Die opspraakwekkende en omstrede Kareedouw-moordsaak waarin 'n geliefde boer al bykans vyf jaar teregstaan op twee klagte van moord, het 'n onverwagse wending geneem met die toetrede van die befaamde forensiese kenner, dr. David Klatzow.
Dr David Klatzow het dadelik met sy aankoms in SA die toneel by die Kouga Kliphuis besoek
Die tragiese dood van Jéan Vosloo (25) en sy verloofde, Mari Hoon (28), onder uiters vreemde omstandighede in die stortarea van die gewilde Kouga Kliphuis buite Kareedouw in April 2020 het 'n ongekende mediasensasie en groot verdeeldheid in die gemeenskap veroorsaak weens kritieke vrae wat nooit gevra of bevredigend beantwoord is in dié uitgerekte hofsaak nie.
Die verloofde paartjie Mari Hoon (28) en Jéan Vosoo (25)
Die paartjie is deur 'n vriend, Stephan du Plessis (30) genooi om die langnaweek van 27 April 2020, in die piektyd van die streng COVID-19 inperkings, by die Kouga Kliphuis op sy buurman, Kevin Pretorius (53) se plaas te gaan braai en ontspan. Volgens Du Plessis se getuienis het hy die Saterdagaand vroeg gaan slaap en die volgende oggend eers op hul liggame in die stort afgekom nadat hy hulle begin soek het. Geen verklaring is gegee oor wanneer en hoekom Jéan Vosloo se bakkie by die rivier vasgesit en die Sondagmiddag eers deur 'n trekker van Du Plessis se Pa, Henry, uitgesleep moes word nie.
Stephan du Plessis (nou 30), die enigste oorlewende en ooggetuie van die tragedie
Ná 'n geregtelike doodsondersoek is Pretorius skielik van dubbele moord aangekla en later skuldig bevind nadat hoë koolstofmonoksiedvlakke glo in albei oorledenes se bloed gevind is. Albei het glo ook 'n relatief lae bloedalkoholvlak van 0,10% en 0,12% onderskeidelik gehad, maar geen uitslae van ander toetse vir chemiese middels of maaginhoud om 'n benaderde tyd van dood te bepaal, is ooit bekend gemaak nie.
Kevin Pretorius (53), die eienaar van die plaas Zuuranys waarop die Kouga Kliphuis is
Die konsertina-skoorsteen van die gasgeiser in die badkamer was blykbaar die betrokke naweek nie in plek nie en die hof het bevind Pretorius moes kon voorsien het dat dit 'n groot gevaar vir besoekers kon inhou.
Pretorius het getuig dat die Kliphuis sedert einde Maart 2020 amptelik gesluit was vir gaste en besoekers tydens die COVID-19 inperkings en dat Du Plessis bewus was daarvan. Hy het ook aan Du Plessis gesê dat die plek onnet en ongeskik vir besoekers is en dat geen gewone instandhouding, skoonmakery en dienste soos beddegoed, linne, ens. tydens die inperking beskikbaar is nie.
Du Plessis het egter aangedring dat dit nie saak maak nie en dat hy en sy vriende net 'n bietjie wil kom braai en ontspan en self sal regkom op eie verantwoordelikheid. Pretorius het op die einde teensinnig op grond van goeie buurmanskap ingestem dat hulle die geriewe gratis op eie verantwoordelikheid kan gebruik solank hulle hom nie pla nie. Du Plessis het hom die Sondagoggend om hulp gebel nadat hy sy vriende op die badkamervloer sien lê het en die deur van binne gegrendel was.
* Hoe en wanneer die geiser se skoorsteenpyp uit die muur gekom het - vermoedelik deur bobbejane in grendeltyd toe die plek so lank toegestaan het - kon nie bepaal word nie, maar oorblyfsels daarvan is ná 5 jaar steeds buite die badkamer opgetel.
Klatzow se betrokkenheid om as onafhanklike forensiese kenner wetenskaplike antwoorde te vind op vrae wat nooit gevra of oortuigend beantwoord is nie, kom net meer as 'n maand voor die geskeduleerde vonnisoplegging, betoë en appèlaansoek nadat nuwe inligting, leidrade en bewyse gevind is.
After five years and a pending, groundbreaking double homicide judgment, the answers to the mysterious circumstances in which a young couple from the Tsitsikamma were found dead in the shower of a popular River Lodge (Die Kliphuis) on the Zuuranys farm outside Kareedouw have still never been truthfully answered.
In fact, NONE of the crucial questions in this sensational, media-driven case have ever been asked by the media. Not a single journalist even bothered to visit the site or to speak to the only eyewitness, Stephan Du Plessis (now 30), who invited the couple for a braai during the peak of the Covid-19 lockdown regulations.
ONLY Stephan du Plessis can know or explain what truly happened on that fateful evening of Saturday 25 April 2020 when his friends, Jéan Vosloo (25) and Mari Hoon (28), allegedly went to shower in the spacious, well-ventilated bathroom around 21:00 . . . and apparently never came out again. After five years and a pending, groundbreaking double homicide judgment, the answers to the mysterious circumstances in which a young couple from the Tsitsikamma were found dead in the shower of a popular River Lodge (Die Kliphuis) on the Zuuranys farm outside Kareedouw have still never been truthfully answered.
In fact, NONE of the crucial questions in this sensational, media-driven case have ever been asked by the media. Not a single journalist even bothered to visit the site or to speak to the only eyewitness, Stephan Du Plessis (now 30), who invited the couple for a braai during the peak of the Covid-19 lockdown regulations.
ONLY Stephan du Plessis can know or explain what truly happened on that fateful evening of Saturday 25 April 2020 when his friends, Jéan Vosloo (25) and Mari Hoon (28), allegedly went to shower in the spacious, well-ventilated bathroom around 21:00 . . . and apparently never came out again.
Mari Hoon (28) and Jéan Vosloo (25)
Stephan allegedly only started looking for them the next morning and saw their lifeless bodies on the floor through a crack in the door when he tried to force it open. The bathroom door was locked from the inside, and their clothes were reportedly meticulously folded and stacked.
Instead of breaking down the wooden door, he phoned the owner of the Zuuranys farm on which the Kliphuis is situated, Kevin Pretorius (52), and asked him what he should do.
Stephan du Plessis (30), (left) who since got married in 2022 and is now the father of 2 young children. Kevin Pretorius (52) (right), himself a well-loved and respected local farmer and family man and father of 2 teenage daughters.
None of the journalists of the various media outlets who sensationalised this tragedy over the past five years into a media frenzy have ever bothered to speak to the owner, Kevin Pretorius, to ask whether the youngsters even had permission to stay there during the Covid lockdown when the lodge was officially closed for guests, like all businesses in the hospitality trade at that time.
The Du Plessis family are neighbours of Kevin Pretorius and rent the farm Zuuranys from him as grazing land for their sheep and cattle since Kevin no longer farms actively himself. The Kliphuis River cottage was originally built as a family gathering place for the Pretorius family after Kevin’s father bought the farm Zuuranys in the early 1960s. Friends and family spent most weekends and holidays there in pristine nature on the banks of the Kouga River, guarded by the Zuuranys mountain range, after which the farm was named.
Eventually, by word of mouth and thanks to its rustic ambience in exquisite surroundings, the Kliphuis became so popular that Kevin occasionally started operating it as a guest house as well, in 2009. The Du Plessis family and their son, Stephan, also knew the Kliphuis well and spent time there over the years. Never ever before, since its inception, have there been any incidents of “gas leaking” or people falling ill due to it.
On the contrary, all the inscriptions in the Guest Books since its inception are witness to raving compliments and gratitude for spending the most enjoyable times “in heaven” in one of the most beautiful spots on earth. Some regular visitors and guests mentioned how lucky they were for staying there every year over a long period, while others spent their wedding anniversaries or birthday parties there . . .
So what truly happened on that fateful weekend at the height of severe Covid lockdowns, when people were masked and forced to stay indoors, forbidden to travel or leave their homes and towns unless they had written approval for “essential business” and were even not allowed to buy alcohol, cigarettes and certain “non-essential” items . . . ?
Says Kevin Pretorius, himself a hands-on loving father and family man and father of two teenage girls who have spent many wonderful family weekends and holidays at the Kouga Kliphuis since young:
Kevin Pretorius and his two teenage daughters, with a family friend, Ockie Binneman
“The Kliphuis was closed since lockdown was officially enforced in March 2020, and nobody was allowed in or even tried to book since they all knew the regulations. Then Stephan contacted me to ask whether he and a few friends could go there during the long weekend (Freedom Day on 27 April) to braai and relax. I explicitly told him the lodge was closed – no bedding, cleaning services and the electricity, water and geyser were turned off, and no maintenance was being done since nobody knew how long those lockdown regulations were going to be enforced. I also mentioned the kitchen was a mess, as I was busy working on the cupboard drawers and hinges, which were still lying on the floor.
“He contacted me again to say it was okay – they don’t need any cleaning or ‘services’ and only want to relax by the river, braai and have a good time.
“I had always enjoyed good relationships with my neighbours and townfolks, and eventually agreed that they could use the braai facilities to ‘kuier’ and relax at the river. I was thinking that it must be hard for youngsters to be so restricted, and that no harm can be done if they want to spend time outdoors in nature at the river, as Stephan has often done before.
“When Stephan contacted me on the Saturday before they arrived to say they would need Wi-Fi and whether I would come to connect the batteries for the Wi-Fi, I was even a bit upset to have to drive all the way out there when I was looking forward to a relaxed weekend at home myself.”
* The road from Kevin’s house to the Kliphuis is very rugged, with steep abysses and is only accessible by 4×4 vehicles. It takes at least 30 minutes to get there and back from Kevin’s house.
The treacherous road from Kvin's house to the Kouga Kliphuis on the banks of the Kouga river
“When I got there, Stephan and his two friends were sitting outside at the braai area, enjoying a few drinks. I briefly greeted them, went inside to connect the batteries for the Wi-Fi, and left.
“The next morning, around 09:00, Stephan called to ask for help as the bathroom door at the Kliphuis was locked from the inside and his friends were lying on the floor . . . “
“Since then, my life and livelihood have gradually and irrevocably been destroyed. I have been portrayed in the media as this monster whose deliberate negligence caused numerous people to ‘get sick’, and a young couple to die.
“I have still not been able to get my head around it and how it came to this – being found guilty of double homicide because I did my neighbour’s son a favour by allowing them to braai and relax at the Kliphuis during lockdown, as hundreds of people have been doing without ANY incident, complaint or problem over the past 25 years.
“The fact that I didn’t check the outdoor geyser chimney and flue that day, or saw that it was broken and probably vandalised by baboons while the place was locked up, has now become the main focus point of the entire tragedy. Stephan knew the place was unattended and unavailable for guests during lockdown and that no maintenance was being done. When they themselves turned on the water and put the batteries into the geyser at the back of the house, they obviously also didn’t notice the hole in the wall where the flue was broken out.
“Now I am held responsible and accused of murder for giving in to Stephan’s pleas for them to use the braai facilities during a national lockdown? I acted in good faith and neighbourly goodwill . . . but now this feels like the worst betrayal imaginable . . . “
The first sensationalised media propaganda started long before any toxicology or autopsy results were even available and was based on pure “hearsay” evidence of “friends of friends of friends” of Jéan Vosloo’s family, as stated by Dr Lawton Vosloo himself in this Carte Blanche TV broadcast in 2020.
None of these “friends” who came forward and testified how they allegedly also “smelled gas, got sick and almost died” during their stay in 2019 in the same Kliphuis could provide any medical proof or test results that they indeed tested positive for carbon monoxide poisoning.
They just “assumed” after this fatal incident that it “must have been due to gas leaking”. Unlike normal gas with its distinctive smell from gas leakage, carbon monoxide is odourless and undetectable by human senses. None of them could also provide any proof – verbal or in writing – that they ever notified Kevin of “gas smells” or that they were hospitalised or treated for medically confirmed “carbon monoxide poisoning” due to a faulty geyser.
“Nobody complained of gas leakages or anything related to the geyser in the bathroom, as there is plenty ventilation and the outside chimney worked perfectly before the Covid-19 lock-down. If there were serious or substantiated complaints, I obviously would have checked, as my own family spent at least one weekend per month at the Kliphuis! Would I endanger my own kids’ lives if I had been warned about a faulty geyser in 2019 already?” Kevin asks.
Strangely enough, none of the people who stayed in the guest house immediately before the fatal incident experienced any problems . . . just like the hundreds of people who stayed there since the 1990’s after it was built.
What truly happened during that fatal weekend excursion of a few youngsters during the Covid-19 lockdown will probably never be revealed. Two of them sadly died, and the only witness who can explain how and what truly happened, Stephan du Plessis, refuses to talk and “doesn’t want to get involved”.
CRUCIAL FACTS THAT THE “MEDIA” COMPLETELY IGNORED:
The electricity, water and geyser in the Kliphuis were turned off during lockdown. Kevin went the Saturday afternoon to connect the power batteries for the Wi-Fi, but which of the three youngsters turned the outside water on and put the batteries in the geyser? If they intended to shower and specifically turned the geyser on without noticing the broken chimney flue outside, how can the owner be blamed for their unapproved conduct?
The water was turned off during lock-down
The geiser batteries were taken out during lock-down
If Jéan allegedly went to shower at least half an hour before Mari joined him, why did she not notice he was affected by ignited gas and why did she lock the door from the inside to join him in the shower? The open-plan bathroom is spacious and well-ventilated with many windows and the shower has no door – it is around a corner for privacy and even has a window and a huge square outlet on the floor for the water to directly flow outside which adds extra ventilation.
This huge gap in the wall of the shower is the outlet for the water to run onto the cement outdoors and together with the shower window, provide plenty ventilation in the shower which does not even have a door
The window in the shower is for ventilation
The open-plan bathroom, toilet and shower is well-ventilated
Why didn’t Stephan bother to check on his “guests” later that evening, and where were they supposed to sleep if no sleeping arrangements had been made with Kevin? If you invite friends to a place they have never been before, surely you play host and make sure they are comfortable and settled before you go to sleep yourself? There were no towels, linen or bedding in the Kliphuis during lockdown, so the youngsters would have had to bring their own IF they planned to stay overnight.
Why wasn’t a word ever mentioned about the stack of empty liquour bottles and broken glasses found on the scene, including the infamous, potent home-brewed Karrie Beer, which is so popular in the Kareedouw area and still sold locally? Rumour is the youngsters bought it locally on their way to the Kouga Kliphouse that same fateful Saturday.
The difference between a carbon monoxide (CO) leak and natural gas leakage was explicitly explained by experts during the trial. A gas leak is typically from a natural gas or propane line, while a CO leak is a byproduct of incomplete combustion. Natural gas is a fuel that is made to smell like sulphur or rotten eggs by adding a chemical called mercaptan so it can easily be detected by smell. Carbon monoxide is odourless, colourless, and tasteless, and a CO leak is usually detected by a specific detector. The guests who claimed they “smelled gas in the kitchen” but suffered from “carbon monoxide poisoning” probably made their own assumptions after reading the media stories as none of them could provide toxicology reports confirming carbon monoxide poisoning.
MOVE FOR MISTRIAL
The state’s entire “double homicide” case solely rests on the unsupported and unsubstantiated “hearsay” testimony of four “friends of friends of friends” of the Vosloo family. None of their claims could be verified by official medical or other proof, and nobody before or after them experienced ANY such problems . . . until that fatal Freedom Day weekend during the Covid lockdown.
If you look at this Carte Blanche programme again, it is obvious how this unsubstantiated evidence by four “friends of friends of friends” of the grieving Vosloo family had turned the entire tragedy into a media feeding frenzy, where a sad freak accident became a relentless murder crusade driven by the media and the need for revenge of a heartbroken family.
All it took was an ambitious, fame-seeking state prosecutor, Johan Jansen, who skillfully diverted the investigation from a fact-finding mission into a complicated technical legalese involving gas geysers and the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning, which baffled the inexperienced magistrate Vuziwe Mnyani to such an extent that she could only conclude that ‘the state has provided sufficient evidence to prove double homicide.’
In this outrageous and premature Carte Blanche broadcast, neither Stephan du Plessis nor Kevin Pretorius were even questioned. The presenter even got Stephan’s surname wrong and talked about Du Toit instead of Du Plessis.
Neither did the Carte Blanche team take the trouble to visit the scene to check for themselves the position and working of the geyser and the outdoor chimney flue that was probably broken or vandalised by baboons during lockdown, when the Kliphuis was closed and unattended?
It is with sincere regret that I am forced to declare that I have reached the unfortunate position where Discovery Health and its policies and protocols can offer me NO satisfactory medical help or assistance for my specific chronic health condition.
Thus, I am forced to terminate my long-standing membership of both my Discovery Health and Discovery Life policies in order to find the best national/international help and solutions available for my specific problems since I developed an acute allergy/adverse reactions (EHS) to modern wireless technology – specifically the so-called smart cell phones, cell phone towers/structures and uncontrolled, unregulated electro-magnetic frequencies currently permeating most towns and cities.
I am turning 65 on 4 March 2022 and instead of being subjected to a further array of timeous and expensive medical tests, procedures and experiments – all with the same outcome, namely to AVOID the cause and REMOVE yourself from the trigger – I respectfully request Discovery Life to honour its policy mandate and pay me the balance of my Life Policy funds towards which I have been contributing for MANY years to provide for exactly an unfortunate medical condition like this.
Since NO conventional medical doctors/specialists in SA’s mainstream medical practice is trained or experienced in the intricate field of electro-magnetic smog/radiation and its potential devastating and varied effects on health, I was obliged to seek expertise help and information from international doctors specializing in it, as well as in health practitioners specializing in energy healing, naturopathy and homeopathy. Eventually, even military doctors assisted me to help find the CAUSE of my weird and seemingly unrelated, but persistent health issues.
The lack of knowledge, information and experience in the field of EMF biological effects in the SA medical fraternity is quite shocking considering the overwhelming increase in EMF-related illnesses worldwide and the amount of ongoing medical research and peer-reviewed studies/findings in numerous acclaimed medical journals on this specific issue since the 1970’s.
Before 2000, when independent investigative journalism and specialist “journalistic beats” such as environmental, medical, crime reporting, etc. were part of the mainstream media’s professional informative role, topics like EHS, etc. in medical journals would have been highlighted by the media as part of their informative duty. Unfortunately, that fell away in 2000 already and thus the SA public is totally unaware and uninformed about such issues.
As a healthy, fit 64-year-old woman practicing a healthy lifestyle with outdoor activities since young, I have very seldom needed medication or medical intervention. After experiencing atypical reactions to even common medication such as antibiotics and dental anaesthesia many years ago, I learned early to avoid such chemicals and to rather find alternative solutions in conventional complementary or alternative health modalities which proved to work 100% without any negative side-effects.
My unfortunate 18 month nightmare and journey with EHS started around August 2020 in the most UNLIKELY place – a small, pristine coastal town Bettiesbaai between Kleinmond and Pringle Bay along the Kogelberg mountains in the Overberg where I stayed during the Covid-19 lockdown.
I suddenly started to experience the weirdest and seemingly unrelated health issues such as heart palpitations, muscle cramps, skin rashes/burns, piercing ear ache and moments of disorientation/brain fog at different times. As these symptoms alternated and none of them ever lasted longer than a few hours, I initially ignored it and contributed it to possible underlying anxiety/stress due to the overwhelming Covid19-scare. I concentrated on keeping healthy and fit and boosting my immune system against any viral infections – including Covid-19.
It soon became apparent that these symptoms ONLY appeared when I was at home and mostly during the night. I would wake up from the worst muscle cramps in my legs and stumble outside to stretch my muscles to find relief. When I developed a severe and inflamed skin rash on my chest, I sought help at the Kleinmond Pharmacy where the nursing sister treated the inflamed skin with antibiotic salves and ointment. I upscaled my health regime, and although the skin rash eventually healed, the other weird and unrelated symptoms persisted when I was at home along the mountain.
(It was only months later that I made the connection and realised I was lying with my cell phone on my chest while sunbathing outside.)
As a copywriter/journalist who works full-time from home, I sought help/advice from various medical doctors and acquaintances, but nobody could give a medical explanation for the weird and unrelated symptoms that occurred haphazardly and occasionally in an otherwise perfectly healthy person.
It was only after I published some photos of the weird skin burns and discolorations that appeared suddenly out of the blue on my arms, face and upper-legs, on social media that I was contacted by a few people – including a military person and a medical doctor, Dr John Gardner – who advised me to check my wireless rooter and nearby cell phone towers.
It was the beginning of a long, tiresome and eye-opening journey that lead me into the controversial relationship between medical advancement and wireless technology without any specific enforced health regulations or monitoring.
I learned that the house where I resided was in the middle of two main cell phone towers along the Kogelberg mountain where Vodacom/Huawei was testing 5G. I learned that my weird “symptoms” ONLY occurred when I was at home and the EMF “spikes” like electricity spikes way above acceptable levels.
I learned to test the EMF and sent the screenshots of the EMF that occasionally spike right into the 90’s (45 is the recommended safety limit on the device) to Vodacom’s head office. Two Vodacom spokespersons from head office eventually confirmed that my location was situated right between the towers. They also confirmed the 5G testing in the area and the haphazard spiking of the EMF and said although they are aware of it, there is nothing they can do but to switch the towers off.
Which they could or would not do:
“We cannot switch the towers off every time the EMF spikes as it takes 6-12 hours to reset the tower during which time nobody will have internet access. Direct your complaints to your local Councillor or ICASA.”
There was nothing I could do, but to relocate, since my EHS became worse and I never knew when the EMF would spike and how to protect myself when it happens. Switching off my cell phone and rooter helped some, but I needed to work to meet deadlines and work-related Zoom meetings, while the weird symptoms became so bad that I became scared. Even entering shopping malls became a risk as I sometimes would suddenly become faint or break out in a skin rash.
Since then I have literally been roaming around to find “safe havens” AWAY from huge cell phone towers and structures, but it has become increasingly difficult to find “EMF safe havens” as the technology has even been rolled out on farms, coastlines and hospitals to cover the entire planet.
I have now become a “human EMF meter” and symptoms and skin rashes appear whenever I enter an environment with uncontrolled EMF readings – the first warnings before the other symptoms appear.
I also cannot DARE to switch my cell phone location app on as it almost always results in this weird skin reaction, almost like chemical burns or rashes, and other symptoms appearing immediately or shortly afterwards.
The marks on my skin appear out of the blue whenever I am exposed to 5G or EMF radiation near cell phone towers or any place with EMF smog. Sometimes I will get a tingling feeling on my scalp/face as if an insect is crawling over it, just to find I was zapped again with an EMF leaving the dark discolorations on my skin. No ointment or cream helps, but I have discovered that seawater helps to heal it faster. It normally disappears again after a week or two IF I can manage to stay away from all cell phones, towers and wireless equipment – a very difficult feat!
I have since acquainted other people in the Western Cape who suffer from EHS and was astonished to realise how MANY there are who have been suffering from EHS for YEARS without having any other option than to “AVOID” areas with high EMF smog/radiation and cell phones/wireless technology. One of these sufferers, Alwyn Lewies, has for years been forced to abandon his family to live/sleep in his bakkie in remote areas for most of the day/night as his EHS symptoms became unbearable.
A registered naturopath, Dr Charl Durandt, who has been treating patients successfully for 20 years for various serious health conditions, claims people suffering from EHS symptoms have increased by tenfold in the last two years. The only true solution thus far is to boost their immune system and to avoid wireless technology and areas with highly concentrated EMF pollution . . .
I do not know what the answer is, but until the medical and technological entities reach consensus and find a workable solution and international safety standards for this growing health concern, EHS sufferers like myself and millions of others are increasing dramatically worldwide and are thus far basically left in the cold to fend for ourselves.
The impact of this condition has devastating effects on every single aspect of one’s life – health, financial, social and psychological – as one has to find ways to avoid highly populated areas, wireless technology and try to build cabled internet networks for communication and to do one’s job in a world that has become mostly online via the internet of things.
As an online copywriter/journalist dependent on good internet services, my journey with EHS has been a nightmare thus far, adding stress, anxiety and enormous financial strain as deadlines cannot be met and work-related Zoom-meetings are missed due to unregulated wireless technology that has severe health impacts.
Seeing that the corporate medical world can offer no help or solutions at this stage, I am forced to find ways to protect and help myself and I trust Discovery Health/Life will assist me in this regard.
Kind regards,
Elsa (E.C. Wessels)
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In the light of all the tonnes of research, scientific studies and the latest findings and recommendations of the International Advisory Committee on EMF, it is incomprehensible that the SA medical fraternity has not yet addressed this serious issue and most doctors apparently have no knowledge or experience of EHS ?
Here are SOME of the research and peer reviewed studies that have been ongoing since the 1970’s which I came upon in my research:
World Health Organization - International EMF Project - International Advisory Committee (IAC) - 25th anniversary of the International EMF Project and the
10th Optical Radiation meeting, South Africa National Report 2021 World Health Organization - International EMF Project, 2021
Electro-hypersensitivity (EHS):
Similar to findings in IT, FR, and the NLs, a number of individuals have reported a variety of health problems that they relate to EMF exposure at home and in the workplace. Rulings have acknowledged that EMF-related health issues could result in workplace-related accidents or illness. The biggest obstacle to date has been identified as the miscommunication of, and the misunderstanding of the specific interactions between EM and biological organisms. Different EM spectrums can bring about different symptoms. Population vulnerability and bio-adaptation vary between mt DNA haplotype groups.
The use of the term Electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) has brought about further confusion and miscommunication. This is a result of bodies not adhering to the Climate Change Framework scientific-technical analysis for compensation mechanisms which defines the parameters of classification as Sensitivity, Adaptability, and Vulnerability.
This has been further explored in the 2017 SA govt. published study. The organs of state reviews have endorsed efforts toward adaptability strategies so that vulnerability can be reduced by strengthening adaptive capacity. It is for this reason that the decision has been taken to help update the teaching curriculum in medicine with biophysics in an effort to address these misunderstandings.
The study into the model development surrounding “EHS” has not only brought about better understanding but also advanced cost-effective treatments into other epigenetic and genetic disease models.
In SA, the capacity of EMF to affect biological functions has been investigated and confirmed in reviews of the Ombudsman, Commission, Magistrate, and High Court. The WHO health and disabilities publication uses “disabilities” as an umbrella term to cover a wide range of conditions.
The term “disabilities” covers impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. An impairment is a problem in body function or structure; an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action; while a participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in life situations.
Disability is thus not just a health problem. It is a complex phenomenon, reflecting the interaction between features of a person’s body (including physical, mental, neurological) and features of the society in which he or she lives.
Overcoming the difficulties faced by people with disabilities requires interventions to remove environmental and social barriers.
This makes it clear that people must be able to participate in society, function independently, and remain in their own living environment for as long as possible. Multiple international regulations confirm municipalities must promote this by virtue of providing facilities, assistance, and support. The government’s strategy toward bio-adaption solutions is not only showing promise for persons with “EHS” type complaints but also has benefits in other spheres as well.
* The BioInitiative report 2012 includes sections on the evidence for effects on: gene and protein expression, DNA, immune function, neurology and behavior, blood-brain barrier, brain tumors and acoustic neuromas, childhood leukemia, melatonin, Alzheimer’s disease, breast cancer, fertility and reproduction, fetal and neonatal disorders, autism, disruption by the modulating signal, EMF medical therapeutics, as well as sections on: statement of the problem, the existing public exposure standards, evidence for inadequacy of the standards, the precautionary principle, global public health examples, key scientific evidence and public health recommendations, and summary for the public and conclusions.
As it is mostly neglected as a health hazard, the European Environment Agency compared the risks of non-ionizing radiation (EMF) to other environmental hazards such as asbestos, benzene, and tobacco, urgently recommending to implement a precautionary approach regarding EMF (35). This position was confirmed and elaborated more comprehensibly in further publications in 2011 and 2013 (36), (37).
Published online 2020 Mar 11. doi: 10.3390/ijms21061915
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Electrohypersensitivity as a Newly Identified and Characterized Neurologic Pathological Disorder: How to Diagnose, Treat, and Prevent It
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7139347/ RESEARCHGATE.NET (PDF) INTERNATIONAL EMF PROJECT: International Advisory Committee (IAC)25th anniversary of the International EMF Project and the 10th Optical Radiation meeting PDF | On Jun 24, 2021, James Lech and others published INTERNATIONAL EMF PROJECT: International Advisory Committee (IAC)25th anniversary of the International EMF Project and the 10th Optical Radiation meeting | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGatePlease help or assist?
