Players in Medicine Since the precise etiology is unknown, and allergists have defined MCS as outside their field, a partial vacuum exists in th health care system. (See Part 1 of this article, December 1991.) The Institute of Medicine of the National 1eAxcpaodseumreys oufpSocniehnucmesanhahs eraelcthog(nRizoelde othf ethterePmriemnadroyuCs asrheorPthaygseicoiafnpihnysOiccicaunpsattiroaninaeldanind tEhnevierfofencmtsenotfaleMnveidriocninmee, nNtaaltional - AApfr(iAehncccyaAadosddigOineecngmmiAiaznayy)TEe,nsdhnPoybaevrfosoriepntrEemsheeosncae,nviofdlmaas1ifirlom9cteowai8nienbl8lhtsimea)a,gi.cclraebohnppmwuIthtataiiiytrsnlihgessgeibMcncnteiihoeagoenirmndisvnawsioplcnplloiaeyvirnnntneoeidsgddtbuoel(crtreoaAohsmstAtohbo.tplEhaaefhtieMyytayrspnd)iabegcddoieairaicgpnetniisdloanses,nlelidwaettnoorlivgbtaoshaiysllelvteelMpseerhdscgaCsyhiresSsieenrtimscfg.ietraiexhcenntaeGqseelunrrewesatomn,elhwlnteyotlirshynigebbgticionevoAnlagionturminsdfmeuige-serlcblteidtiecnorrwatsoiniotftfhiorheAeghfdiaco1rona0wpcidphczoeauatyrmthtspiiieeayocmnitne.aitoosonsnrf.nvsesaiOurilpcnothhoanyonlmaasndiisecyenifntaatohgnmreiascifmlAfbyAeemoclfrtloeseerrrhiegceyaanlthjJ;ij AldaiAcskoErdtMher,nNsottohrrtotnshtugrrapaAdlrliiAitsaiioOnnngcAaelyls,haawalnlsehdritglapeiksoteelnniatvincaidraolfsoncormlmmoeuaentlt,oapwclochasuiinpctdihaotnoihotaonovlnaaeliyMsponhCgywSisc,eiclaolialrlsneecsrrlgvaoyeifmdtpeshnthyaseviofcutiircallaendsusinttgirdoeoennnraegsrltaasalnklllydeepirnatgcigiccsiteosspmf.titMdIsnrCedatSidoowdlaoihstgriayoig.nhv,'atnlihediotshteilrittyhejj- tOHoecwacaulrtphdatMAiosCnsoaScl. iaaHntidoonwE.envveirr,onthmeenptraolgrCelsisnivices ealnemd etnhte iOncoccucpuaptiaotnioanlaalnmd eEdnicviinreonfmindenstasul pSpeocrttiofnrsomof \ tthhee AAsmsoecriiactainonPoubf lic* . Continued.!.. \ i Ifd o o r Pollution Law Report January t i f f ? Working against the general recognition of MCS is the American College of Occupational Medicine (ACOM), the largest mainstream organization in its field. The members of ACOM re commonly seen to be physicians who ' representThe interests of industry and are influential. An ACOM official testified on Capitol Hill, during the Indoor > Air Quality Act hearings, against the regulation of indoor air quality (Hearing Report No. 102-41), Subcommittee on * Health and Safety, House Committee on Education and Labor, July 31, 1991, pp. 551-522), and challenged the position of th U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that MCS is a disabling condition requiring reasonable accommodation under the Fair Housing Amendments Act and the Federal Rehabilitation Act. ` ;V \ ; k J; _ -, . ^ yi ; V * > The Legal Stakes . . h 4 ' The legal_stakes for MCS are high indeed. Both plaintiff and defense attorneys say that personal injury cases pinovtoelnvtiinagl tcoonesxupmloedreporvoedructthse, pneesxtticdideceaadpe.pliAcattitohnes,sasimcke btiumiled,inwgorskyenrds*rocmoemapnednsoatthioenr cinladimoosr acpopnetaarmtinoabnetsinhcarveeastihneg-as _ m!ore offHicoewwevoerrk,erbse,yaosndwetlhleastrainddituisotnraialldwamorakgeersawdeavredlsopforMpCrSodsuycmt plitaobmilsi.ty and personal injury, the potential dreecvoagsntaiztieodn aosfaMn CimS proaritsaens tqfuaecsttoironisn adbisoaubtilniteywcoanndditdioifnfesr, epnetompleeaswuirthes MofCdSamfaacegeas. diFffoerreenxtamtypplee,owf hdiilseabqiuliatylitfyroomf ltihfeosies wwiatnhefdixeepde.npdhiynsgicaolnliemnivtiartoionnmse. nMtaCl Scovnicdtiitmiosn'sdaisnadbltihneg sseyvmerpittoymosf atrheeicraiulslnedessbeys.enPvieroopnlme ewnittahl efnacvtiorrosnmanedntmaladyiswaabxiliatnieds mfroamy beenjcoaypianbglenoorfmtaral vleivliensg,boecfaguosiengoftothreesbtaarurriearnstsi,mmpoovseieds bayndchpeumbilciaclsmienetbinugilsd, infogrs.exTamhepirle,nebmutestihseyis anroetptrheeveanbtseednce othfehtarnedmrTTaenhhildseeoicluneosgsaatislsbosoalyaftshttcireooompnoimniasgn, dabwcucfittruhuststhMtoermaCpteiSrdoencstueocnrarcaueedsnedtodlryfesbpfsyaeinlslttghipcecirdoivmemasar,prieadilnbiysslieanutfplieooocsnntsafnotohtfrse,ffuiionxnrdecditpvieoiddrnifusiunaamblgievlcsiiatciutienissme.dms Hoabdnyoedwreenntvhvebierrui,roinlidftmainmheganisslti.ae.nlso.dtisMdaebCaiSlltittiwesit.h victims frequently require special allowances for medical care, less contaminated foods and water and safe housing and tthraonssepcoorstatstioton,eemacphloyoefrws,hpicrhodpuocstemsaevneurfeacftiunraenrcs,iaclobnutrradcetnosr.s, Asottceiamlpptsrotgoraumsse, tihnesulreegrasl osrysbteumildtinogshoiwftnesorsmwe iollfcaolnltoinfue to meet with resistance. However, the law does appear to be moving gradually towards greater recognition, compensation and protection for those with this controversial illness. ' =".?r . * * . ri"' '' ' !' `-i -i M v 1' "* 1' < A IT " >I ) r i T !> It " 1 I ' Mr. Davis, an environmental health law consultant in Evanston, III., is an attorney with a master's degree in public ' health He has been on numerous MCS review committees. Ms. Lamielle is president of the National Center for Environmental Health Strategies, Balance^ a newsletter chronicling 429-5358. a national non-profit chemical sensitivities organization based in Voorhees, N.J. and other environmental health issues. ShHeerispthhoeneednituomr: obef rTiWhs e(6D0e.9.l)i.c.,.a,.t,e