Patient statement: a canary's tale.
I am Jacob B. Berkson, a 68-year-old resident of Hagerstown, Maryland. I was a trial lawyer for some 40 years. I am now retired and writing a book on Environmental Pollution and Environmental Illness, titled A Canary's Tale. I was invited to speak to you as a patient--one who was poisoned by an organophosphate pesticide and who subsequently developed Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS, or sometimes referred to as Environmental Illness, EI).
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D000368:Aged; D004390:Chlorpyrifos / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018777:Multiple Chemical Sensitivity / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D014992:Xylenes / Q000009:adverse effects*
D014992:Xylenes; D004390:Chlorpyrifos