In the 90's there were several books published that tried to alert the public to the dangers of unresearched levels of exposure to electromagnetic radiation, especially to children and women.
I have been researching this issue lately, and the majority of books available online have publication dates ranging between 1985 and 1995. After that, there are studies, but few popular and authoritative studies that communities and families can actually use in their own interest.
Recently the World Health Organization has undertaken the role of global broker of electromagnetic health issues. And they have set standards, based on the daunting task of establishing scientific theories of causality, that have shelved most of the flagged issues of the last two decades. Despite the correlation between childhood leukemia and power lines, despite the elevated incidence of miscarriage and birth defects noted in women exposed to high levels of occupational electromagnetic fields, the WHO says we are safe. It is important to note that the WHO itself has come under fire for its research and reporting by the British medical journal Lancet. The criteria set by WHO make it far harder to establish standards for EMF than it was to establish dangers for, among otherthings, second hand smoking and automobile emissions.
In reaction to this, a number of physicians, researchers, and concerned citizens have attempted to create an alternate voice, keeping the question in front of a susceptible public. Most people cannot understand the issues involved. They rely upon academic, scientific, and government authorities to make sense of the dense jargon of studies, and compare the protocols, and render a verdict in language available to us all.
In the recent case of economic policies and regulations, this faith was misplaced. Badly enough to scar a generation of investors for life.
The good faith of a nation is actually a non-renewable commodity.
Where do we start? Why has the "establishment' rejected the furor and concern that was raised in the 90s?
You've heard that the way to boil a frog is to put it in a cold pan and turn the heat up gradually, until it is too weak to hop out. ( I will never find out by any actual frog experiments, believe me!) But we might be in the process of being "boiled" by a sea of human-generated electromagnetic fields.
Let's see what we can find out.
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