Posted by Lesley Rooney on
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Hello Shivani This was an excellent and interesting post - you make the
very valid point that governments shouldn't prescribe technology without
first checking it is safe - how much more this point also applies to the
great "wireless and mobile phone" experiment that people in the UK are
being subjected to without any opportunity to exercise personal choice.
You mention that your thyroid improved after you cleared your environment
of the damaging frequencies - how did you do that? can you tell me what
you used to clear your environment? I am asking because a lot of people
in this group are asking a similar question about what works?? best
wishes Daragh

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Subject: [eSens] Why NOT to use CFL bulbs
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:16:40 EDT

We are urged us to switch from regular incandescent light bulbs to
compact
fluorescent (CFL) light bulbs, to save energy. However, there is a
very good
reason NOT to use CFL bulbs. They create electromagnetic frequencies
proven to be
extremely detrimental to human health.

CFL's operate at high frequency using an electronic switching ballast
to chop
up the 120 volts - that's how they are able to use less energy when
compared
to incandescent bulbs. Their typical operating frequency is in the
region of
20kHz to 100kHz, a frequency range known to produce adverse effects
on health.

(By the way, dimmers operate similarly, converting the electrical
signal into
high frequency transients. Even clean incandescent lights will
produce dirty
electricity if a dimmer switch is used.)

Professor Magda Havas of Trent University, Ontario, one of the
world's
leading researchers on the biological effects of EMF, states:

“CFLs produce radio wave frequencies that radiate directly from the
bulbs and
also go on the electrical wiring in the home or school. The closer
you sit to
the bulb, the greater your exposure. Because the high frequencies
travel
along the wire, you can be exposed in other rooms of your home as
well as in the
room that contains the CFL.

Many complain that they cannot be in a room with fluorescent lights
because
they feel 'unwell.' These people have difficulty shopping in large
department
stores because of the lighting and often go with list in hand and
spend as
little time in the store as possible. Their cognitive functions
diminish and some
have difficulty recalling where they parked their car.”

Just one of the effects of dirty electricity, but a very important
one, is
adverse effect on insulin production and blood glucose levels. Dr.
Havas
reports:

"We can take a person who is diabetic and put them in an electrically
dirty
environment, and their blood sugar levels rise. We then put them
into a clean
environment, and within half an hour their blood sugar levels are
lower. It
becomes a barometer."

For instance, the blood glucose level of one test subject rose from
121 to
over 350 solely from sitting near a lamp with a CFL in it for a
couple of
hours. (He had not eaten nor drunk anything that might have
influenced his blood
sugar.) Conversely, diabetics who install filters to remove the
“dirty
electricity” experience that they no longer need as much insulin,
and some no longer
need any insulin.

In my own case, symptoms included severe insomnia, head pain,
tingling of my
left arm and leg and frightening cardiac arrythmia. I had gone to
the ER
twice in an ambulance and undergone $18,000 worth of medical tests
before the
cause of my symptoms was finally determined to be exposure to
electrical
pollution. (Not brain cancer as had finally been suspected!) When we
cleared my
personal environment of the damaging frequencies, the symptoms
disappeared. My
thyroid also resumed healthy function and I was able to discontinue
thyroid
medication.  

The doctors who had followed my case were extremely surprised, as
they so
rarely see such a total cessation of cardiac or thyroid problems. I
believe
this would be more common, if more people removed the cause of their
symptoms.

You could not pay me any amount of money to use CFL bulbs in our
house.  

Another world-renowned expert Dr. Olle Johansson, of the department
of
neuroscience at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, points out
that the dramatic
rise in recent years of the number of people affected by
electro-hypersensitivity (EHS) coincides with the mass production and
distribution of electronic
devices such as computers and cordless telephones that use and
generate radio
waves.

For a more complete list of associated neurological, respiratory,
cardiac,
dermatological, opthamologic and other symptoms, please see:
http://www.l
ifeenergies.com/symptoms/sysrmfi.htm/.

Dr. Havas has completed a study on the frequencies created by various
brands
of CFL bulbs, which will be released soon. Meanwhile, this is what
she
advises:

“Some packages even have a warning about the radio frequenc,y
saying this
light may interfere with radio reception. Indeed this is something
that most
people can test with a portable radio on AM. As you bring the radio
close to an
energy efficient bulb that produces radio frequencies the radio will
begin to
buzz. This is known as electromagnetic interference (EMI) and is a
concern
for anyone using wireless technology such as mobile phones or
wireless
computers.

But the real problem is that these frequencies are making people
sick. Three
independent groups in the UK, including the British Association of
Dermatologists, the Migraine Action Association, and Epilepsy Action,
have reported
illness among their members who have tried energy efficient compact
fluorescent
lights (CFL). The most common symptoms are headaches-including
migraines,
fatigue, confusion, dizziness, ringing in the ears, eyestrain, nausea
and skin
irritations.

Not all energy efficient bulbs are the same. Some do not contribute
to dirty
electricity and do not produce radio frequencies and this includes a
few
compact fluorescent lights, some LEDs (light emitting dioxides) and
some halogen
bulbs. Unfortunately most of the bulbs on the market will make people
sick.
Reducing green house gases is important but doing it with flawed
technology that
will make the user ill is not the right course of action. If
governments are
going to ban the energy-inefficient but electromagnetically clean
incandescent bulb, then they should also ban bulbs that produce radio
frequency
pollution.

I would encourage anyone who has recently purchased energy efficient
bulbs
and has since developed any of the symptoms mentioned above to test
the bulb for
radiation with a portable radio and if the radio buzzes to return the
bulb to
the retail store for a full refund. Even if our government hasn't
done its
homework, individual consumers can still make a difference.”

Dr. Havas and her associates have tested shielding material for the
bulb and
Graham Stetzer filters for the dirty electricity. Both work well but
they
don't believe this is the way to go, but that LED bulbs are the light
of the
future, for energy efficiency and because they create no radio
frequencies.

LED bulbs do not create harmful frequencies, and they are available
in “warm
white.” They are not yet as bright as most of us are used to, but
they are
bright enough to meet our needs. (LED technology is improving by
leaps and
bounds.)

Some LED websites to check out:
www.superbrightleds.com
www.ledlight.com
www.lumileds.com

For more information regarding the health effects of manmade
electromagnetic
frequencies, please see my website, www.LifeEnergies.com/.

Regards,
Shivani Arjuna

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