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Creation of the first EHS Refuge Zone in

within the Vena del Gesso Regional Park

The first free Refuge Zone for the EHS (like that in France) has just been opened in Italy. It is within the Vena del Gesso Regional Park near the town of Brisighella in the province of . After the one next to the Conservatoire Naturel des Espaces Naturels Rhône-Alpes in France, it is the second specially planned EHS Zone Refuge available in Europe, apart from the protected living areas in Sweden reserved for the EHS.

This project, unique in Italy and among the first in Europe, was started thanks to a private initiative, but the authorities of the Parc of Emilia Romagna in the urban district of Brisighella have made a major contribution to its creation and to publicising its existence. They plan a further extension in the future of the boundaries of this zone with low electromagnetic

radiation. The EHS Refuge Zone of Brisighella in Italy

Open since May 2010, everything in the Zone is free, including a Bed & Breakfast called “The Wolf’s Hideaway" (Eremo del Lupo), the first in Italy for the EHS. The building was restored and shielded with anti-EMF insulation, particularly the bedrooms, and it has space for five EHS guests.

This electrosmog-free B&B is 2.5km from the station of Brisighella (-Florence line, not electrified) and is in the middle of an unspoilt landscape, just next to the

Refuge Zone. The new B & B "The Wolf’s Hideaway" (Eremo del Lupo) This Refuge Zone has been carefully assessed for levels of artificial electromagnetic radiation. The levels measured in the marked low-radiation White Zone are below the levels required by the environmental action groups protesting against electrosmog, and the recommendations of independent scientists and of the European Community, that is to say below the levels readable by many radiation meters: HF ≤ 0.19 V/m or ≤ 100 µW/m², and LF 0.01 μTesla.

Outline of the problem At a time of increasing exposure to a new type of environmental pollution caused by wireless communication technologies using High Frequency microwaves (GSM, WiMax, WiFi, DECT, etc.), the percentage of the population that has become sensitive to artificial electromagnetic fields, which have never previously existed, has increased tremendously in these last few years.

To deplore the lack of awareness among the politicians concerned is no longer enough, urgent action needs to be taken! Since the health authorities have lost all control of the situation and there is no will to pass any laws intended to make communication technologies compatible with human health, the only way nowadays to avoid damaging symptoms is to try to find shelter for a few hours every day, and especially for sleeping at night, in sheltered places such as the ground floor of apartment buildings, in cellars, forests, etc.

A life-saving option for the EHS who need to rest and recover from their debilitating symptoms is a stay in a specially designed Refuge Zone with low radiation, or a radiation-free White Zone. The latter are very difficult to find, due especially to the residual terrestrial radiation of phone masts and Hertzian Repeaters for mobile signals, and to radiation from satellites.

Anyone who wishes to visit the first EHS Refuge Zone in Italy can arrange a stay in the Parc de Carnè, which in addition to being a jewel of incomparable natural beauty provides a healthy environment with minimal radiation levels, in which the EHS can safely relax and replenish their resources.

Further information: B&B ”Eremo del lupo” – email: [email protected] ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA ELETTROSENSIBILI – A.I.E. - Via Cadorna,5 – 35123 Padova (PD) – tel: 02/6431425 - www.elettrosensibili.it [email protected]