Letters/Initiatives - Health
Writing formal letters isn't everyone's favourite pastime. For most of us, it is a lot of work, and our busy lives interfere with good intentions. Even when written, letters on this topic more often than not seem to fall on deaf ears, or result in a formulaic response and nothing more. A frustrating process. Group initiatives are even harder to organize.
Yet voices are necessary if any kind of progress can be made, with anything. Informative conversations, and letters to physicians, caregivers, community members, industry and government authorities, can all help to raise awareness about the biological health effects of electromagnetic fields and RF microwave radiation.
In this part of the CST website, we will attempt to present an ongoing collection of letters, articles and initiatives already undertaken that may serve as examples and springboards for others.
Hopefully, the more people hear and learn about the problem, and the more strategies and solutions are shared, the sooner we can work together to find relief and alternatives for those who are having difficulty coping in today's technological world.
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2012
Reported functional impairments of Electro-hypersensitive Japanese
A questionnaire survey: EMF Measures Research Association, Sapporo, Japan
Abstract
"An increasing number of people worldwide complain that they have become electromagnetic hypersensitive (EHS). We conducted a questionnaire survey of EHS persons in Japan. The aim was to identify electromagnetic fields (EMF) and plausible EMF sources that caused their symptoms. Postal questionnaires were distributed via a self-help group, and 75 participants (95% women) responded. Reported major complaints were "fatigue/tiredness" (85%), "headache", "concentration, memory, and thinking" difficulty (81%, respectively). Seventy-two per cent used some form of complementary/alternative therapy. The most plausible trigger of EHS onset was a mobile phone base station or personal handy-phone system (37%). Sixty-five percent experienced health problems to be due to the radiation from other passengers' mobile phones in trains or buses, and 12% reported that they could not use public transportation at all. Fifty-three percent had a job before the onset, but most had lost their work and/or experienced a decrease in income. Moreover, 85.3% had to take measures to protect themselves from EMF, such as moving to low EMF areas, or buying low EMF electric appliances. EHS persons were suffering not only from their symptoms, but also from economical and social problems . . .
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