Si tratta
delle Linee Guida dell’Accademia Europea di Medicina Ambientale per la
prevenzione, diagnosi e trattamento delle patologie correlate ai campi
elettromagnetici, un rapporto a 360° redatto da numerosi e affermati ricercatori
indipendenti sugli effetti dei campi
elettromagnetici di alta e bassa frequenza.
Il
presente indirizzo EMF fornisce una panoramica delle attuali conoscenze in
materia di rischi per la salute dei campi elettromagnetici connessi e fornisce
concetti per la diagnosi e il trattamento e le misure di accessibilità EHS per
migliorare e ripristinare i risultati di salute individuali e per lo sviluppo
di strategie per la prevenzione.
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EUROPAEM EMF GUIDELINE 2015 FOR THE PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF EMF-RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS AND ILLNESSES.
Belyaev I, Dean A, Eger H, Hubmann G, Jandrisovits R, Johansson O, Kern M, Kundi M, Lercher P, Mosgöller W, Moshammer H, Müller K, Oberfeld G,Ohnsorge P, Pelzmann P, Scheingraber C, Thill R.
DOI 10.1515/reveh-2015-0033 Received
October 1, 2015; accepted October 13, 2015
Abstract
Chronic diseases and illnesses associated with
unspecific symptoms are on the rise. In addition to chronic stress in social
and work environments, physical and chemical exposures at home, at work, and
during leisure activities are causal or contributing environmental stressors
that deserve attention by the general practitioner as well as by all other
members of the health care community. It seems certainly necessary now to take
"new exposures" like electromagnetic field (EMF) into account.
Physicians are increasingly confronted with health problems from unidentified
causes. Studies, empirical observations, and patient reports clearly indicate
interactions between EMF exposure and health problems. Individual
susceptibility and environmental factors are frequently neglected. New wireless
technologies and applications have been introduced without any certainty about
their health effects, raising new challenges for medicine and society. For
instance, the issue of so-called non-thermal effects and potential long-term
effects of low-dose exposure were scarcely investigated prior to the
introduction of these technologies. Common EMF sources include Wi-Fi access
points, routers and clients, cordless and mobile phones including their base
stations, Bluetooth devices, ELF magnetic fields from net currents, ELF
electric fields from electric lamps and wiring close to the bed and office
desk. On the one hand, there is strong evidence that long-term-exposure to
certain EMF exposures is a risk factor for diseases such as certain cancers,
Alzheimer's disease and male infertility. On the other hand, the emerging
electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) is more and more recognized by health
authorities, disability administrators and case workers, politicians, as well
as courts of law. We recommend treating EHS clinically as part of the group of
chronic multisystem illnesses (CMI) leading to a functional impairment (EHS),
but still recognizing that the underlying cause remains the environment. In the
beginning, EHS symptoms often occur only occasionally, but over time they may
increase in frequency and severity. Common EHS symptoms include headaches,
concentration difficulties, sleeping problems, depression, lack of energy,
fatigue and flu-like symptoms. A comprehensive medical history, which should
include all symptoms and their occurrences in spatial and temporal terms and in
the context of EMF exposures, is the key to the diagnosis. The EMF exposure can
be assessed by asking for typical sources like Wi-Fi access points, routers and
clients, cordless and mobile phones and measurements at home and at work. It is
very important to take the individual susceptibility into account. The primary
method of treatment should mainly focus on the prevention or reduction of EMF
exposure, that is, reducing or eliminating all sources of EMF at home and in
the workplace. The reduction of EMF exposure should also be extended to public
spaces such as schools, hospitals, public transport, and libraries to enable
persons with EHS an unhindered use (accessibility measure). If a detrimental
EMF exposure is reduced sufficiently, the body has a chance to recover and EHS
symptoms will be reduced or even disappear. Many examples have shown that such
measures can prove effective. Also the survival rate of children with leukemia
depends on ELF magnetic field exposure at home. To increase the effectiveness
of the treatment, the broad range of other environmental factors that
contribute to the total body burden should also be addressed. Anything that
supports a balanced homeostasis will increase a person's resilience against
disease and thus against the adverse effects of EMF exposure. There is
increasing evidence that EMF exposure has a major impact on the oxidative and
nitrosative regulation capacity in affected individuals. This concept also may
explain why the level of susceptibility to EMF can change and why the number of
symptoms reported in the context of EMF exposures is so large. Based on our
current understanding, a treatment approach that minimizes the adverse effects
of peroxynitrite - as has been increasingly used in the treatment of
multisystem disorders - works best. This EMF Guideline gives an overview of the
current knowledge regarding EMF-related health risks and provides concepts for
the diagnosis and treatment and accessibility measures of EHS to improve and
restore individual health outcomes as well as for the development of strategies
for prevention.
