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- By Neil Cherry
- Published 05/16/2008
- EMF - Electromagnetic Field research
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Neil Cherry
Dr Neil Cherry
(1946 -2003)
Dr Neil Cherry, held the position of Associate Professor of Environmental Health at
Lincoln University, and had a professional scientific background in physics,
biophysics, meteorology, Agricultural and Human Biometeorology, renewable
energy, energy efficiency and environmental epidemiology.
For more info see:
http://www.neilcherry.com
Environmental Management and Design Division
Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
By, Neil Cherry1
(1) Environmental Management and Design Division, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New
Zealand
Abstract - A large number of studies have identified significant physical, biological and
health effects associated with changes in Solar and Geomagnetic Activity (S-GMA).
Variations in solar activity, geomagnetic activity and ionospheric ion/electron
concentrations are all mutually highly correlated and strongly linked by geophysical
processes. A key scientific question is - what factor is it in the natural environment that
causes the observed biological and physical effects? The effects include altered blood
pressure and melatonin, increased cancer, reproductive, cardiac and neurological disease
and death. Many occupational studies have found that exposure to ELF fields between 16.7
Hz and 50/60 Hz significantly reduces melatonin levels. They are also associated with the
same and very similar health effects as the S-GMA effects. The cell membrane has an
electric field of the order of 105 V/cm. The ELF brain waves operate at about 10-1 V/cm. Fish,
birds, animals and people have been shown to respond to ELF signals that produce tissue
electric gradients of ULF/ELF oscillating signals at a threshold of 10-7 to 10-8 V/cm. This
involves non-linear resonant absorption of ULF/ELF oscillating signals into systems that use
natural ion oscillation signals in the same frequency range. A long-lived, globally available
natural ULF/ELF signal, the Schumann Resonance signal, was investigated as the possible
plausible biophysical mechanism for the observed S-GMA effects. It is found that the
Schumann Resonance signal is extremely highly correlated with S-GMA indices of sunspot
number and the KP index. The physical mechanism is the ionospheric D-region ion/electron
density that varies with S-GMA and forms the upper boundary of the resonant cavity in
which the Schumann Resonance signal is formed. This provides strong support for
identifying the Schumann Resonance signals as the S-GMA biophysical mechanism, primarily
through a melatonin mechanism. It strongly supports the classification of S-GMA as a
natural hazard.
Source
http://www.springerlink.com/content/8v55rmjq469fl3dn/
Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
By, Neil Cherry1
(1) Environmental Management and Design Division, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New
Zealand
Abstract - A large number of studies have identified significant physical, biological and
health effects associated with changes in Solar and Geomagnetic Activity (S-GMA).
Variations in solar activity, geomagnetic activity and ionospheric ion/electron
concentrations are all mutually highly correlated and strongly linked by geophysical
processes. A key scientific question is - what factor is it in the natural environment that
causes the observed biological and physical effects? The effects include altered blood
pressure and melatonin, increased cancer, reproductive, cardiac and neurological disease
and death. Many occupational studies have found that exposure to ELF fields between 16.7
Hz and 50/60 Hz significantly reduces melatonin levels. They are also associated with the
same and very similar health effects as the S-GMA effects. The cell membrane has an
electric field of the order of 105 V/cm. The ELF brain waves operate at about 10-1 V/cm. Fish,
birds, animals and people have been shown to respond to ELF signals that produce tissue
electric gradients of ULF/ELF oscillating signals at a threshold of 10-7 to 10-8 V/cm. This
involves non-linear resonant absorption of ULF/ELF oscillating signals into systems that use
natural ion oscillation signals in the same frequency range. A long-lived, globally available
natural ULF/ELF signal, the Schumann Resonance signal, was investigated as the possible
plausible biophysical mechanism for the observed S-GMA effects. It is found that the
Schumann Resonance signal is extremely highly correlated with S-GMA indices of sunspot
number and the KP index. The physical mechanism is the ionospheric D-region ion/electron
density that varies with S-GMA and forms the upper boundary of the resonant cavity in
which the Schumann Resonance signal is formed. This provides strong support for
identifying the Schumann Resonance signals as the S-GMA biophysical mechanism, primarily
through a melatonin mechanism. It strongly supports the classification of S-GMA as a
natural hazard.
Source
http://www.springerlink.com/content/8v55rmjq469fl3dn/
