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Electromagnetic (Electrical)
Hypersensitivity (EHS)
It's estimated that between 3% and 8% of the Canadian
population suffer from a sever form of EHS.
Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity
(EHS) is a "growing
worldwide health concern" according to a December 2005 press
release issued by the World Health Organization. EHS can be
difficult to understand and even more difficult to diagnose.
Many doctors and other health professionals here in North
America are not yet aware of the recent
scientific evidence surrounding electromagnetic energy (EMF) and its effects on
human health.
Symptoms of Electrical Hypersensitivity may include skin
rash, sleep disorders, muscle and joint pain (fibromyalgia),
chronic fatigue, depression, headaches, dizziness, nausea,
difficulty concentrating, memory loss, irritability,
anxiety, weakness, muscle spasms, numbness, tingling, leg
and foot pain, "flu-like" symptoms and fever.
For a complete list of symptoms see "Radio Wave Sickness"
Breaking EHS news:
Electromagnetic
load Making Many of Us Sick: Director of leading Swiss
Clinic
February 10th,
2009, Dr. Thomas Rau, Medical Director of the world
renowned Paracelsus Clinic in Lustmühle, Switzerland says
he is convinced ‘electromagnetic loads’ lead to cancer,
concentration problems, ADD, tinnitus, migraines, insomnia,
arrhythmia, Parkinson’s and even back pain. At Paracelsus
(www.paracelsus.ch),
cancer patients are now routinely educated in
electromagnetic field remediation strategies and inspectors
are sent to patients’ homes to assess electromagnetic
field exposures…
Electrical
sensitivity—originally known as radio wave sickness—is a
sometimes debilitating experience created by these and other
disregulating effects of electromagnetic fields. Linked to
many acute and chronic illness conditions, electrical
sensitivity is a serious emerging public health issue
globally and a subject in which most doctors have no
training…
It
is estimated that 3-8% of populations in developed countries
experience serious electrohypersensitivity symptoms today,
and 35% experience mild symptoms. With increasing
electromagnetic field exposures, these numbers, along with
the suffering involved for people who are impacted, and the
health care costs involved, are bound to go up.
Dr. Thomas
Rau, Medical Director,
Paracelsus Clinic in Lustmühle, Switzerland
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The World Health Organisation's definition of EHS:
"EHS
is characterized by a variety of non-specific symptoms, which afflicted individuals
attribute to exposure to EMF. The symptoms most commonly experienced include
dermatological symptoms (redness, tingling, and burning sensations) as well as neurasthenic and vegetative symptoms (fatigue, tiredness,
concentration difficulties, dizziness, nausea, heart
palpitation and digestive disturbances). The collection of
symptoms is not part of any recognized syndrome.
EHS
resembles multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS), another disorder associated with low-level environmental exposures to chemicals. Both EHS and
MCS are characterized by a range of non-specific symptoms
that lack apparent toxicological or physiological basis or
independent verification. A more general term for sensitivity to
environmental factors is Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance (IEI), which originated from a workshop convened by the international program
on chemical sensitivity (IPCS) of the WHO in 1996 in
Berlin. IEI is a descriptor without any implication of
chemical aetiology, immunological sensitivity or EMF susceptibility.
IEI incorporates a number of disorders sharing similar non-specific medically
unexplained symptoms that adversely affect people. However, since the term
EHS is in common usage it will continue to be used here"
(WHO
Fact sheet #296, December 2005).
A host of unexplainable health symptoms
An individual’s reactions to today's wide array of
electrical pollutants can vary widely. EHS manifests itself
in a host of unexplainable health symptoms including
difficulty sleeping,
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, depression
and headaches. In some cases it may be the cause of
chronic
pain and other unexplained body aches and pains, or a”
foggy-brain” feeling. It also appears to exacerbate the
effects of those who suffer with chronic diseases like
MS,
tinnitus, ALS and
diabetes.
In reality, each cell in the human body contains positive
and negatively charged elements that are kept in a delicate
balance inside and outside each cell. Electromagnetic energy
from outside the body disrupts this critical balance and
plays havoc with the millions of electrical impulses that
the body uses to regulate all cellular activity.
Experts believe that a significant percentage of the
population unknowingly suffer from the adverse health
effects caused by
Dirty Electricity
and other
electromagnetic pollution such as that produced by
computers, energy efficient lighting, cell phones, DECT
phones and other wireless devices.
The number of EHS victims continues to rise with the North
American medical community and gov't bodies like
Health
Canada turning a blind-eye to the problem, insisting there
"is not enough evidence". Yet in Sweden EHS is a recognized
disability with over 3 percent of the population severely
affected, that equates to over 1 million people here in
Canada and 10 million in the US. In a major report released
in November of 2005 The British government recognized EHS as
illness for the first time and said at least 3% of the
population in that country is severely affected. A
recent
survey of doctors in Switzerland concluded 5% of the
symptoms seen in patients could be attributed to EMF
exposure.
Many sufferers improve quickly when they are returned to an
electro-magnetically clean environment.
Most people never making the connection between their own
symptoms and electromagnetic energy until they spend time in
an “electrically clean” environment and notice that certain
health problems disappear. Results from several recent
case
studies have shown that in schools and homes where levels of
Dirty Electricity were lowered symptoms of several chronic
health disorders were dramatically diminished.
Many with EHS also have allergies and intolerances to
chemicals, odors and some foodstuffs. Sensitivity tends to
increase and symptoms may aggravate up to the point of
severely disabling the patient. Removal of the disturbing
EMF sources often alleviates the symptoms.
The Dutch Working Group on EHS (2001)
Data based on 100 respondents from the Dutch Working Group
on EHS indicate the following facts:
1) The average age is 50 years, gender 67% females, 33%
male.
2) Main cause of problems: use of PC, cellular phone,
cordless enhanced digital telephone (DECT).
3) Concurrent environmental diseases: one-third reported
suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia,
multiple chemical sensitivity, burnout, stress.
Several reported having sought help from alternative
practitioners due to lack of help from regular medical
services. Fibromyalgia is a condition, where the patient
suffers from pain in the muscles and a host of other
symptoms, many of which overlap with and Multiple Chemical
Sensitivity (MCS). In CFS the main symptom is extreme
fatigue, in MCS it is hypersensitivity to chemical exposure.
Many have allergies and intolerances to chemicals, odors and
foodstuffs. And tinnitus, nuisance caused by hearing sounds
that are not actually there, is frequently reported. Removal
of the disturbing EMF sources often alleviates the symptoms.
Sensitivity tends to increase and symptoms may aggravate up
to the point of severely disabling the patient.
View the Latest EHS Research:
"With the ever-increasing impact of EMFs from digital
electronics and cordless or mobile communication systems
problems are bound to increase rapidly. Let’s hope that our
insights lead to a better understanding and general
acceptance of the EHS problems and do something about it."
International symposium on Electrohypersensitivity: Working
group on EHS, December 8, 2006
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50% of the total population are expected to be
electrosensitive by year 2017.
"It points rather on the fact that electrical sensitivity
will be more common in the near future. That extrapolates
trend shows that a portion of electrosensitive become humans
of 50% of the total population can be expected on the year
2017."
Dr. Olie Johansson
Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm,
Sweden
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"Electrohypersensitivity: State-of-the-art of a functional
impairment"
Dr. Olie Johansson
Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm,
Sweden
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"Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: Biological Effects of
Dirty Electricity with Emphasis on Diabetes and Multiple
Sclerosis"
Dr. Magda Havas
Professor & Researcher
Trent University, Environmental and Resource Studies
Department
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The Health Implications of Dirty Electricity and RF
Radiation
Facts:
- According to a survey of Doctors in Switzerland released
in October of 2006 5% of the Swiss population attribute
symptoms to exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF).
- The Swedish government, which recognized Electrical
Hypersensitivity as a physical impairment in 2000,
calculates that 3.1 per cent of its population suffers from
the condition.
- According to a 2005 UK study released in November 2005 by
the British Health Protection Agency at
least 3% of the British population suffer from some form of
Electrical Hypersensitivity.
- In August of 2001, the International Agency for Research
on Cancer unanimously concluded that magnetic fields are
carcinogens in the same class as DDT and lead. Scientists
from the US, UK and 8 other countries all agreed.
- The World Health Organization recognized in a December
2005 bulletin that Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity is a
growing worldwide concern.
Read Electronic Engineer Lloyd Morgan’s High Frequency
Transients on Electrical Wiring: A Missing Link to
Increasing Diabetes and Asthma?
Read The Health Effects of Electrical Pollution
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“With
everything I know about the health dangers associated with
electromagnetic fields (EMF) I’m convinced EHS is a real
and looming health disaster.”
Dr.
Joseph Mercola,
Osteopathic Physician
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