Book Review: WiFi Refugee – Plight of the Modern Day Canary by Shannon Rowan
Book Review
Title: WiFi Refugee; Plight of the Modern-day Canary by Shannon Rowan
Genre: Non-Fiction, Science, Technology
Rating: 5 Stars
The introduction and opening chapter of Wifi Refugee was intensely gripping as Shannon Rowan explains what personally happened to her and then revealed what electromagnetic frequency (EMF) and electromagnetic radiation (EMR) is doing to all of us and our environment.
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) is rarely if ever mentioned in the mainstream media and many remain ignorant of the situation at hand. People with EHS essentially become refugees, having to seek out dead zones where they can exist normally without pain and suffering and yet are treating far worse than people with any other kind of sensitivity or disability.
Shannon Rowan developed in her youth a sensitivity to EMF’s with the rise of modern, smart technology. This meant she was incapable of pursuing her passion for travelling and during the pandemic she realised how severe was her predicament.
Rowan’s investigations showed a definite correlation between modern technology and the deaths of varieties of plant and animal life. She noted that the animals most effected are the pollinators. Populations of bees have been decreasing rapidly and without bees our food supply is destroyed.
Several studies show the negative impacts of EMF’s on plants and the human body but business corporations aren’t held responsible for exceeding recommended safety limits and there are no legal consequences. This creates a potentially devastating scenario where technologies employing the more problematic 5G are set to continue to rise and we will likely suffer further as a result unless we act.
The book details a massive proliferation of microwave radiation in our environment leading to more people developing EHS. Something unique about microwave radiation is that it is ability to deeply penetrate the body and essentially cook us from the inside out.
Microwave radiation is distinguished from other forms of radiation by the pattern of injury it produces which is recognizable from the dosimetric (accurate measurement of doses) and scientific studies.
This enduring exposure is causing an epidemic of chronic fatigue among many different populations. There are three main reasons for these wireless technologies being rolled out in stages; it increases profit by introducing new technologies and products; it is a way to delay safety testing indefinitely and, thirdly, it serves to minimize public protest to the changes in the environment.
Shannon Rowan urges us to remember that we are all electrically sensitive to some degree, however most of us have been taught to ignore the symptoms.
The number of people who have EHS is staggering estimated to be 3.1% in the United States, 2.6% in Denmark, 3.2% in Sweden, 5.6% in Germany, 6-8% in Switzerland, 10% percent in Israel, and the highest percentage at 13.4% in Taiwan. Unofficially according to a new study puts the number of EHS compromised populations much higher, closer to 26% in the US, 19% in Sweden, 27% in Denmark, and 32% in Germany which represents millions of people worldwide that continue to be ignored.
In 2016, Rowan contacted Professor Olle Johansson, famous for his work on the health effects of EMF exposure and on electro-hypersensitivity to find out more about her condition. Dr. Johansson has been instrumental in having EHS recognized as a “functional impairment” in Sweden and by the United Nations. However, in most countries, including the US, recognize it in name only, and not in practice.
Dr. Johansson also discovered that EMFs did aversely affect human health as far back as the 1980s which started with the impact of computer-screen exposure on skin. Johansson was forced into early retirement with the excuse that his research on adverse health effects of artificial electromagnetic fields was of “no importance.”
He also had to endure attempts on his life, one of which came very close to succeeding. Dr. Johansson wasn’t the only one targeted, the former Director-General of the World Health Organization, Gro Harlem Brundtland, also suffers with EHS.
Brundtland was known for reacting adversely to cellular phones, which gave her headaches, to the point of needing them banned from her office at the WHO. After speaking out about on the issue she was let go for undisclosed reasons.
Throughout these chapters, Rowan details her own experience with becoming a wifi refugee and how finding somewhere she and her partner, Sam could live without being in constant pain was tough. At one point they were even prepared to camp outside throughout the winter rather than live somewhere that would cause Rowan to suffer.
As we approach part two, Rowan makes it clear that people who suffer with EHS, are treated and portrayed poorly in the mainstream media.
Rowan herself and other have tried taking legal action against SMART metres being forced into their homes, but with little success. She also details how some mainstream shows like Netflix’s Better Call Saul, portray EHS as a psychological issue rather than a physiological one, and leads to many people being persecuted in the court of public opinion and reputations torn to shreds.
EHS isn’t the only sensitivity that has this reception, MCS or multiple chemical sensitivity means that people are more sensitive to chemicals in soaps, cleaning products and foods.
While most of the symptoms of EHS were passed off as psychological, fMRI scans found that in people with EHS they have hyper connectivity of the anterior component of the default mode in the medial orbitofrontal area, meaning their symptoms are physical and can be tracked. Rowan goes far deeper into the human elements of EHS by sharing stories of people like herself. She also discusses safe zones like Green Bank which is the home to the National Radio Quiet Zone and has become a focal point for WiFi refugees seeking asylum.
Green Bank has become a haven for EHS sufferers to relocate to and has since become the single place in the world with the highest concentration of electro-sensitive people. These stories are heart-breaking as these people have lost friends, family, employment, housing and much more. Most sufferers like Rowan are simply seeking somewhere they can live and thrive in peace without being in constant pain – places to escape the ever-widening scope of wifi and telecommunication.
Expansion of technology has been driving many EHS sufferers to suicide and the story of Bruce in Australia really drives this home. Bruce’s story is hard to read but the support he got from the community was amazing. It revealed just how many more people suffer with EHS and their experiences are not mere imaginings.
Rowan dives deeper into the situation around EMF as she claims that both the Spanish Flu and COVID-19 were cover up disease for the emergence of new technology and the radiation sickness they caused.
In 1918, the outbreak of sicknesses was blamed it on the ‘Spanish flu’, this alleged ‘flu’ was neither Spanish nor a flu, but rather symptoms of radiation sickness that first occurred on military bases where wireless telegraphy was being used and then spread around the world on military ships that were also using wireless telegraphy.
This also applies for COVID since the emergence of COVID in Wuhan lines up perfectly with mass 5G activation in the region. After looking back at the past, Rowan turns her attention to the future and what this might mean for people like her who are sensitive and for those that are not.
The book fittingly ends with Sam, Rowan’s partner explaining all from his perspective as someone who isn’t sensitive like Rowan. He shows a massive amount of understanding and compassion but his frustration evident.
Overall, I found Wifi Refugee to be an interesting and informative read that made me question more the recent pandemic and the amount of “smart” technology I own and regularly use and what it may be doing to my physical and emotional health.
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