[Jewelry making - Article 01225] - Re: [Orchid] Electromagnetic fields influences on health

[Kay Davis]

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    I don't want to turn this into a flame fest and waste bandwidth
    however a few points are in order: 

    1) The number of Google hits is not a measure of scientific
    validity, as a matter of fact it rates right up there with" 74 year
    old tennis players" the number of Google hits is a measure of the
    number of websites that is indirectly a measure of Public Interest,
    not scientific Validity For example Scientology yields about
    1,820,000 hits. Does this make it more or less Valid? 

    2) Just because a website has Institute in it's name means nothing
    other than the owner felt like using institute in the name and
    probably wanted it to sound good when they registered the domain.
    Look for .edu as a domain grouping, at least they are registered
    educational institutions. 

    3) If you want to use Google to do scientific research I strongly
    suggest you go to http://scholar.google.com/ where a search on "60hz
    magnetic fields" yielded 38 hits and a cursory perusal showed either
    no effect or the researcher is using fields that will be found in
    places like a power generation facility or near a cyclotron, not a
    home or shop. 

    So in summery from a purely scientific point of view a 74 year old
    tennis players obtuse reasoning is as Valid as the beliefs you have
    trotted out. 

    Now if you wish to be shielded from electromagnetic fields a
    competent engineer could design you a shielded room ( or House) which
    could keep those pesky electromagnetic fields out. For Light one
    would have to use fiber optics to conduct the light from a hazardous
    containment building where electrical energy would be converted into
    light. As to Mechanical devices you could do the same Locate the
    motors remotely from where you are working and use shafts of non
    magnetic material to conduct the movement into your workshop. So see,
    you don't have to go back to the 18th century you can use modern
    methods. The choice is yours, Just as it is my choice to believe
    pollution is a worry and problem thousands of time greater than
    electromagnetic fields and the risk to humans is laughably low. 

    	If you are working in a shop on Jewelry type materials with common
    tools, the far greater danger to your health is air quality, both
    from chemical contaminants and plain old dust from grinding and
    polishing. 

Kay

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