Report finds microwave energy likely made US diplomats ill
The analysis commissioned by the STATE DEPT. and releasedSaturday may be the most current attempt to look for a trigger for the mystical illnessesthat started to emerge in late 2016 among U.S. personnel in Havana.
The study found that “directed, pulsed radio frequencyenergy appears to be the most plausible” explanation for symptoms that includedintense brain pressure, dizziness and cognitive difficulties. It determined thisexplanation was much more likely than other previously considered triggers such astropical disease or emotional issues. The study did not name a source forthe energy and did not say it came as the result of an strike, though it didnote that prior research on this sort of injury was completed in the formerSoviet Union.
In its article, the 19-member committee noted that it facedsignificant challenges in looking to get to underneath of the medical mystery.Included in this, not everyone reported the same symptoms and the National Academy ofSciences research didn't have gain access to to all the past studies on theillnesses, a few of which are classified.
“The committee found these cases quite concerning, in partbecause of the plausible role of directed, pulsed radiofrequency energy as amechanism, but also due to the significant suffering and debility that hasoccurred in some of these individuals,” said committee chairman David Relman, aprofessor of medicine at Stanford University. “We as a nation have to addressthese specific situations plus the possibility of future conditions with aconcerted, coordinated, and comprehensive approach.”
Medical effects were experienced by about two dozenAmericans affiliated with the U.S. Embassy in Cuba as well as Canadiandiplomats and personnel at the U.S. consulate in Guanghzhou, China, in early2017.
A number of the Americans have been critical of the U.S.government’s response to their health problems and at least you have filed suitagainst the STATE DEPT..
Between late 2016 and May 2018, several U.S. and Canadiandiplomats in Havana complained of health issues from an unknown cause. OneU.S. authorities count put the number of American personnel afflicted at 26.
Some reported hearing high-pitched sounds similar tocrickets while in the home or residing in hotels, leading to an early on theory of asonic attack.
