LETTER: 'Ubiquitous toxin' may cause headaches

LETTER: 'Ubiquitous toxin' may causes headaches

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·        By    Contributed - Nelson Star

·        Posted   November 28, 2015 at 8:00 PM    

Re:   "Nelson   is   killing   my   wife,"   and   "Nelson   headaches   not   only"

To   the   two   Nelson   Star   readers   who   wrote   to   complain   of   suffering   massive   migraines   since   moving  to   Nelson,   you   may   be   one   of   the   growing   segment   of   the   population   who   are   electro-hypersensitive  (EHS)   to   wireless   electromagnetic   radiation  (EMR).   Some   European   surveys   put   the   figure   as   high   as  13   percent,   and   in   many   countries   EHS   is   a   recognized   disability.

EHS   manifests   in   a   wide   array   of   symptoms,   including   fatigue,   irritability,   headaches,   nausea,   lack   of  appetite,   trouble   sleeping,   depression,   problems   with   concentration,   memory,   vertigo,   as   well   as  visual,   skin   and   vascular   problems.   Canada’s   leading   expert   on   electromagnetic   radiation,   Dr.  Magda   Havas,   reported   in   January   2014   on   yet   another   independent   study   showing   that   people  living   within   500   metres   of   cell   phone   base   stations   or   towers   are   at   increased   risk   for   cancer   —  some   studies   say   the   rate   doubles.

On   May   11   this   year,   190   scientists   from   39   nations   submitted   an   appeal   to   the   United   Nations,   UN  member   states   and   the  World   Health   Organization   (WHO)   requesting   they   adopt   more   protective  exposure   guidelines   for   electromagnetic   fields   (EMF)   and   wireless   technology   in   the   face   of  increasing   evidence   of   risk.   Dr   Robert   O.   Becker,   twice   nominated   for   the   Nobel  Prize   in   Medicine,  said   in   a   2000   interview:   “I   have   no   doubt   in   my   mind   that   at   the   present   time   the   greatest   polluting  element   in   the   earth’s   environment   is   the   proliferation   of   electromagnetic   fields.”

Nelson   needs   to   adopt   a   municipal   antenna   policy   and   physicians   should   be   conducting   baseline  health   studies   of   their   patients   since   the   introduction   of   cell   service.   And   the   city   most   certainly  should   not   be   considering   open-air   Wi-Fi   in   parks   and   schools.

http://www.nelsonstar.com/opinion/353097211.html