Recognition of MCS as a Legitimate Disease and Disability

[Guest guest]

Recognition of MCS as a Legitimate Disease and Disability

_http://www.mcsrr.org/factsheets/mcsrecog.html_

(http://www.mcsrr.org/factsheets/mcsrecog.html)

 

From 1994 to 1998, MCS Referral & Resources compiled a detailed and fully

referenced list of the legislative and administrative policies, court

decisions, and policies of independent organizations that recognized MCS as a

legitimate disease and/or disability. In 1999, MCS R & R's director Albert Donnay

published a peer-reviewed summary of this research in the International Journal

of

Toxicology. This documentation of MCS recognition is invaluable for those

seeking reasonable accommodation, benefits and/or compensation for MCS illness

and disability.

_Published Review Article_ (http://www.mcsrr.org/factsheets/ADrecogn.pdf)

(PDF) _Details of MCS Recognition_

(http://www.mcsrr.org/factsheets/MCSrecogn.pdf) (PDF)

 

 

 

Who Recognizes MCS as a Medical Disorder or Disability ? (8/98)

 

 

25

Federal Government Agencies, Commissions, Institutes & Departments

28

State Government Agencies, Commissions, Legislatures & Departments

13

Local Government Agencies, Commissions, Councils & Departments

8

Federal Court Decisions

21

State Court Decisions

14

State Workers' Comp. Board Decisions

4

Canadian Federal Agencies

6

Canadian Provincial Agencies

* Who Opposes Recognition of MCS ?

 

* American Academy of Allergy & Immunology

(now AAAAI), based on position paper adopted in 1986.

* American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine,

based on a 1991 position paper, revised in 1993.

* Environmental Sensitivities Research Institute

since 1995. ESRI is a " non-profit " organization with membership fees of

$2,500 to $10,000 per year. The Board of Directors includes representatives of

DowElanco, Monsanto, Proctor and Gamble, and the Cosmetic, Toiletry and

Fragrance Association. It is chaired by executive director of RISE, a pesticide

industry association opposed to MCS recognition.

* ESRI promotes changing the name of MCS to " Idiopathic Environmental

Intolerances " or IEI (oxymoronic since idiopathic means " no known cause " )

 

* Who No Longer Opposes MCS?

 

* American Medical Association, which adopted a position paper

critical of clinical ecology in 1992, said in 1994--in a joint statement with

the

American Lung Association, US EPA and US Consumer Product Safety Commission --

that the " current consensus " on MCS is that " complaints should not be

dismissed as psychogenic, and a thorough workup is essential. "

* American College of Physicians, which adopted a position paper

critical of clinical ecology in 1989, said in 1996 that it now has no position

on

MCS.

* California Medical Association, which adopted a position paper

critical of clinical ecology in 1986, reclassified it as a " historical document

only " in 1993.

 

 

Last Modified: 10/23/06