Nonlinearity and EMF Responses: Learning From Carl Blackman, Ph.D. and others...

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WE ARE VARIABLE

EXPOSURES ARE VARIABLE

EXPOSURES ARE COMPLEX

RESPONSES ARE NONLINEAR

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Biologic effects tested:

Calcium efflux in brain cells
Neurite outgrowth
DNA synthesis
Imprinting (chickens)
Postnatal sensitivity
Therapeutic responses
Sensitive subgroups

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Variables affecting response:

Some intensities, not others
Some frequencies, not others
Inclusion of earth's magnetic field, or not
Some temperatures, not others
Frequencies in prenatal exposures
Relative orientations of AC and DC fields
Some combinations of AC and DC fields
Sine wave vs, pulsed waves
Some pulse frequencies, not others
Some pulse widths, not others
Some pulse heights, not others
Some chicken strains, not others
Some genetic predispositions, not others

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Electromagnetic exposures do not produce tissue effects in a linear way. Many of our normal physiologic functions behave in nonlinear ways, and our environmental EMF exposures are multiple and complex. Our tissues respond only to certain frequencies, or certain intensities -- or a number of related factors -- in some conditions but not others.

Unlike testing for the adverse effects of a substance, where our responses may (but don't always) depend on the amount of exposure or bioaccumulation, the effects of exposure(s) to EM fields -- on some measurable parameters -- is not simply "dose-related".

Policy-making on issues of personal health and community safety does not account for these real effects.

The mechanisms responsible for the nonlinear effects are unknown, according to Dr. Blackman. The biological responses more closely resemble responses to a chemical combination of varying ingredients than to a single substance.

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THE BIOLOGIC EFFECTS OBSERVED DEPENDED ON SOME VALUES OF THE VARIABLES, BUT NOT OTHERS.