MCS and Homes: Healthy Indoors Deep Dive with Corinne Segura
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- Tonight I interviewed Corinne Segura (www.mychemicalfreehouse.net/), one of my Mastermind students who helps people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (aka MCS, or Environmental Sensitivity), which she also suffers from herself. We discuss how home building and home improvements need to adapt to people with this condition, applied specifically to the TinyLab and our new 3,000 sq ft house that's almost finished.
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I have had MCS for 35 years. The best homes have bare bones meaning try not to have layers meaning if you have a cement floor basement either have the floors polished, not while you are living there or ceramic tile. No subfloors to put wood or laminate over the concrete. Less is best. No laminates, vinyls etc. prefinished hardwood and ceramic tile work for me. No new furniture comes into my house. Best paints are AFM safecoat also caulking. That is a USA company. My life has been hell but I have figured out how to do things. No fragrances or cleaning,products. Make my own. Hate vinyl plank flooring. How about we build houses without all this toxic crap. My son built a square log home. I had no problems visiting him from day one. Hardwood and ceramic on basement floor. Absolutely no gas stoves or wood burning….bothers us. There is formaldehyde free plywood.nnRockwool almost killed me. There is fiberglass insulation formaldehyde free. No spray foams. Mattresses are a problem. I own a very expensive Vispring. I am very allergic to memory foam and latex. Bedroom must be absolutely toxin free. Sleep deprivation makes MCS so much worse. Also your diet is very important. Thanks. From Ontario🇨🇦
My Mother has EHS and MCS. They should speak with a mental health therapist about your covert venerable narcissism and OCD. Narcissists are extremely toxic people who pretend to be victims and EHS is one very strange form of extreme socially dysfunctional covert narcissism. The solution is overcoming the narcissism and the EHS is just psychosomatic so if you could fix the narcissism the EHS inherently is “fixed” also. You’re welcome. 🥰
Excellent Video! Glad to know I'm not alone struggling with this
Sadly more and more common- we feel for you
Very cool discussion! Now I understand what I've called my "hypersensitivity to smells" like smoke and mildew have been my whole life.
Thanks for watching, Brett
I’m so glade we get to be your neighbors, you all are so informative. We love you guys and this channel ❤️
Hey, thanks Vonetta! Hello to your happy fam too!
Thank you for this excellent video.
With pleasure
If you want to know what things to eat and build with, go to any Old Order Amish community, see what they are using, and use it. I had a friend that lived near Mennonites, and I realized by visiting there that we need to adopt more of their way of life in this regard. I noticed they don't wear perfume, build with products that come directly from mother earth, that are literally only touched by hand and saw. They tend to live where the air is cleaner. They're pretty much chemical free. They also eat organic and have community support. Previous to me figuring out how to live with this whole MCS thing myself, I then thought maybe I should move in with the Old Order Amish for a few months to try and heal ... see if it was possible. I actually think I was on to something. If not moving in with them, we need to need to model after them in their foods and building products.
for those diagnosed with MCS: do you have days when you are symptom free?
Outside in the countryside breathing in clean air. Otherwise, no.
I could breathe with no discomfort during the recent atmospheric river storms. The outdoor air quality was wonderful.
Include no neighbors, no bbq, no fireplace, no mow grass, certain nature plants Right surrounding outdoor yes!
I am the same smell everything… MCS its overwhelming. Moved to a new place I’ve been sick since I moved here an apartment in Vancouver. From the second I walk in the building it’s overwhelming
Thanks for the medical advice!
I had a really bad mold exposure. Now it’s almost everything like new apartment, rental cars, hotel rooms, etc. just moved in a new apartment but what is helping is tea tree eucalyptus and rosemary
Sorry to hear. Be cautious about vaporizing essential oils- turns out that's quite toxic for your lungs too...
@@HomePerformance I guess is true. I have severe MCS and I cannot tolerate essential oils .
So sorry to hear that Emilia
I’m curious if there’s any other health diagnosis other than MCS/TILT may contribute this disorder?
Great interview! I learned a lot from both of you and look forward to learning more.
Are there consumer and/or prosumer tools you can use to test for toxins, VOCs, etc that are already in your home or for a material or product that you are considering purchasing and installing or bringing into your home? I understand higher quality testing and measuring tools do cost more, but the more affordable tools like these get for homeowners to use and the easier they are to understand, the more I think they will help homeowners communicate to builders, remodelers and manufactures of materials and products what they do and do not want in their homes-thus forcing the market to positively adapt to the customers’ needs and wants.
Stay tuned to our channel, I’ll have something awesome to show you next month, but short answer is: generally, consumer sensors are not as helpful as you’d imagine.
Your nose is your best sensor.
Sodium laureth (lauryl) sulfate
So if LVP floors off gas so much, what types of flooring can be used on a concrete slab.
Depends on what’s under the slab, but there are certainly options. Vinyl is just the worst ever because of the phthalates that come off it for decades.
@@HomePerformance Just a plain ole Upstate South Carolina slab, rocks, dirt, steel and plastic.
Who woulda thunk! Very interesting. Thanks.
Glad you found us, George
Hi. How can I contact Corrine? I have a few questions. What is the best way to get scent out of vinyl flooring? And what would be the best way to clean walls to get a scent out of them as well? Thank you.
www.mychemicalfreehouse.net/2021/04/zero-voc-flooring.html
@@HomePerformance Thank you for sending this. Could you tell me once I get to her site what is the best way to contact her and to send her a message? Also, I'm looking for any and all support with what feels like an overwhelming task to get help, find help attaining safe housing with MCS and chronic fatigue. I am a section 8 housing voucher holder. I'm open to options also. Please and thank you, Diane, Sea. WA.
Hey Diane- I would hope the state of WA would have resources for you too, look up the Washington Weatherization program and call them after the holidays to see if they have any available section 8 homes they’ve improved in your area. Feel free to give me a call after the holiday madness too, my number’s at my site:
buildingperformanceworkshop.com
@@HomePerformance Thank you so much, I really appreciate your kindness and your help. This has been so frustrating! not to mention scary and exhausting. So I'm not sure who they are? what they do or how they can help? When I googled Washington weatherization program, it came up with Washington weatherization assistance program
Weatherization programs Washington State. Could you tell me which one I would look into. Thank you again. I hope you had a nice holiday.
Are there foods we can refrain from eating that will help lower our reactions?
There are lots of cleanses and systematic ways to target foods like that, but I'm no expert in them, sorry
I can't say for anyone else. For me, I did a liver detox, I quit sugar and all processed foods. I strictly ate vegetables and protein. That's what worked for me.
Wait what you can’t smell flame retardant OK well that’s where each person with chemical sensitivity is so very different one from the other there are no exclusions 😢
I would laugh in certain MCS groups because one person who was fine with one product would even gaslight another person who was the human mind is a curious thing.
But this is also why people with chemical sensitivities don’t do well living in community because one person sensitivity just limits another persons opportunity because we’re all similar yet different than what we’re sensitive to. It just increases the likelihood of incompatibility.
What is the safest carpeting?
Wool or cotton, no stain guard or other waterproofing treatments, vacuumed at least 1x/week.
@@HomePerformanceI disagree. All carpets are no good period because I can’t cope any vacuum period.
talked to Corrine years ago and would love to again. Is that possible?
Keep trying, but she seems to be unavailable. Moved to South America I believe.
I have severe chemical sensitivity that started 10 years ago, before that I did not. I cant be around anything now, fresheners, candles, soaps, etc etc, its ruined my relationships and social life, I'm severely depressed, why did I get it later in life ?? any thoughts.
Sorry to hear, but you’re not alone. Most of the chemically sensitive people I’ve met got it as adults.
@@HomePerformance Thank you, must be my immune system, horrible.
It’s not your body’s fault, it’s the environment around us
Right it’s not your fault it’s the money making system but who needs sti inking fragrance even though people tolerate the they are still doing damage to our bodies MCs is not easy to live with And it’s a minefield sorting out tolerable products this website great but your nose works best too🤚🏼 I think it’s an overexposure to Toxicity in our lives and body said that no more wish I could help you and had answers but I sympathise
@@rbk7876 hello, can I ask, if you don't mind, how do you reactions look like? What are your symptoms....I'm not new to the disease but I discovered it quite late...
Sorry you have this ugly disease...I know what is like I also know how depressing it is
my parents spray insect spry outside my window every few days, n it brns me, just then I tried to go to bed, but my neck started twitching.. theres nowere to go.
You need to close your window my friend
@@HomePerformance its closed, the spry goes through, goes to living room, I try to my mums room, but shes say get out
How and where does it burn you?
You need to find a safe place to get away from the spray. Do what you need to. Show her this youtube video. th-cam.com/video/NcdMhWvMl34/w-d-xo.html
@@tlc1of3 my parents wont watch a one hour vid, I guess I can, show them
my dad stopped
but I changed rooms, but they kept puting the fire on, but I fixed it, I started taking anti depresant, I dont recomened, since it makes a guys thing not work
but I took it since it makes me go bed for 12 hours in a row, and the rest kinda got me better, but still smoke irritates me, but not as much, but it still does alot
Is there a CURE for MCS? Living this way is miserable.
Excellent question, but I'm not sure anyone has an answer yet
I feel sorryforyouasi a the same only thing I do is avoidance of all or as much as I can products but I’m having problems of flooring at the moment and yes we can smell the slightest chemical even though allot of people don’t believe you....I have found group or Organization helps to sort out products I’m from Australia wish I could help more😊
My Mother has EHS and MCS. They should speak with a mental health therapist about your covert venerable narcissism and OCD. Narcissists are extremely toxic people who pretend to be victims and EHS is one very strange form of extreme socially dysfunctional covert narcissism. The solution is overcoming the narcissism and the EHS is just psychosomatic so if you could fix the narcissism the EHS inherently is “fixed” also. You’re welcome. 🥰
No one understands. They get so angry and instead of understanding. I think it’s the bodies SOS and if something is toxic then my body doesn’t like it. So I think it’s good but the masses are so ignorant and literally has caused me to deteriorate. My elderly friend pees himself and also poops and I am deathly sick being around him.
I’m literally one of the worst cases I have investigated. .
My Mother has EHS and MCS. They should speak with a mental health therapist about your covert venerable narcissism and OCD. Narcissists are extremely toxic people who pretend to be victims and EHS is one very strange form of extreme socially dysfunctional covert narcissism. The solution is overcoming the narcissism and the EHS is just psychosomatic so if you could fix the narcissism the EHS inherently is “fixed” also. You’re welcome. 🥰