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http://www.who.int/peh-emf/about/WhatisEMF/en/index1.htmlSome individuals report "hypersensitivity" to electric or magnetic fields. They ask whether aches and pains, headaches, depression, lethargy, sleeping disorders, and even convulsions and epileptic seizures could be associated with electromagnetic field exposure.
There is little scientific evidence to support the idea of electromagnetic hypersensitivity. Recent Scandinavian studies found that individuals do not show consistent reactions under properly controlled conditions of electromagnetic field exposure. Nor is there any accepted biological mechanism to explain hypersensitivity. Research on this subject is difficult because many other subjective responses may be involved, apart from direct effects of fields themselves. More studies are continuing on the subject.
Do cell phones trigger seizures for you? Just about every time I'm on the phone either talking or texting I have a partial seizure. Thanks.
It might have to do with a kind of "drifting of attention" that can happen while you're on the phone. There have been a few times I've had a seizure while on the phone -- but not a cellphone, just an old-fashioned one.