Arrogant scientists say NY students' neurological symptoms caused by mass hysteria, not chemicals Tuesday, February 07, 2012 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writer (NaturalNews) At least 16 students from Le Roy Junior-Senior High School in Le Roy, N.Y., have now  come down with a mystery illness very similar to Tourette syndrome thatNaturalNews reported on just a  few weeks ago. As the number of victims, almost all of which are female, continues to rise, medical  authorities and scientists have resorted to blaming the illness symptoms on "conversion disorder,"  or mass hysteria.

Even more absurd than this is allegations by a so-called expert from the University of Buffalo (UB) that the illness symptoms are a result of social networking sites like Facebook. WKBW News 7 in Buffalo, N.Y., reports that Dr. David Lichter, a professor of Neurology at UB has come out saying that all the affected students are simply mimicking one another's symptoms as they observe them on YouTube videos, for instance (http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/jac-leroy-138768339.html).

Both of these explanations are utter nonsense, and show a complete lack of scientific inquiry into the matter by mainstream talking heads. Rather than seek a legitimate investigation into the real cause of these girls' neurological problems, self-professing experts are simply dismissing the situation as a type of contagious behavioral trend birthed out of a need for attention.

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When we first reported on this story, the girls' symptoms -- there were only 12 girls at that time -- appeared oddly similar to those that manifest in some girls after receiving Merck & Co.'s Gardasil vaccine for HPV. And since all the victims at that time were girls, the situation seemed highly suspect that it could be related to vaccines.

New reports, however, now claim that authorities have ruled out Gardasil as a culprit, although nothing is confirmed. There is now one confirmed case of the mystery illness in a male student as well.

Some parents are demanding an investigation into various environmental factors that could be the culprit, including the six natural gas oil wells that were recently disclosed as being located on school property. Congresswoman Kathy Hochul, who represents the district, has reportedly sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeking an investigation into the "Superfund" site where the wells exist. Local police, however, recently denied representatives of environmental activist Erin Brockovich access to the site to collect soil samples.

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Bubble girl's lonely life

February 7, 2012, 6:18 pm Francesca Belperio Today Tonight

After suffering a severe reaction to pest sprays, a promising young designer has had to spend the last three years living locked up in a bubble.

Trapped behind a glass wall, Amelia Hill can only sit and watch as the days, months and years pass her by.

In the last three years she's been isolated, unable to leave a tiny room, and says the slightest breath of air from the outside world could cause her to collapse, and even die.

Eight years ago Amelia was a vibrant, young fashion designer, writer and magazine stylist. She had big dreams of travelling to New York and writing for US Vogue.

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“Things were just taking off, and she was so full of life, and you know so hopeful, and suddenly this is what's happened to her, and it's just all come crashing down,” Amelia's mother Danja said.

Danja has watched helplessly as her daughter succumbed to the mysterious condition.

“She’s been to so many specialists who just don't know, they just haven't got an answer. They're baffled, so that's been very disheartening and very frightening,” Danja said.

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Many initially diagnosed her with chronic fatigue, some people even accused her of faking it, but only in recent years has her condition become recognised in Australia.

Amelia suffers from an environmental illness called MCS or Multiple Chemical Sensitivity - and she's not alone.

It's believed up to six per cent of Australians have an allergic response to chemicals that surround us in the modern world.

Some sufferers get headaches or nausea, but for Amelia the slightest exposure brings on an extreme reaction. Her condition has led to reactive airway disease, intolerances to foods, and anaphylactic seizures.

“For the average person, your system will metabolise toxins that you breathe in, or that are on your skin, and you can excrete them. We’ve found that Amelia has a genetic marker, which means her body does not metabolise toxins or excrete them,” Danja explained.

Researchers in Canada and the US suggest MCS begins with a chemical injury, and Danija believes Amelia's injury was triggered in the late 80s when their family home was sprayed for termites.

These days Amelia rarely sees her family or friends, as human contact is too risky.

In the last year her condition has deteriorated. A former high school teacher, Danija is now her daughter's full time carer.

And visitors to her unit are only permitted under strict conditions - no deodorant or fragrance is allowed, and to enter her space clothing that had been washed in bicarbonate soda must be worn.

Because Amelia also reacts to electromagnetic fields, the television is rarely on, and she can only use her computer and phone for a few minutes a day. Most days she's left to occupy herself by writing in notebooks that have been aired out, and only in pencil.

What she misses most are the simple things we take for granted, and even talking becomes exhausting.

“She feels very down, very distressed,” Danja said.

Amelia's family has turned to natural therapies for answers, but the only way she'll really recover is by moving to a safer place - a home away from chemicals and mould.

Peter Evans, also an MCS sufferer, heads the South Australian Taskforce on MCS, and says finding suitable housing is the biggest challenge.

“People on the severe end of the spectrum end up without accommodation. They're living in tents, in caravans, out in the middle of nowhere, with no support and no electricity. Living in people's verandas, in the backs of cars, they don't have access to healthcare because healthcare services have a lot of chemicals in there,” Evans said.

“It is possible to build these places, and it's not too expensive - mainly it’s things that are un-reactive, so cement, glass, metal.”

And that's also why Amelia is telling her story - to give others a voice.

Body painter and good friend Emma Hack has started fundraising to help Amelia find a new place:

“I know Amelia would do anything for me, and anybody else, so why wouldn't we do that for her?”

At just 36, Amelia's still got so much more to give.

“My one greatest wish is that it's not too late for me, that it's possible to regain my health and to really to live, to live life and to live all those hopes and dreams that I have for myself,” she said.

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Legality of cell towers queried in Nelson, N.Z.

Legality of cell towers queried


AMANDA FISHER

Les Brien and Jacqueline Brien beside a new 15-metre cellphone tower that has been erected in Putaitai St, Stoke.

Stoke residents are reluctantly accepting the latest addition to the town's skyscape in the name of progress, but a Nelson lawyer says construction of many new cell towers may actually be illegal.

The finishing touches to an 18-metre 2degrees cell tower on Putaitai St were completed yesterday, with construction work taking about two weeks – disrupting neighbouring business Contemporary Hair Lounge and Beauty.

The owner, Chris Downie, said he was unaware of the cell tower construction until the day before it went up, though the salon had been given a letter about a month before.

"I knew they were doing work, but I wasn't sure what they were up to."

He said the salon lost customers as the shop's main entrance could not be used, making it appear as though the salon was shut. Up to a quarter of business was from foot traffic, he said.

"It's been bit of a pain in the a..., we have lost quite a bit of foot traffic in the past few weeks."

Mr Downie said the information available in the public domain about the risks of cell towers was contradictory and confusing and he hoped there were no ill health effects from them.

"There's not a lot you can do to stop it ... I'd rather it was there where people are only exposed to it for short amounts of time, than outside a school."

Other residents said they did not like the tower, but it was the price to pay for technology.

"It's just one of those things, you have to probably accept because you have to have coverage across the country," Les Brien said.

2degrees spokesman Michael Bouliane said there were 16 other sites planned for the Nelson region, with the majority in rural or commercial areas – though four would be in residential areas.

He said they had not received any complaints about the Stoke site so far.

"Whenever we plan to do work in a community, we work closely with its council from the outset, and always work within the boundaries of the [law]."

He said the cell tower was legal and approved under the Nelson City Council's district plan, as opposed to a national environmental standard (NES) regulating cell tower construction.

But Nelson environmental lawyer Sue Grey said the NES, passed before the 2008 election, could breach the Resource Management Act, which requires national environmental standards to take account of community health. The standard means telecommunications companies do not need to consult with the public, or even the council, she said.

Ms Grey said the Government had no idea how much damage cell towers were causing, because while some people would not be affected by them, many others were – such as those with pacemakers or electrosensitivity.

"Government's default position is you can't prove it's dangerous so let's assume it's safe and a lot of people are saying this is making me really ill, but nobody's taking them on."

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/6354468/Legality-of-cell-towers-queried

Electrosensitivity: A Personal Story

Electrosensitivity: A Personal Story

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Zur Erholung ins Funkloch

Eine elektrosensible Amtsrichterin aus Augsburg hat Zuflucht im Wehratal gesucht.

1. Gegen die Winterkälte hilft heißer Tee: Barbara Domberger in ihrem Campingbus Foto: Schmidt

WEHR. Regen prasselt auf das Dach des engen Campingbusses. Obwohl Barbara Domberger die Standheizung angestellt hat, kriecht die Winterkälte über den Boden. Unerbittlich legt sie sich um die Füße. Domberger macht Urlaub im Wehratal. Die schroffe Schlucht ist einer der wenigen Rückzugsorte für Elektrosensible.

Früher habe sie noch besonders abgelegene Ferienwohnungen gekannt, in die sie sich zurückziehen konnte, erzählt Domberger. Doch nach und nach seien auch diese Gebiete erschlossen worden. "Der digitale Behördenfunk ist momentan unser größtes Problem", sagt sie. Die 43-jährige Amtsrichterin ist auf der Flucht – vor Funkstrahlen, Radiowellen und Handynetzen. "Ich bin elektrosensibel", sagt sie. Die Juristin ist überzeugt: Wenn sie sich zu lange elektromagnetischen Feldern aussetzt, wie sie etwa von schnurlosen Telefonen oder kabellosen Internetanschlüssen ausgehen, wird sie krank.

Sie fühle sich dann "wie künstlich aufgeputscht", finde keinen Schlaf und könne sich schlecht konzentrieren, schildert sie die Symptome. "Und alle Muskeln werden ganz hart." Ihr Hausarzt habe auf zu viel Stress getippt. Erst nach drei, vier Jahren habe eine alte Schulkameradin sie dann auf die richtige Spur gebracht, sagt Domberger. Damals war ihr Elektrosensibilität kein Begriff. Das hat sich geändert: Domberger hat viele Studien dazu gelesen und Kontakte zu anderen Betroffenen geknüpft. Sie ist Vorsitzende des Vereins für Elektrosensible und Mobilfunkgeschädigte in München.
Mühelos kontert sie die Argumente der Mobilfunkindustrie und klingt dabei mindestens ebenso überzeugend. Sie weiß, dass viele sie gerne in die "Psycho-Ecke" abschieben. Doch wie bitteschön sei zu erklären, dass sich ihre Herzratenvariabilität verändert, sobald sie sich in einem Raum mit Strahlung aufhalte, fragt Domberger und spricht von einem klaren medizinischen Beweis.

Die Angst vor den Strahlen bestimmt ihr Leben. Die einst so erfolgreiche junge Frau ist aus ihrer Eigentumswohnung mit 17-Quadratmeter-Dachterrasse am Rand der Augsburger Innenstadt ausgezogen. "Die Wohnung ließ sich einfach nicht abschirmen", sagt sie. Ihre Möbel sind eingelagert. Sie sucht jetzt eine kleine Wohnung in einem möglichst strahlungsarmen Viertel, die sie mit Spezialwandfarbe gegen Strahlung abschirmen kann.

Vor die Tür geht sie ohnehin nur, wenn es sich nicht vermeiden lässt. Zum Einkaufen natürlich. Aber ins Kino oder ins Theater? "Früher bin ich gerne essen gegangen", erzählt Domberger. Heute schlägt sie selbst Einladungen zum Geburtstag aus, weil fast jeder ein schnurloses Telefon zu Hause hat. "Mir fehlt der Kontakt zu normalen Leuten", sagt Domberger nachdenklich. Seit Januar 2010 ist die Amtsrichterin krankgeschrieben. Seither prüft das Land Bayern die Dienstfähigkeit der Beamtin auf Lebenszeit.

"Mir fehlt der Kontakt

zu normalen Leuten."

Barbara Domberger

Domberger war als Betreuerin für Alte und Behinderte tätig. Sie würde gerne wieder arbeiten, sagt sie, "Richterin ist mein Traumberuf." Acht Jahre arbeitete sie am Amtsgericht Augsburg, davor sechs Jahre als Staatsanwältin, auch im Bundesjustizministerium. Jetzt kämpft sie dafür, dass Elektrosensibilität als Krankheit anerkannt und den Betroffenen geholfen wird.

Erholung findet sie im Wehratal. "Hier geht’s mir total gut, wie früher", sagt Barbara Domberger und lächelt. Dort, wo sie ihren weißen Campingbus abgestellt hat, reichen fast keine Strahlen hin. Anders als an Flughäfen oder Bahnhöfen. Eine Urlaubsreise in den warmen Süden? Höchstens mit dem Auto. Für längere Fahrten hat sie sich eine spezielle Bluse gekauft, mit einem eingearbeiteten Silber-Kupfer-Gewebe. 90 Euro habe die Bluse gekostet. "Etliche Elektrosensible können sich das gar nicht leisten", sagt Domberger und bittet noch darum, ihren genauen Rückzugsort nicht preiszugeben.


http://www.badische-zeitung.de/wehr/zur-erholung-ins-funkloch--55488677.html