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Scientists at Pontypool Wales have discovered a direct link between the natural electric fields emitted by the human brain and the cells of the body. Until now it was thought that all endogenous control of cellular processes was by means of chemical hormones or neural connections. But their tests found that the viability of white blood cells is significantly improved when they are kept in containers fed with the signals from the same donor’s body. When these natural field "signals" are disturbed by other foreign fields (e.g. from electric appliances or from mobile phones), they report, the white blood cells are damaged - even if the fields are very low. The technique the scientists used is a standard test called trypan blue exclusion. In this test a dye is introduced to the fluids around the cells. If the dye can penetrate the cell membrane it means the cells have been damaged, and the damaged cells turn blue. Intact cells stay colourless. In their study the scientists, Tamara Galonja and Roger Coghill, found that cells exposed to the donor’s own body signals stayed over 70 percent viable, whereas unexposed cells were only 50 percent intact. But after exposure to the radiation from a mobile phone on standby viability fell to 37 percent, and even when there was no further exposure, a day later only 13 % of the ETACS phone-exposed cells were still viable. They also found that the white blood cells were less damaged if the phone was shielded by a pouch system. In that case the protective effect also lasted for at least a day after the exposure had ceased. In a new and more extensive study, effects of Philips 301 and Nokia 2410 cellphones on standby were studied. Eight hours exposure to these phones significantly reduced the viability of lymphocytes compared with sham- or unexposed controls, this time by 16.7% three hours after cessation of exposure, and by 23.3% when measured a day later, even though the cells were not further exposed. If the phone-exposed cells were compared with the cells exposed to donor fields the fall was even more pronounced at 32.1% and 52.2 % respectively. The implications of the study are profound: it uncovers for the first time that the natural electric fields in the body, originating principally in the brain, have an important direct beneficial influence on our white blood cells. Mental depression and trauma is known to depress immune function and thereby increase the likelihood of cancer, but this is the first experimental support for the idea that the brain can influence such cells directly without hormones or via neural pathways. In surgical operations where a lot of blood is lost, the precious white blood cells of the operee could by this technique be saved to assist in the recuperation process. The study also adds to the accumulating evidence that though weak radiations from mobile phones pose a health risk, the risks can be mitigated by use of protective devices. Henry Lai and N.P. Singh at the University of Washington, Seattle reported in 1996 that cellphone radiations damage the DNA in rat brain cells. Jerry Philips and colleagues at another laboratory (Loma Linda California) also recently reported that lymphocytes exposed to mobile phone frequencies showed increased DNA damage. Galonja and Coghill’s results were first presented last June at the Bioelectromagnetics Society meeting in Florida. Coghill Research Laboratories, 1998 Table: Lymphocytes exposed to various EM fields and radiation
Note: during each run 400 cells were counted double blind Further information: Roger Coghill, 01495 763389 |
