I read the article on the mercola website which Matt linked on the discussion thread, and something struck me about it. The article stated that exposure to RADAR equipment, which emits unbelievably high amounts of EMF, should be avoided at all cost, so I asked an "expert"…my husband, who was a RADAR tech the first six years of his military career.

We have discussed the fact here in other threads that no one on this site who has had an MRI has ever suffered from feelings of nervousness or anxiousness, let alone had hallucinations, during the procedure. So I asked my husband if anything like that was ever discussed with our soldiers when they are in school to become RADAR techs. He said (and I'm quoting here):

"The only thing we were ever warned against while working on the RADAR was the possibility that prolonged exposure had shown the potential to cause sterililty when tested on lab animals."

When I asked him about the hallucinations/anxiety aspect, he had this to say:

"Anyone reporting effects like that while working would probably be quickly asked to provide a urine sample for 'testing'!"

Interesting Article    Magnetic anomalies, magnetism and hauntings

Pdf file    Scroll to page #2

http://www.skeptics.org.uk/newsletters/2009-2.pdf

M. Roget said:

Angelayo,

I'm in complete agreement with your husband on this one.  Every time one of the GH team members complains of anxiety, nausea, lightheadedness, dizziness, etc. & they blame it on high EMFs, I think of the most obvious explanation: somebody's spent too much time the previous evening leaning over Mahogany Ridge calling out, "make that a double, barkeep."

It is true that part of traveling or being out on the road is a lot of partying…. I'm sure they are no different.

I found this, since we were called on to do research, which of course we have, it does seem vertigo and nausea MAY be possible in STRONG magnetic fields and you must be moving in them, we are talking fields like those the MRI produces and would only affect someone for a short time, I doubt very much that milligauss readings would incur these symptoms.  If you were an MRI Technician and walked into the room close to the machine in otherwords, you MIGHT get vertigo or nausiated, until they got back into their reading room.  And this is iffy as well….no mention of hallucinations, skin irritibility (hair might rise), feelings of dread or being watched, etc..the usual list J & G go through.

There is a LOT of reading here and on the World Health Organization's site in .pdf form a 2.1 odd mb download.  This is a bit easier reading, but for the techies, the stats of the fields are listed on the WHO site.

http://www.greenfacts.org/en/static-fields/index.htm

http://www.who.int/peh-emf/publications/reports/ehcstatic/en/index.html

10. Conclusion

Electric and magnetic fields are invisible lines of force generated by phenomena such as the thunderstorms, the Earth’s magnetism, and the use of electricity.

Man-made static electric fields are for instance produced by friction, television screens, or the use of direct current (DC) in some rail systems. Though static electric fields can be perceived through body hair movement and small shocks, no other negative health effects have been observed and no further research is recommended.

Man-made static magnetic fields can be more than 1 000 times stronger than the Earth’s natural magnetic field, in the case of industries using direct current (DC), and up to 100 000 times stronger in the case of new technologies such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The Earth’s weak magnetic field is perceived by some animals that use it for orientation. In people moving in very strong static magnetic fields vertigo and nausea have been reported, but there is no conclusive evidence of other significant health effects, nor can such effects be ruled out. The use of increasingly stronger fields makes interactions with the body more likely and further research is needed to investigate possible health effects of strong fields and long-term exposure.