Electrosensitivity 

'Green' or 'White' zones

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'Green' or 'White' zones are areas free of man-made electromagnetic radiation.

Websites for Radiation-free housing, schools, motels etc:

• Radiation Refuge (EHS and MCS friendly housing)

Government and other 'Green' or 'White' Zones

Europe

In 2011 the Council of Europe advised each member state to provide 'White' zones for ES people.

• Parliamentary Assembly resolution 1815 (2011)

France

In January 2014 the French Assembly voted to ask the government to provide a report on "the opportunity to create areas of limited electromagnetic radiation, notably in the urban environment" and difficulties in the workplace.

• Le Monde, January 24th 2014

In October 2013 plans were made for a 'White' zone in France.

• Le Monde, October 30th 2013
• EHS Refuge website
• EHS White zone website

September 2015:

• “Hautes-Alpes: The "electro-hypersensitive" occupy an abandoned building” (France 3 Province, September 11 2015)

Switzerland

A new building (2014) near Zurich is designed for people who are hyper-sensitive to chemicals and electromagnetic radiation and fields.

• Yahoo News, April 6th 2014

USA

Green Bank in West Virginia, the radio telescope location, provides an unofficial white zone.

• BBC, September 13th 2011
• "Do Screens Give You Headaches? This Town Might Be Your Salvation" (Michael Gaynor, Readers'Digest, April 2016)
  
• "Inside the town were Wi-Fi and cell phones are illegal" (Today, November 8 2015, 3 min)
  

Website with list of White Zones:

• Refugium: sanctuaries

Building for protection:

• Patricia Burke: "Creative Housing Solutions To Support MCS/EHS Populations" (Spirit of Change Magazine, 2017)

Recognition of ES as a Disability

United Nations

Electrosensitivity comes under the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, of 2007, as a functional impairment.

Europe

The European Parliament resolution of 2nd April 2009 called on member states to recognise ES as a disability.

• 2009 resolution

Chemical Sensitivity Refuges

Snowflake, Arizona, USA:

• Sidney Stevens: "The residents of this Arizona community are allergic to modern life: Chemically sensitive residents of this tiny, off-the-grid village find relief from a world that makes them sick" (Mother Nature Network, December 19 2016)