WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY?

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Over 1 million Canadians have beendiagnosed with this medical condition.

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Environmental Sensitivities (ES)?includes all sensitivities such as? Multiple

ChemicalSensitivities (MCS) and Electromagnetic Sensitivity (EMS).??

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179,000 Quebecers have been diagnosed with ES (Statistic Canada, 2010), up

from 171,000 in 2005.

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The number of people in Canada diagnosed with this condition has

increased by 34% during this same period.? ?

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3% of Canadians have been diagnosed with MCS, which commonly overlaps with

chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia (Statistics Canada, 2007).

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5% of Canadians (1.5 million people) have been diagnosed with at least one

of these disorders (Statistics Canada, 2007).

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3.6% of Canadian nurses experience chemical sensitivities (2005 National

Survey of the Work and Health of Nurses).

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Environmental Sensitivities (ES) can be adisabling medical condition triggered

either by one largeexposure to chemicals, biological substances

orelectromagnetic radiation. Itcan also be precipitated by low exposures tothese

same elements, over a period of time. The result of this can dramatically affect

thelife of the individual. People who were once able to function in

variousaspects of life within their homes, at work and in the community,

suddenly findthemselves physically unable to tolerate many products. Low levels

of exposuresin their daily lives now make them ill.

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Disabling symptoms can occur such as: extremefatigue, swelling, an inability to

concentrate or think clearly (brain fog),memory problems, dizziness, pain in the

body (muscles and joints as well as theeyes, scalp and face), bruising,

tachycardia, gastro-intestinal symptoms(diarrhea, bloating, etc.) to name but a

few. Removal of the offending agents resultsin in symptom improvement. However

the symptoms can continue toaffect the person for many days. If the person

cannot find organic food, cleanwater, a healthy place to live and work free from

offending agent(s), thesymptoms can be provoked by additional substances such as

foods, exposure tonoise or light, etc. Eventually, these sensitivity reactions

can be triggeredby even lower doses of incitants (provokingagents).

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