For people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), this is often our reality:

We're told the illness isn’t real — it's just in our heads — and the law refuses to protect us.

In this episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, Professor Doron Dorfman, a disability law scholar at Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark, New Jersey, in the U.S., explores how:

• People with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) face discrimination because courts often dismiss fragrance-free policies as unreasonable.
• No-smoking rules and peanut-free zones could serve as examples for fragrance-free policies.
• Fragrance-free policies are truly not an administrative burden, as some argue.
• And more!

I'd love your help. I’m running a short listener survey to understand how The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast can best serve people with MCS.

It’s short, will help guide our next steps, and allow us to grow the podcast and create greater awareness about MCS.

Thank you for your support! Please find the link here:

https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSeVqlO2G5OMxN.../viewform

Aaron.

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It's called “RVs, Formaldehyde, & Toxic Exposures.”

I’m speaking with environmental anthropologist, Nicholas Shapiro, Ph.D., associate professor at the University of California in Los Angeles.

You’ll hear Nicholas explore how after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, tens of thousands of people were exposed to dangerous levels of formaldehyde in government-supplied RVs. Many developed chronic illnesses and symptoms that could fall under the umbrella of MCS.

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The latest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!

It's called “Fragrance & Indoor Air Quality.”

I’m speaking with Jeffrey Siegel, Ph.D., Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto. He is an expert in healthy and sustainable buildings, ventilation, and indoor air quality. A lot of people with MCS contact him, and he has compassion for folks with the illness.

You’ll hear Professor Siegel explore:

· The impacts of indoor pollutants, including from personal care, consumer products, and fragrance.

· Toxins and cognitive function.

· The effectiveness of masking and air filtration.

· The hazards of essential oil (finally, I found someone with deep insights about this!)

· How we might improve indoor air quality.

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Jeffrey Siegel, Ph.D:

https://hab.civmin.utoronto.ca/people/dr-jeffrey-siegel/

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The newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!

It's called “Women’s Scented Products and Environmental Justice.”

I’m speaking with Ami Zota, associate professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University in New York.

Professor Zota explores how women of color are disproportionately affected by toxic exposures and unregulated chemicals in beauty, intimate, and personal care products.

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The newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!

It's called “Chemical Intolerance & the Body.”

I’m speaking with Linus Andersson, associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Umeå University in Sweden. His carefully designed experiments have shown how people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) or Chemical Intolerance (CI) react to small amounts of chemicals.

You’ll hear Linus explore:

· How he believes 1 in 10 people in Scandinavia have severe MCS/CI.

· The important research he has done with people with MCS/CI.

· How chemicals impact different bodily systems in people with the illness.

· If there could be a test people could take to confirm a diagnosis with MCS/CI.

· His conviction that MCS/CI is not a psychological disorder.

· And more!

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The newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!

It's called “Environmental Disability.”

I’m speaking with Norwegian sociology researcher, Pia Aimée Tordly. Her research on Environmental Disability is informed by her experiences living with MCS.

When Pia first developed the illness in 2010, she lost her job, had move 10 times, and had no other option but to live in her vehicle for a time. Since then, she has completed two master’s degrees focused on Environmental Disability and MCS.

You’ll hear Pia explore:

· Her use of the term Environmental Disability.

· How health authorities in Norway mystify, psychologize, and stigmatize people with MCS.

· How officials largely dismiss Environmental Disability and downplay the need to include and support people with MCS.

· How the medical system increases the social isolation that many individuals with MCS experience.

· And how the medical authorities could to a better job responding to people with MCS.

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Pia Aimée Tordly's 2025 co-authored paper:

"Environmental disability – a languageless diffuse
stigma"

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Check out the newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast!

It's called “MCS Advocates and Activists.”

I’m speaking with two women in the U.S. and two women in Canada. All have severe MCS and are activists when it comes to the illness, creating awareness and calling for change in unique and important ways.

You’ll hear them explore:

• Why they decided to engage in advocacy
• How they respond to disbelievers and ask people to choose fragrance-free products
• And their hopes for the future.

Thank you for listening! Please share your feedback about the episode on social media.

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Support the show

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The newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!

It's called “Chemical Deregulation and Trump.”

I’m speaking with Maria Doa, Ph.D., Senior Director of Chemicals Policy at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), a U.S.-based non-profit environmental advocacy group.

Before joining the EDF, Dr. Doa was Director of the Chemical Control Division in the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention at the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

You’ll hear Dr. Doa explore:

· Pressures she and others faced under the first Trump administration to change the way toxic chemicals are understood and regulated.

· How chemicals may be less regulated under the current Trump presidency.

· How fragrance is regulated.

· How states and individuals can push back and advocate for stricter regulation and safety.

· And more!

Thank you for listening! Please join The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast’s new Facebook group.

You can reach me at aaron@chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org

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Links:

The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast (Facebook group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/chemicalsensitivitypodcast

Dr. Maria Doa
https://www.edf.org/people/maria-doa

Mentioned in the introduction:

"Perceived treatment efficacy for conventional and alternative therapies reported by persons with multiple chemical sensitivity." (Pamela Reed Gibson et al., 2003):

https://rb.gy/fah5kp

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