It is purely down to Thomas Ball, who is neither electrosensitive nor has any particular connection with anyone who is, that today's excellent article by Nicholas Blincoe on electrosensitivity appeared in the Guardian Weekend. He became interested in the condition a couple of …
Electrosensitivity
The fallibility of peer review
Regular readers of this blog will know that while recognising the tremendous benefits that scientific research has conferred on medicine, I, among many others, am often somewhat sceptical about much of what is offered up to us (and gains wide acceptance) as 'peer reviewed' gospel …
Dodgy drugs and a pill that treats and tells
Two articles came my way this morning, both of which I would recommend. The first is an extract, in last Friday's Guardian, from Ben Goldacre's about-to-be-published new book, Bad Pharma. The tale he tells is not new (dodgy practices by drug companies who fail to publish …
The horrors of CFLs and the demise of the incandescent bulb
I am always banging on about how unpleasant CFLs are for electro-sensitives because of the electromagnetic fields that their flickering create, but that is nothing compared to the damage that their mercury content can do if they get broken. If you really want to …
More freefrom holidays…
Just as I was finishing the blog below on Cloona, a newsletter popped into my in-box from Village Ways, the wonderful eco-holiday company I went walking with in the foothills of the Himalayas way back in 2007. (I have wanted to go back ever since but a combination of ES …