Re: ELF <FWD>
From: Fred H Olson WB0YQM (fholsonmaroon.tc.umn.edu)
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 94 11:07 CDT
Stuart Staniford-Chen  stanifor [at] cs.ucdavis.edu  is the author of this 
message but due to a listserv problem it was posted by the COHOUSING-L 
sysop.

> > The reason for this is that the fields in question are of 

> > too low a frequency to have any effect on chemistry (ie no molecule  
could 

> > be split because of them, nor could any chemical reactions in the body  
be 

> > affected).  This is in contrast to, say, X-rays which are of much  
higher 

> > frequency and can and do split molecules.

>Not necessarily as we use TENS units to control pain, they effect the 

>chemistry of the nerve endings, increasing endorphines.

Sorry, I was being imprecise (or at any rate, speaking Physics-speak).   
What I meant was that the photons in low frequency EMFs cannot possibly  
have a *direct* role in any chemistry (as in splitting molecules).   
Therefore they can't create any free radicals.  Of course, they can move  
charged ions around and therefore potentially have an indirect effect on  
body chemistry in that way (if the fields are strong enough).  


(My credentials, for what it's worth, are a PhD in Physics).

Stuart.



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