Electromagnetic Radiation Adverse Effects

Hello and welcome to my report on the adverse effects of ElectroMagnetic radiation on the human body, from overhead power lines, home appliances and electronic gadgets.

Having spent a great deal of time researching the root causes poor health, I am keenly aware of the pitfalls and the importance of timely and accurate information. When you constantly feel sick, it can be difficult to do the necessary research.

For many people, vibrant health is an elusive quality - luck of the draw - a matter of breeding or education. Taking responsibility for our health enables us to interact and have fun, which is the ultimate reason for doing anything.

Contents:

* What is EMF?

* How Does Harmful Electromagnetic Radiation Get Into Your Body?

* EM Radiation Can Cause Health Chaos…

* Have There Been Any Electromagnetic Radiation Studies?

* The Bio-initiative Working Group sounds the alarm

* The Higher The EMF Frequency, The More Serious The Health Effect

* The Special Dangers Of Cell Phone Electromagnetic Radiation

* What Doctors Have to Say

* How To Protect Yourself

The technologies we use today, from our everyday appliances, cell phones, even our cars, emit electromagnetic radiation & EM radiation that can penetrate and affect us, seriously compromising our health and disturbing our environments.

- For years, scientists have conducted research linking EM radiation to serious diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and others. (See studies.)

- After an extensive review of 2,000+ such studies, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences concluded EMFs “should be regarded as possible carcinogens.”

- An international group of leading researchers recently came out stating, “the existing standards for public safety are completely inadequate to protect health.” (more on the Bio-initiative report below).

- Forward-thinking nations around the world are starting to set stricter EMF safety limits.

- Even the EPA now cautions you to “limit your exposure.”

* What is EMF?

EMF stands for ”Electromagnetic Field”, which includes Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) and Radio Frequency (RF) radiation. ELF Electromagnetic Radiation is emitted from electronic sources all around us. Radio Frequency (RF) radiation emits from devices that communicate using WiFi or cellular communications. We are usually safe from radiation sources like power lines, cell towers and appliances when they are a safe distance away. When we use smaller Electromagnetic Radiation-emitting devices like laptops and tablets though, we are more at risk because the sources of radiation are directly against the body.

Many experts believe that Electromagnetic Radiation exposure from laptops and tablets, can cause infertility, interrupt our body’s electrons, cause cellular damage or DNA mutation and create skin problems as well as many other health concerns. In other words, it can be extremely harmful to use laptop computers or tablet computers directly against the body.

* How Does Electromagnetic Radiation Get Into Your Body?

When it comes to magnetic radiation (which is part of any EMF), the body is as easily penetrated as air. This means if you are near a powerful EMF, electromagnetic radiation isn’t just around you, it’s inside you.

* The Body Electric: According to Dr. Becker, your body’s electrical signals are well within the range of those that can be stimulated by ambient radio waves, microwaves and other forms of electromagnetic radiation. That harmful, unnatural type of stimulation can seriously impact your body.

* EM Radiation Can Cause Health Chaos…

Artificial EMFs change the frequency of your body's electromagnetic fields through a process called entrainment (sympathetic resonance). Entrainment is the tendency of an object to vibrate at the same frequency as something outside of it. In other words, powerful artificial EMFs overwhelm your body’s own electrical fields, changing their frequency and distorting the balance of the body's electromagnetic field and its communication systems. This causes physical, mental and emotional chaos.

 
The danger doesn’t always pass once you get away from the strong electromagnetic field. That’s because biological systems have been proven to store electromagnetic radiation within the cells in the form of electromagnetic oscillations. These oscillations can stubbornly remain inside you, wreaking havoc with your body’s most important processes.

Compounding this problem, metallic objects all around us act as antennae. These include electrical circuits, telephone wiring, water and gas pipes, even your keys and jewelry, which collect and re-radiate these disorienting energy waves.

The highest frequency energy waves (X-rays, gamma rays and others) can break chemical and molecular bonds, and can literally rip atoms apart, disrupting the basic biochemical structures of life. The healthy human body resonates at around 10 hertz. Frequencies above that create biological stress, tissue damage and serious health problems.

* Have There Been Any Electromagnetic Radiation Studies?
Yes. Thousands of studies worldwide have shown that overexposure to EMFs can lead to lowered resistance to bacterial and viral infections and devastating illnesses like cancer.
 
* The BioInitiative Working Group sounds the alarm
An International working group of leading scientists, researchers and public health policy professionals is bringing scientific concerns about the radiation to light. Their 2007 report, the BioInitiative Report, concludes that the existing standards for public safety are completely inadequate to protect your health. The report includes studies showing evidence that electromagnetic fields:
 
- Affects gene and protein expression (Transcriptomic and Proteomic Research).
- Have genotoxic effects – RFR and ELF DNA damage.
- Induces stress response (Stress Proteins).
- Affects immune function.
- Affects Neurology and behavior.
- Causes childhood cancers (Leukemia).
- Impacts Melatonin production; Alzheimer’s Disease; Breast Cancer.
- Promotes breast cancer (Melatonin links in laboratory and cell studies)

Other well-known studies link EMFs to:
- Enzyme changes that affect DNA and cell growth; possible result is cancer and birth defects.
- Changed metabolism and increased cell growth.
- Fetal abnormalities, probably caused by enzyme changes.
- Gene expression changes, which creates stress on your body and even result in cancer.
- Increased production of stress proteins within cells, linked to Alzheimer’s disease.
- Chronic stress, which can lead to heart conditions.
- Neuro-hormone changes, which can result in memory loss and impaired brain function.
- Electro-smog disturbs the growth of cells and the information flow between cells. Research Link: www.electromagnetichealth.org/

* The Higher The EMF Frequency, The More Serious The Health Effect

The fields that appear to be of most concern are those that are very strong, near the body, or of high frequency.

* The Special Dangers Of Cell Phone Electromagnetic Radiation
Because cellphones have such powerful EMFs (usually in the microwave range!) and are held to the head or kept close to the body, they are especially dangerous. (See cellphone studies for links to specific research.)

- Cellphones emit two kinds of EMFs - microwave electromagnetic radiation from the antenna, and more EMFs from the phone body – both are harmful.
- 20-80% of the radiation from a phone’s antenna penetrates up to 2 inches into the adult brain.
- Cell phones have thermal effects (they heat biological tissue) as well as non-thermal effects (affecting natural EMF frequencies).
- Studies have shown that people who sleep with a cellphone by the bed have poor REM sleep, leading to impaired learning and memory. Long-term effects remain to be seen.
- When the cellphone signal is held next to the head, brainwaves are altered a full 70% of the time.
- Many insurance companies are so alarmed by the evidence that they now exclude health issues related to cell phone radiation from coverage.
- Most brain surgeons limit their cellphone use, and counsel patients never to hold them to their ears. Yes, electromagnetic radiation can harm human health, and the dangers are all around us.
 
* What Doctors Have to Say:
“If Mobile Phones Were a Type of Food, They Simply Would Not be Licensed"
~Dr. Gerald Hyland, The Lancet.
“The evidence for risks from prolonged cell phone and cordless phone use is quite strong. For people who have used them for 10 years or longer, mainly on one side of the head, the risk of malignant brain tumor is doubled for adults and is even higher for persons with first use before age 20.”
~Brain tumor specialist Dr. Lennart Hardell, MD, PhD, Orebro University Hospital in Sweden.
 
“There is a strong evidence that EMFs and radio/microwave frequencies are associated with accelerated aging (enhanced cell death and cancer) and moods, depression, suicide, anger, rage and violence, primarily through alteration of cellular calcium ions and the melatonin/serotonin balance.”
~Dr. Neil Cherry of Lincoln University, New Zealand.
 

* So what do you do?

Unfortunately, using laptop cooling pads, laptop tables, lap desks or a laptop trays offer little to no protection because they do not shield Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs). When we use devices such as laptops and tablets, we need to limit our body’s exposure to these radiating devices by using 3 EMF protection options.

EMF Protection Options:

1. Keep portable devices like laptops /cell phones a safe distance away from your body.
2. Use these devices for only short periods of time.
3. Use a shield or device that protects you from EMF Radiation.

When you plan to use a laptop computer, a tablet such as an iPad, or any other electronic device, keep it away from your lap. This simple act will reduce the potentially dangerous radiations from affecting your body. Using a device a foot away is better than a few inches away and provides some EMF protection.

* Here are some points to consider:

1. Time:

If you decide to use your devices close to your body, keep the use to a brief period of time. Having a device in your lap for only a few minutes is far safer than having the devices in your lap for hours. This provides some EMF protection.

2. Shielding:

The best choice for protecting yourself from electronic device radiation is to find a EMF protection shield. A laptop cooling pad, laptop table, lap desk and laptop tray only protect you from the heat radiation, not Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) or Radio Frequency (RF) radiation. Make sure the shield between you and the electronic device shields your body from all harmful radiations.

There are many devices that you can buy online. Some deflect harmful radiations and some transmute them.

3. There are things that can help block EMFs:

With a proper laptop EMF protection device, such as The DefenderPad, you don’t need to worry about distance or time. Another thing I’ve been researching are shielding tents that go over the bed. These look like bug tents that you’d find in the jungle, except they are made with fabric and silver threads.

These are effective to block EMFs around you when you’re sleeping. They also are very expensive. The one’s I was looking at are around $600-900.

4. Things that are measurable vs. things that aren’t:

Mary Cordaro who specializes in consulting on healthy, green home building and remodeling, diagnosing and solving “sick building syndrome” as well as EMF protection, talks about other types of protection devices like the little tabs you put on the phone, crystal necklaces, etc. All these items do not have a reliable way to measure their efficacy. This has always been why I don’t care to use or recommend them.

Many of the people selling these tools use muscle testing as a way to get people to buy them and while I do think the body can respond to subtle energies, I also think that muscle testing is not an objective way to determine if something is working or not.

Things that do work (and are measurable) are turning things off so that the EMFs are not generated in the first place.

5. A ground tester may not be enough to determine if your ground is good:

Yikes! I didn’t know this. When you purchase a plug in grounding unit, you get a ground tester. You can also find these at Home Depot or other stores.

Mary explains that these are not sufficient to (1) figure out if your ground is safe and (2) do not identify other issues that may make the use of this technology more harmful than good.

The only way to test for a proper ground is to get an electrician to come in and test and the only way to determine if you’re able to use this type of technology in your home or office is if you know where the sources of EMFs are coming from.

6. Bed pads and others could make you PART of the circuit:

One of the most shocking things that I learned about EMFs is that using some of the grounding bed pads or foot pads could actually make you part of the circuit, not protect you from it.

You can become part of the circuit if there are EMFs above you. The only way to test this is to have a qualified technician come in and use specialized equipment. You can’t do it with a Gauss meter.

7. If you want to know if you live near high EMFs…

You can search your area with a website called Antenna Search. Here’s that site: www.Antennasearch.com

8. Cell phone protection tools:

AirTube headsets which can be found online.

9. Laptop protection tools:

Pads to Shield EMF Radiation & Heat which can be found online.

I hope that this information has helped you to understand the potential health hazards of EMFs and how you can reduce your exposure. Below you will see some links to products I and my friends have used.

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Cell phone EMF Protection and Energy Field Enhancement Device:

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SYB Laptop Pad to Shield EMF Radiation & Heat:

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SYB 13" MacBook Skin for EMF Protection:

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* Here is a related blog for more information:

http://environmentalstress.blogspot.ie/