EHS: Symptoms and Support
Electrohypersensivity (EHS), originally known as microwave sickness, is receiving international recognition as an emerging public health problem. The Canadian Human Rights Commission, the Americans with Disabilities Act and our Canadian Government now recognize EHS as an Environmental Sensitivity, and it is now recognized in Sweden and Norway as a Functional Impairment.
Over 3,000 doctors agree, " . . . One can no longer evade these pulsed microwaves. They heighten the risk of already present chemical/physical influences, stress the body's immune system, and can bring the body's still-functioning regulatory mechanisms to a halt. Pregnant women, children, adolescents, elderly and sick people are especially at risk." Freiburger Appeal, signed by over 3,000 German Medical Doctors
The damaging health effects of electromagnetic frequency (EMF) and radio frequency (RF) fields - neurological, respiratory and cardiac, as well as others of a more general nature - have been known for decades, but with the explosion of modern wireless devices and infrastructure, ill health effects are being felt by more people every day.
Those for whom symptoms are more subtle do not usually, in the early stages of reactivity, make the RF connection. For those who already know they are electrohypersensitive, this is a life-affecting reality.
The Power Watch Handbook states that between 3% and 35% of our population are sensitive in some way to electormagnetic frequencies. The likelihood will only grow with continued exposure and time.
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2011
Residents raise concerns about health effects of digital meters
The Rivertowns Enterprise - Hastings, New York
"Michele Hertz was sick, and she had no idea why.
"Hertz, 54, who lives on Euclid Avenue in Hastings, began experiencing myriad health problems since 2009, shortly after a new digital reading meter was installed on her house that June. Con Edison began replacing analog meters with digital Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) devices in 2007. The meters collect diagnostic and usage data from residences and businesses.
"Before digital meters were installed, Con Edison workers had to walk to and read a meter on a building. With the new equipment, an employee can gather information without ever leaving his vehicle. As a result, meter-reading becomes a less involved, more efficient, and cost-effective process.
"Now, concern that AMRs and Smart Meters -- which allow for two-way communication of data that can be accessed remotely by an energy or water company -- might cause serious health problems is slowly growing across the country.
"On Tuesday Dec. 6, Hertz made a presentation to the Hastings Board of Trustees, detailing the health problems she has experienced, which included intense headaches, dizziness, agitation, an accelerated heartbeat and sleeplessness. Eventually, after obtaining a note from her doctor, Con Edison agreed to replace Hertz's digital meter with an older, analog model. Hertz says her condition improved rapidly when the analog meter was installed . . .
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