EHS - Viewed by Swiss Ministry of the Environment

by Paris08, Sunday, June 03, 2012, 16:24 (357 days ago)

Elektromagnetische Hypersensibilität
Bewertung von wissenschaftlichen Studien. Stand Ende 2011
Editor: Bundesamt für Umwelt, 2012
Authors: Dr. med. Kerstin Hug, Prof. Dr. phil. nat. Martin Röösli (*)
Schweizerisches Tropen- und Public Health Institut,
Assoziiertes Institut der Universität Basel, Basel
Participants from the Ministry BAFU: Dr. phil. nat. Jürg Baumann, Dr. pharm. Peter Straehl
(*) FSM funded researcher http://www.mobile-research.ethz.ch/english/personen_e.htm
also see http://www.mobile-research.ethz.ch/english/sponsoring_e.htm
Member of the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority

Full report only available in German:
http://www.bafu.admin.ch/publikationen/publikation/01669/index.html?lang=de

Abstract in English:
This report describes the status of the scientific knowledge as of the end of 2011 concerning the electromagnetic hypersensitivity (or electrosensitivity) of human beings. It takes account of scientifically publi8shed experimental and epidemiological studies and individual case reports which meet the criteria for environmental medicine casuistics. The term “electrosensitive” is applied to people who suffer from negative effects on their health or wellbeing which they attribute to exposure to electromagnetic fields in their daily life. To date there are no recognised diagnostic criteria, nor has any evidence been found that the effects suffered by electrosensitive people are directly attributable to their exposure to electromagnetic fields in their daily life. The question whether this may nonetheless be the case for some people within the group of electrosensitive human beings remains unanswered. The “nocebo effect”, i.e. the fact that the anticipation of an effect on health or wellbeing can already trigger or intensify such symptoms, probably plays at least a partial role. No clear differences in the constitution of people with and without electrosensitivity have been identified which would form the basis for diagnostic criteria, and very few reports on therapeutic options or successes can be found in related scientific literature.

... (!) Aus wissenschaftlicher Sicht kann man davon ausgehen, dass die Bevölkerung, auch Menschen mit EHS, vor direkten Auswirkungen der EMF-Exposition auf das Befinden geschützt ist (!)... (Translation: "From a scientific point of view one can conlude that the wellbeing of the population - including those with EHS - is protected from direct EMF exposure")

Also see:
Major scandals related to EMF
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3971/

... Some other countries, such us Switzerland, do not support the basic restriction quantities (see http://www.who.int/docstore/peh-emf/EMFStandards/who-0102/Europe/Switzerland_files/tabl... ). Only the reference level quantities are supported in the countries. It means that the countries do not spend lot of money for creating models of the human body and unique measurement equipment. Needless to say that many ecological organizations and independent researchers use only the reference level quantities. ...
Georgiy Ostroumov, Ph.D., microwaves, Finland, May 27, 2012