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Datum: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:47:41 EDT |
SUBJECT: RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS FROM
IONISERS...BBC 2004
Thanks, Robert for bringing this article back to the
top!
My "Project C" (Chemicals) - is
intended to evaluate exposure of hamsters to an electric meter or electric
clock, etc. I ordered a kit for detecting ozone for a study in my
home. Unfortunately, resources are limited and the $200+ kit
awaits...... I wish scientists who are likely to be published
would conduct these studies. Assoc. Prof. Olle Johansson is more than
willing to do ozone studies, histamine studies, as well as white
blood cell studies re close electrical exposures but is unable to obtain
funding for studies that will most likely provide "conclusive
evidence."
I believe, based on years of researching scientific
studies, various articles and books, etc. as well as my own guinea pig studies
(asthma as "first symptom)) and the fact that both grandsons developed
asthma "early on" -- reviews of specific information re water and
more -- also following reports of SIDS, etc., that "ozone" is
involved in the changes that occur in airways of humans and animals who
are chronically exposed to electric meters, electric appliances and
some telephone equipment.
"Live Journal" has a post of an email I
wrote to Eileen on 4-13-06 regarding "Microwaved Water." I
comment on ozone and asthma: http://omega-news.livejournal.com/216498.html
As you know, my grandsons suffered greatly due to
sleeping close to electric meters. While my appeal to Dr. Marilyn Albert,
Alzehimers' Advisory Board, focuses on Alzheimers, I also mentioned
"unrelenting asthma and sinus infections" as major problems in both
boys:
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3038870/
Incidentally, my husband Bud and I no longer use inhalers
for respiratory problems (diagnosed by a Respiratory Specialist as
"asthma" ) -- we reduced "close, nightime EMF/EMR
exposures, started taking melatonin and other supplements, and no longer have
asthma/respiratory problems (this in spite of constant magnetic and
electric fields from the high voltage powerlines only 50 ft. from the front of
our house and master bedroom.
Regardless of "the name," "asthma or
not," coughing (unrelated to a cold), fast breathing, shortness of breath
(unrelated to heart problems), in my opinion, is better described as
"hyperactive airways." It is easier to understand then,
how an infant with no diagnosed health problem and/or recognized breathing
difficulties, might die in his or her crib and yet to be said to be
"completely healthy."
EMF/EMR from infant monitors, air purifiers, electric
meters (and other known sources of EMF/EMR pollution such as wiring errors,
currents on pipes, other electrical and telephone items, etc.) apparently
does result in the the production of ozone most likely triggered by the
struggles faced by affected infants (or animals) to breathe properly in spite
of electron assaults on their naturally-produced hormones/chemicals.
As I often write, it is through knowledge attained
from honest and proper studies re the chronic "close exposures"
that determinations will eventually be made regarding the more distant
exposures such as chronic exposures to nearby cellular antennae, radio
towers, high voltage powerlines, etc. It is possible that
conclusions regarding the more distant exposures will continue to rely on epidemiological
studies as opposed to in-vitro studies due to "EMF/EMR saturation"
but we have to start somewhere........ Take care -
Joanne
Joanne C. Mueller
Guinea Pigs "R" Us
731 - 123rd Avenue N.W.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55448-2127 USA
Phone: 763-755-6114
Email: joanne@guineapigsrus.org ( 7-30-07 )
WEBSITE: http://guineapigsrus.org
ARE YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN GUINEA
PIGS? Letter 7-22-04 by Joanne Mueller
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/282050/
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Von: JCMPelican@aol.com |
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Datum: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:37:03 EDT |
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An: joanne@guineapigsrus.org |
Electromagnetic field 'creates toxic
gas'
Rats exposed to
electromagnetic fields produce a cloud of toxic gas around their bodies, claim
researchers.
The finding, in the journal Bioelectromagnetics, casts suspicion on the
safety of home and office ionisers.
The rats were placed in cages next to such machines - and concentrations
of ozone around their bodies rose beyond recommended levels.
The US researchers say that charged particles from the ionisers may
react with water in human cells and tissues.
The finding may also have some relevance to the debate over the safety
of power lines - which can also generate an electromagnetic field, albeit of a
far lesser intensity at ground level.
Ozone - a gas with three oxygen atoms as opposed to the two in oxygen
gas - used to be regarded as perhaps beneficial to humans, but over recent
years has emerged as a potential health threat.
If experienced in sufficient concentrations, it can cause shortness of
breath and inflammation in the lungs.
Ion stream
Ionisers themselves produce small quantities of ozone in addition to a
stream of negatively-charged ions.
The devices have become hugely popular in recent years, particularly in
the US, as advocates say that the negatively-charged particles can reduce
levels of dust and pollutants in a room - and actually have a directly
beneficial physical effect.
The US experiments, carried out at the Pacific Northwest Laboratory in
Washington State, involved animals being left directly alongside the negative
ion machine, which generates a powerful electromagnetic field in the immediate
area around it.
When levels of ozone lingering around the animals were measured, they
were found in some instances to be far higher than expected.
In some cases, the levels exceeded those recommended as healthy by US
authorities.
Water source
Researcher Dr Steve Goheen said that it could be an interaction between
the magnetic field created near the ioniser and the water found naturally in
the body of the rat.
When rats were removed from the cages, the ozone levels dropped away -
but a tray of electrically "grounded" water in the cage was enough to
send them soaring again.
"Our bodies, of course, are mostly grounded water," said Dr
Goheen.
He said there was no particular reason to believe a human exposed to a
similar field would not produce their own personal ozone cloud as well.
What is uncertain is whether long-term exposure to fields of much lower
concentration is enough to produce a health effect.
The exposures used in the experiment are much higher than those
experienced in homes even directly underneath power lines.
The studies have yet to be reproduced elsewhere, but offer those
convinced that electromagnetic fields can harm health a possible mechanism for
this.
Other studies have focused on the possibility that electromagnetic
fields may encourage higher concentrations of pollutants to gather in houses
directly under their path.
The National Radiological Protection Board - the scientific body
advising government on this issue - is preparing to issue a report looking into
this theory.
However, Dr Michael Clark from the NRPB said that the ozone hypothesis
was a new one - and deserved further investigation.
He told the BBC: "This is a recognised research team and people
should look closely at their work.
"We would obviously expect this research to be replicated at some
point."
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/health/3472383.stm
Published: 2004/02/09 12:25:53 GMT
© BBC MMVII
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3472383.stm