Electrosmog in the clear with scientists

Studies show that it's not mobile phones and electric fields making people ill - so what is the cause of 'electrosensitivity'? It's still very much an open question. The Guardian reports.

''Estimates of how many people suffer from it are scarce, but they range from 3.2% in California to 8% in Germany. In the UK around 4% of people claim to experience symptoms. ''There's a lot of ES sufferers around,'' said Denis Henshaw, a physics professor who is head of the human radiation effects group at Bristol University. ''They are otherwise sane and sensible people. They are not all nutcases.''

Yet the scientific case for ES is almost non-existent. ''It's still an open question about what is the problem. People are certainly ill, and experience real symptoms,'' says Dr James Rubin, a researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry in London.

The World Health Organisation backs up his view. A position statement drafted in December 2005 says: ''There is no scientific basis to link ES symptoms to EMF exposure. Further, ES is not a medical diagnosis, nor is it clear that it represents a single medical problem.''
1/19/2007 4:17:59 PM
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