Sept 2019
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Sept 2019 |
Our NewsThe MCS-Aware forum is now up and running again, so you should be able to log in as usual and post as before. Our Joomla server needed updating for security reasons, it is all sorted now. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused anyone. Our practitioner list, for support group members, has now been updated to ensure it includes the latest information on practitioners that can treat MCS. The magazine will shortly be on its way to magazine and support group members, we hope you enjoy the latest issue. For learning more about the magazine and the benefits of becoming a support group member click here. Glossary: EI: Environmental Illness, MCS: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, EHS/ ES: Electro-Hypersensitivity Tips on clothing and MCSMany people with MCS react to chemicals in their clothing or from smells on their garments that they have picked up when out and about. Pamela Reed Gibson discusses what to think about when choosing clothes for the MCS sufferer. You may want to go through your clothing and decide what to give away based on the materials used, whether they are contaminated with fragrances from fabric softeners and detergents, or they have been dry-cleaned. There may be particular materials that you can tolerate better than others. For some people, polyester, a petrochemical product, may be troublesome, but acrylic (closer to plastic) may not be. Cotton and hemp may be the soundest choices, but cottons can become contaminated in laundering or through the use of perfume. Also not everyone can tolerate even organic cotton. If some of your clothes have picked up odours, you can try washing them in vinegar or baking soda or simply hanging them out in the elements to remove the smells. Although vinegar should not cause the colours to bleed, baking soda may. New clothing is often a long way from tolerable for people with MCS, so don’t give away most of your clothing before ensuring that you have something to wear. Although you may find some untreated clothing in stores, it is rare, and you will have to come up with a strategy for acquiring safe clothing. If you can afford it, there are some beautiful natural cottons and hemps available through catalogues and in some alternative stores. They are generally priced similarly to upscale conventional clothing. Cotton can be unbleached, organically grown, and dyed with vegetable colour-grown dyes. Organic colour-grown cottons or hemps may be your soundest choices. There are a few new companies that specialize in mail-order hemp clothing. Hemp can be grown with less water than cotton and without pesticides, and is a durable fabric for clothing. This is taken from Pamela Reed Gibson's informative book called "Multiple Chemical Sensitivity - A survivor's guide". You can download it for free (see News below). |
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