‘The annual cost of caring for our autistic population exceeds the annual tax revenue from the entire mobile phone industry, which is about 20 billion UK pounds.’

Some months ago we uploaded another of Dr Andrew Goldsworthy’s excellent articles to the Foods Matter site, describing how electromagnetically-induced cell leakage might be a cause of autism. But it was only as I was skimming, belatedly, through ES-UK‘s October newsletter that the financial implications of his thesis came home to me. This is what he said:

“The incidence of autism has increased 60-fold, in parallel with the increase in electromagnetic pollution, over the last thirty years. The chance of having an autistic child may now be as high as one in fifty. Apart from the personal tragedies for the affected children and their families, autism is of enormous economic importance. In the UK alone, the annual cost to the Nation in care and lost production exceeds the annual tax revenue from the entire mobile phone industry, which is about 20 billion UK pounds. In theory the Government could close down the entire mobile phone industry and actually show a profit! There are ways in which the modulation of the signal can be changed to avoid this, but in the meantime, the compulsory introduction of smart meters can only contribute further to autism on a grand scale. (See here and my next post for more on Smart Meters – the wifi operated gas and electricity meters that the government plans to have installed in every home by 2019.)

This will be a further burden on the economy and increase the National deficit, and will far outweigh any possible advantages from the use of Smart Meters. There is also a risk of legal complications for the utility companies. If it can be shown that that the consumer has taken reasonable precautions to minimise their microwave exposure by eliminating WiFi, cordless phones and wireless baby monitors from their house, the utility company could be held legally responsible for any autistic children that they may have. In the UK, the lifetime cost of caring for an autistic child is in the region of one million pounds. It would be reasonable to claim compensation for this amount.”

Further on in the newsletter was the following quote from Matthew Lynne in MoneyWeek on 13th June – he is warning investors that they should monitor medical data and keep up  with the latest developments:

“They should be demanding that the mobile companies do everything they can to research the risks – and mitigate them. There is no point in simply denying that such a risk exists, in the way that the tobacco industry did for decades. Investors should also be preparing an exit strategy. If a link is ever proved beyond a doubt, you don’t want to be holding the shares or bonds of any of the main players in the industry. You might want to avoid holding equities full stop.”

So it is not only a group of ‘nutty’ scientists who are worried by  the ever thickening electrosmog in which we all live, but the money men. Maybe it is time that our government started to worry too…