Vernon A. Benignus
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Many workers who speculate about multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) have devised a large number of hypothetical constructs designed to explain the phenomena. Too often these are not logically connected to the larger body of scientific thought but instead appeal to ideas not documented in accessible literature and often appearing metaphysical in nature. -- Environ Health Perspect 105(Suppl 2):485 (1997)
Key words: MCS, logical constructs, explanatory constructs
This paper is based on a presentation at the Conference on Experimental Approaches to Chemical Sensitivity held 20-22 September 1995 in Princeton, New Jersey. Manuscript received at EHP 6 March 1996; manuscript accepted 3 April 1996.
These comments do not reflect the U.S. EPA's position or policy.
Address correspondence to Dr. V.A. Benignus, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Human Studies Division, Mail Drop 58, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. Telephone: (919) 966-6242. Fax: (919) 966-6369. E-mail: benignus.vernon@epamail.epa.gov
Abbreviation used: MCS, multiple chemical sensitivity.
Last Update: March 21, 1997