Del, what is the tool you are using to measure radiation? Thanks, Jess -----Original Message----- From: Shar [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 4:45 AM To: silver-list Subject: Re: CS>Cell Phone/RF Radiation
Last Halloween, having ended up in emergency care for sudden and severe vertigo, heart racing, the feeling that I'm going to pass out, I began investigating what brought this up. In July, I had the location of the incoming electrical wires to my home changed and I didn't realize the ramifications it would bring. From July to November I could not sleep, whereas prior I had no problems. I was having rapid heartbeats, extreme fatigue and memory lapses. My body became sensitive to any type of motor including my car or fluorescent lights. After the trip to the hospital, I realized that I was sleeping in close proximity and in-line with the wiring's location. Soon after this discovery, I listened to a class by Dr. Magda Havas, Associate Professor at Trent University in Canada, and an expert in electromagnetic fields. She claims that this the most devastating pollution of our time. I believe this true because most of us don't realize the effects since we don't see it. I now believe that my sister who died as a child from leukemia may have been affected because of the wiring that ran under her bed. One thing I learned from Dr. Havas' talk was its effects on raising blood sugar. If we run on a treadmill with a motor, it can increase our blood sugar versus jogging on the street (where our blood sugar would decrease). Another thing is to take hotel rooms that are on lower floors because the radiation factor is higher the higher you go up. She measured this with her meter. Her site for publications: http://www.magdahavas.org/ or go to the .com site for general information. Sharlene PS. The worst emitter of radiation in a home can come from the DECT phone. On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Del <[email protected]> wrote: Recently, a cell phone tower was installed just a few hundred feet from our house. We face it directly. It is visible out our front windows. My wife has read a lot about cell phone tower (RF) radiation and its dangers, so we purchased a very good meter to see how much radiation we are getting. When we measured the radiation, we found that our first floor was not too bad on the interior of the house. Apparently, the old sheet rock used in 1960 when the house was built can stop most of the RF waves. It also seems that screens on the windows have a blocking effect. The meter measure microwatts per square meter. The studies we have read recommend no more than one microwatt per square meter, and we were measuring anywhere from 3 to 10 microwatts per square meter. When we step out front, facing the tower, however, we are reading between 150 and 200 microwatts per square meter. To put that in perspective, the FCC limit for exposure to RF radiation is FIVE MILLIWATS PER SQUARE CENTIMETER (based on what I read on the FCC web site). If you do the conversions, you will discover that this a a very large number, far, far above what we are receiving. To receive this much, you would probably have to climb the tower and stand directly in front of the antennas. Even then it might not be that high. Of course, as we all know, the FCC limit was established based on the recommendation of the cell phone and radio broadcasting industries, who consistently deny that there are any adverse health effects of this radiation at the levels now blanketing the world. Our second floor got much higher readings than the first, about 50 to 70 microwatts per square meter. This is a converted attic and is only protected by the roof, which does not have nearly the blocking ability of the walls on the first floor. It is also more directly in line with the tower, given the extra height. The shocker however was when I walked into my offict on the second floor and discovered that there I was receiving enough radiation to send the meter into fits. It was above what this particular meter could measure (it is limited to 2000 microwatts per square meter). Where was it coming from? Well, it was coming from my cordless phone base unit sitting right next to my computer monitor on my desk. I have apparently been absorbing very high levels of radiation from this device for several years. As far as I can tell, however, it has not done me any obvious harm. There may be harm it has done which is not obvious, but that would be difficult to determine. To make a long story short, we got rid of our cordless phone right away (also our wireless network hub) and now have no wireless devices in the house. But I can't help think that the radiation we are getting from the cell phone tower pales to insignificance compared to what I have been absorbing for years from the cordless phone base on my desk. There are some things you can do to reduce the radiation entering the house from outside (special window film or hangings and wall paint) and I think if we take some of these measure to get the readings even lower, we will be adequately protected. Even the most conservative organizations say that 1 microwatt per square meter is perfectly safe. In the studies we have read where there was a high incidence of cancer due to cell phone tower radiation, the lowest exposure was about 3000 microwatts per square meter. That is very high compared to what we are measuring, so I think we are ok where we are. However, my wife thinks we should consider moving (again!). If anyone on the list has knowledge of this, I would appreciate an opinion. I have read oodles of info online, but remain uncertain as to whether we are in any long term danger from this tower or not. Del PS: We have also taken measures to eliminate EMF fields emaniting from the electrical circuits. When we measure these (with yet another meter) they were nearly off the charts. Now they are well within the safety limits.
