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Of course, if lots of complete, perfect studies that satisfy a few people's very arbitrary definitions of 'scientific proof' don't magically spring forth fully-formed from the pages of the 'right' peer-reviewed journals, then all those 'crackpots' (or whatever's the preferred insult-of-the-day) who complain about XYZ (e.g. electrosensitivity) must just be imagining it and should shut up and stop 'scare-mongering'. Right?

TETRA Watch - Anecdotes demanding investigation:

The NRPB tell us it's 'just anecdotal'. That is usually where science starts, not ends! From anecdote to hypothesis to research, to replication and peer review. Here are some anecdotes that deserve a hypothesis to be properly tested.

(See also their list of links including to scientific studies.)

Switzerland (iirc, it was some european country) official acknowledges e-magnetic sensetivity and authorities even funds radio shielding paint and other countermeasures for people who are affected.

Some bits of you resonate to different radio frequencies. Some of those frequencies you mention just go right thru you like you were glass (AM/FM, natural), others like you were a blackbody (infrared) and others in-between (microwaves).

Microwave radiation (wifi, cordless and cell) is particularly nasty, as your brain seems to resonate to it, along with cellular DNA. Enough to cause cognitive and memory deficits. Exposure to it seems to be cumulative.

Here's a paper to read on the subject.

The power level is low, around 20-200mW from your typical wifi transciever. HOWEVER, scientific research suggests that dosage to microwave radiation is cumulative.

Here's a paper that discusses microwave RF radiation in general. I'd pay special attention to the cognitive and memory deficits that showed up in the mice after being bombarded by microwave radiation.

That is, unless you don't care about your brain too much.

Well, here's one scientist's paper on the subject.

To summarize the paper (if you don't want to read the whole thing), microwave RF doses are cumulative and they affect cognition and memory.

And the effect is adverse. Would be nice if you could nuke your brain and get smart. Doesn't work that way.

In Sweden this is officially recognised as a possible health concern check out:
http://www.feb.se/FEB/Links.html

  Also note that Sweden (the home of Ericsson) has one of the highest cell phone per capita of any nation.
I have worked in a Swedish office where an employee has her room proofed for electromagnetic exposure at significant cost to the employer- and noone is allowed their cellphones on within 20 meters of the office.

Try the world health organisation:
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs193/en /index.html

Personally I have formed no opinion on the risks involved here - I agree that there seems to be insufficient research - but there is certainly strong evidence indicating that a small percentage of people suffer from this condition.

Contact your local association for electrisensitive people.

The international section of swedish one might
be a start.
FEB International

For those in Sweden:
www.feb.se

Contact your local association for electrisensitive people.

The international section of swedish one might
be a start.
FEB International

For those in Sweden:
www.feb.se

(There's actually a medical condition where cells in the skin are unable to properly repair the constant damage from the sun, and sufferers of it -- like half a dozen in the US -- could die even from a few minutes in the sun)

Well - there's also a condition called hypersensitivity to electricity. People who can actually feel a cell phone tower from a distance, for instance. Except that electrosensitivity isn't regarded as a "real" medical condition in most countries. In Sweden they have special hospital rooms with no electronic equipment or light tubes.

I live in Finland and have a good friend, who lived a couple of years just 250 meters from a big cellular phone tower. Last winter her health just collapsed, and in the end she couldn't stand even daylight. Not to mention any electric devices. Removal of amalgam tooth fillings helped a little, but she still has a way to go back to a normal life.

There are surprisingly many organisations for electrosensitive, check out for example the Swedish site www.feb.se.