Swedes hit hard by WiMAX waves
By Paul Miller posted Jun
12th, 2006 at 7:09 PM
In what can only be described as
extreme paranoia or as an extreme health risk, a Swedish town had a bit of a
health scare upon the activation of a WiMAX base-station
a few weeks ago. According to Sweden's SVT, which reported on the incident, the
local hospital emergency room was flooded with calls regarding various symptoms
such as headaches, difficulty breathing, blurry vision and even two cases of
heart arrhythmia. All of this was mere hours after the base station was
activated, and the symptoms went away once the station was deactivated, or if
the sufferer moved away from that radio tower of death. Apparently Sweden was
the first country to recognise electromagnetic hypersensitivity as a valid
medical condition, and there are already talks of getting the government to
shut down the nation's WiMAX networks while the claims are investigated. The UN
recognises EHS as a "real and sometimes disabling condition," and say
that around 3% of the world's population is effected by high frequency magnetic
radiation in such ways. We'll wait for a few more studies to come through
and completely conflict with each other so we
can go on with our happily ignorant mobile lifestyles.
[Via The
Inquirer]
http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/12/swedes-hit-hard-by-wimax-waves/
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