Those of you that read my posts often know that my mind is constantly turning. Mostly about business but also about other things, everything..you just never know where my mind will go next. This is one of my stories and I am going to end this post with an Off The Wall Proposition to the Health Care Industry.
Well, the other day I was heating something up in the Microwave. As it was heating I looked at it and thought "You know, I am heating this up in less than a minute. I'm sure they call it nuking food for a reason." As my mind thought about that I began to wonder, "why do I even use this thing? The food tastes different, and most often not for the better. If it is nuking food, what is it doing to us as people? Why don't I just get rid of my Microwave, get a better Stove/Oven and use it more." Yes, my thoughts flip that fast. I thought about it for a couple of minutes and then off to something else. I thought no more about it.
Until of course the other day when I was reading a post by Barbara Jo Roberts talking about White Noise and How It Affects Our Environment. The post talked about how "noisy" electricity is and we do not often realize it. It was a speculative, very deep thinking and great post which reminded me of my Microwave story. Then, back to business, I thought no more of it. Well, today I read the most outrageous story in the newspaper that got me on the subject again. It was about a man that had eaten Microwave Popcorn twice a day for 10 years. He ended up with Health Problems, mainly with his lungs. For the sake of this post I will keep going and you can read The Article Here. I decided to do some research on the topic.
I Googled 'Microwave Illness' and found 1,390,000 links. Wow. Obviously this subject is not new. It spoke of Foodborne Illnesses being more prominent in Microwave food, The Popcorn Guy, the people at the plants that manufacture the popcorn, and other Miscellaneous Electricity/MicroWave Topics. Is it really a coincidence that as Technology gets better, there are more illnesses that were previously unheard of?
The first link was about a Doctor/Researcher who has recently written a book on Radiation and Health. He talks about a variety of Radiation Issues and how there are seemingly unrelated illnesses increasing across the globe due to us creating one big Earth Microwave by using Technology.
Another one was a study by the San Francisco Medical Society regarding Waves-ElectoMagnetic Waves and Cell Phones in particular. Quite Interesting. Seemingly Unrelated Illnesses and Cancer were found.
I read so many articles but the last one Really caught my eye. Electrical Sensitivity as an Emerging Illness. Who would not have to read this. We have all heard the Controversy with Power Lines, but this takes it further. Computers, Televisions, Wireless Internet, Cordless Phones, you name it. Basically, if it has Electricity. They have found that there are people that are getting sick around Large Quantities of Electricity. Have you hear the term "I think I'm allergic to work"? They found truth in that statement.
Now I'm stuck here thinking, so what do we do about this. These are REAL studies by REAL Medical Professionals and coming to REAL conclusions. I personally think that I am going to get rid of my microwave as a start. I do not want my children eating stuff that is nuked if we are already learning the Health Consequences of using Microwaves. It will be out by the end of the week.
Now, I said that I had a Proposition for the Medical Industry. I read through links and links of studies today. We spend Billions of Dollars a year on Research. Instead of testing how Negative something like this can be, why don't we test how Positive it would be without it?
I have not thought this completely through yet, but why doesn't a Medical Research Company help sponsor an Off The Grid Sustainable Community and track the Positive Results? Let's go Off The Grid somewhere and find out how our health changes by not being Exposed to Electromagnetic Fields, Microwaves, and other Technology that sucks Electricity like Plasma Televisions. I think it sounds like one heck of an idea. As a matter of fact, if you chose to do one anywhere near Houston, I would move in a heartbeat. Living Off The Grid is sounding Smarter Every Day and like I said, I'm starting with my Microwave.
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