Re: Wireless internet side-effects?

[Guest guest]

That sounds like stress! Personally I hadn't heard anything about

wireless Internet causing physical reactions, but I just did a quick

search and came up with some articles you could look at. This sounds

like " electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) " :

http://www.emfnews.org/Wireless-Internet-electro-hypersensitivity.html

" If I walk into a room or building that has Wi-Fi, my most immediate

sign is that the front of my right thigh goes numb, " said Arthur

Firstenberg, 57, of Santa Fe, N.M. " If I don't leave, I'll get short

of breath, chest pains and the numbness will spread. "

Firstenberg is one of a small group of people who believe they have

Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS), a condition in which they are

highly sensitive to electromagnetic fields and experience pain or

other symptoms when they encounter them.

People with electromagnetic hypersensitivity claim to experience a

variety of non-specific symptoms, including headache, fatigue, nausea,

burning and itchy skin, and muscle aches. These symptoms are

subjective and vary between individuals, which makes the condition

difficult to study. . . .But experts are divided about the validity of

such claims. . . .

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The World Health Organization as an article about EHS:

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs296/en/index.html

And here's the wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_hypersensitivity

Good luck,

Jeanmarie

On Aug 14, 2009, at 4:24 PM, wrote:

> We just switched to wireless internet a couple weeks ago, and I

> started noticing almost immediately that whenever I sit down at the

> computer I get a stomach ache and/or heartburn. What is going on? Is

> there anything I can do, other than plugging the cords back in?

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I've been listening to some CDs from Price-Pottinger Foundation and the

speaker talks about how ultra-sensitive his wife is to EMF. She reacts to a

wireless tower in a nursery a few blocks away. There are protective devices

that you can get to protect yourself. It is available as jewelry or a credit

card size card that you carry in your pocket. I'm sure Mercola has one J

Kathy

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Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 6:24 PM

Subject: Wireless internet side-effects?

We just switched to wireless internet a couple weeks ago, and I started

noticing almost immediately that whenever I sit down at the computer I get a

stomach ache and/or heartburn. What is going on? Is there anything I can do,

other than plugging the cords back in?

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

Have your husband trick you. Sit down at the computer two times, doing

something non-internet related, and hide the wireless router. One of those

times have your husband randomly unplug the wireless router from the wall. See

if you can differentiate between the router being off or on, and make sure you

don't know whether it is off or on. This would tell you if you are truly

reacting to the wireless internet or something else.

I personally don't like the idea of wireless internet, but could never say for

certain if it affects me. I avoid it when possible in my home though, and use

cables to hook my computer to the internet, which give a faster more stable

connection anyway. I know I get strange sensations in my hands from using cell

phones, but those have actually been shown to have negative effects on your

health, whereas wireless internet has not been studied much that I know of.

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> We just switched to wireless internet a couple weeks ago, and I started

noticing almost immediately that whenever I sit down at the computer I get a

stomach ache and/or heartburn. What is going on? Is there anything I can do,

other than plugging the cords back in?

>

> Thanks,

>

>