A new scientific study finds electromagnetic hypersensitivity to be "a bona fide environmentally-inducible neurological syndrome." But did the authors really need to call it a "novel" neurological syndrome in the title? Novel means strikingly new, unusual, or different.
Radiofrequency Sickness Syndrome has been around for decades, and there is nothing "unusual" about having functional impairment upon exposure to radiofrequency/microwave radiation. Just the fact that the syndrome is currently experienced by a small percentage of the population does not make it unusual any more than having a deadly reaction to peanuts is unusual.
Nevertheless, this is an important finding to add to the long, growing list of "studies to ignore" by the U.S. FDA and FCC if they ever want to update their grossly outdated wireless exposure standards.
ELECTROMAGNETIC HYPERSENSITIVITY: EVIDENCE FOR A NOVEL NEUROLOGICAL SYNDROME
Authors: David E McCarty, Simona Carrubba, Andrew L Chesson, Clifton Frilot, Eduardo Gonzalez-Toledo, Andrew A Marino
The International journal of neuroscience. 07/2011
ABSTRACT Objective: We sought direct evidence that acute exposure to environmental-strength electromagnetic fields could induce somatic reactions (EMF hypersensitivity). Methods: The subject, a female physician self-diagnosed with EMF hypersensitivity, was exposed to an average (over the head) 60-Hz electric field of 300 V/m (comparable to typical environmental-strength EMFs) during controlled provocation and behavioral studies. Results: In a double-blinded EMF provocation procedure specifically designed to minimize unintentional sensory cues, the subject developed temporal pain, headache, muscle-twitching, and skipped heartbeats within 100 s after initiation of EMF exposure (P < 0.05). The symptoms were caused primarily by field transitions (off-on, on-off) rather than the presence of the field, as assessed by comparing the frequency and severity of the effects of pulsed and continuous fields in relation to sham exposure. The subject had no conscious perception of the field as judged by her inability to report its presence more often than in the sham control. Discussion: The subject demonstrated statistically reliable somatic reactions in response to exposure to subliminal EMFs under conditions that reasonably excluded a causative role for psychological processes. Conclusion: EMF hypersensitivity can occur as a bona fide environmentally-inducible neurological syndrome.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Monday, September 19, 2011
New scientific study finds electromagnetic hypersensitivity "a bona fide syndrome"
A new scientific study finds electromagnetic hypersensitivity to be "a bona fide environmentally-inducible neurological syndrome." But did the authors really need to call it a "novel" neurological syndrome in the title? Novel means strikingly new, unusual, or different.
Radiofrequency Sickness Syndrome has been around for decades, and there is nothing "unusual" about having functional impairment upon exposure to radiofrequency/microwave radiation. Just the fact that the syndrome is currently experienced by a small percentage of the population does not make it unusual any more than having a deadly reaction to peanuts is unusual.
Nevertheless, this is an important finding to add to the long, growing list of "studies to ignore" by the U.S. FDA and FCC if they ever want to update their grossly outdated wireless exposure standards.
ELECTROMAGNETIC HYPERSENSITIVITY: EVIDENCE FOR A NOVEL NEUROLOGICAL SYNDROME
Authors: David E McCarty, Simona Carrubba, Andrew L Chesson, Clifton Frilot, Eduardo Gonzalez-Toledo, Andrew A Marino
The International journal of neuroscience. 07/2011
ABSTRACT Objective: We sought direct evidence that acute exposure to environmental-strength electromagnetic fields could induce somatic reactions (EMF hypersensitivity). Methods: The subject, a female physician self-diagnosed with EMF hypersensitivity, was exposed to an average (over the head) 60-Hz electric field of 300 V/m (comparable to typical environmental-strength EMFs) during controlled provocation and behavioral studies. Results: In a double-blinded EMF provocation procedure specifically designed to minimize unintentional sensory cues, the subject developed temporal pain, headache, muscle-twitching, and skipped heartbeats within 100 s after initiation of EMF exposure (P < 0.05). The symptoms were caused primarily by field transitions (off-on, on-off) rather than the presence of the field, as assessed by comparing the frequency and severity of the effects of pulsed and continuous fields in relation to sham exposure. The subject had no conscious perception of the field as judged by her inability to report its presence more often than in the sham control. Discussion: The subject demonstrated statistically reliable somatic reactions in response to exposure to subliminal EMFs under conditions that reasonably excluded a causative role for psychological processes. Conclusion: EMF hypersensitivity can occur as a bona fide environmentally-inducible neurological syndrome.
Radiofrequency Sickness Syndrome has been around for decades, and there is nothing "unusual" about having functional impairment upon exposure to radiofrequency/microwave radiation. Just the fact that the syndrome is currently experienced by a small percentage of the population does not make it unusual any more than having a deadly reaction to peanuts is unusual.
Nevertheless, this is an important finding to add to the long, growing list of "studies to ignore" by the U.S. FDA and FCC if they ever want to update their grossly outdated wireless exposure standards.
ELECTROMAGNETIC HYPERSENSITIVITY: EVIDENCE FOR A NOVEL NEUROLOGICAL SYNDROME
Authors: David E McCarty, Simona Carrubba, Andrew L Chesson, Clifton Frilot, Eduardo Gonzalez-Toledo, Andrew A Marino
The International journal of neuroscience. 07/2011
ABSTRACT Objective: We sought direct evidence that acute exposure to environmental-strength electromagnetic fields could induce somatic reactions (EMF hypersensitivity). Methods: The subject, a female physician self-diagnosed with EMF hypersensitivity, was exposed to an average (over the head) 60-Hz electric field of 300 V/m (comparable to typical environmental-strength EMFs) during controlled provocation and behavioral studies. Results: In a double-blinded EMF provocation procedure specifically designed to minimize unintentional sensory cues, the subject developed temporal pain, headache, muscle-twitching, and skipped heartbeats within 100 s after initiation of EMF exposure (P < 0.05). The symptoms were caused primarily by field transitions (off-on, on-off) rather than the presence of the field, as assessed by comparing the frequency and severity of the effects of pulsed and continuous fields in relation to sham exposure. The subject had no conscious perception of the field as judged by her inability to report its presence more often than in the sham control. Discussion: The subject demonstrated statistically reliable somatic reactions in response to exposure to subliminal EMFs under conditions that reasonably excluded a causative role for psychological processes. Conclusion: EMF hypersensitivity can occur as a bona fide environmentally-inducible neurological syndrome.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment