Toxicology and Health Effects of Electromagnetism (reddit)

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Professor of "Toxicology and Health Effects of Electromagnetism" will answer questions on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comment ... fessor_of/

From his introduction:

Recent work in my laboratory has uncovered a mechanism by which
extra-low-frequency magnetic fields interact with unstable molecular
structures such as hydrogen bridges, altering the ability of protons
to tunnel from one molecule to another. How this plays out in practice
is that the reaction rates of certain enzymes can be altered by
magnetic fields at very low intensities such as 25 nT, comfortably
within the range of everyday exposures. This has not been found out
until now mainly because the effect, although disruptive to the cell,
does not increase quickly with field intensity, and drives an
adaptation of the cell to the radiation. Metabolism is altered
because one enzyme, ATP Synthase, is particularly vulnerable: the
ratio between glycolysis and redox metabolism is changed. The
mechanism we uncovered is likely to act not only at low frequencies,
but also extending to microwave frequencies, implicating all
broadcasting and radiating telecommunications systems. So,
electromagnetic radiation may impact chronic disease rates such as
cancer, diabetes and neurological disorders.

This is "cutting edge" science. Who would have thought? ;-)

Here a link to his latest paper:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.5754v1
Extra-Low-Frequency Magnetic Fields alter Cancer Cells through Metabolic Restriction

 

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