What is multiple chemical sensitivity called in other languages?
MCS is a global problem and has a name in many languages. Here we present a list of the ones we have found.
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Our website has visitors from more than a hundred countries every month, so we knew MCS was not limited to North America and Western Europe, as some skeptics have claimed. So we decided to find out what people elsewhere call it.
| Afrikaans | Veelvuldige chemise sensitiwiteit |
| Arabic | حساسية كيميائية متعددة |
| Catalan | Sensibilitat química múltiple |
| Chinese | 多元性化學敏感症 |
| Danish | Duft- og kemikalieoverfølsomhed |
| Dutch | Meervoudige chemische overgevoeligheid |
| Finnish | Kemikaaliyliherkkyys |
| French | L'hypersensibilité chimique multiple L'hypersensibilité environmentale |
| German | Chemikalien-unverträglichkeit Chemikalien-sensitivität Umweltkrank |
| Italian | Sensibilità chimica multipla |
| Japanese | 多種化学物質過敏症 Tashu Kagakubusshitsu Kabinshou |
| Norwegian | Kjemisk miljøintoleranse |
| Portuguese | Sensibilidad quimica multiple |
| Russian | Множественная чувствительность к химическим веществам |
| Spanish | Sensibilidad quimica multiple |
| Swedish | Multipel kemisk överkänslighet |
| Tagalog | Sensitibo sa maramihang kemicals |
| Visayan | Sensitibo sa lainlaing kemicals |
We built this list by asking MCS support groups and people in several countries, and from articles we were able to find. In one case we contacted a Japanese scientist who had published a paper about MCS.
We noticed that “MCS” is used in several countries, even though it is not an acronym in the local language. This includes Germany and some of the Nordic countries.
If your language is not on the list, please tell us what MCS is in your language: www.eiwellspring.org/contact.html.
More information about MCS at www.eiwellspring.org/intromenu.html.
2021