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Inventor triumphs over political conspiracy to ban ionisers conspiracy to Above. Joshua Shaw A.M. What was your reaction? J.S. Iwas sure the whole situation was fishy. ’'ve always kept very accurate records and there was no “Mr A.B.A. of Frenchs Forest” in my books. So I turned to the telephone directory and spoke to Mr ABA’s wife who had never even heard of an ioniser and agreed to put me in contact with her husband. He, it transpired, was the Secretary of one of Australia’s largest Trustee Companies. I made an appointment to see him and during our meeting he supplied me with an affidavit stating that he had never purchased an ioniser or written to the Department of Consumer Affairs regarding such a machine. He added that he’d lived at the same Frenchs Forest address for 13 years. A.M. That’s incredible! What did you do next? April MacLeod interviews Joshua Shaw, the inventor and manufacturer of egular readers of Nexus will be Rises with negative ion therapy - replacing nature’s balance in the air we breathe by generating minute electrically charged particles called neg- ative ions.There are a variety of ionising machines on the market, some making weird and wonderful claims, but only one - the Elanra - actually replicates nature’s own ions to benefit the health of living beings. Recently, I was fortu- nate enough to meet Joshua Shaw, inventor of the Elanra, and to learn how this unique device came about. Importing ionisers into Australia was for some reason prohibited. I came to realise that there existed a political con- spiracy - instigated, it seems, by interest groups and corporations who were determined to prevent the widespread acceptance of ionisation as a useful therapy. A.M. So what did you a do? J.S. The following Monday I had a meet- ing with Consumer Affairs and showed them Mr A’s affidavit. They had to con- cede that the whole affair had been trumped up and that Mr A’s name had been chosen at random from the phone directory. The identity of the people behind it will not be revealed here, but suffice to say, they were influential enough to use a Government depart- ment to pursue their own agenda. A.M. Many people would have been put off You weren't? JS. No, although it’s a conspiracy that still exists today. ’'ve had to use consid- erable resources of time and money to overcome supposedly “official” objec- tions to my operations since that first incident. A.M. How did you get started in this rather unusual field? J.S. In 1967 I had an accident in which I was badly scalded with boiling water. I expected to be scarred for life, but I was amazed when the skin healed quickly without any scars. I mentioned this to a doctor friend who explained that scarring is caused by the action of bacteria during healing. That’s when I put two and two together. You see, I had an ioniser in my office where I spent most of my time. The brochure that came with the machine told how nega- tive ions kill 95% of airborne bacteria. Having seen the evidence for myself, I was intrigued by the potential of ioni- sation and wanted to learn more. I dis- covered that ionisers replicate the earth’s own ion- producing mechanism, whereby the earth’s crust is continually breaking down at an atomic level and releasing negative ions into the atmos- phere. These ionisers achieved good results using a radioactive isotope to mimic the natural process. But safety concerns saw this system banned in 1970, so new technology had to be developed. As so often happens, elec- tronics came into being around this time, followed by rapid advances in miniaturisation so that now we have fabulous devices like computers, televi- sions, satellites and the Elanra ioniser at our disposal. A.M. But it wasn’t all smooth sailing, was it? J.S. I don’t give up easily when I truly believe in something. I was fairly politi- cal even back then and I managed to have the restrictions of the day over- turned. The first imported shipment arrived in September 1978 the Sydney Sun newspaper published several arti- cles on this new phenomenon, creating a huge public interest in negative ion therapy. A.M. So the public could now try toni- sation for themselves? J.S. Not if certain Australian interests could stop it! The full story is a real eye- opener. One day I'll write a book which will expose the political machinations I uncovered. A.M. You've been researching negative ion therapy for over 30 years. You must have learned a lot in that time. J.S. From the very first, I was fascinated by ionisation and determined to discov- er everything I could about it, but I found that the more I learned, the less I knew. After eight years of research, some of it quite obscure, I confirmed the previously discovered scientific fact, that only small negative ions, the same as those found in nature, are bio- logically active. You may recall that the 1968 Olympics saw the Eastern bloc coun- tries sweep the gold medal tally. Their “secret weapon” appeared to be train- ing in a negative ion environment, pro- duced at that time by radioactive mate- rials. It was the ban on the use of these materials in ionisers that presented the A.M. How did they try to stop you? J.S. Six weeks after the initial publicity,I received a letter from the (then) Department of Consumer Affairs, stating that a certain Mr A. had purchased one of my ionisers and was so dissatisfied he wanted a refund. The Department also demanded to know how the ioniser could claim to help asthma, hay fever and respiratory ailments, clear away cig- arette smoke, prevent car sickness and kill 85% of all germs. The letter dated 7/11/78 also advised of their intention to fully investigate these claims and stat- ed “It would be anticipated that our forthcoming investigation into this mat- ter will be necessary” . J.8.. From 1967 onwards I tried to import ionisers from overseas but found I was blocked at every turn. 10 ¢ NEXUS JUNE - JULY 2002 Elanra ionisers. www.nexusmagazine.com