From Katharina Gustavs: The ICD classification for electrosensitivity by the Nordic Council of Ministers, Olle Johansson refers to in his great explanation (last message), is also available in English. http://www.nordclass.uu.se/verksam/NordICD10.pdf (pages 33 and 55) Best regards, Katharina
Read more →From Olle Johansson: I recently, February 18, 2009, received the very important letter below from a private person: Dear all, I was wondering whether somebody could give me some more information”¨on what exactly the situation is on electrosensitivity in Sweden. Prof. Olle Johansson says that this condition is officially recognized”¨in Sweden, but other people claim
Read more →From Cindy Sage to the CHE news group (Highly recommended See: http://www.healthandenvironment.org/): Conference Report The European Commission Workshop on EMF and Health was held in Brussels this last week (February 11, 12th). It addressed science, policy and public concerns regarding EMF, particularly RF and cell phone use, and worker exposure to EMF in occupational settings
Read more →Posted on Electromagnetic Health.org: Medical Director of Switzerland”s Paracelsus Clinic Takes Stand on Hazards of Electromagnetic Pollution – “Electromagnetic Load” a Hidden Factor in Many Illnesses 10.02.2009 by admin Category Electromagnetic Health Blog http://electromagnetichealth.org/electromagnetic-health-blog/medical-director-of-switzerland/ Thomas M. Rau, MD, Medical Director of the Paracelsus Clinic February 10th, 2009. Dr. Thomas Rau, Medical Director of the world
Read more →In addition to the recent message #1000 “Electrosensitivity becomes an “inconvenient truth” in Sweden”, published on the list by John and Rigmor Granlund-Lind, Monday December 8th, 2008, http://www.emfacts.com/weblog/?p=1018, it is important to realize that in Sweden electrohypersensitivity (EHS) is definitely not completely denied. In Sweden, electrohypersensitivity is an officially fully recognized functional impairment (i.e., it
Read more →From Eileen O”Connor Trustee “” EM Radiation Research Trust Please see details. People can request registration but confirmation will be provided in January. 11-12 February 2009, Brussels: Workshop on EMF and Health: Science and Policy to address public concerns Kalina Lewanska European Commission Health and Consumers Directorate-General Unit C7 Risk Assessment B232 02/015 B-1049 Brussels
Read more →The below article was sent to this list by John and Rigmor Granlund-Lind as a follow-up to the previous message #996: “NO RISK”: A Trade Union Initiative cut short by Industry It is a translation of an article for FEB’s Swedish newsletter Ljusglimten (The Gleam of Light), Don ************************************************************************************ Gunni NordstrĂśm let us read your
Read more →Message from the Dutch EHS Foundation: Dear colleagues, This is to inform you that the second edition of our Internet publication “Electrohypersensitivity in the Netherlands: A questionnaire survey” by Hugo Schooneveld and Juliette Kuiper (2008) is available with full graphic documentation of: * Demographic data of questionnaire respondents * Self-reported health problems * Identification of
Read more →The following two articles about Gillian McCarthy being allergic to the 21st Century have been doing the rounds recently but may I play the devil’s advocate here and suggest that perhaps a far older scourge is at the root of her health problems. Note in the articles that it is mentioned that for the past
Read more →From Katharina Gustavs Dear Don, My English translation of Gerd Oberfeld’s paper on “Environmental Medicine Evaluation of Electromagnetic Fields,” which is part of the Environmental Medicine Diploma Course of the Austrian Medical Association, is now available online at the VDB (German Association of Building Biology Professionals) web site: www.baubiologie.net/docs/elektrosmog-environmental-medicine-evaluation-2007.pdf You may find this discussion of
Read more →From Dr. Hugo Schooneveld: Electrohypersensitivity in the Netherlands: A questionnaire study The Dutch EHS Foundation (Stichting EHS) has made a questionnaire study among 250 electrical hypersensitive persons over the years 2003-2007. In this report, attention is focussed on self-reported health problems, the most disturbing sources of EMF, medical help sought (and not found), and effects
Read more →From Andrew Goldsworthy: Dear All, After having rummaged around in the Imperial College of Electronic Journals, I put together an article that explains a mechanism by which electromagnetic smog can be linked to all sorts of “modern illnesses” from asthma to irritable bowel syndrome. You can find it on the hese project website at http://tinyurl.com/32nu71
Read more →The following summary of new research from the Imperial College, London, is confirmation of earlier findings from the Swedish Union of Clerical and Technical Employees in Industry and is examined in detail in their 1999 publication “No Risk in the IT Environment”. What is not mentioned in the below study,however, but examined in “No Risk”
Read more →Back in the 1990s the Swedish Union of Clerical and Technical Employees in Industry (SIF) was quite active in researching the problem of chemical and electrical hypersensitivity in the modern IT workplace. Since then these issues have been relegated to the background – for reasons to be explored in a forthcoming paper. However a search
Read more →From Magda Havas: The Canadian Human Rights Commission Report (CHRC) on The Medical Perspectives on Environmental Sensitivities written by Margaret Sears is now available online at: http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/research_program_recherche/esensitivities_ hypersensibilitee/toc_tdm-en.asp?highlight=1 It’s also available in pdf. http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/pdf/envsensitivity_en.pdf Please note that there is a section on electromagnetic radiation and fields (see below). This is a first and it should
Read more →This is part of the backround for your weblog entry #667 on CFS Perhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt= AbstractPlus&list_uids=15351079&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum 1: Brain Dev. 2004 Oct;26(7):442-7. Links Learning and memorization impairment in childhood chronic fatigue syndrome manifesting as school phobia in Japan. Miike T, Tomoda A, Jhodoi T, Iwatani N, Mabe H. Department of Child Development, Faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical
Read more →Forwarded Cindy Sage: From Gauss Tsushin (the newsletter of Japan’s Gauss Network), No. 68 August 15, 2004 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Caused by EMF? “About 70% of withdrawn children have chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) with reduced blood flow to the brain,” says Kumamoto University Medical School Professor Teruhisa Miike regarding his investigation of cerebral blood flow
Read more →From Martin Weatherall The Daily Mail February 20, 2007 As the chief executive of a high-tech food company with a turnover of ÂŁ500m and 5,000 staff, you would expect Brian Stein to have all the latest electronic gizmos. But he doesn’t even watch television or listen to a stereo system, much less use a mobile
Read more →Increase in Autism incidence, tentative association with other environmental variables based on demographics. Recently there has been a new science looking at the demographics of disease incidence based on comparing them to the rise or introduction of new technologies. One such variable that has been analyzed is electromagnetic radiation generated by artificial sources. Biological systems
Read more →Dear All,Please, find enclosed a pdf-file of my recent paper: Johansson O, “Electrohypersensitivity: State-of-the-art of a functional impairment”, Electromag Biol Med 2006; 25: 245-258 With my very best regards Yours sincerely Olle J. (Olle Johansson, assoc. prof. The Experimental Dermatology Unit Department of Neuroscience Karolinska Institute 171 77 Stockholm Sweden) circulated in UK by Sarah
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