A Report on Non-Ionizing Radiation

EHS: Microwave News Article Archive (2004 - )

April 25, 2009

Is it possible that the precautionary principle could do more harm than good? Could the mere suggestion of a health risk bring on effects that it was intended to avoid? Such a phenomenon is known as the nocebo effect and has been much discussed in relation to EMFs in general and electrohypersensitivity in particular. For a cogent analysis of all this, check out Stuart Blackman's "Why Health Warnings Can Be Bad," in today's Financial Times Weekend magazine.

December 11, 2006

Electrical sensitivity continues to be a controversial subject. But as the number of WiFi hot spots multiplies, the press is paying more attention to the possibility that it may be a real condition. A good example is Nicki Daniels’s piece, “WiFi Should We Be Worried?”, in today's London Times. Be sure to read it to the end so you don’t miss Poppy Rhodes’s case history, “I Felt Dizzy and Nauseous.”

July 7, 2006

Being a member of ICNIRP or the WHO EMF project means having a ticket to ride. A couple of days ago, the traveling road show was in Malta. Mike Repacholi, Bernard Veyret and Paolo Vecchia showed up at a forum organized by the local communications authority, titled "The Reality Behind EMFs."

July 23, 2004

The Invisible Disease: The Dangers of Environmental Illnesses Caused by Electromagnetics Fields and Chemical Emissions, by veteran Swedish journalist Gunni Nordström has been published by O Books in the U.K. and will soon be available in the U.S.

"The Laughing Stock — And the Pursuit of Gro," 

Plot (Norway), April/May 2012 (English translation). See also our April 12 Short Take: "Repacholi Challenges Gro Brundtland, EHS."

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