After interviewing Raphael Siket of Ecolibria and Nicole Bijlsma the following article appeared in G magazines that details how your home could be making you sick. The article discusses potential EMF and wireless radiation concerns as well as indoor air quality and VOC issues.

Infants exposed to certain types of mould are at greater risk for childhood asthma, according to a new study. Mould has always been linked to respiratory issues and infants are more susceptible. However the link to specific types of mould to asthma in infants is an interesting and significant breakthrough.

This report on electromagnetic fields takes a strong stand that society must acknowledge the biological effects of electromagnetic fields, educate the population about the risks from wireless technologies, and develop safer technologies. The group, AAEM, is an international association of physicians and professionals that has been dedicated to expanding the knowledge of human health in relationship to the environment since 1965. They have been first to recognize many conditions, including Gulf War Syndrome, chemical sensitivity and the role of mould in the development of systemic illness.

It is important to understand that people react differently to different form of electromagnetic fields and radiation. Governments and the processes involved in implementing so called “safe exposure standards” would like every human being to react to every form of electromagnetic field in the same way and provide exactly the same results every time. However this is almost always never the case and hence the enormous difficulty at setting standards applicable to entire populations of people. Populations of people consist of male and female adults, children of all ages, the sick, the elderly, smokers, non-smokers, the genetically strong and the genetically weak.

Fourteen people living within a mile of a mobile phone mast in the UK that emits one of the highest levels of radiation in the country have died of cancer. This article discusses how electromagnetic radiation well within government standards ( that do not consider biological effects of HF radiation but thermal effects only ) may have caused 14 people living in close proximity to the tower to die of cancer.

At great expense the Dutch Government will soon be buying out 1300 households because they live to close to high voltage cables ( transmission lines ) and according to scientists may therefore pose a danger to public health.

Dr. Devra Davis: This article and talk delivered by Dr. Devra Davis reveals some of the most compelling evidence yet in relation to the biological effects on the human body that High Frequency ( HF ) electromagnetic radiation ( EMR ) emitted from mobile phones and other wireless devices can have. Explanations on the flaws in studies that claim that there is no link between electromagnetic radiation and human health are discussed in the video. Dr. Davis has reported that the erratic nature of the signal related to pulsed electromagnetic radiation (cordless phones, mobile phones, wireless internet modems and routers, laptop computers that consistently emit HF radiation as long as Bluetooth and wireless functions are enabled, Wii and X Box consoles with wireless remote controls ) disrupts resonance and interferes with DNA repair. If it does not damage or break DNA it seems it may interfere with DNA repair which in turn has serious health implications.

Exposure to mould in infancy greatly increases the risk of your child developing asthma. This is according to a recent study in which 7 years of data was collected from 176 children since infancy.

Black mould that is often not taken very seriously in a home can have potentially harmful health effects and implications for the ocuupants of the house, particularly if the occupants are infants or very young children.

The importance of good indoor air quality is often overlooked even though it can be one of the largest contributors to colds, flu, asthma, fatigue, lack of concentration, headaches and more serious issues like lung fibrosis, asbestosis and lung cancer.

Four of five case-control studies found significant increases in childhood leukaemia associated with maternal exposure before or during pregnancy, although findings were inconsistent for lymphatic and haematopoietic cancers in the painters themselves. (WHO December 2007)

Epidemiological studies have found that long-term nightworkers have a higher risk of breast cancer risk than women who do not work at night. These studies have involved mainly nurses and flight attendants.

Mercury is the most toxic pollutant after radioactive substances on the EPA’s list of industrial pollutants and there is enough mercury in a single fluorescent light bulb to contaminate 7,000 gallons of fresh water. In Australia only 1% of fluorescent bulbs are recycled and the mercury from these bulbs is refined and used as amalgam fillings in the dentist industry.