MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES - AN OVERVIEW

At the present time multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS) is generally acknowledged to be a poorly understood clinical syndrome which is exh ibited by individuals exposed to low levels of exposure to environment al agents that the general population tolerate quite well. A wide rang e of individual symptoms (typically multiple and related to neurologic , endocrine/metabolic, and immunological, often occurring simultaneous ly) are displayed by MCS patients. Questions concerning whether or not RIGS is a real clinical condition, a form of psychiatric illness or a combination of both remain to be unambiguously clarified.