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Independent Scientific Studies Needed On Radiofrequency Radiation

We need to hold the FCC accountable for making citizens sick by raising the standards on the "safe" levels of radiation.

Please watch the TED Talk and visit his website emfanalysis.com to read scientific articles on radiofrequency radiation
Please watch the TED Talk and visit his website emfanalysis.com to read scientific articles on radiofrequency radiation (Jeromy Johnson's TED Talk called "Wireless Wake-Up Call")

I'm typing this because my girlfriend suffers from Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS). She moved from Michigan to Connecticut (making her an EMF refugee) after developing a severe case of Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS), which is a neurological medical condition caused by harmful levels of EMF exposure. While in Michigan, she began having migraines that felt like a stabbing sensation in her forehead, loud ringing in her ears, Parkinson's-like shaking, and her ability to memorize information greatly diminished. The only place she felt safer was outside. As a result, she was homeless for 4 months and slept outside in the rain and snow. No one would help her. She looked up Amish places and discovered it was impossible to live on her own. Amish areas are modernizing and radiofrequency radiation passes through these communities. As a last resort, crying for survival, she reached out to me, her best friend online, now her boyfriend to pick her up because she would have tremendous difficulty relocating on her own and be at risk of fainting or dying. She was unable to travel by airplane, so we went together by bus. Whenever I went to work or ran errands, she was alone since most people don't want to put up with her disability for long. She has no one to speak with and no form of entertainment. Imagine not being able to socialize, research her condition online and seek a support group, join her loved ones for special occasions, being incapable to travel by car, visit a doctor's office, go grocery or clothes shopping, being limited to make phone calls, and she also can't pay attention to the news nearly as closely as she used to. People are social creatures and it is important for them to not be isolated. Just like we have smoke-free zones, we should create EMF-friendly zones for electrosensitives as a safe haven. This is a human rights issue.


Please watch the TED Talk called "Wireless Wake Up Call" by Jeromy Johnson and visit his website emfanalysis.com to read scientific studies on EHS. Check out the documentary "Generation Zapped" to learn more about how EHS is a growing condition and how the Telecommunications Act of 1996 Section 704 needs to be updated. Politicians and telecommunications companies are deliberately harming my girlfriend with malicious intent. People who developed health conditions due to wireless technology deserve financial compensation. As someone with a Bachelor's degree in Biology, I know we need to get the public away from the harmful stimuli. Fiber-optic cable and ethernet are safer, faster, and more reliable on windy and rainy days than wireless technology. Using wired technology will save us money on healthcare.


The California Appellate Court ruled EHS as a disability under FEHA law because a middle school teacher sued her workplace for discrimination after refusing to accommodate her electrosensitivity. The terms "allergy" and "sensitivity" greatly downplay how restrictive, painful, and fatal EHS is. In Cuba, people are developing a neurological condition caused by microwave pulsed energy known as the Havana Syndrome. This indicates EHS is a neurological condition rather than a psychological one. Dr. Henry Lai discussed how the studies on radiofrequency are being funded by the industry it is meant to regulate. This is corrupt and illegal. Many former telecommunication employees work for the FCC. The FCC is raising the safety levels of emf exposure and using studies funded by telecommunication companies to convince citizens the levels of radiation are safe. Do you see the conflict-of-interest and corruption? This is why people are developing electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) under "safe" levels of radiation set by the FCC. We need independent studies not conducted by telecom companies on radiofrequency exposure for transparency. The Belpomme and De Luca studies prove Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS) is neurological rather than psychological. Electrosensitives are the canary in the coalmine, meaning they are showing us the warning signs of what's to come. If we don't listen to them, then we will deeply regret it.

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