By Drs. Elizabeth and Marcus Plourde, authors of EMF Freedom: Solutions For the 21st Century Pollution.
Technologies have become teaching tools within the classroom to assist in educating our children. However, there have been almost no controls or safety standards developed to keep our children safe.
This is important as EMF (electromagnetic fields) energies enter the body in various forms. For children, holding a cell phone up to their head, these energies penetrate deeper within their skulls. Since children’s heads are smaller and their bones are softer because they are still forming, their brains are more exposed. The illustration shown below depicts the level of penetration in a child’s smaller, softer head, versus an adult.
Children’s and Adult’s Brains Absorb EMF
Illustration of brain penetration potential at: 5 years 10 years Adult
Source: Electromagnetic absorption in the human head and neck for mobile telephones at 835 and 1900 MHz. Gandhi OP, Lazzi G, Furse CM. IEEE Trans Microwave Theor Techniq. 1996;44(10):1884–1897. Reprinted with permission.
Electromagnetic fields (EMF) energies are low-level radiations that are emitted from electronics and electrical devices, X-rays, and nuclear radiations are rated as much more dangerous because at these higher levels they are shown to do immediate damage. For those who work in areas where radiations are present, they are measured and monitored to determine whether their accumulated exposure has reached a saturation point. When their radiation exposure levels become sufficient to potentially impact their health, they are removed from the exposure area.
The lower-level EMF radiation exposures are not much different. They just take longer to accumulate and reach the saturation point considered potentially harmful to our health. Today’s children are being exposed to much more EMF from all the technologies that are being offered in the form of smartphones, computers, Wi-Fi, gaming consoles, and the vast array of electronic devices available with a Wi-Fi connection. Also, their exposure in newer autos that include Wi-Fi and excessive electronics, especially those found in electric vehicles is high. They are living in a world that radically changed within that last 20 years, so there is no solid information available on the impact to their health. Only time will tell us how we are changing our children’s health.
It would be wise to invoke the “precautionary principle” of being over-protective of our children until it is determined that electronic devices are safe. There is sufficient medical research available that tells us electronic devices are severely impacting our health. Unfortunately, large sums of money influence the amount of correct information that flows to the masses. The telecom industries control much of the money spent on advertising, therefore they have a greater influence as to what information is released to the masses.
Drs. Elizabeth and Marcus Plourde authored an EMF book entitled: EMF Freedom: Solutions For the 21st Century Pollution. Their research focused on the symptoms EMF creates in EMF-sensitive people and provides the biological medical reasons for the symptoms. All too often, people with EMF-symptoms are not validated for what they are experiencing. EMF exposures are so new, the medical community does not have sufficient experiences in dealing with these individuals, so these people go from doctor-to-doctor and receive little or no help. Doctors are using medical lab testing designed to detect 20th century diseases. They run these patients through all the testing protocols and the tests provide no answers for them. EMF symptoms are a 21st century pollution problem with almost no lab tests available to validate these people’s claims. Make no mistake, EMF is toxic to the body and it creates many of the illnesses that doctors are unable to determine the reasons for their patient’s symptoms.
The Plourdes’ book was written to reassure those with EMF symptoms that they are real and there is a biological and medical reason for them. They have had the privilege of teaching classes to a limited number of doctors around the nation over the last 10 years. There are not near enough the number of doctors available that understand the impact electronics have on the body. It may take 50 years, or more, to come to the realization that EMF energies create imbalances within the brain, heart, and central nervous systems. All operate on the body’s natural energy impulses and EMF impulses create imbalances that are impacting our long-term health.
Today’s children are being exposed to the massive and rapid influx of electronics in both the classroom and home, creating a much greater potential for harm. It is highly recommended to consider every electronic device brought into the classroom and home as its potential to add value and compared for the potential for harm. A classroom without electronics in today’s world is just not practical. However, using some common sense about using devices when needed and storing them away from the classroom area when not being used, is called for. Turning the Wi-Fi system on when needed and turned off when not in use. Wi-Fi systems send constant energy signals throughout the area whether it is being used or not. Turning it off is the only way to remove the energy flow. Considering every device brought into the classroom as to whether it is the only means of educating the children, or is there a way to deliver the material with a lesser potential toxic exposure?
Everything that can be done to reduce our children’s exposure to EMF will improve their learning and their ability to live a long and healthy life.
There are devices that have been developed to offset EMF radiations. Elizabeth Plourde is an EMF-sensitive that needed to find EMF solutions so she could function in the public sector with all its Wi-Fi and cell phone energies. Her journey of exploration discovered products that helped her be in public places again. They offer the EMF products that work best for them (more information, see their ad on page ??) There are solutions that offset the energies emitted from electronics, but it is still recommended to limit use to what is necessary to function in today’s world.
New Trend Developing in Public Schools
Public school systems have started banning cell phones from the classrooms. They have found that the attention spans improve and the student’s overall test scores are better, as they are not so distracted.
This is a start to making classrooms safer, but a deeper look at the influence of Wi-Fi in the schools would be advisable. There are groups that are advocating removing Wi-Fi from the classroom and they should be supported.
Summary
Today’s generation of children are being exposed to many more EMF devices, at much higher signal levels. These electronic products are largely untested in the group setting with 30 students in an area, each with electronic devices. The long-term impact on their heath remains unknown. It is better to be extra precautionary now and support the ban on cell phones in the classroom, as well as reduce the EMF burden on our children both in the classroom and at home.
