Comments on: Why “Radiation Sheild” Chips, buttons and stickers can’t work

By: brnd

brnd — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:43:49 +0000

Hi,

alpha and beta radiation aren’t waves, alpha radiation is helium nucleii with the electrons stripped off, while beta radiation is electrons or positrons, depending on whether it’s positive or negative.

This part is wrong, any particle has a corresponding RF field propagating with it. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave%E2%80%93particle_duality

Even fullerene has attached wave…

By: brnd

brnd — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:36:04 +0000

To the author :

To have a full insulation from electromagnetic fields, you would also add to the Faraday Cage a layer of high permeability material, like mu-metal, to also stop the magnetic field.

To believers of small magical radio frequency absorbers :

If the phone can’t receive the right amount of RF power from antenna, it will increase the emission power, emptying faster the battery and sending your head more RF power…

The power of the relay antenna is far less than the power of the phone close to your head.

If you are afraid, find a long wood stick, attach the phone to the end, and try to raise it the more you can in the sky : efficiency of antenna reception will be better, thus emitting less. Just find an earplug with long wire.

You may add a nice flag to the stick, to add beauty to the view

By: Phil Cooper

Phil Cooper — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:37:46 +0000

The gadgets all work just fine for the people who sell them, and they fulfill their intended purpose — to fill their bank accounts.

By: Jody Ryabinov

Jody Ryabinov — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:45:50 +0000

I have been studying the biofield of the human body for 12 years now and also the effects of EMF’s. When I began to research this area with another doctor, I was involved with a project for 7 years and then more on my own in trying to help stop the weakening effects of EMF’s upon the body. These fields can not be stopped, but they can be tested upon the body and seen in the central nervous system on recorded on biofeedback equipment called EAV. it’s amazing how accurate it is. We were able to develop some devices that are proven to remove the stress from the body and it can be recorded on EAV and Thermolgraphy! They naysayers can talk all they want about how these devices don’t work…however it is too late to try and convince me of this because I have personally watch people get well and get rid of all kinds of problems and pains, etc. using the devices we have been able to produce. Check it out and say anything you want…we have the proof: http://www.safeconnectplus.com
Sincerely, Jody Ryabinov

By: Mich

Mich — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:11:01 +0000

You are so full of **** and this site is so clearly a front for every big corp from phones to nukes and chemicals. Phone radiation is VERY VERY bad for you. You sound like the ppl in the 1950’s who said smoking was fine. Same thing allover again.

I don;’t know if the chips make the cell phones better it is probably like filtered cigarettes, like they may be not quite as bad, buit really you should just not smoke if you want to be healthy and not talk on the phone either. I mostly just txt now a days andn hold the phone away from my body. Less radiation that way.

You’re better safe than sorry. I don’t trust these companies and it doesn’t seem reasonable to me that all that radiation could be so harmless.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:08:31 +0000

Very good point. I always figured those necklaces and the chips you are supposed to put on your phone are scams. They sell them in the local drug store near me called the Q-link and it sounds like pure snakeoil. It says it makes you feel more alert, improves your imune system, reduces body and head aches and so on by protecting you from the radiation from your phone or computer. It sounds like a fantasy to me. I don’t even think that those things really are the cause of that kind of thing.

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:14:53 +0000

Bruce said:

Ok, so lets assume you are right about the thermal threshold, which I guess applies to microwave type radiation. There are some forms of electronic radiation which can cause cancer, such as living next to high voltage power lines. The state of California has officially issued research findings demonstrating these risks.

http://www.ehib.org/emf/RiskEvaluation/riskeval.html

So at high levels, there exists this risk of cancer, but at low levels it suddenly drops off to zero? What, exactly, is the level where the risk suddenly disappears?

*****SIGH*****

Bruce said:

So you claim, but there seems to be a proponderance of studies linking airline pilots to a higher cancer rate. I suppose all the studies demonstrating this link are “no good.”

http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/about-cancer/cancer-questions/airline-staff-and-cancer

The increase found in the afore mentioned study was very small and the distribution was not entirely consistent with the radiation exposure. It is likely lifestyle factors. Airline crews may travel more and that means more time in the sun. They may be more likely to smoke. They spend more time in an enclosed enviornment breathing the same air.

Last I heard, there is no empirical evidence of cancer increases under a few hundred millirem.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:02:50 +0000

The reason my response would be different today than it would have been in 2004 or something is that as I’ve examined these claims I’ve spoken with a lot of people who know way more about this than I do, I’ve read a lot of study data, I’ve looked at a lot of historic and scientific information.

There is no magic threshold, there is a thermal threshold. It is the level where tissue can be heated to the point of damage. This is the inescapable conclusion.

Ok, so lets assume you are right about the thermal threshold, which I guess applies to microwave type radiation. There are some forms of electronic radiation which can cause cancer, such as living next to high voltage power lines. The state of California has officially issued research findings demonstrating these risks.

http://www.ehib.org/emf/RiskEvaluation/riskeval.html

So at high levels, there exists this risk of cancer, but at low levels it suddenly drops off to zero? What, exactly, is the level where the risk suddenly disappears?

You repeat the same stupid things over and over and refuse to educate yourself enough to carry on an intelligent conversation.

You seem to believe “educate” means to accept your beliefs whole sale, if I think skepticaly, for myself and come to other conclusions then I am not.

As an easy test of the Linear non-Threshold Hypothesis, check cancer rates among radiologists and airline pilots, which are probably two of the highest rad exposure jobs you can find. I won’t do the research for you on this – you’ll just accuse me of lying. Go find and read the cancer rate studies. I expect to see valid statistical analysis (methodology included, please) with citations of all the relevant material – the same standard I would expect from any intelligent person approaching this seriously.

So you claim, but there seems to be a proponderance of studies linking airline pilots to a higher cancer rate. I suppose all the studies demonstrating this link are “no good.”

http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/about-cancer/cancer-questions/airline-staff-and-cancer

By: Franck

Franck — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:53:07 +0000

There is a (small) problem phone users don’t generally think of: with modern internal antenna small cellular phones, it is easy to put several fingers over the antenna, causing an unwanted absorbtion and potentially (that is, if your head is not already in the way to the base station) forcing the phone to emmit at higher power. Anyway, if you really want to reduce exposition to your phone while using it, use its earplug, stay in an elevated clear area and hold the phone between two fingers with your arm raised, and yes, I know, you’ll really look ridiculous.
Personally, I keep mine in my pant front pocket.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:34:03 +0000

bruce said:

I’m not sure one way or the other about EM radiation, but its no surprise you would dismiss all these worries out of hand. If small amounts of radiation from nuclear plants and disasters caused harm propotional to large doses, then that would massively increase the damage of Chenobyl and long term leakage from the now thankfully cancelled Yucca Mountain. So of course Dr.Buzz must hold the belief, that there is some magical threshold at which radiaiton (both alpha/beta waves and electromagnetic) do not cause damage. I admit that we cant shut down all nuclear plants now but they are not a long term solution since there is no long term waste stotrage facility and reprocessing is not going to happen.

You know, Bruce, your habit of coming out with these statements where you obviously know nothing about the subject matter, and haven’t bothered to do any research on it keep dropping your credibility level. It’s kind of sad, really – I wonder why you keep on doing it.

A very easy example of this: alpha and beta radiation aren’t waves, alpha radiation is helium nucleii with the electrons stripped off, while beta radiation is electrons or positrons, depending on whether it’s positive or negative. If alphas don’t get through the surface of your skin, they can’t hurt you, and unless you are dealing with a very unusual source at close ranges, the damage is comparable to walking between two neighbouring buildings on a sunny day. Betas are a touch more dangerous, but their effective range is much lower (they interact with air and lose their energy).