Temporal Variation In Non-Ionising Radiation At A Single Location (part 4)

Further analysis of the GQ Electronics EMF-390 multi-function meter output

Back in part 3 of this series I introduced readers to my GQ Electronics EMF-380 multi-function meter that measures EMF, EF and RF EMR simultaneously every second. After waffling on about data capture I settled down with my crayons and we ogled three time series plots. What I’d like to do today is take those 595,536 observations for the period 11 – 17 September and churn out some error bar plots of mean values by hour to get some feel as to appliance use over the day, for it is our appliances that shape our local electrosmog profile.

The UK government have plonked a small section down on their GOV.UK website on the electrosmog matter under the heading Guidance: Electric and magnetic fields: sources and exposure, and it is well worth newcomers to the subject pouring out a cuppa and slurping this whilst they digest the contents. What this section carefully avoids is any hint of a discussion on potential harms of electrosmog, with the government neatly side-stepping the entire issue by focusing on electrical accidents alone. Here’s their safety advice in the smallest nutshell you’ll find anywhere:

Each year in the UK, people are injured or killed due to electrical accidents. The important safety message is to avoid electric shocks and fires.

That’s it. Don’t get electrocuted folks and you’ll be fine. There’s not even any mention of IARC/WHO press release No.208 in which we learn that the WHO/International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B), based on an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer, associated with wireless phone use.

This is a bold statement to make in a world ruled by communications technology and we should note this is their narrow position on just mobile phone use and just one type of brain cancer. I guess they better not investigate the zillion other sources of RF (and non-RF EMR) and the vast raft of potential associated health issues that researchers are steadily documenting. Better not even think about such studies let alone fund them! There are some worthy papers by folk who know their onions and I may well take a look at these in future articles.

Needless to say the research field is writhing in controversy, corruption and codswallop, as we have come to expect these days for any subject matter associated with a lot of money. I’ve no idea what the global communications industry is worth but I’ll bet it could be bigger than big pharma, big aggro or big oil. If that sounds a bit far-fetched then do realise I’m not just talking about cell towers and mobile phones, for I am thinking in terms of any electric device anywhere that broadcasts anything… and that includes my kettle!

A kettle does not communicate in the formal sense of communication (i.e. an exchange of information) but it does broadcast an electric field when in use, as I will demonstrate in a future article. Think kettle, think fridge, think oven, think wiring loom of your house, think office photocopier, think all white goods, think all black goods, think most medical devices, think weather, military and commercial radars, think electric vehicles (and starter motors in combustion engines), think corded and cordless drills, think electric toothbrushes and shavers, think lava lamp and vinyl player. When we start to think expansively and electronically like this we realise that big pharma, big aggro and big oil are subsets of the electrical kingdom.

And now for some slides, brought to you courtesy of that kingdom. I’d call that ironic.