On EMF "protective devices"

Hi all! I'm new here.

I'm posting the below in order to stimulate a discussion on the topic.

~ James


On EMF "protective devices"
Excerpted from an article
by Don Maisch
at Emfacts Consultancy
http://www.emfacts.com

On a regular basis I am asked to comment on an EMF protective device
or another on whether they work or not, occasionally I am asked if
they are a good product to start selling, and less occasionally I am
offered a good deal to become a device seller myself! I usually
respond by sending on a copy of my old 2000 Senate submission
(below). That submission is very dated now because in the five years
since a bewildering array of protective devices have hit the market –
a bit like all those new cell phones. No matter what they are
however, if they claim to provide total protection from EMF's, be it
cell phones or power lines, they all work on a common, and powerful,
principle – The Placebo Effect. HOWEVER, if you dig deep enough you
will usually find behind some of these companies a Telco's public
relations firm doing their best to "comfort the community". The
message is: Don't worry about your cell phone or that ugly tower at
the end of the street. Just purchase one of these wondrous devices
and be comforted that you, and your family, are protected. >>>

>>> continued: http://www.emfacts.com/weblog/?p=39

Note: The placebo effect:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo_effect 

> I'm posting the below in order to stimulate a discussion on the topic.

The problem with such skeptical articles is that the people who
write them never actually use the products they are criticizing, nor
do they even have a *use* for them. In this case, the dangers of EMF
are largely theoretical to these writers -- they cannot feel the
EMF doing them harm, so they aren't qualified to comment on the
value of any means of protection.

Meanwhile, on this discussion group, almost everyone feels immediately
damaged by cellphones, computer monitors, florescent lights, etc., so we
have folks here who can accurately judge their effectiveness (a placebo
effect may fool some people in the short-term, but it's not going to
fool everyone in the long run).

In my own case, such devices increased my tolerance for computers by
several orders of magnitude. However, I went through a fair number of
items before I found something that was effective enough to make a big
difference for my daily exposures.

As for the items which did not work for me, in some cases I have
heard from others who thought they were helpful for them, so I
can't exactly say they are a scam. I'm sure that there *are* devices
that probably don't work well for *anyone*, but just because there
exist poor devices doesn't mean that one should discount *all* EMF
protection devices.

Also, the multi-level marketing argument is silly. None of the
EMF protection devices I use are MLM.

Marc

> I'm posting the below in order to stimulate a discussion on the topic.

By the way, James, when Don Maisch first posted that article, I tried
to stimulate a discussion about it on his "emf facts" discussion group.
However, as moderator, he refused to allow my posts to go through, so
the only comments which were allowed was the guy who agreed with
him.

(hardly a fair-minded person who only allows posts to go through which
agree with his opinion).

Marc

Don had some bad experiences with some of the earlier products
which were just rubbish. Unfortunately it takes a large and
experienced
sample group like this list to get to the bottom of things.

Rowan

--- In [hidden email], Marc Martin <marc@...> wrote:
>
> > I'm posting the below in order to stimulate a discussion on the
topic.
>
> By the way, James, when Don Maisch first posted that article, I
tried
> to stimulate a discussion about it on his "emf facts" discussion
group.
> However, as moderator, he refused to allow my posts to go through,
so
> the only comments which were allowed was the guy who agreed with
> him.
>
> (hardly a fair-minded person who only allows posts to go through
which
> agree with his opinion).
>
> Marc
>

> Don had some bad experiences with some of the earlier products
> which were just rubbish.

Ahh, so that would imply that Don did have ES? Then perhaps he
just gave up too soon before finding something that would have
helped.

I will have to agree with him on the Q-Link -- well marketed,
yet has a very poor success rate with ES folks. I know of
one person who swears by her Q-Link, but on this discussion
group, there seem to be a lot of people who tried and were
unimpressed.

As for the comment about "earlier products", I will note
that the items I use today were pretty early -- the
Springlife Polarizers (I believe) first appeared in the late
1950's, and Quantum Products stuff has been around since
(I believe) the 1980's.

Marc