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THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF WEAK ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS WEAK ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS Adverse health effects from exposure to weak electromagnetic fields are the result of structurally important calcium ions being removed from cell membranes, causing leakage into the interior of the cells and long-term damage to cellular functioning. here have been many instances of harmful effects of electromagnetic fields from cellphones (a.k.a. mobile phones), DECT phones (a.k.a. cordless phones), Wi-Fi, power lines and domestic wiring. They include an increased risk of cancer, loss of fertility, effects on the brain and symptoms of electromagnetic (EM) intolerance. Many people still believe that because the energy of the fields is too low to give significant eating, the fields cannot have any biological effect. However, the evidence hat alternating electromagnetic fields can have non-thermal biological effects is now overwhelming (see http://www. bioinitiative.org and ttp://www.neilcherry.com). The explanation is that it is not a heating effect, but mainly an electrical effect on the fine structure of the electrically charged cell membranes upon which all living cells depend. Alternating electromagnetic fields can induce alternating currents to flow hrough living cells and tissues. These can interfere with the normal direct currents and voltages that are essential for the metabolism of all cells. Virtually every living cell is a seething mass of electric currents and electrical and biochemical amplifiers that are essential for their normal function. My main objective here is to show how most of the adverse health effects of electromagnetic fields can be attributed to a single cause, that being that they remove structurally important calcium ions (electrically charged calcium atoms) from cell membranes, which then makes these membranes leak. Electromagnetic Fields Affect Many, But Not All People Many of the experiments on the biological effects of alternating electromagnetic fields appear to give inconsistent results. There are many reasons for this, including differences in the genetic make-up, physiological condition and history of the test material. In humans, reported effects include an increased risk of cancer, effects on brain function, loss of fertility, metabolic changes, fatigue, disruption of the immune system, and various symptoms of electromagnetic intolerance. Not everyone is affected in the same way, and some may not be affected at all. However, there is increasing evidence that the situation is getting worse. Our electromagnetic exposure is rapidly increasing, and previously healthy people are now becoming sensitised to it. In this study, | am concentrating on the cases where there have been definite effects, since this is the most efficient way in which we can find out what is going wrong and what can be done to prevent it. The fields that give the most trouble are in the extremely low frequency range (ELF), and also radio frequencies that are pulsed or amplitude modulated by ELF (Amplitude modulation is where the strength of a carrier wave transmits information by rising and falling in time with a lower frequency that carries the information.) by Andrew Goldsworthy, PhD © 2007-2012 Email: a.goldsworthy@ic.ac.uk From the web page: http://tinyurl.com/2nfujj From the web page: http://tinyurl.com/2nfujj JUNE - JULY 2012 NEXUS ¢ 21 Email: a.goldsworthy@ic.ac.uk www.nexusmagazine.com