Posted by Meri-Tuuli on August 9, 2006, at 5:22:25
In reply to Re: Electropolution as a cause of depression?, posted by linkadge on August 7, 2006, at 17:49:24
>I've just heard that in Sweeden the situatin is taken a lot more seriously.
Yeah, this sounds about right for Scandivanian countires. They take alot of public health concerns very seriously.
> I really don't know what degree of it is significant.
Ah, I remember now that there was quite a bit of media hype regarding children living around those high volage power lines - I think they noticed an increased risk of childhood leukemia, which in my mind, at least, makes alot of sense - the electromagnetic field surrounding those power lines must be quite significant.
> There are a few universities here in canada, for isntance, that have banned the use of WI-FI networks based on the notion that it may impact the developing mind.
Do you mean WI-FI as in wireless internet access??? Yeah, I'm concerned about that too. I mean wireless networks are everywhere these days, for instance I live in a village and here at the moment I can usually pick up two or three different networks. In fact, I'm sitting about 2m away from where our house wireless network is broadcast. EEEkk!
Thing is, my brother who actually is a network engineer or something (he deals with all the mobile phone networks like G3 etc- don't forget thats another invisible electropollutor!) I asked him about it, and he wasn't very concerned about it. He thinks the *magnitude* of the broadcasting network is so small that there really isn't a problem. Now, I trust what he says because he is pretty well informed about health matters and things like that. For instance, he had his mercury fillings changed 20 years ago and people thought he was mad.
But still, that doesn't mean that there isn't some long-term health concern with these networks. I mean things like cancer take ages to show up in a population, and even then its always hard to prove what generated the cancer.
Still.....I wonder what Larry would have to say. I bet he'd have a very good answer. I wonder where he is these days??
To be honest, I'm sure we must get much more electropollution from other things. I suppose it depends on what you mean by electropollution. Light is electopollution. Don't forget that light is also a form of electromagnetic radition also. What about those metal detectors you do through at airports?? What about solar activity - well this is probably more of a long term thing.
I mean, don't forget that any wire carring a current will produce an electromagnetic field. So whilst this may be of concern regarding people living under those huge power lines you see transporting electricity across the country, it also means there's a field around any wire you have in the house. I know electromagnetic fields aren't the same as WI-FI networks, but you kind of get the jist. Don't forget that there are radiowaves bouncing around as well..hhmmmm.
I guess it depends on the type of electromagnetic radition, ie where it sits on the spectrum, and what the magnitude is.
I guess adding up all the sources around you, for instance, mobile phone networks, wi-fi networks, radio networks, natural radition variations from the sun (the sun emits other forms of electromagnetic radition other than light for instance), solar flares, etc etc, it might add up to something significant.
Sorry I'm just thinking out loud.
Kind regards
Meri
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