A defining moment in world history occurred in 1879 when Thomas Edison switched on the first light bulb. The flick of that switch radically transformed our world forever. The Age of Electricity was born.

It is now impossible to imagine 21st century life without this energy source, not to mention all of the technology and life-enhancing devices it has generated. However, even the genius of Edison could never have foreseen the global health challenges created from his discovery.

Power lines, transmitters, electrical wiring and appliances create electric and magnetic fields, invisible lines of force that surround any electrical device. Our love affair with all things electrical means we are now living in a dense sea of electrical energy waves, called electro-magnetic frequency (EMF) which is estimated to be 100 million times greater than that of a hundred years ago!

Compounding the problem is the explosion of wireless technology such as cell phones, Bluetooth, PDAs, Wireless Internet, WiFi and powerful microwave towers that are required for transmission. This pervasive wireless world emits a particular spectrum of electromagnetic frequency that has its own damaging effects on living systems.

Within just two decades, wireless technology has exploded onto the scene. Presently, more than 200 million Americans and 20 million Canadians own a cell phone and more than 80 percent of the entire planet is connected to the Wireless Internet. In addition, more than 150,000 cell phone towers have suddenly appeared on the landscape (the industry anticipates one million in the next several years), and more than 300 U.S. communities either have WiFi, or are considering it.The hot spot phenomena, which allows for Internet access in airports, hotels, coffee houses, RV parks, etc., will burgeon in the U.S. and Canada to 12,400 by the end of 2007 and 78,000 by 2008.

Never before has the human race been exposed to such a massive amount of electromagnetic radiation. Our homeostasis is now being thrown into turmoil by an entirely unnatural level of electrical activity, seriously compromising our body’s ability to properly function.

WHAT YOU CAN’T SEE CAN STILL HURT YOU
A growing body of scientific research acknowledges that presently the greatest threat to our health and well-being is an insidious, all-pervasive, and invisible form of pollution called electro-pollution.

Hundreds of studies have shown the harmful effects of EMF on the immune system, enzyme syntheses, endocrine system, nervous system, learning, moods, and behavioral patterns. All aspects of life at the molecular, cellular, biochemical, and physiological levels can potentially be damaged by EMF exposure.

Many health issues have been linked to EMFs including various cancers, (especially brain, eye, ear and leukemia,) miscarriages, birth defects, chronic fatigue, headaches, chronic stress, nausea, heart problems, autism, learning disabilities and insomnia.

Whatever your thoughts may be about living in a Wireless World, this technology poses serious health threats to us all.Dr. Robert O. Becker, medical researcher, expert on electromagnetic radiation, author, and twice Nobel Prize nominee is very concerned about electro pollution. “I have no doubt in my mind that at the present time, 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, and the increase in chemical elements in the environment.”

CELL PHONES and YOUR CELL MEMBRANES
In recent years, exposure to radio frequencies emitted from cell phones and the Wireless Internet have taken front and center stage as causing serious physiological damage to our cells.

Initially the Wireless Industry and the U.S. government did not consider radio frequencies from cell phones a health risk. The Wireless Industry still maintains that position. In the early days of this technology, it was believed that only a thermal effect, the heating of tissues, (such as what occurs in a microwave oven) resulted in damage to tissues. Since cell phones do not have enough power to heat tissue, the government did not require any studies investigating the potential health problems.

However, emerging science has discovered that the problem with cell phones does not come from voltage but rather from the information piggybacking on the radio frequencies emitted and received from antenna of cell phones. This is called an information carrying radio wave (ICRW). It is a frequency that conveys specific packets of information, which allows for the transmission of various features of cell phones i.e. voice, text or graphics, etc.

Herein, lies the problem. This ICRW is a frequency that has never before existed: nature and our cells are totally unfamiliar with it, and perceive it as a dangerous, foreign invader.

The latest research has identified the biological mechanisms of harm caused by ICRWs. We have special receptor sites, called microtubules, on our cell membranes that can sense frequencies. The receptor sites interpret the ICRW as an unknown, threatening energy. Instantaneously the cell membrane will go into a protective lock down mode. This means that nutrients cannot get into the cell and toxins and waste products cannot get out. It also means that vital cell-to cell communication is lost.

This effect is immediate and lasts as long a person is exposed to ICRWs. The longer this condition persists the more physiological damage occurs resulting in free radical damage, genetic mutation, loss of cellular energy, premature aging and ultimately degenerative diseases.

Imagine what happens to the functioning of a cell if it can’t receive vital nutrients nor eliminate waste products—?complete havoc on a cellular level.

Since more than 37 million locations are presently connected to the Wireless Internet, it has become virtually impossible to escape continuous and unrelenting exposure to ICRWs and ongoing harm to our physiological processes.

IT’S MORE THAN JUST YOUR CELL PHONE
The Mobile Telephone Health Concerns Registry is a non-profit organization created to gather information about health effects from cell phones. Previously complaints were about health problems caused by cell phones. In the past two years, however, most complaints have to do with ambient (background) information carrying radio waves coming from all the wireless sources. The strength of these ambient ICRWs is approaching the intensity of the radio frequencies emitted by cell phones.

What does this mean? It means that whether or not you choose to have a cell, the proliferation of Wireless technology is exposing you and your children to dangerous radiation that instantaneously damages your cells. There is nowhere to hide anymore.

Dr. George Carlo, one of the world’s leading experts on electro- pollution has a profound insight into the unprecedented public health disaster brewing from an ever-increasing Wireless world. “Scientific studies continue to accumulate showing that information carrying radio waves from mobile phones and other wireless devices, now used by more than 2 billion people worldwide, are dangerous. The mobile phone industry has not addressed the problem; governments around the world continue to be burdened by entanglements with the industry that render them unable to protect consumers. Emerging science shows links to conditions ranging from learning and spectrum disorders to cancer. If unabated, the brunt of the disease burden will continue to be borne by our children and grandchildren.”

The bad news is that we face an unprecedented public health disaster. The good news is there are effective preventive interventions.

THREE PIECES of the PROTECTION PUZZLE
Resolving the electro-pollution problem necessitate addressing three distinct interventions, primary, secondary and tertiary. Dr. Carlo is adamant that all three levels of intervention are required in order to be adequately protected against electro-pollution.

Primary intervention eliminates the cause of the problem.

The secondary intervention deals with the symptoms of the problem, allowing the body to restore proper intercellular communication. The 100 trillion cells comprising our body must be able properly to communicate to each other in order for the body’s immensely intricate systems to function. If cells lose their ability to communicate, the system breaks down and illness ensues.

The tertiary intervention deals with stopping the problem and the symptoms from recurring. This necessitates dietary, lifestyle, and nutritional support.

For full protection, all three “layers” must be initiated simultaneously: protect the cells from direct harm, re-establish healthy cell-to-cell communication and provide the body with the essential nourishment so it can repair itself and stay healthy.

The mission of BioPro Technology, a company based in California, is to provide the most advanced, scientifically proven, and effective electro-pollution solutions.

They have been in the forefront of providing the complete “layered” approach for ultimate protection.

Their primary prevention incorporates a new patented noise-field technology called Molecular Resonance Effect Technology (MRET), which literally cancels out the cell-damaging ICRW from all wireless technology. A second technology called Energy Resonance Technology (ERT) is a subtle energy technology that strengthens cell-to-cell communication and enhances the body’s energy field. Both technologies are married in a chip for your cell phone and “Universal” chips that are used on all EMF-emitting appliances. Other primary interventions include using a speakerphone and a hollow air-tube headset.

Secondary prevention, increasing the body’s ability to successfully respond to a variety of stress-inducing assaults, is facilitated by the BioLife pendant and the Home Harmonizer.

To enable the body to repair the damage from EMFs, BioPro has developed unique whole food nutritional products that not only fight free radical damage but also give the body the building blocks for healthy cells.

By achieving the goal of first stopping cell membrane damage, then strengthening the body’s ability to improve cell-to-cell communication and finally to provide fundamental nutrients for healthy cellular function, BioPro Technology is the first company to successfully accomplish a total solution to electro-pollution.

Dr. Carlo is adamant that all three levels of intervention are necessary. “The combined effects of electro-pollution covering all three effect windows are the most serious health risk we have ever faced because it is an overlay health risk that is now working insidiously in our lives. These exposures compromise fundamental biological processes including immune response and other physiological compensation systems. Thus, electro-pollution makes the population more susceptible and vulnerable to other environmental insults such as air and water pollution, poor nutrition, exposures to viruses and bacteria, as well as physical stressors such as extreme heat or cold and stressful life events.”

As we rush head long into the exciting world offered by Wireless Technology, we must also understand that we are all participating in a massive experiment. Electro-pollution is a very real threat to present and future generations. Protection is not a luxury but a necessity.

Sherrill Sellman, a naturopathic doctor, psychotherapist, best-selling author and international lecturer, can be contacted at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or 918.437.1058.