QUOTE (Guardian Angel of Fire @ Jun 4 2008, 08:17 PM)

<snipped for space> It's just something that occured to me when i was talking to a friend about transformers and power lines after we had a power outage in my town. Just something to ponder if you think about it the fact of it produces EMF's since they are such powerful lines even though they are voltage reduced before entering the home.
Also think if you have things happenign look around your house for transformers, power boxes, power lines near your home, i know their are some near mine, but i'm sure and know a ground power line goes into my home so im' doing a lot of thinking now.
Great OP Guardian.

There has been quite a bit of research done on this very topic. A couple of links below from another thread may be of interest to you.
http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum...t&p=2221530http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum...t&p=2224924 (posted below)
QUOTE (Jason KB @ Jun 5 2008, 01:39 AM)

Here is an interesting site about magnetic induced hallucinations yuo all may be interested in reading. Certainly very interesting theories being tested:
http://www.assap.org/newsite/htmlfiles/MADS.htmlGood find Jason. I read this MADS study a while back, and I found it most interesting, especially considering the fact that they found readings in the 7+hz range (Theta frequencies) sustained over the course of several hours during the night, right around the pillow area of the bed. The energy field was distorted due to the mental bed frame, therefore creating theta frequencies that are believed to be the source of these hallucinations/hauntings at this castle experienced by overnight guests. Hallucinations of this sort have also been induced and studied in lab/clinical settings, and successfully implemented using various neurotechnology. We are only beginning to scratch the surface on understanding how our environment effects our biology. The research is impressive and fascinating, to say the lease.
"I have no doubt in my mind, at the present time,
that the greatest polluting element in the earth's environment is the proliferation of electromagnetic fields.
I consider that to be far greater on a global scale than warming."
~Robert O. Becker, M. D., Author of Cross Currents and The Body Electric
EMF/RF Whole body effects:There is an episode of Star Trek in which the crew of the Enterprise was deprived of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep because of some freaky space glitch. As a consequence of being dream deprived, they began to hallucinate when they were awake. Scientists like John Lilly and Jean Houston, just to name a few, have proven this does indeed occur. Lack of melatonin causes sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation causes lack of REM.
Since melatonin and serotonin are the primary circadian endocrine hormones, all vital organs, including the brain, hypothalamus, central nervous system, lymph system, immune system, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, uterus, testes and fetus, have melatonin and serotonin receptors. Hence, substances that alter the melatonin/serotonin balance can affect organs throughout the brain and body. Melatonin production is very low at birth, peaks in early childhood and declines from puberty onwards. Electrification of homes produce more light-at-night and higher ELF oscillating electromagnetic fields, both of which are
proven to reduce melatonin. Normal household light-at-night delays the onset of sleep. People still sleep in the dark but in electromagnetic fields that also reduce melatonin during sleep.
Because the melatonin/serotonin balance is the primary circadian regulator, the daily awake/sleep, metabolic, respiratory, cardiac and activity cycle is modulated though melatonin and serotonin receptors in all our vital organs, especially the brain, hypothalamus, central nervous system, lungs, heart, reproductive organs and fetus. The mother's melatonin passes through the placenta to the fetus in her womb regulating the daily cycle of the fetus and protecting the fetus from oxidative free radical damage. Reducing mother's nocturnal melatonin will increase the risk of fetal genetic and immune system damage. The biophysical mechanism for detecting and responding to external ELF signals, resulting in reduced melatonin, occurs through resonant absorption of the ELF signals in the brain. As I've already mentioned in my last post, calcium ions and neurotransmitters oscillate at the EEG frequencies.
ELF signals induce alterations in the calcium ion signals that in turn send signals to the pineal that alters the melatonin/serotonin balance. This is transferred to the body organs through the CNS (central nervous system) and hormone/enzyme/ion cellular signalling system. In addition, the ELF signal systems in cells, also involve calcium ions, can be directly interfered with by external ELF signals of extremely low intensity through non-equilibrium resonant absorption processes at the cell membrane.
This is a resonant phenomenon that only operates in the normal mammal temperature range. It is dependent on the earth's geomagnetic field strength and orientation and therefore varies from place to place and time to time.
Biophysical Summary:There are well established and observationally confirmed mechanisms for external ELF signals to be resonantly absorbed in human tissue, especially the
brain and heart, and
cause reduced melatonin. Melatonin is the most potent naturally produced antioxidant that helps to protect cells from genetic damage that leads to cancer, neurological, cardiac and reproductive damage, illness and death. Melatonin levels also affect the health of the immune system that also has a vital role in trying to maintain health. Since a damaged cell should be eliminated by programmed cell death, apoptosis, or by natural killer cells in the immune system, altered calcium ions negatively affect both of these processes. There is considerable evidence relating EMF exposure to reduces immune system competence. Exposure to power frequency fields produced changes in the immune system that were both real and inconsistent. This is because they are complex and non-linear producing a deterministic chaos effect.
Data from the 19th century on hallucinations and magnetic disturbances were found to exhibit a direct and statistically significant correlation. The aa magnetic index over the period 1868-89 and concurrent visual hallucinatory activity were found to co-vary. Magnetic influences on the pineal hormone, melatonin, are suggested as a source of variation. Delta sleep-deprivation: Prolonged sleep deprivation (+48 hours) results in severe mental disturbance, attention deficit, withdrawing, visual complaints, hallucinations and time distortion. After 5 days you may even end up in a mental institution. Robert Whitaker, author of
Mad in America interviewed recovered schizophrenics and he said that absolutely
every single case admits to a period of sleeplessness prior to a psychic break. This is a clear indication of melatonin deficiency.
Dr. Magda Havas, a professor and research scientist at Trent University in Peterborough Ontario, believes as much as 35-50% the Canadian population may suffer from some sensitivity to electric and magnetic fields. Trends show as much as 50% of the total population will succumb to electrosensitively by the year 2017. The data submitted here were collected in Austria, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Sweden, in Switzerland and in the USA.
More than 50% of those who worked with computers reported that they had health symptoms. The checklist of symptoms
were typical of EHS and included musculoskeletal, respiratory, dermatological, gastrointestinal,
neurological and memory problems.
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