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1、EngagingwithMultipleChemicalSensitivity(MCS)-London2003MalcolmHooperPhD,BPharm,CChem,MRICChiefScientificAdvisortotheGulfWarVeteransINTRODUCTIONMultiplechemicalsensitivity,MCS,wasfirstofficiallyrecognisedinGermanyandisnowincludedinitseditionoftheWHO’sInternationalClassificatio
2、nofDiseases,ICD-10,underthecodeT78.4.Interestingly,thiscodeisfor“allergy,otherwisenotspecified”.Therecentreport“AllergytheUnmetNeed”,RoyalCollegeofPhysicians,June2003,recordsthehugeincreaseinallergyintheUKwith1personin3sufferingsomeformofallergy,atotalof18millionpeople.Ofthes
3、e18millionsome3millionsufferfromsevereallergieswhichcanbelife-threateningandrequireemergencytreatment.ThereleaseoftheRoyalCollegeofPhysician’sreportcoincidedwiththepublicationof,anotherverylargereport,theRoyalCommissiononEnvironmentalPollution,24thReport,“ChemicalsinProducts:
4、safeguardingtheenvironmentandhumanhealth.”Thisreportidentifiestheneedforaproperunderstandingofthehealtheffectsofnovelchemicalswidelyusedinsocietyanddistributedubiquitouslyintheenvironment.Some30,000chemicalswithlittleornotoxicologynowneedtobeassessed,anenormousundertaking.Ido
5、notthinkthesereportsareunrelated.Theriseofallergy,chemicaltoxicityandMCSareconsistentwiththedisturbingdatainthesereports.TheGermanshavesurelyembarkedontherightcourse.IfwearetoengagewithMCSasafeatureofhealthcareinourmodernsocietiesandevenmoresointhedevelopingeconomiesofwhatiss
6、ometimesreferredtoasthethirdworldthenweneednewwaysofdiagnosingandtreatingMCSandrelatedillnesses.Otherwisetherewillbealegacyofill-healthaddedtotheburdenofthirdworldcountriesandthepoorinallsocieties.IntheUSAofficialrecognitionhascomeintheformofreportsfromtheDepartmentofJustice,
7、theDepartmentofHousingandUrbanDevelopment,andtheDepartmentofEducation,whichacceptMCSasalegitimateconditionfortheirpurposes,CFIDSChronicle,1997.MedicalresistancetoMCShasbeguntoevaporateamongtheAmericanCollegeofPhysicians.TheAmericanMedicalAssociationandAmericanLungAssociationa
8、ndEnvironmentalProtectionAgencystatethat,“Claimantsshouldnotbedismis
