Part 5 (1/2)

4.

1.20.

0.002.

5.

2.70.

0.005.

6.

1.67.

0.005.

7.

5.95.

0.008.

8.

3.94.

0.008.

9.

3.75.

0.010.

10.

2.30.

0.009.

11.

5.98.

0.020.

12.

3.64.

0.006.

AVG.

3.27.

0.007.

Our conclusion is further supported by the findings of a team of researchers from the Imperial College in London and the University of Was.h.i.+ngton's Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. In a 2007 report, they said that measurements in an office setting showed that the electrical energies people are exposed to indoors for large periods of time escalate the risk of infection, stress, and degenerative diseases, and reduce oxygen uptake and activity levels. ”The nature of the electromagnetic environments that most humans are now regularly exposed to has changed dramatically over the past century and often bears little resemblance to those created in Nature,” they wrote. ”In particular, the increased masking/s.h.i.+elding of individuals from beneficial types of natural electromagnetic phenomena, the presence of synthetic materials that can gain strong charge and increase exposures to inappropriate electric field levels and polarities have greatly altered the electromagnetic nature of the microenvironments many individuals usually occupy.”

The Umbrella Effect of Earthing The Applewhite study showed the protective effect of Earthing against environmental electrical fields. Another way to think of this is as an umbrella effect.

Let us look for a moment at the electrical properties of the Earth's surface and the way the Earth's energy influences our biology. In his cla.s.sic Lectures on Physics from the early 1960s, n.o.bel Prize physicist Richard Feynman describes the Earth's subtle energies. The surface, as we have seen, has an abundance of electrons, which give it a negative electrical charge. If you are standing outside on a clear day, wearing shoes or standing on an insulating surface (like a wood or vinyl floor), there is an electrical charge of some 350 volts between the Earth and the top of your head (see drawing, left) if you are 5 feet 9 inches (1.75m) tall. Keep in mind it is about zero volts at ground level. (Figure 7-2) [image]

Figure 7-2. The umbrella effect of Earthing.

You might ask, ”If there really is a voltage difference of 350 volts from head to toe why don't I get a shock when I go outside?”

The answer is that air is a relatively poor conductor and has virtually no electrical current flow. If you are standing outside in your bare feet (see drawing, right), you are Earthed; your whole body is in electrical contact with the Earth's surface. Your body is a relatively good conductor. Your skin and the Earth's surface make a continuous charged surface with the same electrical potential.