We are posting a summary and part of this recent article published in a Swiss newspaper in order to contribute to the understanding of electrohypersensitivity (EHS) and also share what both the Association of Doctors for the Protection of the Environment (MfE) and the Federal Office of the Environment (FOEN) say about this condition, 5G and electrosmog in general.
Jürg Baumann, Head of the Non-Ionising Radiation Section at the The Federal Office for the Environment says that the
most important source of non-ionizing radiation is often the mobile phone. The distance between the source of radiation and the human body is crucial. "It is suspected that heavy use of mobile phones could cause brain cancer..."
As for the measures taken by the Confederation to protect the population from the harmful effects of electromagnetic fields, "with regard to scientifically proven effects, safeguards have been put in place" but this seems to apply mainly to antennas and mentions only "heating of tissues of the body".
[Our comment: Switzerland often does not take into account international studies conducted by researchers outside the country, such as the studies of the U.S. National Toxicology Program, and does not have a nation-wide campaign to educate the public in the proper use of wireless technologies to reduce exposure to electrosmog.]
Summary of news article "The nightmare of a luthier sensitive to waves" ("Le cauchemar du luthier sensible aux ondes"), published 13 September 2018 in Le Quotidien Jurassien
par Céline Lo Ricco Châtelain.
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| Pierre Louis (Photo on front page of Le Quotidien Jurassien) |
A year ago, Pierre Louis, luthier by profession, began to experience headaches day and night, and insomnia. He consulted doctors who could find nothing wrong. One day, walking in the forest, there were moments when he felt well and others when he did not. He was holding his cell phone and noticed these changes were linked to the presence of a network. Over the coming weeks, one of his customers told him he suffered from the same symptoms due to exposure to electromagnetic fields.
Pierre asked a specialist to come to his home to measure non-ionizing radiation. The specialist found it "conformed perfectly to the standards". On the brink of exhaustion, he decided to leave his home and live with his parents where he set up his workshop. The location, in a hollow behind a large rock, blocked the radiation. Pierre was persuaded he was suffering from electrohypersensitivity (EHS). Since he has been living there, his headaches have disappeared, he can sleep, and he has recovered his energy. But when he goes to the village, he has to protect his head with a veil made of silver thread. If he stays in a heavily exposed place for two hours, it takes him two days to recover.
