MCS Awareness Month

May is #MCS Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Month

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I had to snag this comment posted on an Ig account who saw what we were doing and decided to run her own challenge with prizes.

Someone who followed her saw how important it was to be #fragrancefree for people who are affected by them!

This kind of thing makes it all worth it.

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It's hard to imagine that products are toxic. We assume that because it's on the shelf, that it's safe. It's not.

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Can you imagine having to make this choice?

It's something that people with #MCS have to think about every day. Go outside and be around people? Potentially make myself a lot sicker? Or stay at home confined to these four walls and the television set

Can you imagine that?

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Click here https://t.co/UaSCXWYiLs to see Sheena's experience wearing a mask all day.
#multiplechemicalsensitivity #MaskUpInMay #MayisMCSawarenessMonth

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Do you know what you're spraying on your skin? Do you know it takes less than a minute to be absorbed into your body? It also contributes to #airpollution and makes others very sick.

If you do know all this, and still use fragranced products, why?

Please share freely.

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We know there's no cure for #MultipleChemicalSensitivity, but every so often someone reports something that helps them get by, or tolerate exposures better. This is what they said.

Is there anything you would add to this?

#healthyliving #homeremedies #selfcare

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We imagine a day where we won't be locked inside to escape #chemicals. They did it for people affected by #smoking. Hopefully someday they'll do it for us.

#chemicalinjury #canary #environmentalillness #multiplechemicalsensitivity

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This video is so powerful. Sarah is only 22.

She should be in college, but she was forced to drop out because of MCS.

MCS can happen to anyone. Our world is becoming more and more #toxic every day.

#ThisisMCS.
#multiplechemicalsensitivity

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How far will the chemical industry go?

#Teflon, #Flameretardants, #Pesticides and other #carcinogens are found in babies at birth.

What are you feeding your baby?

https://t.co/FVJmggYRhN

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They say it takes a perfect storm of events to cause MCS. No one really knows why one person gets it and another doesn't. We asked on Instagram, and these are the answers we got.

Do you know what caused yours?
#multiplechemicalsensitivity #chronicillness #fragrancefree

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@RebeccaEWebber @JayInslee @MCSAware Thank you so much!

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Can you imagine getting so sick that you couldn't function, only to have doctors abandon you? It still happens today. Many doctors aren't aware of Environmental Medicine.

Have you ever faced this situation?

Photo credit: Marie LeBlanc (https://t.co/MaAUxTZsDD)

[Jacqueline Rice @JacqRice]

Frequent #headaches without an obvious cause might be triggered by ubiquitous #toxins Next time your head hurts, take note of where you are & whether you smell anything w/a #fragrance. #scent in many everyday products are known to be #toxic #noscents #migraines

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@veganmcser That's horrible! How many people have to get sick before the world understands!?

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What do you miss most about life before #MultipleChemicalSensitivity?

To participate in these, follow us on https://t.co/iWpBpMADeG!

What would you add?

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@veganmcser @Smell_Hell I completely understand that 🙁 it's an awful illness!

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#MultipleChemicalSensitivity isn't always from a one time exposure. Low levels of chemicals over time can give you #MCS as well.

Please don't let this happen to you. The easiest way to protect yourself, is to switch to #fragrancefree products.

What was your first sign?

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@Smell_Hell I absolutely agree!

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Wow! We almost can't keep up with all the #MaskUpInMay challenges!
Come check out our Facebook https://t.co/in6ZJPrjDT or Instagram https://t.co/5KbhHmKh9t for the rest! Better yet, submit your own!

[Oliver Milman @olliemilman]

Our series Toxic America launches today. I wrote about how the US allows hundreds of everyday chemicals banned in Europe.

Within cosmetics alone, the EU has banned 1,300 chemicals. The US? 11. https://t.co/LvcSepu6Ju

[STINK! @StinkMovie]

Internal emails reveal how the chemical lobby fights regulation ⁦@AmChemistry⁩ #cancer #lobby https://t.co/FYo7HUA8c2