Since humans have learned to harness electric power, a vast, pulsing network of electromagnetic fields spanning the entire planet has enveloped our lives. This shroud of forces has more than enough strength to override the earth's own gentle subsonic pulse. Cellular telephones, wireless internet, satellite radio and television, and microwave transmissions- these invisible, man-made artifacts are often seen as electro pollution, which can cause severe disturbances in human energy systems, which in turn, can give rise to physical and mental health problems.

Because these pulses are invisible and their devices are so embedded into our daily lives, we often forget about them entirely, but that doesn't mean that they have no effect on our lives. The recent story of Kevin Byrne at Globeandmail.com serves as a telling example.

The issues are not new. There are daily news headlines, worldwide, about the negative effects of cell phone radiation. But these issues are often clouded and buried. Even Wikipedia's article on electro-senstivity is currently slanted toward the belief that negative effects of electromagnetic radiation do not exist.

As far back as 1989, The New Yorker magazine ran a three-part series on the health hazards of exposure to electric power lines and computer terminals, which cited exhaustive scientific studies linking leukemia and other cancers, as well as several ill effects afflicted during pregnancy, to this globally pervasive phenomenon.

To learn more about electromagnetic pollution, and how you can protect yourself and your family, the work of Dr. Robert Becker is remarkably well researched and informative. For a more holistic approach, I suggest Daniel Reid's The Complete Book of Chinese Health and Healing. It explains, in detail, the body's innate bio-electrical systems and offers common sense approaches toward minimizing the negative effects of electromagnetic pollution.

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