MCS - A statement from Lourdes Salvador about recent ad hominem attacks on Faceb

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Poster's Comment: I have seen attacks against Lourdes in a couple of MCS

groups, and been horrified and shocked at this behaviour . Those

whom indulge in this kind of behaviour don't do themselves nor MCS any

favours, in my opinion.

 

 

A statement from Lourdes Salvador about recent ad hominem attacks on

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Lourdes Salvador at _MCS America_ (http://www.mcs-america.org/) reports

on a smear campaign against herself and her organization that resulted in

the removal of MCS America awareness information from a national health

observance calendar: _A statement from Lourdes Salvador about recent ad hominem

attacks on Facebook_

(http://thetruthaboutmcs.blogspot.com/2010/01/statement-from-lourdes-salvador-ab\

out.html) .

 

 

A personal attack was recently launched against me and MCS America, in

which many inaccuracies were published on Facebook for the sole purpose of

stirring up controversy and tarnishing my reputation. This “controversy†is

nothing more than the continuance of a longstanding, unsubstantiated smear

campaign based on falsehoods and innuendo about me and MCS America.

 

 

The person or persons who launched this attack contacted the National

Health Information Center (NHIC) to demand that the annual MCS Awareness and

Education Month be removed from the _National Health Observances Calendar_

(http://www.healthfinder.gov/nho/nho.asp) due to MCS America, which was the

contact organization for the event, being “a fake organization.†NHIC

complied with the demand. The listing allowed schools, hospitals, employers,

and other members of the public seeking information for awareness events on

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity/Environmental Illness to contact MCS America

for brochures, studies, posters, and other informational materials. The loss

of this listing is a tragedy for our entire MCS/EI community.

 

 

The MCS/EI community is defined by empathy, support, sharing, and working

together to find healing and to stop pervasive chemical pollution. We are

not about personally attacking others within our community even if we

disagree on an issue. That type of activity does not foster our cause, but

rather

promotes division and strife. Many members of our community work

tirelessly to have MCS/EI officially recognized and to educate the

public-at-large.

The listing in the national calendar was another important step toward

educating the public about MCS/EI and bringing us closer to having our illness

fully recognized. It is astonishing that anyone would actively pursue the

removal of MCS information in a national publication.

 

 

MCS America stands behind its mission to gain medical, legal, and social

recognition of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity as a disorder of organic

biological origin induced by toxic environmental insults; to provide support

and

referral services to individuals with MCS, chronic fatigue syndrome,

fibromyalgia, and other environmental illnesses; and to ensure that

environmental

toxicants are identified, reduced, regulated, and enforced through

lobbying for effective legislation. MCS America will continue to work toward

these

goals through whatever means available.

 

 

Informational materials about MCS Awareness and Education Month, which is

scheduled for May 2010, are available through our website at

_http://www.mcs-america.org_ (http://www.mcs-america.org) .

 

 

Thank you for your support!

 

Sincerely,

Lourdes Salvador Founder, MCS America

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I want Canary Report readers to know that I stand behind Lourdes 100% on

this. It’s distressing to see this type of thing happening within the

environmental illness community; I witnessed a similar attack against Lourdes

firsthand a few weeks ago on my own Facebook page and blocked the source

immediately. I urge you to do the same and speak up about it whenever you see

this type of vicious thing happening anywhere on the Web, whether on

Facebook, Twitter, other social networks, or in comments to

articles

or on blogs. Do not let a personal attack stand without rebuttal or comment

on the inappropriate behavior. If someone disagrees with something someone

has said or done, then the proper thing to do is argue your point about the

topic, but not make it a personal attack.

 

 

Lourdes works tirelessly on MCS and other environmental illness advocacy.

That she was able to get our cause listed in a national calendar is to be

commended. That she takes the time to write up copious amounts of public

information materials, upon which countless people depend to spread MCS

awareness, is nothing less than remarkable. That someone came along and

actively

worked to have MCS information removed from a national listing is beyond

belief. What a shame.