The source of a mystery illness that affected American and Canadian diplomats in Cuba and China strongly match known effects of microwave electromagnetic radiation, according to scientists.
Beatrice Golomb, professor of medicine at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, said she studied the reported illnesses and was able to match them to microwave electromagnetic radiation, also known as pulsed radiofrequency (RF/MW).
Paper to Be Published, Other Scientists Weigh In
Golomb’s paper on the issue is scheduled to be published in “Neural Computation” on Sept. 15. It compares the described symptoms of the diplomats with a 2012 study of symptoms reported by people affected by electromagnetic radiation in Japan.The cited symptoms in both cases are: headaches, cognitive problems, sleep issues, irritability, nervousness or anxiety, dizziness, and tinnitus (ringing in the ears).
Diplomats Get Sick
In November 2017, then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that American diplomats in Havana had been victims of “health attacks” that left them with hearing loss, reported the Associated Press.The Canadian government said that at least one Canadian diplomat in Cuba had also been treated for hearing loss.
“We hold the Cuban authorities responsible for finding out who is carrying out these health attacks on not just our diplomats but, as you’ve seen now, there are other cases with other diplomats involved,” Tillerson said.
The affected persons were late revealed to be numbered in the dozens, and include Canadian and American diplomats and family members in China as well.
Other officials, who were not named, said that the hearing loss appeared to have been caused by the deliberate use of some sort of sonic device operating outside the range of audible sound. The attacks were first reported in October 2016.