EMF Cover-Up ! ?

"Companies won't admit that EMFs are risky, because they will become liable. And the government won't, because it is the largest user of the electromagnetic spectrum, especially for military communications. Our whole economy depends on them now."

 

The high electromagnetic frequencies and radiation generated by industrial plants and equipment, have a negative effect on the human brain, although the electrical companies and the manufacturers of cell phones do not want to admit this. Research seems to prove that high electro-magnetic fields do transport heavy metals to the brain (which are normally filtered out) and have a negative health effect.

 

Not surprisingly, as people begin to focus on the problem of EMFs, property values near power lines and electric substations have been plummeting, and numerous lawsuits have been filed.

 

"Companies won't admit that EMFs are risky, because they would become liable"

 

Many people are studying the effects of cell phones, computer screens and other electromagnetic fields on our health. The device manufacturers naturally want to minimize any apparent risks from the use of their products.

 

There is, indeed, a public health risk from EMFs and the government knows about it. A leaked EPA report a few years ago raised suspicions of a link between electromagnetic fields and leukemia, brain tumors, breast and prostrate cancer, even birth defects.

 

Less-publicized but significant are some of the foreign studies. Canadian researchers had found a high rate of leukemia among children whose mothers had worked at sewing machines while pregnant. Checks showed the operators were exposed to more electromagnetic radiation than people who work on power lines or in power stations.

 

To some, especially the families of people with unexplained cancers, the sheer volume of research that has been carried out on this issue suggests there must be a cancer connection and perhaps a cover-up. Their suspicion is heightened by the fact that many of the studies are funded by the utility industry, which would be directly affected by the studies' outcomes.

 

 (It's like the tobacco industry making a study showing smoking is safe --- would you believe them ???)

 

Even scientists who have failed to find a reason for the apparent link refuse to say it is safe to live near a high-voltage power line.

 

The report leaked by the National Council on Radiation Protection recommended changing the safety limit of 0.2 microteslas (a very weak field compared to those generated by household appliances). A person standing one foot away from a vacuum cleaner or electric drill can be exposed to anywhere between two and 20 microteslas.

 

Concerns have also been raised about magnetic fields given off by household wiring, high-current conductors concealed in walls, ceilings and floors of commercial office buildings, and by high-voltage transformers that can be found in almost any large building.

 

A study, conducted by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, WA. confirmed that telephone linemen, electricians and electric-power workmen are developing breast cancer at six times the expected rate.