Hi all,
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400 Swedish Electro-Hypersensitives witness at WHO-seminar in Prague
At the International WHO-Seminar on EMF Hypersensitivity in Prague
(Czech
Republic, October 25-27th ) more than 400 Electro Hypersensitives from
Sweden will present their experiences through "Black on White - Voices
and
Witnesses about Electro-Hypersensitivity - The Swedish Experience",
published today. The book is based on presentations and letters from
electro-hypersentives to the Swedish Council for Work Life Research
(RALF)
in March 2000.
Black-on-White discloses how electro-hypersensitives (EHS), in spite of
the Swedish official disability acceptance, still are confronted with
distrust from physicians, healthcare, social insurance institutions and
authorities. Nevertheless, the witnesses express a great strength and
hope
for the future and present a growing understanding from work-life and
society. Several of the EHS reporting their experiences are white-collar
workers within education, engineering, IT and telecom.
The EHS experiences now being published in English and accepted for a
poster presentation at the WHO-seminar is an important step to share the
"Swedish Experience" with the growing number of EHS in the "wireless
society" world-wide. The book is also intended for politicians,
researchers
and healthcare authorities in all countries where Electro
Hypersensitivity
is still a questioned disability.
PDF Abstract
http://www.feb.se/feb/blackonwhite-abstract.pdfPDF/e-Book "Black on White - Voices and witnesses about
Electro-Hypersensitivity - The Swedish Experience", Rigmor
Granlund-Lind,
John Lind, Mimers Brunn Kunskapsforlag (2004)
Download PDF (1.3MByte)
http://www.feb.se/feb/blackonwhite-complete-book.pdfSwedish version published 2002; Svart på vitt - Röster och vittnesmålom
elöverkänslighet, Mimers Brunn Kunskapsförlaget, ISBN 91-88884-05-8
WHO
http://www.who.int/peh-emf/meetings/hypersensitivity_prague2004/en/WHO on EHS: "Sensitivity to EMF has been given the general name
"Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity" or EHS. It comprises nervous system
symptoms like headache, fatigue, stress, sleep disturbances, skin
symptoms
like prickling, burning sensations and rashes, pain and ache in muscles
and
many other health problems. Whatever its cause, EHS is a real and
sometimes
a disabling problem for the affected persons, while the level of EMF in
their neighbourhood is usually no greater than is encountered in normal
living environments."
25 Oct 2004 - www.feb.se
http://www.feb.se/NEWS/news2004.html#WHO-BW20041025
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