Investigation of the spinal cord as a natural receptor antenna for incident electromagnetic waves and possible impact on the central nervous system

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10.3109/15368378.2011.624653

Sevaiyan Balaguru^a, Rajan Uppal^a, Ravinder Pal Vaid^a &Balasubramaniam Preetham Kumar^*a

pages 101-111

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• Published online: 21 Feb 2012

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Abstract

The effects of electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure on biological systems have been studied for many years, both as a source of medical therapy and also for potential health risks. In particular, the mechanisms of EMF absorption in the human or animal body is of medical/engineering interest, and modern modelling techniques, such as the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD), can be utilized to simulate the voltages and currents induced in different parts of the body. The simulation of one particular component, the spinal cord, is the focus of this article, and this study is motivated by the fact that the spinal cord can be modelled as a linear conducting structure, capable of generating a significant amount of voltage from incident EMF.

In this article, we show, through a FDTD simulation analysis of an incoming electromagnetic field (EMF), that the spinal cord acts as a natural antenna, with frequency dependent induced electric voltage and current distribution. The multi-frequency (100–2400 MHz) simulation results show that peak voltage and current response is observed in the FM radio range around 100 MHz, with significant strength to potentially cause changes in the CNS. This work can contribute to the understanding of the mechanism behind EMF energy leakage into the CNS, and the possible contribution of the latter energy leakage towards the weakening of the blood brain barrier (BBB), whose degradation is associated with the progress of many diseases, including Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

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EMF Expert Quotes at EMFScientist.org

EMF Expert Quotes at EMFScientist.org

Selected Quotations from Scientists who Signed the INTERNATIONAL EMF SCIENTIST APPEAL

Note: The signatories to this appeal, some of whom are quoted below, are being quoted as individuals, giving their professional affiliations, but this does not necessarily mean that this represents the views of their employers or the professional organizations they are affiliated with.

Don Maisch

Australia

We are now entering the era of “The Internet of Things” (IoT) where all our appliances will be Wi-Fi enabled, endlessly communicating with each other and us through so-called smart devices. This “brave new world” dictates that human exposure to radiofrequency radiation must greatly increase in order to accommodate the technology. This is a planned world being created by technocrats totally ignorant of the reality of our biology, an ignorance fostered by the existing thermal-effects only standards/guidelines. Now, more than ever, we need new, biologically relevant standards to meet the challenge of the future.

Don Maisch, PhD., Australia,
Tel:  +61 3 62430195    Email: dmaisch@emfacts.com

Mary Redmayne

Australia

“There is much high-quality research showing bio-physiological effects from permitted electromagnetic exposures; these findings are not nullified by research which fails to find effects. To claim that the ‘weight of evidence’ does not support these effects (even if it were true) is misleading. To infer that this means no precautions are needed is illogical and non-scientific.”

"It would help parents and policy makers if consensus among advisory organisations and scientists could be reached acknowledging that assurance of safety of chronic low-dose radiofrequency exposure cannot be guaranteed and is related to ill-health in some people. Therefore, minimising exposure, especially children’s, is sensible. This should be treated like other daily health precautions and warnings such as those about diet.”

Mary Redmayne, Ph.D., Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia
Email: mary.redmayne@gmail.com

Marie-Claire Cammaerts

Belgium

“Man-made electromagnetic fields impact all living organisms, acting first on the unit membrane. We must reduce our dependence on  'wireless'  technologies, reduce the numbers of masts (i.e., cell towers), of Wi-Fi apparatus, of cordless phones and so on, and clearly indicate, in public spaces, the intensity of the ambient electromagnetic field.”

Prof. Marie-Claire Cammaerts, PhD., Free University of Brussels, Faculty of Science, Belgium.
Email: mtricot@ulb.ac.be 

Alvaro Augusto de Salles

Brazil

"Non-ionizing radiation (NIR) absorption by the population increased many times in the last few decades. The health effects of this will show a dramatic impact in the near future. Therefore effective precautionary procedures should urgently be adopted aiming to reduce NIR exposure and to reduce its health risks, in line with the IARC 2002 and 2011 recommendations that NIR is a possible human carcinogen".

Alvaro Augusto de Salles, PhD., Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Email:  aasalles@ufrgs.br

Magda Havas

Canada

“One of the most serious environmental pollutants affecting the health of human populations and resulting in chronic illness is electrosmog.  A combination of low frequency electromagnetic fields, poor power quality, ground current and especially radio frequency and microwave radiation is making people sick.  We have enough peer-reviewed scientific studies documenting the adverse effects, which include cancers, reproductive problems and symptoms of electrohypersensitivity, for governing bodies to promote practices, devices and legislation that reduce our exposure to these frequencies.

Putting Wi-Fi in schools; allowing cordless phones that radiate constantly to be manufactured; placing wireless baby monitors near an infant; using a wireless tablet, smart phone or computer while pregnant; holding a cell phone next to the head and keeping a cell phone in a bra or hip pocket or under a pillow; placing cell phone antennas near homes, schools and on hospitals; metering electricity, water and gas with wireless smart meters and designing smart appliances for the home will be viewed by future generations as dumb technologygenerated by greed for a population that is largely ignorant of the consequences.  We need to protect the health and wellbeing of future generations, because without them there is no future!  If we don't do it . . . who will?

Dr. Magda Havas, PhD, Environmental and Resource Studies, Centre for Health Studies, Trent University, Canada
Email: DrMagdaHavas@gmail.com

  

Paul Héroux

Canada

“Electromagnetic fields from power and telecommunications systems, as they are present in our everyday environment, have biological and human health impacts that have not been officially acknowledged. The effects of these fields have simply not been taken seriously enough.”

Paul Héroux, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health McGill University Medicine, Montreal Canada,  
Tel. (514) 398-6988    Cell (514) 222-2197
InVitroPlus Laboratory, Department of Surgery Royal Victoria Hospital
Tel. (514) 934-1934 ext 35270  http://www.invitroplus.mcgill.ca/  Email: paul.heroux@mcgill.ca

Wenjun Sun

China

“我们的研究表明，强度低于ICNIRP暴露限值的电磁场依然可以产生生物效应。因此，在作用机制阐明之前，对无处不在并日益增强的环境电磁场暴露限值的制订应该慎重。”

“Our studies show that exposure to electromagnetic fields with intensity lower than the ICNIRP exposure guidelines can produce biological effects. Thus, on a precautionary basis, before we understand the detailed mechanisms, we should adopt protective standards for the ubiquitous and increasing electromagnetic fields in occupational and public environments.”

Dr. Wenjun Sun, Director of Institute of Environmental Medicine, Bioelectromagnetics Key Laboratory, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.  Tel: +86-571-88208166, Email: sunwj@zju.edu.cn

 

 

Dariusz Leszczynski

Finland

“Evidence of health hazard is here since IARC 2011. It surely was enough time to introduce new safety standards and Precautionary Principle.”

Dariusz Leszczynski, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland; Member of the IARC Working Group that classified cell phone radiation as possible carcinogen.
https://betweenrockandhardplace.wordpress.com/
Email: blogbrhp@gmail.com

 

 

Dominique Belpomme

France

Les effets nocifs des champs électromagnétiques, quelle que soit leur fréquence, sont maintenant scientifiquement établis. Les femmes enceintes (le fœtus) et les enfants et adolescents sont particulièrement vulnérables. L’OMS a reconnu les effets possiblement cancérigènes des champs électromagnétiques; cette action doit être prolongée par la reconnaissance de l’électrohypersensibilité comme affection à part entière entrant dans le cadre nosologique de l’intolérance environnementale idiopathique qu’elle a individualisé. C’est ce que propose le colloque international organisé le 18 mai à l’Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique.

The harmful effects of electromagnetic fields, regardless of their frequencies, are now scientifically settled. Pregnant women (the fetus) and children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable. WHO has recognized the possibly carcinogenic effects of electromagnetic fields; its policy program should now be urgently extended to the recognition of electrohypersensitivity as a full affection entering the nosologic framework of Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance. This is what the international congress held on the 18th of May, 2015 at the Royal Belgian Academy of Medicine proposes.

Dominique Belpomme, MD, MPH, Professor in Oncology, Paris V Descartes University, European Cancer & Environment Research institute, Executive Director.
E-mail : contact.belpomme@gmail.com    Phone : 0033(0)1 45 78 53 53

 

Lebrecht von Klitzing

Germany

“Our research finds that periodic, pulsed electromagnetic fields used for wireless communication reduce vegetative bioregulation activity.  Continued exposure to WiFi in Germany has deleterious effects on the cardiovascular system.  “We must reduce the spread and utilization of these systems.”

Lebrecht von Klitzing, PhD. Medical Physicist, Institute of Environmental Physics, DE 36466 Wiesenthal, Germany
Prof. Dr. Lebrecht von Klitzing,  Medizinphysiker (DGMP), Medizinphysik  -  Umweltphysik, DE-36466 Wiesenthal, Schwimmbadweg 21
Tel.: 036964  863446 + 831203, Email: vonklitzing@umweltphysik.com, www.umweltphysik.com

 

Lukas Margaritis 

Greece

“Wireless technology has driven most new high-tech products and has been a key factor in everyday domestic and commercial life. Still no serious efforts have been made by authorities to look seriously without bias at the health effects especially for heavy users, children, and pregnant women. Our research points out the necessity for precautionary measures and new safety limits given the complexity of the signals (with modulation and pulses) unlike any other radiation on earth.”

“Σχεδόν όλα τα σύγχρονα προϊόντα υψηλής τεχνολογίας της καθημερινής μας ζωής χρησιμοποιούν ασύρματη τεχνολογία. Παρόλη αυτή την πληθώρα εφαρμογών δεν έχουν γίνει σοβαρές και αντικειμενικές προσπάθειες από τον Παγκόσμιο Οργανισμό Υγείας να δει τις πιθανές επιπτώσεις στην υγεία, ειδικά σε καθημερινούς χρήστες, σε παιδιά και εγκύους. Η έρευνά μας οδηγεί στο συμπέρασμα ότι πρέπει να εφαρμοστεί η Αρχή της Πρόληψης και να μειωθούν τα «όρια ασφαλείας» με δεδομένη την πολυπλοκότητα των ακτινοβολιών αυτών (με διαμόρφωση και παλμούς) σε αντίθεση με όλες τις άλλες ακτινοβολίες στη γη.”

LUKAS H. MARGARITIS, Professor emeritus of Cell Biology and Radiobiology, Coordinator, Radiation Research Program THALIS Dept of Cell Biology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology. NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, Greece 
Tel: +30-2107274542, +30-6972051345 Email: lmargar@biol.uoa.gr

ΛΟΥΚΑΣ Χ. ΜΑΡΓΑΡΙΤΗΣ, Ομότιμος Καθηγητής Κυτταρικής Βιολογίας και Ραδιοβιολογίας, Συντονιστής ερευνητικού προγράμματος ακτινοβολιών ΘΑΛΗΣ Τομέας Βιολογίας Κυττάρου και Βιοφυσικής, Τμήμα Βιολογίας, ΕΘΝΙΚΌ & ΚΑΠΟΔΙΣΤΡΙΑΚΟ ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΑΘΗΝΩΝ 
Tel. +30-2107274542, +30-6972051345

Kavindra Kumar Kesari

India

“The debate about the effect of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) on human health is a growing concern of the 21st century. On the basis of scientific evidence, there is no question that EMF emissions from several devices like cell phones, cellular antennas, and microwave ovens, have a causative effect on the brain and reproductive organs. But no action has been taken despite our awareness of the harmful impact of electro-pollution due to political interference. It is therefore imperative that the implications of electro-pollution must be fully explored by government bodies after consulting with concerned experts, and safety criteria be re-examined.”

Dr. Kavindra Kesari, MBA, PhD., Resident scientist, School of Environmental Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Finland; Assistant Professor, Professor, Jaipur National University, India
E-mail: kavindra_biotech@yahoo.co.in, kavindra.kesari@uef.fi

SMJ Mortazavi

Iran

“Limiting the exposure to electromagnetic fields is indeed among the basic steps to ensure a better life for mankind!”

SMJ Mortazavi, Ph.D,  Professor of Medical Physics, Ionizing and Non-ionizing Radiation Protection Research Center (INIRPRC), Dean, Medical Physics & Medical Engineering Department, Dean, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
E-mail: mmortazavi@sums.ac.ir
Tel: +98-711-2349332 Fax1: +98-711-2349332 Fax2: +98-711-2289113
http://home.sums.ac.ir/~mmortazavi  http://crrs.sums.ac.ir

Yury Grigoryev

Russian Federation

“It is immoral that the regulatory standards electromagnetic fields (EMF) used in cellular communication are inadequate and pose a serious health risk. The amount of harm from radio frequency EMF exposure to the brain is inestimable.Children are at higher risk, than professional workers.’

Professor Yury Grigoryev, MD, Chairman of Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection;  Member, International Advisory Committee for the WHO "EMF and Health" Program. Moscow, Russia. 
(not presently available for media inquiries)

Yoon-Won Kim

South Korea (Republic of Korea)

"International exposure guidelines for electromagnetic fields (EMF) must be revisited due to the existence of their adverse effects on our bodies, particularly on the male reproductive system. It is time to re-establish the safety level of EMF for the general public to reduce our exposure to protect us from EMF."

Dr. Yoon-Won Kim, MD. PhD. Professor, Hallym University and member of the Bioelectromagnetics Society, Korea.
Tel. +82-33-248-2663, Email: ywkim@hallym.ac.kr

Alonso Balmori

Spain

“Trees and animals are showing important signs that mankind does not comprehend. We know with certainty that anthropogenic electromagnetic radiation is slowly eroding the health of living organisms: animals, plants and people.  It is urgent that society as a whole address this serious environmental and health problem.”
Alfonso Balmori, Biologist. Independent researcher on wildlife and EMF, Spain

“Los árboles y los animales nos están mostrando cosas que las personas no estamos comprendiendo. Sabemos con certeza que las radiaciones electromagnéticas producidas por el hombre están debilitando lentamente la salud de los seres vivos: animales, plantas y hombres. Es urgente una toma de conciencia de la sociedad en su conjunto para afrontar este grave problema ambiental y sanitario.”

Alfonso Balmori, Biólogo. Investigador independiente sobre los efectos de las radiaciones electromagnéticas en los seres vivos, EspanaEmail: abalmorimartinez@gmail.com

Claudio Gomez-Perretta

Spain

“Technological applications using non-ionizing radiation are advancing rapidly, increasing at every step the gap with the assessment of their possible side effects. The REFLEX project and other scientific reports others like the BioInitiative have unfortunately been ignored by the authorities worldwide. Perhaps the coming generations will curse these leaders for their ineffectiveness at the right moment”.

Claudio Gomez- Perretta, MD, PhD. Researcher, University La Fe of Valencia, Spain
Email: gomez_cla@gva.es

Lennart Hardell

Sweden

 “Based upon epidemiological studies there is consistent evidence of increased risk for brain tumors (glioma and acoustic neuroma) associated with use of wireless phones. Urgent revision of current guidelines for exposure to radiofrequency emissions is needed.”

Lennart Hardell, MD, PhD, Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Orebro, Sweden
Email: Lennart.hardell@regionorbrolan.se

Daniel Favre

Switzerland

“Active mobile phone handsets have a dramatic impact on the behavior of honeybees by inducing the worker piping signal, triggering the swarming process, the sign of a disturbed bee colony. Signals from mobile phones and masts (i.e., cell towers) could also be contributing to the decline of honeybees around the world. I am calling on the international scientific community for more research in this field and for protection of this crucial pollinator."

Dr. phil. nat. Daniel Favre, Biologist and apiary adviser, Switzerland (www.ephiscience.net).
Email: daniel_favre@yahoo.com

Suleyman Dasdag

Turkey

“We need shorter and more controlled radiation exposure for a happy and healthy world.”

“Sağlıklı ve mutlu bir dünya için daha az ve kontrollü radyasyon.”

Prof. Dr. Suleyman Dasdag PhD., Dept. of Biophysics, Medical School of Dicle University, Turkey
Email: sdasdag@gmail.com

Nesrin Seyhan

Turkey

“None of the radiofrequency radiation exposure guidelines take pregnant women, fetuses, and the elderly into consideration!  RF exposure limits for the general public should be lowered to protect all those more vulnerable to electromagnetic fields"

"Radyofrekans alanlara maruziyet sınır degerlerinin hiç biri hamile anne karnındaki bebek,ve yaşlıları dikkate alarak hazırlanmamıştır.  Genel Halkın  Radyofrekans maruziyet sınırlar bu alanlara daha hassas olan hamile, anne karnındaki bebek, çocuk ve yaşlılar  gözönüne alınarak aşa ğ ı çekilmelidir.”

Prof. Dr. Nesrin Seyhan,  Founding Chair, Biophysics Dept ; Founding Director,  GNRK Center Medical Faculty of Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.  (Presently not available for media inquiries)

Martin Blank

USA

“International exposure guidelines for electromagnetic fields must be strengthened to reflect the reality of their impact on our bodies, especially on our DNA. The time to deal with the harmful biological and health effects is long overdue. We must reduce exposure by establishing more protective guidelines.”

Martin Blank, PhD., Special Lecturer, Columbia University, New York USA
Email: mbphd32@gmail.com

Elizabeth Kelley

USA

“Solutions must be found that place the highest priority on protecting people and the planet over the powerful economic forces driving new technologies without thought for biology. We can have both innovation and public safety if there is political will. This transcends national boundaries. The UN, WHO and UNEP are the best organizations on earth to make these recommendations.”

Elizabeth Kelley, MA, is the Director of EMFScientist.org, and formerly was Managing Secretariat for the International Commission on Electromagnetic Safety (icems.eu), Italy
Email:  info@EMFscientist.org

Al Manville

USA

“While we like our electronic gadgets, the worldwide demand for these technologies of convenience only grows, as do the gargantuan profits that come from selling the devices and their services.  While human health and safety continue to be dismissed by many, growing scientific evidence is showing a dark side to cell phone, WiFi, smart meter and point-to-point technologies.  Migratory birds -- incredibly important to the global economy and for the ecological services they provide -- now appear to be negatively affected by non-ionizing radiation.  This alarm sounds a call to action acknowledging that electromagnetic radiation is indeed a problem that needs to be addressed."

Dr. Albert Manville, Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University; Senior Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), Emeritus/Retired; and Wildlife Consultant, WHCS LLC.,USA
Email: albertsandy@verizon.net, whcslls006@verizon.net

Joel Moskowitz

USA

“U.S. regulatory standards and international guidelines only control for short-term heating of tissue. The standards do not protect us from the low-intensity, chronic exposures to electromagnetic fields (EMF) that are common today. The scientists who signed the Appeal request that the UN and member nations protect the global human population, and animal and plant life from EMF exposures.

There has been strong support from the international scientific community for the Appeal, even among those who believe that scientists should not take public policy positions. Some have taken personal risks to sign the Appeal because this is a public health issue that affects everyone now, as well as future generations."

Joel Moskowitz, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Family and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Tel: 1-510-643-7314. Email: jmm@berkeley.edu

https://www.emfscientist.org/index.php/science-policy/expert-emf-scientist-quotations

Levels of Man-made Artificial Radio-frequency in Comparison to Natural Background Levels: A Compilation of Comments

Levels of Man-made Artificial Radio-frequency in Comparison to Natural Background Levels: A Compilation of Comments

Hi Everyone,

I would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to reply with such valuable information on this issue. It is very much appreciated.

I have compiled and listed the comments in chronological order in which, for the most part, they were received. I am also attaching documents that I received from some people along with the comments.

I would like to suggest that we draft a statement with regards to this on which we all can agree so that when we present this information to the public, it is clear and accurate, and we are on the same page with regards to this.

I also welcome further discussion on this topic.

I will post this to this short list now and later on post it to my greater list. (Note: If you have not signed up for the EMF Refugee AWeber account, please do so that you can continue receiving EMR updates, as I will no longer be using gmail to send out my mailings [since they have started spamming my mailings]. If you have not received an invitation, let me know, and I will send you one.)

Kind regards,

Paul Doyon

EMF Refugee

Electromagnetic Safe Planet

On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 8:13 PM, EMF Refugee <emfrefugee@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Everyone,

Can someone tell me how many times the natural level of EMF we now have with man-made artificial EMF? I have heard a number of different numbers over the years and I would like to get the most accurate estimate at present with regards to this.

Thanks!

Paul Doyon

EMF Refugee

Electromagnetic Safe Planet (ESP)

On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Andrew Michrowski <paceincnet@gmail.com> wrote:

Here is what we have reported in 2005, based on the backdrop of the research by E. Tell of the US EPA:

Whole Life Expo 2005 Toronto, November 27, 2005

____________________________________________________________________________________

New problems with cellphones

Andrew Michrowski, Ph.D.

The Planetary Association for Clean Energy, Inc

100 Bronson Avenue, Suite 1001 OTTAWA, Ontario K1R 6G8  (613) 236-6265; fax: 235-5876

pacenet@canada.com    http://pacenet.homestead.com

____________________________________________________________________________________

The level of typical exposure to cellphone-related emissions has more than doubled for most Canadians in the last 5 years. This exposure has interacted with vaccines, common drugs and may be responsible for the genetic variations of Asian flu and E Coli distribution. Although sensitivity and absorption of these emissions is not the same for all, children are more vulnerable then adults. What can soon happen on a large scale in Canada has already occurred in Japan where MDs specialize in pathologies related from cellphone emission exposure, with limited success.

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In our growing dependence on wireless telecommunication systems, we increasingly find ourselves absorbing electric and magnetic wave emissions from these microwave systems. Although the human species has evolved amidst a broad band of these same frequencies that originate from throughout the universe, in the last few decades, human exposure to artificial, repetitive signals has risen dramatically – by more than a trillion times. We can even compare the average United States exposure to radiofrequency and microwave fields in 1980 (0.005 microWatt/cm²) with that of 1999 (1.0 microWatt/cm²) we note a 200-fold increase, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency. We can only expect further quantum leaps in exposure as the plans of investors, the military and other government agencies materialize: to have every dwelling, school, office and store in the world become a microwave transmitter for wireless computers and related linkages, and to have transceivers implanted within our bodies as guardian “digital angels”.

To wit: about a trillion times less than 0.005 microWatt/cm2.

Andrew Michrowski

The Planetary Association for Clean Energy, Inc.

OTTAWA, Ontario K1R 6G8

Canada

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 8:38 AM, Andrew Michrowski <paceincnet@gmail.com> wrote:

The symbol for micro, appeared wrongly in the copy: so it should have read: 1 microWatt per centimetre square. [Corrected above. paul]

Andrew Michrowski

Please explain to all the others.

Remember: this refers only to the radio-frequency microwave bands that were know in those days: radio & TV stations, emergency, radar, walkie-talkies and the near 10 GigaHertz transcontinental communication systems + military bands also around 10 GHz and above.

That does not include the power-frequency upwards.

Andrew Michrowski

On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 9:50 PM, Carlos Sosa <karlkropotkin@yahoo.com> wrote:

Dear Paul, 

Please take a look at Erica's conference:

Video: Erica Mallery-Blythe, MD at the Commonwealth Club of CA, June 22, 2015 (hd)

Video: Erica Mallery-Blythe, MD at the Commonwealth Club of CA, June 22, 20... Erica Mallery-Blythe, MD is Founder of Physicians’ Health Initiative for Radiation and Environment (PHIRE) in th...

Please take a look at Olle Johansson's  estimate included in Full Signal Documentary, between minutes 3 and 4:

Full Signal - The Hidden Cost of Cell Phones

Full Signal - The Hidden Cost of Cell Phones Full Signal - The Hidden Cost of Cell Phones

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 12:59 AM, EMF Refugee <emfrefugee@gmail.com> wrote:

... According to Video: Erica Mallery-Blythe, MD at the Commonwealth Club of CA, June 22, 2015 (hd) it is now as high as a Quintillion. And Olle Johansson stated that it was 1 million billion (or a Quadrillion) times in the movie Full Signal in 2010.

paul

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 2:41 AM, Stop Smart Meters! UK <mike@stopsmartmeters.org.uk> wrote:

Hi all,

I understand that ICNIRP is just under 1 quintillion times higher than background (10¹⁸  or 1 million million million) based on an avg. level of background radiation of 0.000,000,000,010 µW/m² (which I have seen referenced several times) and ICNIRP allowances of 9,000,000 µW/m².

When you compare the two using an example of physical distances (which most people can then visualise), it is shocking.  I have attached three slides which I use to illustrate it.

If the level of background radiation we evolved with were to be the equivalent length of a standard piano keyboard (1.5m), then the amount of radiation allowed to enter your brain using ICNIRP standards (and from each individual wireless device you own) would be the equivalent distance of 4.5m trips to the Sun and back.

As we know, less protected body parts will receive even higher exposures than this — and so will children.

Best wishes,

Mike

PS - please feel free to set me straight if these numbers are wrong.

--

Stop Smart Meters! UK

www.stopsmartmeters.org.uk

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 7:23 AM, Olle Johansson <Olle.Johansson@ki.se> wrote:

Dear Paul,

It is frequency-dependent (and also note: the artificial waves are soooo (!) different compared to natural signals when it comes to other physical characteristics, like polarization, pulsation, modulation, etc., so they are exactly just that: artificial).

For 1,800 MHz the difference compared to natural background is in the order of a quadrillion-to-a-quintillion - 1,000,000,000,000,000 - 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 - times (cf. ICNIRP and IEEE/FCC guidelines). Just be aware of that for many other frequencies the difference is much, much larger, and when compared correctly, may even out to an infinite (∞) times difference. I do hope that evolution has been so smart to automatically protect us against all these human inventions!

There is only one hygienic safety value ever proposed (based on the 1,800 MHz analogy):

0.000001-0.00000000001 µW/m2 – this is the natural background during normal cosmic activities; proposed by Olle Johansson, Karolinska Institutet 1997, as a genuine hygienic safety value.

Always keep this in mind. I know some people try to steal the attention from this fact, but never be fooled by that. I proposed this; no one can deny it. And now I propose it again for safety - and as my opinion.

With my very best regards

Yours sincerely

Olle

(Olle Johansson, associate professor
The Experimental Dermatology Unit
Department of Neuroscience
Karolinska Institute
171 77 Stockholm
Sweden)

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 10:07 AM, <wmaes@aol.com> wrote:

Dear Paul!

I wrote in my books and lectures (translated from German into English, do my best...): "The legally limits for the technical pulsed mobile communication microwaves are billion to quadrillion times higher than the the natural, not pulsed microwaves. The sensitive natural microwaves manage many live processes. A telephone call with a cellular phone, smartphone, cordless phone... reaches or goes beyond legally limits." 

And never forget: It is not only the dose of radiation, the field strength. Technical microwaves are pulsed and/or otherwise modulated, natural microwaves are not. A big difference concerning the biological effect.

Best from Wolfgang Maes.

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 12:58 PM, Alasdair Philips <aphilips@gn.apc.org> wrote:

It is complex and varies a lot with frequency and with modulation types.

Here is a graph from a Poster presentation that Graham and I prepared for a cancer conference in 2012.

It took a lot of work to gather the information. I would welcome feedback about it.

Note that the units are as for light spectra – power flux density per Hz.

For total power in any bandwidth (e.g. 200 kHz) you need to sum the area under that part of the graph.

Easiest way to do this is to take an average level

You may freely reproduce and/or circulate it “as-it-is” i.e. with no edits, please.

Alasdair

Alasdair Philips

Powerwatch UK

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Roger Morgan <roger@morgan5010.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

So from this knowledge and information that has been collated from a credible source, and I'm no great mathematician, at this rate of transmission and frequency when will we start to see significant cancer and mutation cases within the local human population?

i.e. 5 cases per 100, 000 50 cases 100, 000 or 500 cases per 100, 000

Kind regards

Roger Morgan

  

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 1:28 PM, Velma Lyrae <velmalyrae@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

Hello Paul

I see you already have some answers from the Experts - but as I had spent time finding this thought I'd send it.

Here is a great chart - shows the different estimations 

http://oscillatorium.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/emfnatunnat123114.pdf 

However, the document about Schumann Resonance makes it clear it is not just about levels but about the
modulation of the frequencies

We now exist in a sea of radiofrequency (RF) radiation, never before seen in human history. The levels of artificial electromagnetic radiation have reportedly reached a quintillion (10¹⁸) times higher than the natural background levels.

This had been reported in the Guardian so if it's good enough for them...... 

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/16/the-debate-about-mobile-phones-brain-cancer-and-artificial-electrosmog-its-complicated

 All the best

Velma

On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 9:20 PM, Evelyn Savarin <evsavarin@yahoo.com> wrote:

I am a bit concerned by the figures that are being thrown around. I would seriously suggest whoever are making wild statements as to how strong the radiation that is now in the air should seriously acquire a good RF meter, Gigahertz solutions is not  bad.  I think, in circumstances where you are right on top of a cell tower or have a cell phone to your ear that is where you will experience 1 millwatt/cm2. Otherwise, general ambient air in a hot spots like cities full of WIFI and antennas, smart meters etc. you really don't get much above 1 microwatt/cm2 or .001mw/cm2. Radiation drops off tremendously when you get even a couple of feet from a generating wireless device. But because of the intensely complex pulsing patterns of  wireless signals, its that which gives us problems even at these lower intensites.  

But you need to be reminded that Nanowatt or .00001mw/cm2 to .0001mw/cm2 is insanely problematic with these wireless pulsing pattern that vary from device to device, and that it was assumed before man created wireless background was in the order of .00000000001mw/cm2. Thats considered to be in the fehrenwatt category and one that Bau biology seems to subscribe to . It kind of makes sense to me. 

Radiation levels don't increase just because the number of wireless devices is greater. What I think happens and this just my conjecture it fills in the empty pockets of space with more complex pulses which may feel like the intensity could be greater. Think of it as being at bottom of a waterfall where water is falling at a certain rate and pressure. Then lets add another same volume of waterand pressure  coming from another direction. Does that make it stronger or more  encompassing to the body.

Evelyn

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