If it cannot establish a direct link with the surrounding magnetic fields, the National Health Security Agency (ANSES) recognizes the symptoms of people who define themselves as hypersensitive to electromagnetic waves and recommends their management.
Headache, tingling, burning sensations, skin problems, irritability, nausea, fatigue … According to conclusions from the National Health Security Agency (ANSES), the physical and psychological suffering of people claiming to be hypersensitive to electromagnetic waves is real. In a recent report, ANSES officially recognized the symptoms of these people for the first time, without however being able to establish a direct link with any intolerance to magnetic fields. “No solid experimental evidence currently makes it possible to establish a causal link between exposure to electromagnetic fields and the symptoms described by people declaring themselves to be EHS”, writes ANSES.
70,000 people affected in France
About 70,000 people in France define themselves as intolerant to electromagnetic waves. Their suffering is such that most are forced to leave the city to escape the frequencies of cell phones, cell towers, microwaves and wifi. In 2015, the Toulouse Disability Litigation Court granted a disabled adult allowance (AAH) to a hypersensitive woman holed up in her home. A first in France.
“I have constant headaches. And now that the wifi is everywhere, I have problems with my balance and nausea”, tells Europe 1 Christiane Esteve, 73, hypersensitive for 20 years. Her suffering is such that she uses “canopies, anti-wave fabrics made from copper and silver. I made myself a cap to protect my head”.
“A crippling problem”
While no study has established a link between these symptoms and exposure to electromagnetic waves, the World Health Organization (WHO) named the syndrome in 2005: electromagnetic hypersensitivity (HSEM). “HSEM is not a medical diagnosis”, but is characterized “by various non-specific symptoms which differ from individual to individual”. She considers that “Whatever the cause, HSEM can be a disabling problem for the affected individual.” As such, ANSES recommends taking care of these patients, their symptoms having been proven.
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