Subject:  Re Body Degauss (Spreitzer)(Tegenfeldt).
Date:     Wed, 10 Jan 2001 080915 -0600
From:     Roy Beavers 
To:       guru 
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Body Degauss (Spreitzer).
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 12:03:40 +0100
From: Clas Tegenfeldt 
To: roy@emfguru.com

Hi all!

About degauss. The process of degauss is by alternatively magnetize an 
ferromagnetic crystal and reversing polarity in an decreasing sequence
like +10 -10 +9 -9 etc. The net sum will be close to zero if done 
properly. You can do this by exposing something to an intense source
of AC magnetic field of low frequency and then withdrawing the source
or the exposed article (thus reducing the field).

Since an hairdryer is an intense AC magnetic field source it could 
be used even though there are better ways (eg. a small transformer).

Now, degaussing do work for metallic threads in car tires, for the
tape recorder head, a TV/computer monitor or a military ship. It works
when the ferromagnetic crystals are magnetized the other way for each
cycle, but will it for a human system? We canīt say we know, but some
reflections from me as a physicist:

The AC frequency most be low enough to completely magnetize the 
material to be degaussed, it must be high enough not to allow for 
the crystals in the material to /rotate/ (which it cannot do in a car
metall bode but could do if it is small and in solution in body fluids), 
the field must be strong enough to saturate or at least overcome the
magnetized strength of the material to be degaussed.

The earth magnetic field is 30-70 mikrotesla (static), the magnetic field
from a telephones magnet is way up into the millitesla range, how strongly
magnetized particles inside the body could be we donīt know for sure. One
known such particle is magnetite (lodestone), we have it in our brains for
instance.

The degauss process /will/ shake the magnetite crystals, one proposed theory
of biological hazards from magnetic fields says that the field is shaking
the crystals so hard cell damage occurs. This may be a downside of the
proposed degauss process...

There is no macroscopic magnetic field from the human body as there is from
a magnetized car tire or ship or whatever. The though of degaussing in
macroscopic fixed systems cannot easily be transferred into microscopic
systems in the human body, especially in fluids.

If we speculate that the degauss is capable or reducing joint pain, then 
the pain should return if you magnetize is again with a permanent magnet, 
shouldnīt it? This is contradictionary to all practioners of magnet
therapy where permanent magnets (static field) is used to "relieve pain".

Since we know that several electrosensitive persons (as well as countless 
other patients of course) have undergone MR (magnetic resonance camera) 
imaging and shown no adverse effects later on, we can take note that this
contradicts the reported positive effect of degaussing. Please remember that
the static field in MR cameras are in the 0,5-2 tesla range, thousands and 
millions of times stronger than any other magnetic field you will ever 
likely be exposed to in your life. The macroscopic magnetic order in the
human body that is used in the MR camera for imaging is utterly and completely
reset as soon as the MR camera external field is gone, it is NOT capable
of  permanent magnetizing the body in any macroscopic scale.

This is just my humble thoughts. People may as well try it for themselves
and see if any pain/symptoms disappear to convince themselves if it 
works or not. But please donīt make it into a continuous habit, I do not
think that would be a good idea for your health, not when we know that 
magnetic fields have adverse health effects...

  /Clas



At 16:02 2001-01-08 -0600, you wrote:
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: Degauss
>Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:31:38 -0800
>From: joannes5@juno.com
>
>Hello,
>
>wonder if you'd care to comment on an Internet item describing
>how the electromagnetically hypersensitive can relieve their
>problem by degaussing themselves with a hair dryer.  The item
>follows.
...snip...
>An electric hair drier is used to degauss
>[demagnetise] the body. Switch on and then run the
>side of the drier over the whole of the body. It
>doesn't matter where the air blows; it is the electric
>motor itself which is doing the job. This needs to be
>done on average once a week, or even more frequently
>for anyone who is particularly sensitive electrically.
>The whole procedure takes less than 5 minutes. 
...snip...


Clas Tegenfeldt

BEMI
Tornevalla Gamla Skola
S-590 62 LINGHEM, SWEDEN

tegen@bemi.se, http://www.bemi.se
Telephone +46 (0)13-74 000, telefax +46 (0)13-13 47 00


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