Health Hazards: Electro Magnetic Field (EMF) is the measure of radiation that is emitted from a computer, microwave, or other electronic appliances, cordless phone, or cell phone.
A green building strategy for EMF mitigation is to isolate your DC direct current & AC alternating current. Wire your building DC for all the basic building systems such as lights, pumps, fans, & major appliances. Reserve AC for computers, audio video, & blenders only. Locate all wireless & AC equipment as far away as possible from bedrooms & if possible day time activity areas as well. . Turn your inverter & /or all AC circuits off when you go to sleep. DC is not a health hazard so you can leave it on . AC is an EMF hazard.
People everywhere are propelling the wireless industry further into its already lucrative 100’s of billions of dollars a year business. It was business as usual until many discovered the dangers lurking under the surface. Just what are the dangers of wireless? It is estimated that 220 million Americans use a cell phone. Globally, 3.3 billion cell phones are sending their frequencies through the airwaves. Health Hazards: Electro-Magnetic Frequency (EMF) is the measure of radiation that is emitted from a computer, microwave, or other electronic appliances, cordless phone, or cell phone. Irrefutable evidence has confirmed that microwave radiation emitted by cell phones can heat up human tissue in the area of the head that the phone is pressed against. This heating effect may cause headaches, fatigue, tissue swelling, memory impairment, learning difficulties, insomnia and tingling. As much as 60% of the microwave radiation emitted by cell phones is absorbed by and actually penetrates the area around the head. Some waves can reach an inch to an inch and a half into the brain. Research conducted by Henry Lai, Ph. D. showed that microwave levels far below the US Government’s “safety” guidelines damage brain cells. Dr.Lai argues that even tiny doses of radio frequency can accumulate over time and lead to harmful health effects. For example, it is known that even low frequency electromagnetic field can alter gene expression and act as a tumor promoter. Cancerous Tumors: Studies have revealed that cell phone users were at much higher risk for developing life-threatening tumors. For example, one study proved that cell phone users were two and half times more likely to have a temporal brain tumor on the side of the head where the cell phone was held. Additionally, cell phone users were three times more likely to get a cancerous tumor of the auditory nerve (which connects the ear to the brain). It was also found that cell phone users that spent over an hour a day on the phone had one-third higher risk of developing a rare form of brain tumor. Researchers concur that EMFs interfere with cellular DNA and its repair capabilities. Furthermore, cell phone radiation makes cancerous cells grow aggressively. The Brain: Radiation from cell phones damages areas of the brain associated with learning, memory and movement, and may trigger Alzheimer’s Disease. The brain has a vital protective barrier called the blood-brain barrier (BBB). When this barrier is breached by radiation, a pathway is created that allows for other cancer-causing environmental chemicals to damage sensitive brain tissue and alter brain cell’s repair mechanisms. It only takes two minutes of talking on your cell phone for the phone’s digitized impulses to breach the BBB and let in destructive proteins and poisons. In studies that tested what happened when the BBB was breached found extensive nerve cell damage in the brain, including the cortex, hippocampus and basal ganglia. As researcher Leif Salford, M.D., Ph. D. noted, “It seems that molecules such as proteins and toxins can pass out of the blood, while the phone is switched on, and enter the brain. We need to bear in mind diseases such as MS and Alzheimer’s are linked to proteins being found in the brain.” Many medical research studies have concluded the microwave frequencies entering the heads of cell phone users is enough to cause neurological damage that can produce fatigue, dizziness and loss of concentration. One particular study showed that a 20-minute cell phone call could disrupt and degrade cognitive functioning for up to three hours after the call. Children: Nearly one half of US teens use cell phones. A child’s brain is extremely vulnerable to cell phone radiation because they absorb microwaves at 3.3 times the rate of adults. A two-minute cell phone call alters the electrical activity of the brain for up to an hour. Doctors fear that disturbed brain activity in children could lead to psychiatric and behavioral problems as well as impaired learning abilities. Children’s cells rapidly divide making them more susceptible to genetic damage leading to disruption of cellular function, cell death, tumors and compromised immune and nervous systems. Other Health Effects: Cell phones have been found to cause premature aging skin. This is because cell phone radiation heats up body cells, which damages the skin cells and accelerates the development of wrinkles. Research has shown that EMF pollution leads to more rapid aging in general. This includes elevated blood glucose levels, elevated lipid levels, high blood pressure, increased neuro- regulatory disturbances, impacts on the central nervous, cardiovascular and immune systems and decreased testosterone levels in men. Studies have found that cell phone use can reduce men’s sex drive. Researchers, for example, found that EMF exposure reduced the amount of testosterone in the blood stream. Also, studies of men who carried their cell phones on their belt could potentially have their sperm count reduced by as much as 30%. There are also public safety issues that are arising from cell phone use. The risk of a car accident for example, was four times greater when the driver was using a cell phone. Heavy cell phone users were involved in twice as many fatal road accidents. Studies have found that driving while talking on a hand held phone is similar to the danger associated with driving with a blood alcohol level of .08 (of which you can receive a DUI for by law enforcement). What’s Being Done: While the cell phone industry has always claimed that its technology is totally safe, the world’s largest cell phone manufacturers have quietly patented devises that reduce the risk of brain tumors. Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola have invented new devices that shield users from radiation emissions. Their patents state, “Continuous exposure to radio frequency irradiation could lead to development of a malignant tumor.” In 1993, the telecom industry committed over $25 million dollars for a series of research projects designed to prove that cell phones are safe. The industry appointed an independent scientist, Dr. George Carlo to head off the research. One by one, alarming signs showed up in Dr. Carlo’s research. As Dr. Carlo continued to reveal scientific findings that cell phones cause damaging health effects, the industry responded by not renewing his research funding and sought to discredit him personally among the media. Dr. Carlo went on to write a book, “Cell Phones: Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age” and founded a non-profit organization called the Safe Wireless Initiative (SWI) that seeks to bring information to the public. Dr. Carlo got together with a group called BioPro Technology who had created the BioPro chip in an effort to offer protection against harmful EMF’s. As BioPro notes of its technology, “The BioPro chips are made of a flexible resin and are programmed to harmonize or neutralize the harmful EMF waves that enter the body. The programming process activates the chip to coincide with the specific frequency range of each particular device, i.e. cell phone, or home phone. The activated chip creates an energy field and has the ability to take a harmful EMF wave and change it into a harmless wave.” The negative effects of EMF radiation are cumulative and unfortunately, we have all grown conditioned to adapt to external stressors including EMF health effects. Wireless technologies are here everywhere and we must educate and safeguard ourselves as best we can. * Info taken from Sherrill Sellman, ND, “A Deadly Obsession Hooked on Cell Phones. Total Health, Volume 27, No. 1. For More Information: 1. Book: Carlo, George. 2001. Cell Phones: Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age. Carroll & Graff Publishers, Inc. New York. 2. Safe Wireless Initiative at http://www.safewireless.org/