Becker, all biological effects may be produced by ELF, Resonance

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Hi,

In looking at some of the Neil Cherry stuff, mentioned in the wifi on trains in

New Zealand post, relating to oscillating electromagnetic signals interacting

with ions,such as calcium ions, and after reading some of the Goldsmith

stuff on ' website relating to the same things,I went back over the

Becker book, " Cross Currents… " , and I came across interesting stuff on

why all biological effects may be produced by ELF frequencies, and other stuff

on the resonance theory of how EMFs may interact with the body.

This may have been discussed before, but I just thought I'd post some excerpts

from a chapter on the above stuff for those who haven't come across it before.

He puts forward some interesting theories on the role of the Earth's normal

geomagnetic field, and even suggests that it may be the most important single

discovery of the century. Here are some excerpts:

" Modulation is the secret of transmitting information by means of

electromagnetic fields. AM radio, for example is amplitude modulated: the radio

receivers " demodulate " the signals, removing the " carrier " radio-frequency wave

and saving the slowly rising and falling modulation… it appears that the body

also demodulates the signal when exposed to modulated radio-frequency or

microwave fields; the biological effect is that of the low-frequency modulation.

In this view, all biological effects are produced by ELF frequencies. This

makes good sense, because the body systems that pick up the electromagnetic

field are " tuned " to the natural frequencies between zero and 30 Hz. These

systems will sense abnormal fields that are close to the normal (between 35 ad

500 Hz). The systems then produce an abnormal effect. Microwave radar pulsed at

60 Hz would have the same bioeffect as a 6o Hz field alone, which explains the

identical effects seen at ELF and microwave frequencies. It also indicated that

all intervening frequencies (VLF, AM radio, FM radio and TV) will have the same

biological effects, since they too are modulated " .

Cyclotron resonance Stuff:

" Cyclotron resonance can be explained as follows, albeit in a somewhat

simplistic fashion: If a charged particle or ion is exposed to a steady magnetic

field in space, it will begin to go into a circular, or orbital, motion at right

angles to the applied magnetic field. The speed with which it orbits will be

determined by the ratio between the charge and the mass of the particle and by

the strength of the magnetic field.

We know the frequency of rotation (the number of times per second that the

particle completes a full rotation) from the equation relating the charge/ mass

ratio of the particle and the strength of the magnetic field. If an electric

field is added that oscillates at exactly this frequency at right angles to the

magnetic field, energy is transferred from the electric field to the charged

particle.

If the direction of the electric field is slightly off from the right angle, the

particle will move in a spiral pathway.

We can substitute an oscillating magnetic field for the electric field and still

obtain cyclotron resonance. However, it must be applied parallel to the constant

magnetic field.

Cyclotron resonance may be produced any time there is a steady magnetic field

combined with an oscillating electric or magnetic field, acting on a changed

particle. Many of the activities of living cells involve changed particles –

such as the common ions of sodium (Na +), calcium (Ca ++), and potassium (K+) –

acting on or passing through the cell membrane. Cyclotron resonance has the

ability to transfer energy to these ions and to cause them to move more rapidly.

These effects will change the function of the living cells by enabling the ions

to pass through the cell membranes more effectively or in greater numbers.

Cyclotron resonance is mechanism of action that enable very low-strength

electromagnetic fields, acting in concert with the Earth's geomagnetic field, to

produce major biological effects by concentrating the energy in the applied

field upon specific particles, such as the biologically important ions of

sodium, calcium, potassium, and lithium.

The equation for cyclotron resonance says that as the strength of the

steady-state magnetic field decreases, the frequency of the oscillating electric

or magnetic field needed to produce resonance also decreases. This is

particularly significant when the average strength of the Earth's magnetic field

(between 0.2 and 0.6 gauss) is put into the equation: the frequencies for the

oscillating fields that are needed to produce resonance with the biologically

important ions turn out to be in the ELF region.

The ELF frequencies – 0-100Hz – become the most significant part of our

electromagnetic environment. The apparent ability of the body to demodulate all

higher frequencies, including microwaves, substantiates this. Cyclotron

resonance provides an understandable and valid mechanism of action for the

biological effects of both normal and abnormal electromagnetic fields.

… The importance of the entire resonance theory cannot be overemphasized. It

provides logical mechanisms whereby single cells and specific organs, such as

the pineal gland, may intercept and derive information from electromagnetic

fields. The theory also appears to be applicable to the basic relationship

between living things and the Earth's normal electromagnetic environment. "

" …In 1984 I proposed that resonance between the Earth's natural steady-state

field and the micropulsation frequencies might provide the timing mechanism for

cell division. Since the resonance theory is based on frequency, and not power,

it permits effects from vanishingly small fields… "

" …In theory, all types of complex resonance may be used in the same way. The

resonant state is produced when the right combination of fields transfer energy

to a certain component of the body. The fields are then shifted out of

resonance, and the excited component releases the energy as an electromagnetic

field that is sensed by appropriate devices. "

" …While the effects of complex resonance phenomena at the level of ions and

molecules may be significant, the resultant change in the function or structure

of the cell may be far more important. The effects of field exposure at the

level of the total organism will be the sum of the effects at the molecular

level, the cellular level, and the level of the specific organs designed to be

sensitive to the Earth's normal electromagnetic field environment

Field effects on entire functioning organ are, therefore, a cascade of the

changes that finally result in many different structural, functional, and

behavioural alterations – such as the new diseases that are emerging today.

The data obtained in the past few years indicates very clearly that we must

include the Earth's normal geomagnetic field as the environmental variable of

great consequence when we deal with the basic function of living things. In my

opinion, this knowledge is probably the single most important discovery of the

century. It provides us with a key to the mechanisms by which all

electromagnetic fields produce biological effects and it may enable us to

determine more accurately the risks involved in our technological uses of such

fields. More importantly, it opens a door to a greater understanding of life

processes, similar to that which was opened by Gilbert in 1600 when he

began the scientific revolution. The subsequent discoveries of the 17th and 18th

centuries gave us our present world. The new discoveries that are linking us to

the Earth's magnetic field can give us yet another world, if we explore them

properly. "

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