/oss/taxonomy/term/2441/all en /oss/article/critical-thinking/multiple-chemical-sensitivity-answering-criticism <p>Last September, we published <a href="/oss/article/health/zeroing-cause-multiple-chemical-sensitivity">an article I wrote on multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS)</a>, specifically on a French-language report commissioned by the Government of Quebec to understand the state of our knowledge on this condition. We recently received a number of emails critical of the article from people who have MCS and were unhappy with the conclusion of the report: that MCS seemed to be caused by chronic anxiety and not by exposure to minute amounts of chemicals in the environment.</p> Wed, 30 Mar 2022 19:16:50 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9070 at /oss /oss/article/health/zeroing-cause-multiple-chemical-sensitivity <p>Sometimes, science doesn’t give you the answer you wanted. You may be certain you know what is causing a mysterious phenomenon, but a well-done scientific experiment denies you that satisfaction and points you in an unexpected direction. Reality can be stranger than hypotheses.</p> Sat, 25 Sep 2021 08:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8864 at /oss /oss/article/did-you-know-history/gulf-war-syndrome <p>Many scientists now believe Gulf War Syndrome is a type of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Unexplained symptoms reported by veterans of the first Gulf War with Iraq in 1991 have caused heated international debate. The symptoms reported include fatigue, skin rash, muscle and joint pain, headaches, loss of memory, shortness of breath, gastrointestinal and respiratory symptoms, and extreme sensitivity to commonly occurring chemicals.</p> Thu, 25 May 2017 00:13:23 +0000 OSS 2491 at /oss