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ICT Services - Electrosmog Services
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Although wireless technologies have revolutionised our way of living, this miraculous phenomena has a dark side to it same as all new technologies. In this case the negative effects could be controlled and isolated. This unwanted side effect is called the Electrosmog.
Figure 1: Electrosmog
Electrosmog is the invisible electromagnetic radiation resulting from the use of both wireless technology and mains electricity. The most common sources of wireless Electrosmog are:
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Electrosmog is responsible for a condition known as Electrosensitivity (ES) or Electrohypersensitivity (EHS). Symptoms include:
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Children, the elderly and anyone with a lowered immune system are most at risk from the health effects.
The health effects from Electrosmog can take 10 – 20 years to manifest themselves, however for some, the effect can appear immediately.
Research shows that between 3% and 5% of the general population could be ES sufferers. In Sweden, for example, 285, 000 people (over 3% of the population) are registered as ES and claim disability benefit from the government.
In November 2005, the Health Protection Agency printed the ‘Definition, Epidemiology and Management of Electrical Sensitivity’ report, commissioned to identify and appraise the literature in order to describe and define ES.
In Germany: More than 37,000 people including 1,000 medical professionals have signed the Freiburger Appeal, calling on the German Government to take action in the face of the rapidly growing health issues that they attribute to Electrosmog.
In the Netherlands: A Dutch scientific study, the TNO Report, set out to prove that Electrosmog had no effect on human cell tissue. The results were completely the opposite - and came as a surprise to the scientists
In Austria: The city of Salzburg has declared a maximum emission level of 0.6 volts per meter – approximately 1% of UK reference levels.
IGB offers a range of services to assist in assuring compliance with national and international guidelines relating to radio frequency emissions, including surveys, design of mitigation measures, computer modelling studies and the creation of employee safety programmes.
The survey can be made on two levels:
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Mitigation measures can be as simple as the use of Shielded Fabrics, Shielded Wallpaper & Paint and Shielded Bed Canopies and if the source is the mains then Electricity Management Measures can be recommended (e.g. Inexpensive ’’Demand Switches’’ for the Home and Workplace)
Figure 2: ELF, VLF, and Microwave Complete Measurement System