Who’s chirping about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity today?

Disabilities columnist Daniel J. Vance at Rocklin and Roseville Today writes on “Understanding Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome.” Although his intent is in the right place, he misses the mark by listing only classic allergy symptoms like runny nose and runny eyes, and skipping the more problematic non-allergy symptoms such as loss of cognitive ability and prolonged fatigue after exposure. I don’t know if reports like this help or hurt our cause.

And the story that never dies: The Morning Call reports “Couple asks South Whitehall to allow ‘bubble house’: Pair appealing judge’s order that haven be torn down.” The couple who built a modular housing unit known as ”the bubble” in their backyard, as a safe place for the wife who has Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, has asked the township to make an exception to its zoning ordinance and allow the building, despite a Lehigh County Judge’s order to tear down the structure.