SCIENTISTS SERIOUS ABOUT 'ELECTRICITY SICKNESS' CLAIMS

SCIENTISTS SERIOUS ABOUT 'ELECTRICITY SICKNESS' CLAIMS
By Nic Fleming
The Telegraph
January 24, 2005

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Scientists and health advisers are taking the claims of people who say
electricity makes them ill seriously for the first time.

The National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) is carrying out a review
of existing scientific studies into "electromagnetic hypersensitivity"
(EHS).

Two studies into the condition, funded with £750,000 from the Department of
Health and the telecommunications industry, are already under way.

Sir William Stewart, the government's adviser on radiation, has called for
more research into the issue.

Some researchers believe a proportion of the population suffers ill health,
with symptoms including fatigue, severe headaches and skin problems, because
of exposure to electromagnetic fields. Other scientists say there is no
evidence.

The Swedish government, which recognised EHS as a physical impairment in
2000, calculates that 3.1 per cent of its population ­ 200,000 people ­
suffer from the condition. A recent warning by Sir William, head of the NRPB
and the Health Protection Agency, that parents should limit their children's
use of mobile phones received widespread publicity.

However, his suggestion that another section of the population, as well as
the young, could have extra sensitivity to exposure to either radio
frequency fields from mobiles or electromagnetic fields in general did not.

The NRPB has commissioned Dr Neil Irvine, of the Health Protection Agency,
to carry out a review of existing scientific literature on EHS.

His report, focusing on symptoms, prognosis and treatment, will be published
in the summer.

The Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research programme, funded by the
Government and the telecommunications industry, is spending £8.6 million on
29 studies, two of which will investigate EHS.

A team at King's College, London, is looking at whether mobile phones cause
symptoms such as headaches, nausea and fatigue in those who claim to be
hypersensitive and those who do not.

Researchers at the University of Essex are exposing two groups of volunteers
to signals from a mobile mast to test if cognitive functions such as
attention span and memory are affected. Half will be people who say they
suffer EHS.

Dr David Dowson, a former GP who is now a complementary medicine specialist
based in Bath, said he had seen around 10 patients he believed to be
suffering from EHS. "I think the condition is increasing in prevalence,
because we are living in a more electrically polluted environment."

Olle Johansson, associate professor of neuroscience at the Karolinska
Institute in Sweden, has been studying EHS for 20 years.

He has shown in experiments that there is an increase in the number of mast
cells near the surface of skin when exposed to electromagnetic fields, a
similar reaction to that when it is exposed to radioactive material.

He said: "If you put a radio near a source of EMFs you will get
interference. The human brain has an electric field so if you put sources of
EMFs nearby, it is not surprising that you get interference, interaction
with systems and damage to cells and molecules.''

Others say the condition is in the mind.

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Hello,

I do not accept research from people who for a long time refused that
the problem exists and labeled people like us hypochondriacs.

there must be mainstreamindependant research.


Randolf Weinand--- In [hidden email], Jan Jenson
<vizual@a...> wrote: say
> electricity makes them ill seriously for the first time.
>
> The National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) is carrying out a
review
> of existing scientific studies into "electromagnetic hypersensitivity"
> (EHS).
>
> Two studies into the condition, funded with £750,000 from the
Department of
> Health and the telecommunications industry, are already under way.
>
> Sir William Stewart, the government's adviser on radiation, has called
for
> more research into the issue.
>
> Some researchers believe a proportion of the population suffers ill
health,
> with symptoms including fatigue, severe headaches and skin
problems, because
> of exposure to electromagnetic fields. Other scientists say there is no
> evidence.
>
> The Swedish government, which recognised EHS as a physical
impairment in
> 2000, calculates that 3.1 per cent of its population ­ 200,000 people ­
> suffer from the condition. A recent warning by Sir William, head of the
NRPB
> and the Health Protection Agency, that parents should limit their
children's
> use of mobile phones received widespread publicity.
>
> However, his suggestion that another section of the population, as
well as
> the young, could have extra sensitivity to exposure to either radio
> frequency fields from mobiles or electromagnetic fields in general did
not.
>
> The NRPB has commissioned Dr Neil Irvine, of the Health Protection
Agency,
> to carry out a review of existing scientific literature on EHS.
>
> His report, focusing on symptoms, prognosis and treatment, will be
published
> in the summer.
>
> The Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research programme,
funded by the
> Government and the telecommunications industry, is spending £8.6
million on
> 29 studies, two of which will investigate EHS.
>
> A team at King's College, London, is looking at whether mobile
phones cause
> symptoms such as headaches, nausea and fatigue in those who
claim to be
> hypersensitive and those who do not.
>
> Researchers at the University of Essex are exposing two groups of
volunteers
> to signals from a mobile mast to test if cognitive functions such as
> attention span and memory are affected. Half will be people who say
they
> suffer EHS.
>
> Dr David Dowson, a former GP who is now a complementary
medicine specialist
> based in Bath, said he had seen around 10 patients he believed to be
> suffering from EHS. "I think the condition is increasing in prevalence,
> because we are living in a more electrically polluted environment."
>
> Olle Johansson, associate professor of neuroscience at the
Karolinska
> Institute in Sweden, has been studying EHS for 20 years.
>
> He has shown in experiments that there is an increase in the number
of mast
> cells near the surface of skin when exposed to electromagnetic
fields, a
> similar reaction to that when it is exposed to radioactive material.
>
> He said: "If you put a radio near a source of EMFs you will get
> interference. The human brain has an electric field so if you put
sources of