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From Toxic Collapse to Managing Exposures: Teresa Peters on her experience with MCS.

What if the body’s greatest breakdown could become the beginning of its greatest achievement?

In this powerful and deeply moving episode, we welcome Teresa Peters, whose life was radically transformed at just 22 years old after a simple dose of headache medicine triggered a cascade of severe illness — asthma, autoimmune disease, thyroid dysfunction, depression, and years of debilitating suffering. It would take decades before Teresa understood she was living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).

But her story doesn’t end with illness.

Through relentless determination, self-education, and radical lifestyle changes — eliminating fragrances, food additives, sugar, and embracing organic whole foods — Teresa began to manage her symptoms. At 71, she now lives with joy, clarity, and freedom from most of her former symptoms, sharing her message through her blog, “What I Have Healed — You Can Too.”

Teresa’s message is one of resilience and empowerment.

For anyone feeling stuck, invisible, or overwhelmed by illness — this conversation is a reminder that managing symptoms is possible, and that avoidance of triggers can lead to better health.

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This video discusses practical strategies for managing exposures and improving well-being for people living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Symptom improvement in MCS occurs primarily when environmental exposures are identified and reduced. The information shared here is intended to support safety and self-advocacy and should not be interpreted as medical advice or as suggesting that MCS can be addressed through mindset or willpower alone.

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MCS and Human Rights: Missed Opportunities and the Road Ahead

Why does Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), a medical condition where over one million Canadians have a diagnosis, remain marginalized compared to other disabilities? And what will it take to finally secure recognition, rights, and justice?

In this episode of Footprints & Impacts, we sit down with Me Paul-Claude Bérubé, newly appointed Executive Director of COPHAN and longtime international disability rights advocate. Together, we explore:

Why MCS has been left behind despite decades of global disability advocacy.

Where Canada and other nations “missed the boat” on recognition and protection

How governments are failing to uphold their responsibilities under international human rights law.

What lessons Canada can learn from countries taking the lead, and from the UN’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

With insights drawn from decades of advocacy across continents, this conversation sheds light on the systemic gaps that exclude people with MCS—and the urgent actions needed to create inclusive, fragrance-free, accessible spaces.

Whether you’re part of the MCS community, an ally, or someone learning about it for the first time, this episode will challenge you to rethink disability rights through the lens of clean, healthy air and justice.

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La SCM et les droits humains : occasions manquées et chemin à parcourir.

Pourquoi la Sensibilité Chimique Multiple (SCM), une condition médicale pour laquelle plus d’un million de Canadiens ont reçu un diagnostic, reste-t-elle marginalisée par rapport aux autres handicaps? Et que faudra-t-il pour obtenir enfin reconnaissance, droits et justice?

Dans cet épisode d'Empreintes & Impacts, nous recevons Me Paul-Claude Bérubé, nouveau directeur général de la COPHAN et ardent défenseur des droits des personnes handicapées depuis plusieurs décennies à l’échelle internationale. Ensemble, nous explorons :

Pourquoi la SCM a été laissée de côté malgré des décennies de plaidoyer pour les droits des personnes handicapées. Où le Canada et d’autres pays ont « manqué le bateau » en matière de reconnaissance et de protection.

Comment les gouvernements manquent à leurs responsabilités en vertu du droit international des droits humains.

Les leçons que le Canada peut tirer des pays qui montrent l’exemple, ainsi que de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées (CRPD) et des évaluations des Nations Unies.

Avec des perspectives issues de décennies d’engagement sur plusieurs continents, cette conversation met en lumière les failles systémiques qui excluent les personnes vivant avec la SCM — et les actions urgentes à entreprendre pour créer des espaces accessibles, sans fragrances et véritablement inclusifs.

Que vous fassiez partie de la communauté SCM, que vous soyez un allié ou que vous découvriez ce sujet pour la première fois, cet épisode vous invite à repenser les droits des personnes handicapées sous l’angle de l’air sain et de la justice.

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