EHS/EMF Sensitivity: Is it Real?
Medical Disclaimer: The following article is for educational purposes only. It is not meant to diagnose, be a diagnostic tool, or offer any form of medical treatment. Therefore, if you have any symptoms mentioned, we advise you to see your licensed medical practitioner or physician. In addition, some of the statements herein are the author’s opinions and are not necessarily shared by anyone else associated with Elexana.
In Sweden, electrohypersensitivity (EHS) is an officially fully recognized functional impairment (i.e., it is not regarded as a disease). Survey studies show that somewhere between 230,000-290,000 Swedish men and women report a variety of symptoms when being in contact with electromagnetic field (EMF) sources. - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17178584/
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An increasing number of New Yorkers and others worldwide have been calling us regularly because they believe they have acquired an acute sensitivity to human-engineered electromagnetism. Is EHS-EMF Sensitivity Real?
Are some people gaming the system in Europe, collecting disability because they claim to have EHS to get out of working for a living? Possibly.
Are some people who have various psychological adaptive disorders claiming they have EHS and, in reality, do not? Yes, and I have met a few.
Are some people claiming to have EHS sensitivity to electromagnetic fields far below any government’s safety guidelines? Yes. I do not doubt that individuals have developed an acute sensitivity to EMF. The number of those suffering from this sensitivity, each to a seemingly different degree, appears to be increasing steadily over time. However, due to the nature of this affliction, I would be surprised if more than 10-15% of the population eventually suffers from EHS. Still, I also have absolutely no doubt that many more people suffer from the consequences of electromagnetic interference caused by human-engineered electromagnetism than the medical profession, except for a select few talented physicians realize.
Back in the 1980s, none of us imagined that telecoms and all of the related secondary and tertiary industries would become as significant drivers of the American economy as they have become today. In a modern economy, the sectors that are the leading profiteers are those buying the most television commercial time. Today, in America, there seems to be not one TV commercial break on any channel that does not have a Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Google, Apple, Sprint, or Samsung TV commercial.
What would it mean to those profiting from technologies involving human-engineered electricity if EHS were an actual physical health issue and not a mental health issue, as considered today? What would it mean if the numbers of those with EHS became the majority?
The CBS Sunday Morning Show brought up the insomnia epidemic in this country. Why is no one on TV considering the possibility of cellphone towers, wifi, smart meters, and other wireless devices in our homes as catalysts for this insomnia epidemic? One in every five newly married couples is infertile, and the number is growing by the decade. Why is no one on TV making the possible link to wireless technology? Every radio frequency that exceeds 114 MHz travels out through the ionosphere into outer space. If solar flares cause blackouts, how will 60,000 Starlink satellites sending and receiving extremely fast pulsed electrical signals through the ionosphere affect our planet? All frequencies above 114 MHz, do not reflect or bounce off of the ionosphere but travel through it. (RF sources transmitting above 114 MHz include the 5G network, air communication, police security bands, smart meters, WiFi, C-Band, and radar, also.) How are these transmissions affecting both the ionosphere and our planet? Has anyone on TV brought this up? We know that the same money funding modern technology also buys our politicians' campaign funding, provides scientists with the best-paying jobs, and donates billions to our universities. Many museums and historical societies rely on the rent income from hosting antenna ports.
If you are reading this page, it is because you or someone you know may have EHS, or you think you or they may have it. You may be aware of the "scientific" studies that "prove" that EHS seems to be nothing more than an imagined phenomenon, therefore a psychological issue and not a physical one. This opinion is the current viewpoint of the American Medical Association. Unfortunately, the A.M.A.'s well-documented historical batting average does not provide confidence in their first opinions. Its original medical ideas regarding cigarette smoke, asbestos, processed sugar, and the countless drugs and medical devices they have endorsed that were eventually removed from the shelves diminish its scientific credibility. Are all those suffering from EHS delusional or insane? Or, is EHS a real physical phenomenon, independent of belief systems and neurosis, rooted in physiology and physics?
Is there an unidentified group suffering from EHS who have not yet connected their discomfort to non-ionizing radiation or live in denial because it is just too difficult to accept as a possibility? After all, human-engineered electromagnetism is inescapable if you choose to live in society.
If you are reading this post, you may be wondering about yourself or your spouse? Have you been recently experiencing unexplainable pressure inside your head, tingling or heat sensations on your skin, inexplicable rashes, sudden heart palpitations, insomnia, occasional vertigo, dizziness, or constant fatigue? Does your eardrum area hurt when you put a cell phone to your ear? Do you ever feel a deep pressure at the top of your spine?
Do you suffer from a thyroid condition, premature cataracts, unexplainable headaches, ADHD, ADD, short-term memory lapses (and you are not old), irrational mood swings, premature aging, or a symptom your doctors can't explain?
Many of these experiences or symptoms have been shown, with peer-reviewed studies at www.BioInitiative.org, to be caused by entering into strong electromagnetic fields or from persistent and prolonged exposure to electromagnetic radiation. Therefore, if you consciously feel electromagnetic radiation or experience discomfort, you may have EHS (Electro-Hypersensitivity), EMF (Electromagnetic Field Radiation) Sensitivity, EM Sensitivity, EM Awareness, etc. Call it what you will. If you have it, you live with it; it doesn't matter what anyone calls it.
Human-engineered electromagnetism is not natural electromagnetism. Human-engineered electricity is either made from:
Alkaline and lithium-ion batteries or other batteries use chemical reactions to generate and store DC electricity.
AC (Alternating Current) uses rotating magnets and transformers to convert natural energy into electricity with a sinusoidal waveform at 50-60 cycles per second.
Human-engineered DC (Direct Current) electricity is produced using rectifiers consisting of looped circuit alternating diodes switching on and off, and often adding resistors, a transformer/inductors, and capacitors to smoothen out the AC sine wave to form a pulsed DC at 120 Hertz.
EMF emissions are from electrical equipment such as wifi routers, cellphones, cellphone tower transmissions, power lines, transformers, unshielded home wiring, electrical wiring errors, power tools, wireless surveillance systems, baby monitors, Bluetooth devices, and so much more.
The number of persons with EMF Sensitivity is estimated to comprise 3-5% of the population. The numbers could be much higher due to the growing awareness of EMF health effects and the regular addition of new wireless technologies. I want to add the perversely high percentage of poorly grounded homes and the high number of homes with electrical wiring errors made by unlicensed and poorly trained electricians.
Those who claim to be sensitive often begin feeling this energy in their early to mid-forties. (Although lately, we're encountering an increasing number of callers in their thirties and even twenties. In addition, many children with Downe syndrome or those on the spectrum present EMF sensitivity.
Most with EHS can relate to a time in their lives when they were exposed to specific electromagnetic fields for long periods. Examples are: sitting hours at their desk with the wifi next to them, sleeping near their electrical panel, welding for a living, using power tools for a living, driving a patrol car for many years, living under a power line, etc.
The realization that one is sensitive can be perplexing, daunting, or even terrifying. EHS can suddenly seem to happen in one day. Bam! You suddenly feel everything that produces electromagnetism. And then, the awareness that RF transmitters are everywhere! In the subways, everyone has a cellphone; smart meters are in your building, Bluetooth devices are in your home; electromagnetic radiation is ubiquitous!
Typical EHS symptoms include feeling an uncomfortable pressure in the cerebral cortex/occipital lobe areas, deep pain or pressure in the neck area or upper spine, chronic insomnia, brain fog, concentration issues, short-term memory lapses, or going suddenly blank in the middle of doing something, occasional vertigo, loud ringing in the ears, low-frequency rumbling sounds, unexplainable rashes or a burning or heating sensation in the skin, tingling sensations in the legs and arms, sharp headaches, sudden pain in an eye, intermittent irritability for no apparent reason, mood swings, irrational relationship-sabotage or self-sabotage, teeth grinding or clenching during sleep, and more. Every month, I hear of a new symptom.
* Again, if you experience any of these symptoms, I am legally obligated to recommend seeing your doctor.
Before continuing, I have to make one significant point: Everyone is adversely affected by EMF to one degree or another. Anyone who does not realize this or believes that their exposure to electromagnetic radiation is not a potential concern is ignorant of the peer-reviewed science. In addition, some professionals, including doctors, understand the health effects of electromagnetic radiation and why it can cause health problems. However, most realize this understanding requires a cross-discipline knowledge of physics and biology, Quantum Biology or Molecular Biophysics, which most doctors do not learn in medical school.
After all, what is a chemical reaction? In essence, it is bonds created or broken by the sharing or releasing of electrons. In other words, a chemical reaction is an electromagnetic reaction.
From the vantage of all certified EMRS, an increasing number of people suffer from uncomfortable physical symptoms and illnesses due to electromagnetic radiation. We have each tested many homes of those claiming to have EMF Sensitivity. These clients felt the most discomfort when the EMF levels were at their highest in their homes. Most clients with EHS have consistently identified the areas in their homes with the strongest fields. For those who have proven to be truly sensitive, I encourage them to trust what they are feeling. We all need to do this; trust what we feel, but verify with accurate testing.
As already indicated, I know that most studies claiming the "data" prove that EMF Sensitivity appears to be “psychosomatic and idiopathic.” Yes, anything is possible regarding the tricks the mind can play. But what explains when someone gets a sharp pain without knowing that an active cellular antenna was nearby? What defines the consistency between the areas in their homes where they feel the worse, and the measured levels corroborate what they are feeling? We need to consider the possibilities.
Fortunately, I am well-versed in the scientific method and have reviewed every single one of these "studies" I could find which claimed to debunk EHS. What did I uncover?
I have found that each of these studies had at least one significant error or flaw involving either the set-up, measuring protocols, assumptions, data collection, or data analysis. To add, any person who has studied statistics also knows that a clever person can create a "study" to prove or disprove just about anything! Replicability is essential for verifying scientific conclusiveness. Without a third party replicating any of these debunking studies, anyone should not take their conclusions seriously.
All pain can be said to “be in the head.” Our brains receive signals from traumatized cells, irritated nerves and then register these sensations as pain.
Let's look at two studies.
When someone says that they felt pressure from applied electrostimulation and then 20 seconds later did not, it does not prove that this person was making their sensitivity up after being exposed the first time. And, for a scientist to draw this conclusion only provides us with information that they 1. do not understand the nature of EHS at all and 2. do not have the necessary talent, training, motivation, or discipline to conduct an open-minded experiment.
If nerves within the surrounding fine tissue containing trace amounts of metals, such as; copper, iron, silver, and others, are irritated, that fine tissue becomes inflamed or swollen, to some degree, in reaction to the irritation. As a result, these nerves may not differentiate a second exposure occurring within a short time interval from the first exposure. In addition, the slow healing time of swollen tissue will ipso facto cause the subject to lose the ability to differentiate consequential exposures.
Another “debunking study” shows that an EHS subject was "proven" to be duped by a placebo exposure to electromagnetism while sitting near the testing machine that was electrically floating, emitting a strong proximal electric field. The subject's feet were also close to the wall that may have had unshielded wiring, and overhead was an old-style magnetic ballast fluorescent light undoubtedly emitting a magnetic field, causing harmonic transients coupled onto the electric fields of the testing device itself. Who knows what the ambient EMR was in the room? Here was a "conclusive scientific experiment" that only proved the scientists' shortcomings.
What about studies from "third-party independent labs." So many of us can be gullible regarding the tricks of "science," either innocent or manipulative, that both science and the medical industry can play. We need to ask, "Who funded the study? Was this a shell company funding this study? Did the funder or the scientist have a bias or personal agenda? How was the data compiled and interpreted?" And then there's the whole concept of using relative versus absolute result ratios, which can skew any experiment's interpretation.
Too many studies and their conclusions are unreliable and dishonest. This is why I do not “trust the science.” This is why I have to test myself. (5G is a good example. The present reality of 5G is not even close to what the TV commercials tell us that it is. Most likely, the sales and marketing managers do not even understand the details of the technology of 5G.)
If you walk into a room and feel a strong EMF, measure it or have an Electromagnetic Radiation Specialist (EMRS) measure it for you. Everyone should own an AC gaussmeter and an RF meter. Amateur meters will tell you if the levels are going up or down. That is all you need to know in many instances. A certified EMRS can help you with solutions.
From what we EMRS have collectively observed, there appear to be consistencies between chemical toxicity sensitivity, Lyme disease, and EMF toxicity sensitivity. According to Dr. Martin Pall, Ph.D., one significant result of exposure to EMF is interference with calcium ion (Ca2+) motility and signaling in the body. This interference has a direct effect on neurology and autoimmune function. Thus, chemical and EMF sensitivity appears to be natural results of becoming over-exposed to particular environmental stressors or toxins.
The human body is capable of sensing the lowest levels of electromagnetism. Dr. Robert O. Becker (The Body Electric) writes that the human body is sensitive to direct electrical stimulation down to nearly 100 nano-amperes. A nano-amp is a billionth of an amp or 0.000000001 amps. Today, Mount Sinai Hospital uses electrical stimulation, just a few hundred nano-amps of DC, to accelerate bone cell regeneration. Like many things, a little can be good, and a lot, not so good.
Our skin-voltage monitor shows our clients that the skin will react to electromagnetic fields with a strength as low as a thousandth of a volt, a millivolt. During an epidermal voltage measurement, one never consciously feels anything on their skin, yet the skin responds immediately to the slightest change in the electric field. Thus, the epidermis is highly sensitive to electromagnetism, whether we consciously feel it or not.
To further show how sensitive we are to the smallest amounts of microsimulation from electromagnetism, Guy Doron and Michael Brecht published a work in 2015 titled "What Single-Cell Stimulation Has Told Us About Neural Coding."
In this report, they state, "The later development of intracortical microstimulation (ICMS), a technique in which trains of short (100–200 ms) constant electrical pulses of small current intensities (1–100mA) are delivered extracellularly via a microelectrode at rates of tens to hundreds of Hertz, enabled a more reliable activation of localized populations of neurons and directly influenced sensory perception, movement, and cognition."
Of course, none of us can consciously sense levels as low as a few hundred nano-amps. Still, there is mounting scientific evidence that conscious sensitivity to higher levels is a natural result of one having higher levels of trace metals or even naturally occurring biogenic magnetite in their tissues. The latter resulted from a study by Caltech's Joseph Kirschvink in 1992.
http://www.roaringlionpublishing.com/tony_uploads/Magnetite_Biomineralization_in_the_Human_Brain.pdf
Here, Kirschvink reveals that we all have ferromagnetic magnetite (Fe3O4) in our brain tissue and throughout our bodies. Iron is not only conductive, but iron is also is susceptible to magnetic fields.
In 1975, Allen Frey demonstrated that continuous exposure to microwaves at power densities as low as 30 µW/cm2 (30,000 µW/m2) could weaken fine membranes such as the blood-brain barrier (BBB). A permeable BBB will allow larger-sized trace-heavy metals, such as mercury, cadmium, aluminum, lead, antimony, and others, to penetrate the BBB.
Eberhard et al. (2008) report that two-hour exposures to cell phone GSM microwave RF resulted in albumin leakage across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and neuron damage. Neuronal albumin uptake was significantly correlated with the occurrence of damaged neurons when measured at 28 days post-exposure. The lowest exposure level was 0.12 mW/kg (0.00012 W/kg) for two hours. The highest exposure level was 120 mW/kg (0.12 W/kg). The weakest exposure level showed the most significant effect in opening the BBB and neuron damage and death. https://www.elexana.com/news/2017/12/22/cell-phone-study-drastically-lowers-safety-thresholds
Are our brains also electromagnetic sensors? In 2016, Joseph Kirschvink proved that we use biogenic magnetite to sense polarity changes in the Earth's magnetic fields. This sense helps our brain's awareness of daytime short waves shift to nighttime's much longer waves, signaling the pineal gland to release melatonin.
Yes. Science is speaking. We are all sensitive to electromagnetic fields. This phenomenon is why it is so critical that we mitigate the strong fields created within our homes and workplaces.
Sometimes, those with EHS feel like they are "trapped in this modern technological world."
There is hope. Removing trace metals from the blood takes time, but clients have done it. Unfortunately, discharging trace metals from the brain area is more challenging once they pass the BBB. Yet, I believe it is possible to release these toxins. For that matter, so does the University of Kentucky's Dr. Boyd Haley, who has a chelating agent in the final testing stage for FDA approval.
Another theory for the cause of EHS symptoms is that some are deuterium toxic and can't release this heavy form of hydrogen. It is found everywhere in the universe. D2O is the heavy water we use to cool nuclear reactors. High-fat diets seem to help the body release deuterium. There is much we don't know about this area of research.
Some medical practitioners, such as Dr. Jerry Tennant, believe that emotional trauma causes DC magnetic fields to become stored in the limbic system. Some medical practitioners believe that healing therapies can help reduce limbic system magnetic fields to reduce sensitivity to EMF.
In conclusion, some folks have not only found relief from the intensity of EHS but have risen above the existential angst of feeling trapped without an escape from our modern world's ubiquitous human-engineered electromagnetic radiation. So, please, do not despair. Reach out to your local EMRS for a home consultation. If you do not have a local EMRS, please call Elexana for virtual testing via the zoom platform. Take control of your immediate environment as best you can.
