Electromagnetic Radiation Research


Why EMR research is so rudimentary today, although radar research goes back to WWII. See below:

1. Daily Mail, Sunday Nov. 15 2009, Stanford U. study shows EMR reduces sperm quality, recommends further study

2. 2004 book, Bioelectromagnetic Medicine, says EMR will be significant medical field of study

3. Microwave Debate, author, professor, Steneck writes that 2/3rd of EMR research is funded by military, health studies underfunded, military's great interest. (1984)

Nicholas H. Steneck, Ph.D.
Director, Research Ethics and Integrity Program
University of Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research
Consultant, Office of Research Integrity, HHS,
Professor Emeritus of History, University of Michigan
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Electromagnetic Radiation Reduces Sperm Quality


"Researchers exposed male volunteers to electromagnetic fields - high
doses of which are produced by all electrically charged objects,
including refrigerators and vacuum cleaners - and found such exposure
could double the risk of having poor-quality sperm."

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Dangerous work: Home chores could reduce a man's fertility

It's the get-out clause work-shy husbands have been praying for for years.

A study has found that household chores - including using a vacuum cleaner or microwave oven - could reduce a man's chances of having children.


Researchers exposed male volunteers to electromagnetic fields - high doses of which are produced by all electrically charged objects, including refrigerators and vacuum cleaners - and found such exposure could double the risk of having poor-quality sperm.

Fertility expert Dr De-Kun Li said his work provides the first evidence of a link between electrical goods and declining male fertility.

Dr Li, of Stanford University, California, said: 'I would advise men and couples trying for a baby to reduce their exposure to electromagnetic fields as much as possible.

'I'm not saying you shouldn't use a microwave but it makes sense to turn it on, then move away and go back when it is done. Keep devices, especially those with electric motors, away from the body.'

The study recruited 148 donors at a sperm bank in Shanghai. Tests showed that 76 had poor sperm mobility, shape or count, while 72 had good-quality sperm.

Those volunteers whose job involved working with high temperatures or being exposed to chemicals linked to sperm damage such as solvents and pesticides were excluded.

Participants were asked to wear meters which took readings of magnetic fields every four seconds for 24 hours on days they considered 'typical'.

They found that the half of the group who had peak readings above 0.16 microtesla - a measure of magnetic field strength - were twice as likely to have low sperm quality as those with readings below this level.

Dr Li's team also revealed that the chances of having poor sperm quality increased as the time exposed to higher-strength magnetic fields rose.

He said of the research, due to be published in January in the journal Reproductive Toxicology:


'This is the first study to show a link between measured electromagnetic fields and poor semen quality in humans, which may provide a logical explanation for why we have seen reductions in sperm quality in men over the past century.'

Although the study did not look at what was producing the magnetic fields, electrical appliances - especially those containing motors such as hairdryers - produce high frequencies and therefore strong magnetic fields.

In previous studies, excessive alcohol consumption, smoking, a poor diet, drug use and obesity have all been shown to reduce sperm count.

Dr Allan Pacey, of the British Fertility Society and a fertility researcher at Sheffield University, said: 'I believe there might be something in it.

'If these results are repeated in a bigger study, we need to start thinking seriously about promoting advice about avoiding exposure.'


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The 2004 book, Bioelectromagnetic Medicine edited by Dr. Paul J. Rosch and Dr. Marko S. Markov illustrated that the growing evidence and interest in nonthermal bioeffects of EMR is continuing. ( Note that U.S. military official statement in 2007 Washinton Post article:

"The official U.S. Air Force position is that there are no non-thermal
effects of microwaves. Yet Dennis Bushnell, chief scientist at NASA's
Langley Research Center, tagged microwave attacks against the human brain as
part of future warfare in a 2001 presentation to the National Defense
Industrial Association about "Future Strategic Issues."

"That work is exceedingly sensitive" and unlikely to be reported in any
unclassified documents, he says."


Dr. Rosch wrote the following excerpt on the FEW trailblazers in the field of bioelectromagnetic medicine, including Dr. Ross Adey and Dr. Robert O. Becker.

In the decade to come, it is safe to predict, bioelectromagnetics will assume a therapeutic importance equal to, or greater than, that of pharmacology and surgery today. With proper interdisciplinary effort, significant inroads can be made in controlling the ravages of cancer, some forms of heart disease, arthritis, hormonal disorders, and neurological scrounges such as Alzheimer's disease, spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis. This prediction is not pie-in-the-sky. Pilot studies and biological mechanisms already described in primordial terms, form a rational basis for such a statement- J. Andrew L. Bassett, 1992

Andy Bassett was one of the early advocates of the use of electromagnetic fields for uniting fractures that refused to heal. Unfortunately, he died before he could see that his prophecy would come true well ahead of schedule. In many respects this book is a tribute to him and other pioneers such as Bob Becker, Abe Liboff, Bjorn Nordenstrom, and Ross Adey who recognized the vast potential of bioelectromagnetic medicine and have helped to put it on a solid scientific footing.

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A February 1985 Omni magazine article Mind Fields by Kathleen McAuliffe included an interview of science historian Nicholas Steneck who summarized the scientific uncertainty surrounding EMR bioeffects research;

Science historian Nicholas Steneck published the [1984] book, The Microwave Debate. Steneck acknowledges that two thirds of all support for research on biological effects of microwaves and radio waves comes from the military, "which cannot be viewed as a disinterested party when it comes to making decisions about development versus health. Groups with a vested interest in the use of electromagnetic technologies are proving to be a formidable force in shaping public health policies. . . . basic research in this area has barely crept forward, with investigators under constant fire for challenging accepted ideas. According to psychobiologist Rochell Medici, who stood at the vanguard of brain EMF studies in the early seventies, "It is as though scientists had retreated from doing challenging, frontier studies because such research engendered too much controversy or elicited too much criticism." The upshot of all this: We now lack a scientific framework needed to make sense of the diverse range of EMF health effects being reported in ever-increasing numbers."