[Jewelry making - Article 01243] - Re: [Orchid] Electromagnetic fields influences on health

[The Doctor]

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>         http://www.chekinstitute.com/articles.cfm?select=22 On the
>     other hand, testimonials about 74 year old tennis players are a
>     form of obtuse reasoning that may lead to misinterpreting the
>     dangers of 60hz magnetic fields. 

    Obtuse in that I didn't type the words that conveyed my meaning more
    thoroughly. Using your posted URL as an example, the web page you
    recommend cites everything from cell phone towers to domestic
    electrical wiring and the types of medical equipment that are used
    to save lives as sources of electromagnetic fields (EMF). Indeed,
    the web site you mention states that their list of sources are
    mostly low in power. Personally, I spent 20 years working within
    inches of everything from 60Hz to 4800 MHz (at Air traffic Control
    RADAR power levels), and I still enjoy good health while "pushing
    50". 

    I am aware of the small neighborhoods of people who live near high
    voltage power lines (I probably watch more educational television
    than is good for me). Many of the people who live near HV power
    lines experience illness, birth defects and other malaise, but there
    is no scientific proof of EMF being the source. This web page cites
    pineal glad secretions and circadian rhythm of melatonin and uses
    phrases like "it has been suggested..." or "there is also a tendency
    to assume..."  which is typical of alarmist style, anti EMF
    argument, as opposed to proof. 

    The Conclusion section of the page is the real "meat and bones" of
    the issue, which is sleep dysfunction, on the strength of the
    previous argument of sleeping near high power lines, domestic
    electrical wires, etc. My previously sparse post took all that into
    account when the original question of this thread asked for "Any
    thoughts/opinions/advice regarding negative influences on health
    from electromagnetic fields generated by flex-shaft motors?" What I
    mean is that I don't sleep next to my flex-shaft motor, and
    certainly not while using it. The reference to the 74-year-old
    tennis player was my way of saying that the effects of EMF from a
    flex-shaft is negligible. 

>         I suspect you have no desire to return to 18th century jewelry
>     manufacturing methods. 

    Well, since I can't do anything about the wiring in the store or the
    three flex-shafts (actually, four...the watchmaker has one too),
    I'll probably keep using them at the bench. After that, I usually
    wind up buffing things on a polishing motor that makes the
    flex-shaft look tiny. Just wait 'till we get the laser welder this
    fall... 

    Please don't misunderstand, I do not wish to insult holistic healing
    as I practice my own forms of it. It's that I just don't agree with
    the argument of Direct Current EMF being beneficial, whereas
    Alternating Current EMF is detrimental. If one uses any form of
    magnetism as a holistic healing tool, one will also recognize that
    both types have their own distinct healing properties. But I just
    don't think a flex-shaft is detrimental, compared to high power
    lines and MRI machines. 

James S. Duncan, G.G.
James in SoFl

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