This commentary is the result of a discussion between the authors. After outlining the problem of MCS (A), to which the toxicologist was increasingly and painfully exposed, he was surprised to realise that the problem was well recognised in psychology. (B) In the second round of the discussion therapeutic implications are discussed.
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