Man-Made EMF Radiofrequency Radiation: Natural Protection from Electropollution By Erika Dworkin, Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition Our bodies and brains generate electro-magnetic fields within us and around us. We live in the Earth’s natural magnetic field and from the beginning we have been dependent on this environment. However, we have now created a vast global network of man-made electromagnetic fields – the greatest polluting element in the earth’s environment. The human body electric and the Earth’s body electric have been damaged. ~ Wireless Radiation Rescue: Safeguard Your Family from Electropollution, Kerry Crofton, PhD (2011), quoting Robert O. Becker, MD, a leading bioelectromagnetics expert.
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specially with the recent introduction and anticipated increased presence in Connecticut of the 5th generation (5G) mobile network, there is no question that our computers, cordless phones, cell phones and cell phone towers, and microwave ovens are all here to stay. There is also no question that ongoing, repeated exposure to the low-energy radiofrequency radiation from these devices’ man-made electromagnetic fields (EMFs) can seriously undermine wellness. To live as safely as possible with this ubiquitous invisible pollution, it is prudent to learn more about it and the ways to guard against its harmful effects. What is EMF Radiofrequency Radiation? EMFs exist naturally in the bioelectrical human body, including in the cardiovascular, neurological, and muscular systems, and the Earth’s electrical energy enables the body to maintain these orderly electrical frequencies. Like the body, its organs, and the Earth, every energy source has its own electromagnetic frequency, and is either ionizing (able to destabilize atoms, the building blocks of all matter, weaken DNA, and damage cells; includes X-rays and ultraviolet rays) or non-ionizing (microwaves, cell phones, TV, radio, power lines, and ELFs/Extremely Low Frequency EMFs). While the body’s and Earth’s natural EMFs support good health, some prominent experts maintain that exposure to man-made EMFs
can harm the body by increasing the electromagnetic toxic load. These EMFs include “dirty electricity,” unusable electromagnetic energy resulting from interruptions in the flow of normal 60-Hertz AC power that flows from many electrical devices as they operate (including WiFi, dimmer switches, and power lines). The six key exposure factors that determine the extent to which man-made EMFs can undermine health are: 1. Ability to Cause Harm: according to many eminent scientists (including one that the cell phone industry itself hired in the 1990s), current government safety guidelines for wireless communications are irrelevant and obsolete (they are based solely on whether a 200-pound male’s short-term cell phone exposure caused acute thermal effects, such as shocking or burning; many studies have shown damaging effects from frequencies far below those originally tested); 2. Intensity: the power of the devices; 3. Proximity: how close to the body the devices are being used; 4. Duration/Frequency: of the use of each device; 5. Individual Vulnerability: fetuses, children and teens with thinner skulls and developing brains, the elderly, and cancer survivors and others with compromised immunity, are most vulnerable; and 6. Combination of Factors 1-5: the more of these factors that are present, the higher the EMF toxic load and the greater the risk. Proven Health Risks from EMF Radiation Though all scientists do not agree on how EMFs affect the body and many do regard them as too weak to cause harm, there is ample scientific evidence that even low-level EMFs can: (1) interfere with the messages that cells receive and send; (2) rupture cell membranes, allowing contents to spill out and toxins to enter; (3) damage DNA, cellular genetic material, and its directions to cells in a way that can generate disease; (4) create oxidative stress and free radicals that compromise immunity, cause aging and disease, and reduce the body’s ability to heal itself by suppressing the production or activity of antioxidants (melatonin, superoxide dismutase/SOD, and glutathione peroxidase); (5) cause leakage www.NaturalNutmeg.com
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