Swimming In A Deadly Sea:
Awash In Radiation
Part Four
By Kathleen Deoul
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Kathleen Deoul: Milt, could you explain for
my readers how these fields are measured?
Copulos: Of course, Kathleen. The strength
of magnetic fields whether from an appliance or
from a stationary magnet are measured in terms
of "Gauss." One Gauss is roughly equal to the
strength of the Earth's magnetic field.
I should note that anytime you use an appliance
that runs on alternating current - the kind that
comes out of the electrical socket in your wall -
a magnetic field is generated, and it has long been
known that these fields can have health effects.
In 1989, Dr. Janet Healer of the Congressional Office
of Technology Assessment said that "Studies over the
past fifteen years have demonstrated unequivocally
that under certain circumstances the membranes of
cells can be sensitive to even fairly weak externally
imposed low frequency electromagnetic fields. Extremely
small signals can trigger major biochemical responses
critical to the functioning of the cell."
It couldn't be clearer than that.
Kathleen Deoul: Well I certainly agree. But we were
talking about TV. Just how strong is the electromagnetical
field they generate?
Copulos: Well, Kathleen, here is where distance
comes into play. At a distance of one foot, in other
words one foot from the picture tube, a color TV generates
an EMF field equal to 20 gauss. But at a distance of two
feet, the field strength drops to 8 gauss and at four
feet to 4 gauss.
Kathleen Deoul: So you want to be at least four
feet away.
Copulos: That's exactly right. But again, we need
to take duration into account, especially in regard
to children. Today, on average, children watch four
hours of television a day. Just to put the figure in
perspective, it comes to 1,430 hours per year, or the
equivalent of them spending two entire months watching
TV 24 hours a day!
Kathleen Deoul: That's astounding.
Copulos: Yes, and it's also scary because a lot of
children, and especially young children, like to get
close to the screen. What makes this so dangerous is
that their bodies are still developing, and are therefore
much more susceptible to the effects of the set's emissions.
Kathleen Deoul: So we should limit their television
and for certain not let them sit close to the set.
Copulos: That's absolutely right Kathleen, but it's
not just the television we need to be concerned about.
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