ELAINE BROSTROM MY MCS STORY

In recent years I have noticed more people mentioning that they were sensitive to fragrances. So when a recent study looking at the prevalence of MCS in the US found a significant increase in prevalence I wasn't totally surprised. To summarize the study, a representative cross-section of the population across America was surveyed. They asked the participants had they either been medically diagnosed with MCS or did they consider themselves compared to other people, allergic or unusually sensitive to everyday chemicals (like household cleaning products, paints, perfumes, detergents, insect spray, etc). They found that 12.8% had been medically diagnosed with MCS and 25.9% self-diagnosed as chemically sensitive (said they were allergic or unusually sensitive to everyday chemicals). These numbers are up over 3X for medically diagnosed MCS and up over 2X for self-diagnosed MCS from surveys that were conducted a little over 10 years ago. This is a significant increase in just a little over 10..