Editing Multiple chemical sensitivity (section)

=== Name ===
The name ''multiple chemical sensitivity'' has been criticized, partly because MCS is not a [[Hypersensitivity|sensitivity]] in the [[allergic]] or immunological meaning of that word.<ref name="Linde">{{Cite book |last1=Linde |first1=Brian |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/0471435139 |title=Patty's Industrial Hygiene |last2=Redlich |first2=Carrie A. |date=10 February 2021 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-0-471-29784-0 |editor-last=Harris |editor-first=Robert |edition=7th |language=en |chapter=Symptomatic Responses to Low-Level Occupational and Environmental Exposures |doi=10.1002/0471435139.hyg013.pub3 |via=<!-- available in [[WP:TWL]] -->}}</ref>  Being more sensitive than average to some chemical exposures (e.g., [[secondhand smoke]]) is fairly common.<ref name="Linde" />  MCS is generally used to refer to more significant disability.<ref name="Linde" />

The name has also been criticized because it suggests that chemical exposure is the actual cause or [[etiology]], which has not been proven.  The word ''chemical'' in the name is used loosely and includes natural substances (e.g., the aromas produced by pine trees or other fragrant plants).<ref name="Templeton" />  Other names, such as [[idiopathic environmental intolerance]], have been recommended as more accurate alternatives.<ref name="Linde" />