The Invisible Disease: The Dangers of Environmental Illnesses Caused by Electromagnetic Fields and Chemical Emissions [Paperback]

Gunni Nordstrom (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2004

This is the first book to make the connections between the range of illnesses and chemicals used in the manufacture of modern appliances that we mistakenly consider safe and are not.

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About the Author

Gunni Nordstrom is an investigative journalist in Sweden, the world-wide centre of the mobile phone industry, where much of the research on Environmental Illness has been carried out. She has published several books on health problems related to computer screens, Sjuk av bildskarm Tiden 1989, 9155034845, Faltslaget Tiden 1995, 9455040837, Moklaggning Hjalmarson and Hogstedt 2000, 9189080416.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: O Books, John Hunt (August 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1903816718
• ISBN-13: 978-1903816714
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,071,380 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This could be you, May 17, 2008

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N. Fox - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Invisible Disease: The Dangers of Environmental Illnesses Caused by Electromagnetic Fields and Chemical Emissions (Paperback)

More and more people have begun to understand that the feelings of fatigue, skin tingling or burning, headaches, and mental confusion that are so common today are related to the widespread proliferation of electromagnetic fields in our environment.

Unwittingly we have created an electrosmog made up of the fields emanating not only from the numerous electronic devices we suddenly find we cannot do without to the unseen, unsmelled, but increasingly sensed electropollution created by the radio-frequency radiation that makes our wireless, cordless and other magical communication toys work.

In fact, these fields have been making people sick since the early 80s--often those who worked in high-tech industries were the first to fall prey. But studies now project, looking at the increases in electrosensitivity in populations--a 2002 study in California found 3.2 percent of the population electrically sensitive--that by 2017 50% of the population will have the condition.

It's not pleasant. From the early symptoms above it can progress--if one does not practice avoidance--to all-over body pain, irregular heart rhythms, severe blood-pressure elevation and eventually collapse.

Gunni Nordstrom reported on this issue and believes the symptoms are brought on by the interaction between the fields and the chemicals emanating from electronic devices. This is a compelling, fascinating, and essential book for anyone attempting to get a grip on the astonishing things we manage to do to ourselves without giving it a thought--until it all goes terrible wrong.

Also read: books by Robert Becker and Blake Leavett for more solid information.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read For Anyone Setting For Long Periods In Front of A Computer, September 17, 2008

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J. Hagg "Wholly His" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Invisible Disease: The Dangers of Environmental Illnesses Caused by Electromagnetic Fields and Chemical Emissions (Paperback)

I have long known about the dangers of electro-magnetic pollution in relation to computers and televisions, but did not know about the chemical aspect until alerted to it by another book I recently read. Gunni Nordstrom's book, "The Invisible Disease" put a lot of new pieces to the puzzle together for me. Some of the numerous symptoms of computer generated illness include fatigue, headaches, nausea, feeling "heavy headed," irritability, partial loss of memory, sleepiness, and more.

The same brominated fire retardent used in polyurethane and memory foam mattresses is used as a flame retardent in computers and television sets. The trouble with polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE's) is that they escape from the materials in which they are mixed and contaminate the air and envirorment and as we breathe and eat them, they build up in our bodies at alarming rates. While we spend 1/3rd of our time sleeping and definately don't want to be poisoned by our mattresses (new ones are the worst), by far the most PBDE's are released by computer terminals and television sets.

Computers also emit Triphenyl phospate, which is extremely toxic. Gunni Nordstrom also discusses the extremely toxic effects of microwaves and cell phones. Gunni's is a well reseached, infromative read. Since my husband works in front a computer at least eight hours a day (even more hours if they have overtime) snd suffers from severe migraines, feelings of nausea and food allergies the information was deeply concerning and most welcome.