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Information on EMF, Electrical Allergies and other Health Issues
Electromagnetic radiation (EMF's) is emitted by all electrical devices as well as devices that emit radio waves such as kitchen appliances, computers and cell phones. If you are like most people, you have electronic devices in your home and office. You may even have a number of these devices in the bedroom where your body is suppose to rest and repair each night. EMF's can impact your physical and emotional health. They can interfere with the quality of your sleep, aggravate nervousness and even cause families to be more argumentative than usual.
It's like the saying that a man who gets his arm broken in 2 places should stay out of those places. EMF's are powerful stuff and chances are, you are exposed to some level of them. You may have an older computer that emits high levels of EMF's, but you don't have to have it on the table next to your bed.
Electrical Hypersensitivity
Electrical Hypersensitivity (EHS) is an allergic-like reaction to EFM's(Electric and Magnetic Fields). Today it's estimated we are now being exposed to trillion times more EMF energy that grandparents were.Electromagnetic energy from outside disrupts the bodies critical balance and plays havoc with the millions of electrical impulses our body uses to regulate all cellular activity.
Scientists now believe as much as 40 to 50% of the population may be unknowingly experiencing symptoms of EHS, with 3 to 5% of the cases severe enough to significantly impact an individual's overall quality of life.Many EHS sufferers improve quickly and symptoms disappear, or a lessened, when they are returned to an environment where EMF sources have been reduced or eliminated.
There are a number of recommendations as to what constitutes a harmful EMF level. Since the experts have not come to anconsensus, you'll have to decide for yourself. Many government and utility documents report the usual ambient level of 60 Hz magnetic field to be 0.5 mG. Thus, any reading higher than 0.5 mG is above the "usual" ambient exposure. Many experts and public officials, as well as the few governments that have made an effort to offer public protection, have adopted the 3 mG cutoff point. The EPA has proposed a safety standard of 1mG. Sweden has also set a maximum safety limit of 1 mG.
Dr. Robert Becker, an M.D. who has been studying the effects of EMF's for 20 years, states a 1 mG safety limit. In his book Cross Currents. When electricians tried to solve a magnetic field problem they do their best to drop the level to 1 mG or below. Dr. Nancy Wertheimer, a Ph.D. epidemiologist who has been studying EMF's for 20 years, has been looking at the epidemiological data in a different way--she is trying to associate EMF levels. When health rather than disease. The level he is coming up with is a cutoff of 1 mG.
What are some of the EHS Symptoms?
(All of the following information is based on third-party research)
Sleep disorders (melatonin suppression)
Chronic pain, night pain and other "unexplainable" pain
Muscle and joint pain (especially in the hips and back).
Leg and foot pain (usually nothing shows up on X-rays)
Fibromyalgia.
Chronic fatigue syndrome.
Skin rashes.
Depression, Anxiety, and Irritability.
Memory loss and/or difficulty concentrating.
Headaches.
Dizziness and Nausea
Muscle weakness, fatigue, numbness, spasms.
Ringing sounds in the ear.
"Flu-like" symptoms, respiratory problems.
The ongoing suppression of melatonin.
Leukemia.
Cancer (breast, brain, and prostate).
Damage to the blood brain barrier.
Alzheimer's disease.
Miscarriages (interference with mitosis).
ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease).
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and MS-like symptoms.
Hypertension (increase in blood pressure).
Diabetes.
Increase absorption of mercury into the body (perhaps linked to Autism and Alzheimer's disease).
Thyroid problems in children (ADD/ADHD, OCD).
Asthma, particularly in children (suppression of the immune system)
“From the current body of epidemiological research,
we now know that electromagnetic radiation has the energy to derange our physiology. It would be naïve not to consider EMFs as a potential factor involved in our most predominant health risks.”Dr. Howard W. Fisher, B.Sc., B.Ed., D.C.
Dr. Howard W. Fisher released a new book entitled The Invisible Threat, The Risks Associated with EMF's.
Dr. Fisher's new book, the Invisible Threat: The Risks Associated with EMF's, exposes the daily risks we face from electromagnetic fields and offers valuable solutions to decrease the risk of disease. Dr. Fisher has conducted a thorough review of the literature pertaining to electromagnetic fields and brings to light the findings of the researchers as they relate to cancer, leukemia, nero-degenerative disorders and all manner of disease.
Belowis one of the reviews of Dr. Fisher's new book:
Sitting in the lecture hall of the 15th American Association of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) in Chicago, I was spellbound along with scores of attending M.D.s, as Dr. Howard Fisher mesmerized us with his entertaining, methodical, portrayal of the EMF (electromagnetic field) crisis that affects us all. Most of us believed this to be the case, but after Dr. Fisher presented a plethora of epidemiological studies, we were all convinced. About fifteen minutes into the lecture, doctors were ripping blue tooth's out of their ears and suddenly treating their cell phones and blackberries as if they were on fire. I urge everyone to listen to what Dr. Fisher has to say, see him if you can and read his book, The Invisible Threat. As they said on the X-Files, "The Truth Is Out There," and Dr. Fisher is delivering it with a passion second to none.
Largest study finds evidence of association between EMFs and exposed worker suicide
By DAVID WILLIAMSON
UNC-CH News Services
CHAPEL HILL -- A large and detailed study of the possible link between exposure to low frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and suicide among electric utility workers has uncovered what appears to be a distinct association.
Electricians working for five U.S. power companies faced twice the expected risk of suicide, while linemen faced one-and-a-half times the expected risk, according to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study. Suicides among power plant operators occurred at a rate slightly lower than expected, researchers found.
Younger people appeared to be at greater risk of suicide than older ones, and higher, more recent exposures also seemed to boost the chances that workers might take their own lives.
A report on the study, which began with a group of 138,905 male U.S. electric utility workers, appears today (March 15) in the April issue of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Authors include doctoral student Edwin van Wijngaarden; Dr. David A. Savitz, professor and chair of epidemiology; Dr. Jianwen Cai, associate professor of bio statistics; and Dr. Dana Loomis, associate professor of epidemiology, all at the UNC-CH School of Public Health. Statistical programmer Dr. Robert C. Kleckner also contributed to the project.
"We believe this work is important because suicide is the eighth leading cause of death in the United States, and many people in this country are exposed to electromagnetic fields," van Wijngaarden said. "While these findings definitely do not prove EMFs cause suicide, they do indicate more research needs to be done on the effects of exposure on depression and suicide."
Using employment files, death certificates and other records, van Wijngaarden and colleagues found 536 suicides among current or former electric utility workers in the group between 1950 and 1986 and identified 5,348 non-suicides of the same race and age to serve as controls. Researchers also analyzed various job titles and duties and estimated occupational exposures to EMFs based on devices randomly selected workers wore to monitor exposures.
Why low frequency electromagnetic fields might contribute to suicide among chronically exposed workers is not known, van Wijngaarden said.
"One biologically plausible explanation is that EMFs depress production of melatonin, a hormone that’s important for sleep and mood," he said. "Decreases in melatonin can lead to depression, which in turn can lead to suicide."
Rats subjected to electromagnetic fields showed altered production and excretion of the hormone but comparable data on humans is limited and inconclusive, the scientist said. The possibility suggested by the new findings that EMFs could affect young workers more than older ones is entirely new, he added.
The Electric Power Research Institute of Palo Alto, Calif., supported the study. Cooperating electric utility companies were Carolina Power and Light Co., Pacific Gas and Electric, PECO Energy Co., Tennessee Valley Authority and Virginia Electric Power Co.
van Wijngaarden and colleagues did the new study because other work in the early 1980s found indications of an association between EMFs and suicide, but later studies could not replicate those findings.
Women were excluded because at the time they rarely worked as electricians, linemen or power plant operators. Researchers could not control for past mental health problems, addictions and family disturbances such as divorce since such information was not available.
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Note: van Wijngaarden can be reached at (919) 966-6896, Savitz at 966-7427.
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