MS has similarities to CFS. Some doctors think that epidemics of MS are actually epidemics of CFS. Could MS be caused by radiation polluted water?
"Though EMR emissions can be low, there is no guarantee that a 'low' level is safe."
... under the umbrella of environmental illness (EI), including multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS or CFIDS), sick-building syndrome (SBS), asthma, candida-related complex (CRC), fibromyalgia, and ES.
"Dr. Robert Becker describes the symptoms of MCS and ES, especially those symptoms associated with the central nervous system, as being virtually identical. Both disorders share the general characteristics of involvement of the central nervous system and the immune system. Dr. William Rea (who suffers from ES himself) reports that he is treating five hundred patients who are ES at his clinic in Dallas, Texas. Rea reports that at least 80% of these patients are also chemically sensitive and he too suspects and discusses links between ES and MCS. Links between ES and MCS in many patients are being increasingly recognized and such linkage must be considered and studied. Persons who suffer from both MCS and ES have found that the symptoms which they feel after either electrical or chemical exposure are essentially the same; they are frequently unsure as to which type of exposure brought the symptoms on."
http://www.idcnet.com/~jschultz/es.htm
from: http://www.tassie.net.au/emfacts/cfs-paper.html
D. Maisch, B. Rapley, R.E. Rowland, J. Podd
Copyright August 1999
...Existing evidence indicates that exposure to environmental level 50 - 60 Hz EMFs may be an immune system stressor with the potential to cause hormone disruption and changes at a cellular level. Therefore, EMF exposure should be evaluated as a potential risk factor for people suffering from disorders with the common feature of unexplained chronic fatigue.
....In summary, EMFs can bring about fundamental changes in both electrical and chemical signalling in the CNS....
... Thus it is not unreasonable to conclude that CFS, which may be an indicator of metabolic disruption, is partly a manifestation of exposure to low level EMFs.
Visual display units (VDUs) have also been implicated as a significant source of MF radiation. According to Arnetz and Berg, office workers who used VDUs had a significant reduction in circulating levels of melatonin over the course of a working day....Davis (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Centre in Seattle Washington), found that low-level MFs can reduce the nocturnal release of melatonin in women. ... "This is the first time we are seeing evidence that relatively small changes in magnetic fields at night can be associated with decreases in melatonin levels that night among humans living in a normal environment" (41). Davis argues that melatonin inhibits the production of other hormones such as oestrogen. Thus a drop in melatonin has the potential to cause other hormones to surge (42)....
...Human peripheral blood lymphocyte activity may be affected by exposure to electric fields.... A decrease in human peripheral blood lymphocytes could be implicated in the development of CFS.
A 1998 study by Bonhomme-Faivre et al. found "evidence that chronic human exposure to environmental low frequency EMFs ... can cause neurovegetative, hematological and immunological disorders"....
...the arrival of stray electrons from an external electric field, whether natural or man-made, may well be an underlying cause of ill health." - page 32
"More recently underground streams have been implicated in the incidence of chronic fatigue syndrome...This modern disease, also called myalgic encephalitis (ME) or fibromyalgia, first appeared in the 1950s. We have to ask why these outbreaks did not occur before, since the conduits and underground streams had been there well before this date. The answer may lie in the first transmissions of radiated power for the domestic television from the nearby transmitters that were constructed around that time. It could well have been the combination of the electric fields from both these sources that had such devastating effects on health." - page 33
"...On several occasions I have found cases of chronic fatigue syndrome (ME) or childhood leukemia where the patient slept on a brass bed, positioned near an electric field source. As a result the bed produced a high electric field.... "Our laboratory measured the electric fields in the bedrooms of 60 people with chronic fatigue syndrome, and found that they all had a clearly elevated exposure to electric fields, compared with matched controls." - page 41
"Unlike an electric field, microwave radiation does not stop when the source is turned off. So follow the instructions and leave microwaved food for 5 minutes after cooking before eating it." - page 47
"So when a cell phone is switched on, it constantly sends an ELF signal to the base station of its current cell area, to signal its whereabouts...Both these frequencies are close to the delicate frequencies used by the brain to signal to the body's cells..." - page 59
The Book of Magnet Healing, a Holistic Approach to Pain Relief by Roger Coghill
"Finally, the chronic-fatigue syndrome has been found to be widespread in the electronics industry..." - page 253
Cross Currents by Robert O. Becker, M.D.
... or imbalance vary according to one's state of health and the intensity of exposure....Repeated exposure can cause neurological reactions of confusion, hyperactivity, memory loss, paresthesia (tingling skin), or convulsions; chronic stress syndromes; lowered immune responses to infection; aggravated immune responses resulting in increased hypersensitivity reactions; and general debility, as in chronic fatigue syndrome." - page 44
"Allergy Relief & Prevention by Jacqueline Krohn, MD