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HOLOGRAMS

The future in communicating with the body is with holograms.

Lasers are used to imprint information into 8ight’sholographic discs.

The information needed to achieve balance, harmony, and influence the body toward wellness as it communicates throughthe body's acupuncture meridians.

The Science of 8ight

April 8, 2007 – Holograms were chosen as a delivery vehicle to relay information to the human body due to their storage and retrieval properties.

The concentrated layers in each hologram are determined based on scientific testing using surface mammography, oximeters, spectrographs, thermal imaging and other measuring devices.

Basic design elements in the Data Disc™ are amathematical vortex which incorporates color, geometry, symbols, and intention names lasered into each hologram during the manufacturing process.

The layered images may or may not be visible to the eye, but are imbedded in the design. The basis for design is derived from the Haramein-Rauscher solution to torque and Coriolis force as an amendment to Einstein’s field equations, which modifies the Kerr-Newman solution as noted under Geometry.

What is a Hologram?

There are two basic types of holograms - reflection and transmission

They can be distinguished by the way in which they are illuminated

· Reflection holograms are lit from the front, reflecting the light to you as you view it, like a painting or photograph hung on a wall.

· Transmission holograms are lit from the rear (like a photographic transparency) and bend light as it passes through the hologram to your eyes to form the image.

How Do You Make a Hologram?

The process of creating a hologram begins with a focused beam of laser light. The laser-beam is split into two separate beams:

A reference beam, which remains static throughout much of the process and goes directly into the holographic film.

The information beam passes through an image. When light encounters an image, its composition changes so that the image is in its waveform. When these two beams overlap it creates a pattern of light interference. The image is produced on holographic film, which has a resolving power of 50 or more times that of photographic film.

A hologram can be made not only with the light waves of a laser, but also with sound waves and other waves in the electro-magnetic spectrum. Holograms made with X-rays or ultraviolet light can record images of particles smaller than visible light, such as atoms or molecules. Microwave holography detects images deep in space by recording the radio waves they emit.

Acoustical holography uses sound waves to "see through" solid objects.

Holographic Data Storage

As holograms evolve they have the potential to become the next generation of popular storage media, with far more storage capacity and faster transfer rates than CDs and DVDs

Blu-ray and HD-DVD are the next-generation of digital storage available today and were built upon current DVD technology to increase data storage, but exciting changes are in store with the use of holograms.

The race is on to get consumer-friendly holographic storage systems to the marketplace by 2010. Current research and development is underway for HVD. It is the next big jump in holographic storage with the ability to store more than 1 terabyte of information -- that's 200 times more than a single-sided DVD and 20 times more than a current double-sided Blu-ray

With the development a computerized holographic display, it is anticipated that TV sets with 3-D images might be available for as little as $5,000 within the next ten years.

8ight will continue to stay on top of developing holographic technology and incorporate state-of-the-art science into every Data Disc™ produced.

Hologram Security

State of the art laser technologies are used in our fully custom design to creation unique, proprietary images in three dimensions.

As with most scientific and mathematical advances in our recent times, the average person cannot differentiate between the many different holograms without the interpretation of a holographic specialist.

Since proprietary information is in each of the 8ight’s holographic Data Disc™ it is of note that security is built into our products.

Assurances that the product is genuine and will perform according to specifications
Reduces the sale and use of counterfeit products
Enhances the visual appeal of the product
Makes forgery more difficult and unlikely
Provides potential forensic information for prosecution

At 8ight we have taken the first step using positive intention in the words we use to describe all products.

Product testing points to the power of intention and the benefits of suggestion.

Positive intentionis integrated into the products and into the very fabric of our company.

History of Holograms

In 1947 Hungarian physicist and Nobel Prize winner in physics Dennis Gabor developed the theory of holography.

However, the first 3D holograms were not made until 1963 with the development of laser technology.

In the United States, you'll find high security holograms on driver's licenses in many states, as well as on postage stamps and a variety of government issued bonds and certificates.

All new passports are encrypted with a hologram.

There has been one on every VISA® and MASTER CARD®since 1994.

Acupuncture’s Role

Acupuncture and holograms work together.

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Color

Color can sway the way we think - even suppress our appetite.

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Sound

Find out how sound effects the human body.

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Geometry

Geometric patterns affect the human body.

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BioField

Biofield = the human energy field.

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Intention

How we think influences how a product works.

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Protect the people you care about from cell phone disruption to the bodies biofield.

Cell phones are likely causing major long term issues, similar to tobacco smoking in the 1900's, on the human body as noted by Dr. George Carlo http://www.8ight.com/category_s/75.htm.

8ight's Holographic Protect Disc has been shown to immediately buffer the affect of cell phone signals and restore the bodies balance and strength as noted here http://www.8ight.com/category_s/66.htm.

Children and younger adults are of particular concern due to excess use. (iPod’s, MP players, Cell Phones, Laptop computers)

Help everyone you know by telling them to wear a headset, speaker only, and not put a cell phone to their ear and especially do not put a Bluetooth on the ear.

Wear an 8ight Holographic Relief Disc on the body which will work to buffer the cell phone signals and bring the body back to balance and strength.

Action and Slim will also work for this but not as effectively as Relief or Protect.

Why are Action and Slim important for buffering the effect of our environment on our bodies?

We live in an environment that causes an acidic build up in our bodies resulting in the loss of negative charge on our red blood cells. This is a major issue and is likely part of the reason our bodies are not properly handling the foods we are eating, which results in fat build up in our bodies, as noted here;

When Action and Slim are placed on the body the red blood cells appear to immediately separate and float freely in the blood stream as noted here;

This separation and free floating of the blood cells causes enhanced utilization of oxygen, nutrients and water by the red blood cells and enhanced removal of cellular waste.

When these processes are working smoothly metabolism increases resulting in more calorie burn and increased energy.

Weight loss is simple, burn more calories, consume less calories and the fat burns up.

Slim is shown to enhance this process. Of major additional importance in this process is the consumption of more alkaline foods and drinks with electrolytes that have a negative charge like fruits and vegetables to help Action, Slim and the red blood cells process what is needed. You will soon be looking too fine.

When 8ight's Sleep Disc is used the red blood cells continue to take on a negative charge and continue to be separated in the blood stream, so function at night is not impaired and metabolism continues to be uninhibited. This is good for weight loss.

On the energy side of things, the better you sleep at night, the better your performance the following day. This whole process is really quite simple now that 8ight's Holographic Discs have hit the scene.

Now your job is to share this breakthrough information and we can all make a tremendous difference in the world we live in.

Holographic Discs Can Dramatically Improve the Quality of Your Life By Dr. Albert Sanchez

In the simplest terms, a hologram exists when a complete set of impulses are captured in a special medium that is capable of duplicating the effect of those impulses when the medium is properly stimulated. Those impulses may be derived from sound waves, light waves or any other form of electromagnetic “wave impulse” energy.

The word ‘hologram’ is derived from the Greek word holos, which means whole, or that which is indicative of wholeness.

Standard videos and other recordings are missing an entire dimension -- they do not approximate the original in its entirety.

The most rudimentary form of a hologram is a three-dimensional (3D) image that has been produced by capturing the image in a holographic medium. In this instance, the impulses thus captured will reproduce a specific 3D image when stimulated by the energetic properties of light. A slightly more sophisticated hologram would be a 3D image that changes when observed from different angles.

Advanced holographic technology can even capture (and encode in holographic media) the most subtle impulses imaginable; so subtle that one might not even consider the impulses to fall into the category of electromagnetism. But in all cases, what makes the encoding of a complete set of impulses in a medium a “hologram” is the ability of that holographic medium to retain the essential properties of the original impulses in a manner that allows those properties to be fully (wholly or ‘holos-ly’) reproduced, projected or transmitted when the medium is properly stimulated.

In the process of meeting the technological challenges associated with producing holograms far more advanced than mere 3D images, an entirely new world of possibilities has been unveiled -- a world where the potential for achievement, as you will soon see, is literally unlimited.

Holographic technology is now so advanced that it is being applied to the enhancement of mental, emotional and physical health, anti-aging, protection against harmful electromagnetic radiation and many other elements designed to improve the quality of human life.

DNA, the “building block” of life, has long been recognized as a double helix molecular marvel whose primary function is the long-term storage of genetic information. But the DNA molecules that serve as the control towers for every cell in your body are far more pliable than the term “building block” would imply. DNA has been shown to significantly alter itself in response to subtle influences that can be measured and observed with advanced scientific instruments. When our DNA is altered, so is our overall state of health and well being.

We now know that DNA is essentially a complex electromagnetic wave transmitting and receiving medium that can and does change significantly in response to the electromagnetic influences it is exposed to. In fact, scientists use terms like “signal transduction” to refer to DNA’s electromagnetic impluse receiving, processing and transmitting properties.

Indeed, DNA molecules have their own characteristic resonant frequencies, often referred to as “signature frequencies.” When the resonating influences we subject ourselves to are damaging, our health may suffer as these negative influences may interfere with DNA encoding that supports healthy cellular, organ and biological system functioning. And when the resonating influences we subject ourselves to are in harmony with the resonant frequencies that support healthy cellular, organ and biological system functioning, our energy level, our state of mind and our overall state of health will naturally improve dramatically.

Welcome to the new world of biological science. We are electromagnetic beings just as surely as the Earth revolves around the sun. And since we now have the ability to holographically capture the impulses and resonant frequencies that human DNA responds to in very specific and predictable ways, we now have the ability to manufacture Holographic Discs that can improve the quality of our lives in ways that would have been considered impossible only a few short years ago.

When centuries of knowledge and 21st Century technology join forces, the results are literally astounding.

Scientists have discovered amazingly advanced methods for encoding life-enhancing signals into “peel and stick” Holographic Discs that are as small as a quarter and as thin as a piece of “press ‘n seal” plastic wrap.

Simply “peel and stick” a disc onto your skin in a place that corresponds to a specific acupuncture point, and you will immediately begin to realize the benefits as the specific life-enhancing signals are naturally transmitted via the energy meridian pathways in your body.

NOTE: Prior to the discovery that advanced holographic media can be stimulated in a natural manner via the energy meridians of the human body, holograms were activated via external influences, such as spectral light, lasers, etc.

The Health Disc is the first product to arise from the new field of electrogenetics, which studies and describes the energy requirements, energy exchanges and electrical properties that facilitate DNA signaling and communication within our cells. While an in-depth explanation involves interactions that bridge the fields of chemistry, physics and biology, the mechanism of action can also be explained in more common physiological terms -- the Health Disc signals directly lead to a significant enhancement in the functioning of your cells’ primary “energy factories,” the mitochondria. The net effects of these signals allow Health Disc users to experience the benefits listed below.

• Enhance quality of life by supporting energy production at the cellular level

• Promote health by increasing the zeta potential in the cells, causing a healthy separation of blood cells for better absorption of nutrients.

Improve your health by communicating wellness to your mind and body with the transmission of powerful health-promoting signals that ourbreakthrough technology has allowed us to encode in these amazing Holographic Discs are also available encoded with the following life-enhancing and protective features:

Deep, Relaxing Sleep • No Drugs • No Side Effects • Safe • Not Addictive •

Instant Results • Greater Strength • Increased Endurance • Rock Solid Balance •

Decrease Appetite • Increase Energy • Balance Metabolism • No Laxatives, Additives,

Protection from Electro-polluting devices...Cell Phones, WiFi , iPods, PDAs, etc.

sports performance and general applications, For a better and healthier quality of life

This is an outstanding manual on advanced use of programed holograms for well being and is highly recommended. Mr. Schaeffer also has other training programs on his website http://www.winningfactor.com/.

Mr. Schaeffer began his career in sports and fitness as a teen. During the past forty years, he was an accomplished professional athlete, including being a World Champion in both Powerlifting and Professional Kickboxing. He has held numerous World records in Powerlifting and a Masters Super Heavyweight World Championship in Professional Kickboxing.

Mr. Schaeffer is a professor for the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) and travels both nationally and internationally teaching certification courses to fitness professionals. Certified courses included:

Fitness Trainer courses, Sports Conditioning, Performance Nutrition, Youth Fitness, Law Enforcement Strength and conditioning, as well as about six other certifications. He has received ISSA’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in the fields of nutrition and fitness.

Mr. Schaeffer has authored several books, articles, fitness informational materials, and sport and fitness related software programs. His unique training program structure and solid approach to nutrition and athletic performance has made Mr. Schaeffer a key factor for the achievements of many top ranked High School and Collegiate athletes, as well as hundreds of World-Renowned, Professional, and Olympic athletes, such as:

 Allison Baver, 2 time Olympian and National Champion Short Track Speed Skater

 Liam Ortega, Long Track Speed Skater National Team Member and Olympic hopeful

 Giddeon Massie, 2 time Olympian and 10 time National Sprint Cycling Champion

 Wayne Johnsen, Professional Boxer, featured on “The Contender” TV show, in addition to many other world-class elite athletes from all sports around the world.

Mr. Schaeffer is frequently called upon for speaking engagements, television interviews and radio talk shows. He has been featured on: the Discovery Channel, NBC Sports, Black Belt Video Magazine, Powerlifting Video Magazine, John Farley’s Health Crusades, Chicago Town Fitness, Hugh Simpson Show, and even interviewed on the popular “Dancing with the Stars” TV show regarding Apolo Ohno, as well as many other local and regional television and radio shows and numerous, major magazine articles.

Holograms are quarter size discs that can be programmed with electromagnetic frequencies. Once programmed, the hologram can be placed on acupressure points. Acupressure points are places on the skin that are especially sensitive to bioelectrical impulses. When the holograms are correctly embedded with the proper electromagnetic programming, the body readily responds to these impulses.

Asian cultures have for over 5,000 years recognized that these areas conduct human energy.

Western scientists also have mapped out and proven the existence of these systems. Science has also shown that stimulating these points can possibly result in a whole host of natural body reactions such as neurochemicals being released, which can block pain from anything like exercise over use to trauma and disease. Manipulation of these meridians can promote healing, immune function, stress relief, improved circulation, less lactic acid build up, increased blood balance, total body balancing, as well as promoting the body to detoxify, which improves your overall health and well-being.

The body’s response is directly related to how the holograms are programmed and the exact placement on the meridians. This is an all-natural response. The hologram does nothing more than influences the body to function at its most efficient level. Every cell in your body vibrates. This vibration is how the cell functions to do its job. If you are injured or fatigued, or have a disease, the vibration rate of the cell is diminished. The lower the vibration rate, the more at risk you are for more intense reactions to disease or the slower your recovery from injury or even exercise trauma.

This lower vibration rate also compromises your immune system. A healthy cell vibrates at somewhere between 85 to 100 millivolts. When your body is trying to recover from exercise or injury, as well as a disease, the vibration rate of the effected cells is extremely compromised. For example, cancer cells have a vibration rate of about 15 millivolts, which puts the cell in a severe acidic and anaerobic state (oxygen deficient), a physical state where most disease and illnesses thrive. Healthy cells are more alkaline and oxygenated. Whether your cells are healthy or unhealthy has a direct relationship to cellular vibration rate.

Programmed holograms simply aid in influencing maximum vibration rate, which depending on programming, can influence every metabolic function of the body, as well as the body’s ability to repair and recover itself.

When healthy cells are functioning optimally it is much easier for the body to recognize diseased or damaged cells. This enables the immune system to respond more aggressively. The quicker the body recognizes problems, the easier it is for the immune system to take action. Quicker recognition equals less damage and less burden on the immune system to make the appropriate repairs.

There is a belief among scientists, backed by research, that life is fundamentally electromagnetic rather than chemical.

In Theory, DNA functions as a biohologram, which serves as a guiding matrix for organizing physical function and form. Science shows that DNA can be activated and influenced through conscious linguistic expressions. Programmed holograms can transmit electromagnetic signals to meridians to restore or influence cellular structure, which, in turn, also influences the functioning of the human body. I feel that because of the hologram’s broad spectrum of programmability, future science will show that holographic acupressure technology may be the most effective of all the acupressure technologies.

Some of the benefits received from utilizing holograms in sports applications are:

Mr. Schaeffer's book is a must read for anyone interesting in a betterquality of life or certainly anyone interested in better quality of gym time and increasing sports performance.

We just had a prominent Southern California doctor discover that our holograms restore the body’s energy and strength levels from cell phone stress. He is testing on his patients and it works every time.

You can use our Prove It section Balance Test but instead of testing balance, you will be testing strength. (Both feet remain on the ground.) Simply pull the arm down, gently, to test the body’s strength level. Next, hold a cell phone up to the chest. Now, retest and you will see the body lose a startling amount of strength when you pull the arm down. You can easily see this, every time. Next, put our hologram on the body, anywhere, or on the back of the cell phone, and test again. The body’s energy is instantly restored. This is big news! I will have charts and graphs of this affect on the website, shortly.

Cell phones are subtly tearing people apart and few people realize it. We are going to map the conditions of 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd degree stress where the adrenals are totally shot. Tests show that the cell phone is instantly stressing out the pituitary when it comes in proximity of the body’s energy field. There is already evidence that this leads to cancer and other hormone related issues.

The scary thing is that even children are now running around with cell phones. Every cell phone needs our hologram or the person using the cell phone needs a hologram on their body. We need to spread the word about this with everyone we care about. There is even some concern that cell phones are killing the world bee population. Google “cell phones killing of bee” and you will find a number of alarming articles!

We are being bombarded with EMF’s more each day. We have to help people with this! This is a huge market for us, but more importantly, we can help all those that use cell phones. We finally have a way to help protect our bodies.

We also need to understand that this is not just a cell phone issue.ANY electronic device, within the body’s energy field, can have the same affect.So, desktop computers, (especially screens), laptop computers, speakers, etc., all need a hologram placed on them. They emit EMFs.Even watches need to have a hologram on the back. Unfortunately, we will see much more about this from the health industry in the future.

Fortunately, you are seeing it, from us, NOW ! Warren Hanchey, CEO, ZeroQuantum LLC

Our sleep disc is being extensively used by our elite and Olympic athletes and we want to share their results. The athletes feel they are getting 30% + in additional recovery from the previous days training using our sleep hologram. This is very important to share with everyone you know as there are 50 to 70 million Americans suffering from chronic sleep loss.

Your body is self-rejuvenating and just needs time to process and refresh. Getting in a deep state of sleep is the natural process for performance the following day. Natural intercellular communication has to be allowed to occur without interference and this is what our holographic sleep disc is promoting.

· Turn off the electrical circuits to the bedroom. Switches, receptacles and even the wiring in the walls, floors and ceiling are emitting frequency radiation.

· Only use battery operated radios and alarm clocks close to the bed and never have a wireless phone in the bedroom at night. The new wireless home phones are 2.4 GHz and up to 6 GHz and are always generating frequencies. Try and find a 900 MHz phone, if possible, which is much more desirable.

· If you have metal box springs under your mattress you are sleeping on an antenna that can be pulling frequencies into your body at night. Consider grounding the box springs with a wire to

Use your holographic sleep disc on your temple or wrist (Heart 7) as noted on the brochure, or behind your ear or ears on (GB 12) as noted here. Rotate these points each night or every few nights and take 2 nights off during the week from the holograms to reset your body naturally.

Cellular Telephone EMF Radiation negative energetic effects on pituitary negated by 8ight Holographic BioDigital Disks.

The negative effects of Cellular Telephone EMF Radiation have been suspected for years. The impact on the human body from this type of radiation has been implicated in headaches, nausea, and general malaise as well as brain seizures and even tumors. Based on Bionetic Test Assessments, these EMF signals definitively cause a negative energetic shift on both the pituitary acupuncture point as well as the Central Nervous System meridian energy flow. Restabilizing these energetic fields of the body is believed to be vital in maintaining health and wellness.

Based on a preliminary study, conducted by Veridia, a non-profit health and wellness education institution, located just outside of Asheville North Carolina, an informal study regarding a new type of holographic technology known as the 8ight Holographic BioDigital Disks. The preliminary findings from this initial study conducted using the SpectraVision Single Channel Bio-Energy Assessment Technology has proven unequivocally that the stress causing EMF radiation effects on the pituitary acupuncture point, caused from Cellular Telephone EMF Radiation is negated by this new type of holographic information technology when it is either applied to the body or placed on the cell phone itself.

All products were tested however, Relief^TMDisks showed the best overall balancing effect.

Although more research is being conducted, everyone was quite pleased with results, particularly noting that positive changes ranged from increased normalization from ranges in the moderate zones of 58% to as high as 75% for all test cases. This is a very favorable outcome especially when most manufacturers have been trying to negate the negative effects of the radiation waves themselves rather than to provide a shielding effect on the most exposed gland—the pituitary.

Interestingly regarding the test findings they were not based on the manufacture’s claims, but arose from an observed clinical finding by a health practitioner who reported it to them.

Obviously more study and research is warranted, however, at this point all of the staff at Veridia have placed a Relief^TMon the back of their Cell Phones!

At the request of the manufacturer, a complete and thorough study of the positive effects on homeostasis in the pituitary acupuncture point and the central nervous system meridian effects of the 8ight Holographic BioDigital Disks with regard to the negative effects of Cellular Telephone EMF Radiation is under way!

For more information about the SpectraVision Technology and the services Veridia Offers visit: www.veridia.net Or email: info@veridia.org

As we become more and more keen on cell phones there remains the open question of what effect these cell phones have on our health and well being. Some recent work in Switzerland sheds some light on these issues.

Our dependence on and investment in cell phones rise steadily. The annual sale of cell phones is approaching 1 billion units. Is the result of all the accompanying electromagnetic radiation going to have an effect on our health? Almost everyone has heard some 'anecdotal evidence' where there have been some undesirable effects on people: headache, concentration problems, irritability, insomnia, etc. But, can anything be said on a scientific basis? Some recent research from Switzerland has shed some light on the subject. More light is needed and some is coming.

The topic is difficult in itself and made more difficult by the enormous financial interests involved. Ideally, in a cold, scientific experiment, one should find a group of humans, some of whom would be subjected to the electromagnetic radiation produced by cell phones and their base stations for several years and some of whom in the group would not be exposed. All of them would be blind to exposure and they would not differ in terms of other factors influencing their health. One could carefully measure their health status and their well being, distinguishing between those exposed and those not exposed. Obviously this has not been done nor will it be done in the future.

While much material has been published with the objective of shedding light on the problem, many of the published studies have serious methodological limitations - leading to doubts concerning their validity. Reference [1] summarizes studies on mobile phone radiation and health-related quality of life, concluding, "The results are contradictory and the greater part of these studies is not able to address the issue of causality between exposure and outcome."

One of the first studies dealing with radio frequency electromagnetic field exposure was about the shutdown of the Swiss Schwarzenburg short-wave radio transmitter. While this took place back in 1998, a recently published paper [2] reports of measurements in the change in the melatonin produced by 54 volunteers living in the vicinity. The measurements showed that in the week after the shutdown, sleep quality improved and melatonin excretion increased by 15 percent, on average. (Melatonin plays an important role in regulating sleep-wake cycles because its production is inhibited by light and permitted by darkness. Melatonin is sometimes prescribed when suffering from jetlag.) However, the shut down date was known to the study participants. Thus, the authors state that "blinding of exposure was not possible in this observational study and this may have affected the outcome measurements in a direct or indirect (psychological) way."

In September, 2003, the Dutch TNO Physics and Electronic Laboratory announced the results of a study. They wrote: "The present study contributes to the research on finding a relation between electromagnetic fields and brain functions." Further, "Exposure to GSM-900 or GSM-1800 electromagnetic fields had no effect on well-being in either experimental group. However, exposure to a UMTS-like signal resulted in a small, but statistically significant impairment of well-being. Interestingly this effect was not only observed in individuals with self-reported health complaints attributed to daily life EMF exposures but also in a reference group without such complaints.

This effect was found after only about half an hour’s exposure to what, by everyday standards, was a relatively high environmental field strength (1 V/m). In practice, while individuals in the vicinity of operational UMTS antennas will be subject to continuous exposure, the field strengths in question will be lower." Thus, the transferability of the 'TNO'-results to normal day-to-day environmental exposure is questionable. [3]

There was considerable criticism of the circumstances of this study including that by its authors themselves. These authors and others recognized the need to make a more careful repeat of the study. However, one result of the TNO study was a temporary and partial moratorium on the construction of new base stations in Switzerland, pending a more thorough study.

A Swiss scientific consortium was formed to carry out such a more thorough study. It was performed by a group of scientists from the University of Zurich, the University of Bern, and from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Several methodological improvements were implemented, including investigating a larger sample size and applying two different UMTS exposure levels, all yielding more robust results. The results were published on June 6, 2006. [4]

The effect of UMTS radiation found in the TNO study was not confirmed in the new Swiss study. It should be noted that the experiment had to do only with 45-minute UMTS-radiation exposure intervals (four of them separated by a period of one week) and radiation absorption in brain tissue was considerably smaller than during the use of a mobile phone.

Thus, the authors concluded, "No conclusions can be drawn regarding short-term effects of cell phone exposure or the effects of long-term, base-station-like exposure on human health."[4] Nevertheless, several of the temporary and partial moratoria for the construction of new UMTS base stations in Switzerland were withdrawn, even though the question of long-term effects of UMTS radiation on humans remains open.

Meanwhile, the REFLEX study under Professor F. Adlkofer, was making measurements on isolated cells to see if these were effected by a high or low-frequency (power-line frequency) EMF (electro-magnetic field). Quoting from the report:

"The main goal of the REFLEX project was to investigate the effects of EMF on single cells in vitro at the molecular level below the energy density reflected by the present safety levels."

[5] The study showed that in certain human cell types there was indeed a significant increase in the number of single- and double-strand breaks in the DNA as a result of high [6] and extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields [5].

These results fascinated Professor Primo Schaer at the Center for Biomedicine at the University of Basel. In a talk at a meeting on June 29 of this year, organized by the Swiss Research Foundation for Mobile Communication, Professor Schaer gave a preliminary report on his own experiments which confirm the work in Vienna, showing that intermittent extremely low frequency fields can result in damage to DNA. At this point in time these research results are unpublished; but, when published, we will report on them here in ERCIM News. Professor Schaer emphasized that some DNA damages are repaired by the DNA repair mechanism.

Thus, the observed genotoxic effects do not necessarily mean that EMF is carcinogenic for the human. In conclusion, we now know that EMF does have some effects on humans and human cells. Since we still do not know what the effect is on our health and well-being, some degree of caution would seem to be called for.

[1] Seitz H., Stinner D., Eikmann T., Herr C., Röösli M.; Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS) and Subjective Health Complaints Associated with Electromagnetic Fields of Mobile Phone Communication: A literature review [of papers] published between 2000 and 2004. Science of the Total Environment, 2005; 349 (1-3): 45-55.

[2] Altpeter, E.-S, Martin Röösli, M., Battaglia, M., Pfluger, D., Minder, C. and Abelin, T.; Effect of Short-Wave (6-22 MHz) Magnetic Fields on Sleep Quality and Melatonin Cycle in Humans: The Schwarzenburg Shut-Down Study, Bioelectromagnetics, Vo. 27, pp 142-150, 2006.

[3] Zwamborn, A.P.M., Vossen, S.H.J.A., van Leersum, B.J.A.M., Ouwens, M.A., Makel, W.N.; Effects of Global Communication System Radio-Frequency Fields on Well Being and Cognitive Functions of Human Subjects with and without Subjective Complaints. Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO). FEL-03-C148, 2003.

[4] Regel S.J., Negovetic S., Röösli M., Berdiñas V., Schuderer J., Huss A., Lott U., Kuster N., Achermann P. ; UMTS Base Station Like Exposure, Well Being and Cognitive Performance. Environmental Health Perspectives 2006, 114 (8): 1270-1275 (http://www.ehponline.org/members/2006/8934/8934.html)

[5] Winker, R, Ivancsits, S., Pilger, A., Adlkofer, F. and Rudiger, H. W. Chromosomal Damage in Human Diploid Fibroblasts by Intermittent Exposure to Extremely Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, Mutation Research, Vol. 585, Issues 1-2, pp. 43-49, 1 August 2005, http://www.verum-foundation.de/cgi-bin/content.cgi?id=euprojekte01

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