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Episode 42 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
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It’s called "Fighting to Breathe."
 
It features a conversation with Nicole Fabricant, Ph.D.

Nicole is a professor of Anthropology and director of Latin American and Latino/a Studies at Towson University in Maryland on the east coast of the U.S. Her research focuses on issues of environmental toxicity and community activism. She is author of the 2022 book, “Fighting to Breathe: Race, Toxicity, and The Rise of Youth Activism in Baltimore.”

You will hear Nicole talk about the book and:

 ·      How she has worked with youth in South Baltimore who have used creative forms of activism to push back against serious chemical pollution that impacts their health. 

 ·      How many people in South Baltimore suffer from asthma and likely undiagnosed MCS. 

 ·      How it is important for everyone, not just people whose health is clearly affected by chemicals, to act. 

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Episode 41 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
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It’s called "Silent Winter: Toxic Chemicals and Chronic Illness."

It features a conversation with with Joanna Malaczynski.

Joanna lives with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) and is the author of the 2021 book, “Silent Winter: Our Chemical World and Chronic Illness.” 
 
You’ll hear Joanna explore: 

•  Her personal experiences with MCS.
• How “Silent Spring,” by Rachel Carson, published in 1962, inspired her to research the link between chemicals and MCS.
• What fragrance is actually made of and how it impacts the body.
• How corporations are not required to list all the chemicals in products.
•  And more.

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Episode 40 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
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It’s called “Surviving and Detoxing in Toxic Times.” 

It features a conversation with Dr. Jenny Goodman. 

Dr. Goodman is a medical doctor specializing in environmental medicine based in London, England. (We share the same last name, but we aren’t related.) She is the author of the 2020 book, “Staying Alive in Toxic Times: A Seasonal Guide to Lifelong Health.” 

You’ll hear Dr. Goodman discuss how MCS has become an epidemic in modern times, how environmental physicians search deeply into the roots of people's illnesses, electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS), the vital role of nutrition for people with MCS, and seven ways people can detoxify. 

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Dr. Jenny Goodman

“Staying Alive in Toxic Times”

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Episode 39 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
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It’s called “Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity.” 
 
It features a conversation with Julia Lupine. Julia is the author of “Under a Rock: An Electrosensitive Survival Guide.” 

You’ll hear Julia talk about how she adapted to having Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS), Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), how she communicates using a computer and social media, how she has dealt with people who are skeptical about EHS, supplements that have helped her, and more. 

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Please consider buying Julia's book: 
“Under a Rock: An Electrosensitive Survival Guide.”

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Check out Episode 20 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast!
 
 The title is “Snowflake, Arizona.”
 
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It features a conversation with two long-time residents of Snowflake, a town in the northern part of the US state of Arizona. The community has gained a reputation among people with MCS as a relatively safe place to live, away from chemicals found in urban environments. 
 
You’ll hear Susan Molloy and Scott Killingsworth talk about

•  Their experiences with MCS and settling in Snowflake.
• What it's like to live there and some of the challenges (including the climate).
• And the steps people with MCS normally take in order to decide if living in Snowflake is the right choice for them.

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Episode 19 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! 

The title is “Photographing The Canaries.

It features a conversation with documentary photographer Thilde Jensen.
 
Thilde talks about her internationally acclaimed 2013 book, "The Canaries." It's a compelling collection of self-portraits and photos of others with MCS.
 
"The Canaries" by Thilde Jensen

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In Episode 18, “Toxicology & Communities of Resistance," I’m speaking with Melina Packer, Ph.D. 

Melina is a postdoctoral research associate in the Feminist Lenses for Animal Interaction Research (FLAIR) Lab at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is currently writing a queer feminist history of toxicology in the U.S., in which she argues that racial, gendered, and economic hierarchies are embedded into the science itself. These inherent biases, in turn, help explain how and why marginalized peoples remain disproportionately more exposed to toxic environmental chemicals.

In our conversation, Melina explores:

• How  society became inundated with synthetic chemicals or toxicants.
  
  
• How women, especially women of color, factory- and farm-workers, LGBTQ+ people, and members of other socially marginalized groups, are often over-burdened by toxic exposures.
  
  
• What endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are and how they challenge core tenets of toxicology.
  
  
• How over-exposed communities are pushing back against the chemical industry.

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In this episode, I’m speaking with Andrea Lily Ford, Ph.D. Originally from California in the U.S., Andrea is now based in Scotland. She is an anthropologist and specializes in culture and medicine and works at the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society at the University of Edinburgh Medical School. 

As a researcher, Andrea builds on her experience as a practicing birth doula to examine the impact of chemicals on the endocrine system. She also specializes in how chemicals affect childbearing women, foetuses, and infants. 

In our conversation, Andrea explores how:

• The placenta does not protect the foetus from chemicals.
• Many women spend time and energy identifying products that potentially keep their unborn children and infants safe.
• Reducing the number of chemicals is everyone’s responsibility. 
• Breastfeeding can pass chemicals from mothers to infants, but in spite of this, it is still widely recommended because of its benefits.

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Website: Andrea Lily Ford, Ph.D.

"Purity is not the Point: Chemical Toxicity, Childbearing, and Consumer Politics as Care." 2020 paper by Andrea Lily Ford.

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In this episode, I’m speaking with filmmaker and singer-songwriter Susan Abod. Susan has MCS and focuses on the illness in her work.

In our conversation, Susan explores:

• Her singing and songwriting about MCS.
• Her film, “Homesick,” about her journey exploring how people with MCS try to find and build healthy and safe housing.
• Trigger warning: Susan talks about how people with MCS who struggle housing experience disproportionately high rates of suicide. 

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Watch Susan’s films, “Homesick” and “Funny You Don’t Look Sick” on Kanopy using your library info.

Rent or buy “Homesick” on Amazon (US only).

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In this episode, I’m speaking with Professor Emily Lim Rogers. Emily is a Disability Studies researcher and educator who specializes in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or ME/CFS. 

She is the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Disability Studies in the Department of American Studies, the Program in Science, Technology, and Society, and the Cogut Institute for the Humanities at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, in the U.S. 

In our conversation, Emily explores:

• The nature of ME/CFS.
• How people with ME/CFS and MCS struggle to have these illnesses understood and accepted.
• Online activism as a way for people with chronic illnesses to call for change. 
• The impacts of capitalism on people with ME/CFS and MCS.
• How long COVID could potentially lead to more research and understanding about ME/CFS and MCS.

Emily Lim Rogers

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I’m speaking with author Marcus Sedgwick, who wrote the book “Snowflake, AZ,” published in 2019.

The novel focuses on Ash, who travels by Greyhound bus to find their stepbrother Bly, who was last seen in Snowflake, Arizona. It’s a community where many people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) have settled, at an altitude of 6,000 feet in the desert, to get away from chemicals that are all too common in urban environments. 

In our conversation, Marcus explores:

●      How the character Ash first views so-called canaries, people with MCS who live in Snowflake, and how the character's views shift when they develop the illness. 

●      His experience visiting the community of Snowflake, AZ, and getting to know people with MCS who reside there.

●      How long COVID may be changing the way some authorities in some countries are responding to chronic illnesses.

More about “Snowflake, AZ” and Marcus.

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This episode is titled “Fragrance-Free Church?” 

The focus is on churches, however,  I think the discussion is relevant for anyone with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) who may be struggling to access indoor spaces, whether they are run by  faith-based organizations or not. 

I’m speaking with Martha McLaughlin, author of the extraordinary book “Chemicals and Christians: Compassion and Caution.” Martha spent years exploring the science behind the illness and makes it accessible to everyone in her book. 

In our conversation, Martha discusses:

• A process of grief and acceptance that many people with MCS go through as they navigate life with the condition.
  
  
• How people with MCS who go to church face barriers because of the presence of scented products.
  
  
• The steps Martha and others have taken to ask churches to become fragrance-free, how churches have responded, and how churches could do more to ensure they are not excluding people with chemical sensitivities. 

I hope you enjoy the conversation and find it of benefit.

Chemicals and Christians website by Martha McLaughlin.
Prayer for people with MCS and Environmental Illness. 

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This episode is titled, "A Critical Link? Mast Cell Activation and Chemical Intolerance."

My guest is Dr. Lawrence Afrin, a long-time physician and expert on MCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome).

You will hear Dr. Afrin discuss:

• Could MCAS be at the root of Chemical Intolerance for many people?
• The primary symptoms of MCAS and what to do if you can't find or see a doctor.
• Medication that people with MCAS could try with a discussion about fillers and excipients that can lead to reactions for people with MCS.

I hope you enjoy the conversation and find it of benefit.

Links:

Overlooked for Decades, Mast Cells May Explain Chemical Intolerance
Mast cell activation may explain many cases of chemical intolerance

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This episode is about living in vehicles as a refuge.

It features a conversation with two women with severe MCS. They have had to make difficult decisions to live in their vehicles because synthetic and scented chemicals that many people use make them very ill. 

You'll hear Maggie, who chose to use a pseudonym, and Evangeline Elmendorf Greene. Both women live in Arizona in the western United States, sometimes driving to neighbouring states where they are not exposed to chemicals and forest fire smoke. 

Maggie and Evangeline talk about: 

• Social isolation that comes with living in vehicles.
• The challenge of finding vehicles that allow them to be healthy.
• How they are among countless other environmental refugees whose illnesses are not well understood and remain stigmatized. 

It was moving hearing Maggie and Evangeline’s stories. I’m very grateful to them for sharing  their experiences. I hope you enjoy the conversation and find it of benefit.

Thanks so much for listening.  

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This episode is about creating a fragrance-free policy.

My guest is Mushim Ikeda.

Mushim is a writer, poet, longtime Buddhism and mindfulness teacher, and Community Director at the East Bay Meditation Center (EBMC) in Oakland, California. She has played a key role in developing a fragrance-free policy at the center, and it is an excellent model and  resource for organizations of all kinds. 

In our conversation, Mushim speaks speak about:

• How the fragrance-free policy was created.
• Challenges the center encountered.
• How other groups and organizations can adopt fragrance-free policies. 

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The title of this episode is "MCS is Not an Anxiety Disorder."  It features a conversation with Dr. Eleanor Stein. 

Dr. Stein  is a a psychiatrist and psychotherapist with an appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary in the Faculty of Medicine.  

For over 20 years, she has been intensively learning about diagnosis and management of Environmental Sensitivities or MCS, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), and Fibromyalgia (FM). 

Dr. Stein’s goal is that everyone with these conditions receive effective and respectful treatment within the public health care system.  

She is one of a small number of experienced clinicians for these illnesses in Canada and is involved with two research teams providing clinical expertise.

Her manual “Let Your Light Shine Through: Strategies for living with ME/CFS, FM and MCS”  guides patients and clinicians through managing the symptoms of these conditions. Dr. Stein also offers self-management education online through the Pathways to Improvement course.

More information about Dr. Stein and her practice can be found at www.eleanorsteinmd.ca 

I hope you enjoy the conversation.

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This episode features a conversation with Maya Dusenbery.  

Maya is the author of the extraordinary book, "Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick." 

Maya talks about why so many women with chronic illnesses, including MCS, are often dismissed and misdiagnosed. And how women's knowledge is a source of power. 

I hope you enjoy the conversation.

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This episode features a conversation with a man who has severe MCS. We take a deep dive into how the illness affected his marriage with his former wife and ultimately contributed to the end of their relationship. We've kept his and his former partner's identities confidential.

Folks with MCS will understand the challenges MCS can create when it comes to being in relationships. And for people without the illness, hopefully this episode will shed light on what it can be like for individuals and couples navigating these issues.

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This episode is about safer sex and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). It features two conversations with Rachael Rose and Jack Lamon.

Rachael Rose is a certified sex & relationship coach and educator. She's chronically ill, has MCS, and identifies as queer, neurodivergent, and polyamorous.

Rachael's work focuses on an inclusive, sex-positive, pleasure-focused, and healthy approach to sex education and sexual health for all. As a coach, she specializes in working with chronically ill and disabled folks.

For more info about Rachael's work, check out her website. And explore her Beginner's Guide to Fragrance and Chemical Sensitivities.

In the second part of this episode, I’m speaking with Jack Lamon. He is the longest-serving member and worker-owner at Come As You Are. It’s an anti-capitalist and feminist cooperative in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It sells products connected with sexual pleasure, health, and education. I reached out to Jack and invited him speak about safer sex toys for people with MSC. 

I hope you enjoy these conversations.

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This episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is about finding community and supporting one another online.

Since so many people with MCS are dismissed and misdiagnosed by healthcare professionals, the internet is often a vital source of information about the illness. And because of the social isolation that many folks with MCS experience, connecting with others online and supporting one another can play an important role in many people’s lives. 

In this episode, Aaron speaks with Brenda Fincher, a longtime administrator, and Shelley Petit, a member of The Multiple Chemical Sensitivity group on Facebook. It was formed about seven years ago, is one of the largest MCS groups online, and now has more than 8,200 members from around the world.

In their conversation, Aaron asks Brenda and Shelley about the role online community can play in the lives of people with MCS, how they have personally benefited from being involved with The Multiple Chemical Sensitivity group, and how they see their online activities as a form of activism.

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