Dr. Molot has long been an advocate for patients with environmentally-linked conditions. In 2007, he collaborated on The Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities, commissioned by the Canadian Human Rights Commission, which lead to the recognition of environmental sensitivities as a disability with the legal right to accommodation in the workplace. He has written many reports for multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) patients to obtain the necessary accommodations to continue to work.
Presently, Dr. Molot is collaborating with the Environmental Health Associations of Quebec and the newly formed Environmental Health Association of Canada in their project Empowering Community and Removal of Barriers (ECROB). This project is being funded for the next two years in part by the Government of Canada’s Social Development Partnerships Program – Disability. The three goals of ECROB are to raise awareness about the legal rights of people with MCS; to create a group of educators who can deliver workshops across Canada to teach and inform other organizations about the disability, accessibility, and appropriate accommodations required for accessibility; and to strengthen the connections between legal, medical, environmental and disability groups to address accessibility in all these sectors and remove barriers, such as the use of fragranced/perfumed chemical products that currently prevent access for those with MCS.
Dr. Molot has provided evidence-based presentations to Canadian and Provincial Human Rights Commissions, and a medical-legal perspective to provincial law societies and associations on accessible justice for persons with MCS. He has also presented to the Library of Parliament, the Canadian Congress on Disability Inclusion, the Canadian Environmental Law Association, the National and Ontario Region Boards of Directors of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, the Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario (AMAPCEO). In February 2024, he was the keynote speaker at the Annual Atlantic Air Quality and Health Workshop, hosted by the New Brunswick Health Association and Health Canada.
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