Evidence that Electromagnetic Radiation is Genotoxic : The implications for the epidemiology of cancer and cardiac, neurological and reproductive effects
Dr. Neil Cherry (1946 -2003)
Professor of Environmental Health at Lincoln University, New Zealand
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From the Introduction
"This paper attempts to follow basic classical scientific principles to counter the dismissive and biased approach of industry and many government and international authorities, including the WHO and ICNIRP. The principles found to be important are that biology reveals that brains, hearts and cells use electromagnetic signals, charged ions, voltage-gated ion channels, ion regulated gap junctions, all of which can be interfered with by external electromagnetic fields in subtle but vital ways in relation to health. A primary physical principle of resonant absorption explains why external and internal signals that share the same part of the spectrum, resonantly exchange energy at levels well below the thermal threshold. (...) Laboratory experiments provide evidence of effects. Replicated and/or extended studies provided confirmation and establish an effect. Multiple studies confirm and strengthen the cause and effect relationship. In assessing genotoxicity, any evidence of genetic damage, cell death or neoplastic transformation is evidence of genotoxicity."
That paper is talking about a very specific band of EM radiation: Microwaves. In high doses, yes, they are dangerous. His studies used exposures on the order of 75W/m^2. That is
FAR beyond what one would experience in a normal environment. To receive that kind of dosage, one would have to be standing directly in front of an high-power transmitter while it’s on. Claiming that therefore EM radiation is universally dangerous is like claiming water is toxic because one can drown in it.
Here’s a word from the reputable Dr. Andrew Weil
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Reputable? This is a man who was censured by the FDA for directly selling “herbal supplements” that he claimed would
cure the H1N1 flu. He’s a snake oil salesman with money and tenure, regarded by the University of Arizona as something of an embarrassment.
There’s actually plenty of information out there about electromagnetic toxicity, in humans. But my position is that electromagnetic toxicity impacts the environment itself, quite detrimentally!
The basic facts make an easy simplicity:
“scientists” have quoted a specific timeframe, the past 200 years, of notable, remarkable changes. That coincides perfectly with the poling & wiring of the planet which began in the mid 1800’s. It’s too easy. So straightforward, so unmistakable.
One could take
any 200-year chunk and claim that “remarkable changes” happened. In all of our history, we’ve never been able to produce - in a controlled fashion - a fraction of the power that the Earth receives from the sun
every day. In each 24-hour period, the sun hits us with a total of about 5.1x10^11 kW of energy in the visible spectrum alone. That’s the energy equivalent of an 18Mt nuclear bomb - just in visible light, not taking into account any infrared, radio, ultraviolet, or any contribution from the solar wind -
each day.
If you’re claiming that something specific happened in the past ~200 years that is unique, you still have a wide range of things to choose from: The Industrial Revolution, American Revolution, French Revolution, Declaration of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception, invention of the modern steam engine, The birth of Abraham Lincoln, widespread railroad networks… All of these have more chance of impacting the environment than the use of electricity.
That isn’t to sat that it is entirely impossible to use electromagnetic radiation to impact the environment. If one so wished, a sufficiently large antenna farm - say, the size of Rhode Island - hooked up to a dedicated power source that could serve the needs of an entire state like New York or California could be used to directly heat a small section of the atmosphere, possibly causing some minor change in local weather patterns.
I wish I had a scholarship and lab. ugh!
I’d start with a basic physics textbook.
