Thursday, October 9, 2008

Epilepsy 360° magazine on CFLs & dirty electricity, autism & epilepsy

To: emf che
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 4:17 AM
Subject: Epilepsy 360° magazine on CFLs & dirty electricity, autism & epilepsy

Of possible interest about CFLs.

The Epilepsy360° September 2008 edition is out! To open a PDF, simply click on the edition. http://www.epilepsy.org.au/EA_360_6.asp

If you click on the "In brief" part of the Epilepsy Action you will see what is happening with compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) down under.

-magda

p.s. FYI sidebar on page 5 on Autism and Epilepsy states that:
AN Australian systematic review showed children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have at least a 10-fold increased risk of developing epilepsy. Among children with ASD, 10– 39 per cent had developed epilepsy by their mid teens or 20s.
Even children with higher IQs have a much higher rate of epilepsy than the general population, which is 1 – 2 per cent. Researchers cautioned that more work needed to be undertaken on predictors of long-term outcomes in order to give parents more accurate prognoses and not create unnecessary anxiety.
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