how chemical hypersensitivity turns into electro-hypersensitivity and vice ver

>
> I think some of you would be interested in this book. It can be  
> downloaded
> from the internet free now. These are excerpts from a chapter about  
> MCS
> and EMS.
>
>
> Excerpts from ..........................
> BLACK ON WHITE
> VOICES AND WITNESSES ABOUT ELECTRO-HYPERSENSITIVITY
> THE SWEDISH EXPERIENCE
> What are the triggering factors of electrohypersensitivity?
> What are the symptoms? What provokes them? What is the role of  
> chemicals?
> This text was originally published in Sweden in 2002
> _http://www.feb.se/feb/blackonwhite-complete-book.pdf_
> (http://www.feb.se/feb/blackonwhite-complete-book.pdf)
>
> Page 47
> Microwaves and insecticides of the organophosphate type affect the  
> enzyme
> cholinesterase so that an excess of the nerve transmitter  
> acetylcholine is
> produced. This results in the overstimulation of the nervous system.  
> And it
> is in this manner, through an over-stimulation of the nervous  
> system, that
> insecticides kill insects. A few days ago, I heard that an
> electro-hypersensitive and chemical hypersensitive woman fainted  
> when exposed to a
> cellular phone.
> That may sound strange, but a person who is already toxically  
> contaminated
> becomes even more contaminated by microwaves, if we accept the line of
> reasoning that microwaves affect the body in the same way that toxic
> substances do.
>
> Electromagnetic fields should then have a toxic effect upon the  
> body. In
> that case, it may
> not be so strange for someone who already is toxically contaminated
> (chemically hypersensitive) to develop electro-hypersensitivity - or  
> vice versa,
> for someone with electro-hypersensitivity to become sensitive to  
> chemicals
> and smells. What is interesting to note is that the feeling in  
> Russia is
> that chemical hypersensitivity is caused by electromagnetic fields.
>
>
> The same rules apply to all forms of hypersensitivity reactions as for
> normal allergies – once one has become sensitized, the  
> hypersensitivity can
> become more general. It can be considered a “spreading process“ that  
> can
> explain what has previously been pointed out, how chemical  
> hypersensitivity
> turns into electro-hypersensitivity and vice versa. It has  
> particularly been
> observed among chemically hypersensitive persons in the USA that one
> chemical can be the so-called trigger or activator (such as  
> insecticides) for
> hypersensitivity. But a series of other hypersensitive reactions can
> thereafter follow, towards things such as perfume, laundry  
> detergent, exhaust fumes,
> printer's ink and smoke. Many electro-hypersensitive persons have also
> developed these kinds of secondary hypersensitive reactions, which  
> at times
> also include hypersensitivity towards sound and heat.
> .......
>
> Page 46
> We have seen from the USA and many other countries that many people  
> who
> are hypersensitive to chemicals become afflicted with
> electro-hypersensitivity. Often, their hypersensitivity began by  
> being exposed to pesticides and
> other neurotoxic chemicals (chemicals that are harmful/poisonous to
> nerves/the central nervous system). The same applies to those who  
> have been injured
> through exposure to epoxy glue; they have developed symptoms similar  
> to
> electro- hypersensitivity. We have seen how persons suffering from
> electro-hypersensitivity in Sweden often develop hypersensitivity  
> towards chemicals
> and smells. In Dallas, in the USA, a certain Doctor William Rea  
> treats 500
> patients suffering from electro-hypersensitivity. Of these,  
> approximately 80
> percent are also hypersensitive to chemicals. An association for  
> electro-
> hypersensitive persons in Munich reports that 95 percent of its  
> members
> have high levels of chemicals and heavy metals [in their bodies].
>
> Page 45
> A scientific study has shown that the magnetic field from some  
> monitors
> can cause the release of mercury in amalgam fillings:
> When the first color monitors made their appearance at the end of the
> 1980's, a large number of people suddenly became ill independent of  
> one
> another. They developed a new illness, electro-hypersensitivity. A  
> scientific
> study (Örtendahl, Högstedt) confirmed that amalgam fillings could  
> release large
> amounts of mercury in connection with certain monitors. This report  
> has
> vanished into the scientific silence. The fact is that it confirmed  
> what many
> people with electro-hypersensitivity had discovered spontaneously,  
> that
> electro-hypersensitivity had something to do with amalgam and the  
> computer's
> radiation field.
> The report turned into a national economic bomb that threatened to
> explode. Was there a
> synergetic effect between environmental toxins (in this case the  
> mercury
> in amalgam) and
> the computer's radiation field? Has any researcher ever had the  
> chance to
> document the environmental toxic contamination of someone suffering  
> from
> electro-hypersensitivity right from the fetal stage? The generations  
> born in
> the forties and fifties are marked by the enormous toxic emissions  
> of that
> time.
>
> For reasons pertaining to the national economy, no one wants to know
> anything. Scientific
> knowledge would risk bringing the planned global IT development to a  
> halt.
> But shouldn't
> those suffering from electro-hypersensitivity be considered as warning
> signals? Would you remove the warning signal from a nuclear power  
> plant in
> order to save energy? (Letter 338)
>
> Page 141
> Finally, a few letters that list some requests for various measures to
> assist the electro-hypersensitive in being able to participate in  
> social life:
> [continued..........]
>
> blessings
> Shan
>
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