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Swiss building provides refuge for the hypersensitive
 [NEWS.YAHOO] No smoking, no perfume, no mobile phone use -- the list of rules at a newly opened apartment building on the outskirts of Zurich is long.If anybody's got any money, I'll bet we could make a fortune building a "micro-aggression free" apartment complex within hollering distance of most any modern university. For a reason: the structure has been purpose built for people who say exposure to everyday products like perfume, hand lotion or wireless devices make them so sick they cannot function. "I have been suffering since I was a child. This will really move my life in another direction," said Christian Schifferle, the 59-year-old head of the Healthy Life and Living Foundation (www.stiftung-glw.com), the prime driver behind the project. Schifferle and the other residents suffer from Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), a chronic condition not broadly recognised by the medical community. Those afflicted, however, believe it is sparked by low-level exposure to chemicals in things such as cigarette smoke, pesticides, scented products and paint fumes. Twelve of the 15 apartments in the earth-coloured building in a remote part of Leimbach, on the outskirts of Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... 's largest city, have already been rented since it opened in December. Posted by: Fred 2014-04-07 |
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