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THE HEALING POWER OF FULL-SPECTRUM LIGHT THE HEALING POWER FULL-SPECTRUM LIGHT Good health can be maintained and many disease conditions alleviated with adequate exposure to full- spectrum light. [Editor's Note: This article refers to several research studies involving animals. We wish to advise that NEXUS does not condone animal experimentation or vivisection.] merica has a phobia, an irrational fear, about ultraviolet (UV) light. In a new science fad, unwise practices are being urged on us. The resulting sickness and misbehaviour will mystify yet enrich physicians, psychiatrists, dentists and criminal specialists as well as pharmaceutical drug companies. In too many scientific and medical fields, for a lot of researchers the truth is defined only in relationship to the next grant, peer pressure and the fight to further an entrenched view. This essentially political process goes on despite any—in this case very strong— evidence to the contrary.' Much "science" research is known to be fraudulent.** Such a flow of funded research almost exclusively in one direction is characteristic of potentially dangerous science fads. Almost all "scientists" are out to prove something so as to contin- ue their careers; to them, finding the truth is only secondary. UV intensity is now forecast in population centres daily. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suggests that when outdoors we should "protect ourselves against ultraviolet light whenever we can see our shadow". And many physicians give their patients the same warning. This is terrible advice. If man were a machine, a doctor could repair or replace one part without worrying about the rest of the contraption. Man is no machine, but more like a web or hologram. Every organ and every part affects all the other parts; in fact, cells in every part communicate with all the other parts.‘ As a result of the EPA's kind of advice, which is based on junk science, the use of sun- glas epidemic; we hide behind stylish darkened car windows, we slather our skin with sunscreen for even brief sun exposure. People who engage in these practices are ruining their disposition’ and health. The phobia arose after investigators anaesthetised animals, propped their eyes open and shined intense UV light into them; this damaged their retinas. Excessive exposure to one kind of ultraviolet (shorter-wave, germicidal UVC) can damage tissue. But the EPA makes the ridiculous leap from that truth to the conclusion that we should avoid all UV. UVC is not present increasingly in sunlight; a purported thinning of the protective ozone layer has been debunked (see below). UVC is found in tanning salons and halogen lamps.° In fact, the trace amounts of UV radiation in natural daylight are required for physical and mental health, civilised behaviour, muscle strength, energy and learning.’ Sunlight, in moderation, improves immunity and stimulates our metabolism while decreasing food craving, and increases our intelligence. by Joseph G. Hattersley © 1995, 2001 7031 Glen Terra Court SE Olympia, WA 98503-7119, USA Telephone: +1 (360) 491 1164 Email: josephhattersley@aol.net Website: www.angelfire.com/wa/ jhattersley/content.html by Joseph G. Hattersley © 1995, 2001 = Ozone Hole Danger Disproved The following passages and references are from Richard Hobday's book, The Healing Sun: Sunlight and Health in the 21st Century* "There have been no increases in skin cancer, eye diseases, immune system disorders or environmental damage which can be attributed to an increase in ultraviolet radiation. The largest South American city close to the Antarctic ozone hole is Punta Arenas in southern Chile. Despite reports to the contrary, there have been no ozone-related health problems at Punta Arenas, and measurements of ultraviolet radiation show that any increases are too small to have any appreciable effect.”! 7031 Glen Terra Court SE Olympia, WA 98503-7119, USA Telephone: +1 (360) 491 1164 Email: josephhattersley@aol.net Website: www.angelfire.com/wa/ jhattersley/content.html JUNE — JULY 2001 NEXUS +35 ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT: MYTHS AND FACTS www.nexusmagazine.com