Second review of the Premises Standards 2010: survey

As a person with diagnosed radiation poisoning (or Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity), most public and many private spaces are inaccessible to be because of the preponderance of microwave radiation.

I cannot also used any public means of transport without becoming violently ill.

This severely limits my ability to work (I am a Chartered Accountant) and to live a normal life.

My home has had to be modified so that I am entirely shielded from the microwave radiation for towers, mobile phones and WIFI.

I cannot visit a hospital as the level of radiation is especially high and debilitating for me.

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"Article 9, paragraph 1, requires States parties to identify and eliminate obstacles and
barriers to accessibility to, inter alia:
(a) Buildings, roads, transportation and other indoor and outdoor facilities, including schools, housing, medical facilities and workplaces; "
(CRPD General comment No. 2 (2014) Article 9: Accessibility)
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) recognises the barriers that people with a disability may face in realising their rights. The rights
under all human rights treaties apply to everyone, including people with disability

"23. Since accessibility is a precondition for persons with disabilities to live
independently, as provided for in article 19 of the Convention, and to participate fully and equally in society, denial of access to the physical environment,
transportation, information and communication technologies, and facilities and services open to the public should be viewed in the context of discrimination."
(CRPD General comment No. 2 (2014) Article 9: Accessibility)
Many EHS people are prevented from working and living, moving freely about in the community, prevented from freely accessing all the services on an equal
basis with others due to the ubiquitous rollout of wireless radiation in our environment.

Premises standards currently discriminate against and exclude individuals with electro hypersensitivity (EHS). Wireless microwave radiation, is invisible and
imperceptible to most people, it does impact us all. For EHS it is like any other allergy, it causes, with varying degrees reactions in the individual preventing them
from functioning well within a wireless environment. They cannot hold down a job, often they cannot access medical care, attend a hospital, the basic services
everyone else takes for granted. This tech is now invading the last places we can be safe and recover our green spaces, parks children's playgrounds.
Building design and tech delivery, particularly hospitals, doctor's surgeries, schools, universities, shops and shopping centres, public transport... all public
services need to provide accommodation, accessibility and inclusion on an equal basis for all people.
Dr Isaac Jamieson is a scientist, architect and environmental consultant. In addition to his involvement with Biosustainable Designs. The majority of his work is
involved in creating resilient, safer and more biologically-friendly sustainable environments, materials and technologies. His commentary to the European
Economic and Social Committee covers the Human Rights aspect well in relation to EHS and is attached. http://www.biosustainabledesign.org/index.html
Wherever possible building regulations should address the accessibility issues &
inclusive design requirements of those adversely affected by manmade EMFs. Design professionals & the general public need to be properly educated about
electromagnetic hygiene & how EMF risks can be minimised.
":18. Article 9, paragraph 2, stipulates the measures States parties must take in order to
develop, promulgate and monitor the implementation of minimum national standards for the accessibility of facilities and services open or provided to the public.
Those standards shall be in accordance with the standards of other States parties in order to ensure interoperability with regard to free movement within the
framework of liberty of movement and nationality (art. 18) of persons with disabilities. States parties are also required to take measures to ensure that private
entities that offer facilities and services that are open or provided to the public take into account all aspects of accessibility for persons with disabilities (art. 9,
para. 2 (b))."
Accessibility as defined by CRPD is not ambiguous. Yet many authorities use as many loopholes as possible to avoid recognising, providing support and adapting
an imperfect environment for EHS.
The Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities By: Margaret E. Sears (M.Eng., Ph.D.) " This report addresses issues such as the definition and
prevalence of environmental sensitivities; recognition by medical authorities; education and training within the medical community; origins, triggers and symptoms
of sensitivities; impact of environmental sensitivities in the workplace; government policies and standards for building codes, air quality and ventilation as they
affect individuals with environmental sensitivities; and guidelines for accommodation within the workplace. For people with environmental sensitivities, their health
and ability to work rests with the actions of others, including building managers, co-workers and clients.
Accommodating people with environmental sensitivities presents an opportunity to
improve workplace environmental quality and workers’ performance, and may help
prevent the onset of sensitivities in others. "
"The World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledges the condition of electromagnetic sensitivity, and published a 2006 research agenda for radio-frequency
fields.239 The WHO recommends that people reporting sensitivities receive a comprehensive health evaluation. It states: “Some studies suggest that certain
physiological responses of EHS individuals tend to be outside the normal range. In particular, hyperactivity in the central nervous system and imbalance in the
autonomic nervous system need to be followed up in clinical investigations and the results for the individuals taken as input for possible treatment.” (The Medical
Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities, C Electromagnetic radiation and fields)
The paper attached CRPD General comment No. 2 (2014) Article 9: Accessibility makes the case for Universal Design. A concept Dr Isaac Jamieson examines
and provides discussion on and solutions for with specific focus on the EHS individual.
"The application of universal design makes society accessible for all human beings,
not only persons with disabilities. It is also significant that article 9 explicitly imposes on
States parties the duty to ensure accessibility in both urban and rural areas. Evidence has shown that accessibility is usually better in bigger cities than in remote,
less developed rural areas, although extensive urbanization can sometimes also create additional new barriers that prevent access for persons with disabilities, in
particular to the built environment, transport and services, as well as more sophisticated information and communication services in heavily populated, bustling
urban areas. In both urban and rural areas, access should be available for persons with disabilities to the natural and heritage parts of the physical environment
that the public can enter and enjoy." (CRPD General comment No. 2 (2014) Article 9: Accessibility)
EHS functional impairment issues are human rights and disability related. Professor Olle Johansson's paper discusses the issues of EHS and the definition of the
condition as a functional impairment which is the product of an imperfect environment not imperfect individual.
https://www.national-toxic-encephalopathy-foundation.org/esen.pdf
EHS issues have been addressed over and over again yet we have no resolution. As you can see here this impairment has petitions and mentions on the UN's
website. Including some from Australia, and disability organisations in the UK and Sweden.
https://search.ohchr.org/results.aspx?k=electrohypersensitivity%20
Sweden: https://tinyurl.com/y5m42mxy
UK: https://tinyurl.com/yyucxml2
Children’s Health Defense’s (CHD) landmark case against the Federal Communications Commission challenges the FCC’s decision from December 2019 not to
review its 1996 radio frequency exposure guidelines regarding human exposure to wireless radiation, including 5G. CHD claims that, considering the
overwhelming scientific and human evidence of harm, the FCC’s decision is arbitrary, capricious, not evidence-based and an abuse of discretion. The CHD are
specifically raising EHS issues and wireless radiation harm to due to outdated guidelines and a lack of precautionary measures to protect our children and EHS.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/chd-day-in-court-case-against-fcc/
Perhaps it will take a big win in the American court system via the Children's Health Defense and some class actions to get you all to pay attention.
https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/name_withheld2.pdf
https://www.education.gov.au/submissions-2015-review-disability-standards-education-2005