Support for People with MCS
- MCS Friends – (248) 301-2283 – “MCS Friends is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation registered in the State of Michigan organized by Margaret Barlow in 2000. Margaret’s mission for MCS Friends was to provide a safe place to share information and ideas and to support one another as we navigate this challenging, difficult journey of MCS.”
- Chemical Injury Information Network – (406) 547-2255 – CIIN publishes a monthly newsletter, Our Toxic Times, with housing ads.
- MACI — Massachusetts Association for the Chemically Injured
– (978) 681-5117 – Boston-based virtual Zoom support group. - CSDA — Chemical Sensitivity Disorder Association – lap@laplumlee.us –“CSDA is a nonprofit, educational support group for people who have been toxically-injured by biotoxins, chemicals or electro-magnetic radiation, and have developed multi-system illnesses including intolerance of exposures to even low levels of common chemicals”
- EI Safe Housing — a Facebook group
- Map of MCS People around the World
Advocacy Organizations
- National Center for Environmental Health Strategies, Inc. – Housing advocacy. Mary Lamielle.
- Independent Living Research Utilization – (713) 520-0232
- Chemical Sensitivity Foundation – (207) 725-8570 – Videos, books, and articles aimed at educating families and professionals.
Information Websites
- The EI Wellspring – A wealth of articles about safe building design and construction and living with MCS and Electrical Hypersensitivity (EHS).
- Re|shelter – Housing ads and articles.
Pamphlets and Articles
- Harvard Hoffman Program’s list of books and scientific articles.
- Tips for Finding Safer Housing
- Understanding & Accommodating People with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity in Independent Living.
- An Introduction to Surviving Electrical Hypersensitivity – Article about reducing exposure to electromagnetic fields.
Books
- See the MCS 101 page of mcsfriends.org for a list of books suggested by their members.