The Get Wired 2015 conference was held last month in East Sussex and brought together some of the people at the forefront of thinking and acting in relation to the modern electromagnetic world and its risks to our health. Talks by the various presenters are gradually being made available on YouTube, the first of which is a talk by Prof Victor Newman.
His explanation of the cycle of change we are all experiencing is interesting and does give some hope for the future. Prof Newman describes all of this as good news and, in my view, most of it is. But his statement about fashion-following being an ally in all of this does not take any account of the natural world and the challenges and adaptations it faces in having to respond to constant bombardment by EMFs.
So OK, some celebrity or other starts the ball rolling by sporting fashion-forward EMF shielding clothing, a trend which is then picked up by fashion houses and high street retailers. Then anyone of us can pop into M&S or wherever to purchase shielding under garments. But that completely overlooks the effect we are having on the rest of the ecosystem. Bees, for example, will not be following fashion and purchasing shielding clothing. They will be dying.
No bees, no pollination, hungry people…
The sustainability of the human population is dependent upon many things, but right near the top of that list is food. Food which is grown as a result of crop pollination by bees. Experiments conducted by Dr Jochen Kuhn in Germany have conclusively shown that colonies of bees exposed to EMFs from a Dect phone do not thrive and in some cases collapse altogether. No bees means no crop fertilization which in turn will mean hungry humans.
Shielding ourselves from EMF proliferation should be a temporary and very short term measure whilst we – that is, industry – get to grips with creating new devices that can operate on very much lower signal strengths. Very low environmental levels of EMFs should mean we don’t need to shield ourselves in order to remain healthy and that bee colonies are not at risk of collapse.
We can play our part now by going back to first principles and asking the question “just because we can do something does it mean we should?”. Like it not, we all have a degree of social responsibility here. Yes, our wireless devices bring endless fun and convenience but right now the cost of that continues to increase. Ultimately, it will end in our own demise.