I realize this veers from what may be the original intention of this blog but an interesting and startling article from Rense.com fell into my lap the other day that I thought might bear noting. In a discussion regarding cell phones (and by extension, RFID chips) the author, William Thomas, brings up some rather pointed criticisms (backed up with reams of data and expert testimonials) of how new technologies may be very harmful to our health, without our even knowing.

He writes, “Mesmerized by magical gadgets, we have yet to count the costs of miniature radio transmitters that are transforming Marconi s invention into new possibilities for portable personal pollution…Silicon sensors are already calling to each other. Soon, countless communicating microchips embedded in everything from bumpers to brooms will be sending streams of encoded electrical energy through glass, steel, concrete, bone and flesh. Exquisitely sensitive to subtle electromagnetic harmonies, human brains and bodies as intricate as galaxies depend on tiny electrical impulses to conduct complex life-processes -including the ability to read, recall and respond to these words. Acting as antennas, our anatomies just as easily tune into spurious signals from radio and microwave transmissions. Blake Levitt, author of Electromagnetic Fields, says that when it comes to cell phones, a worse frequency could not have been chosen for the human anatomy.”

As someone who uses his cell phone every day, this entire piece has forced me to rethink my current wireless lifestyle. What a dilemma.