'Materialism and impulsiveness drive mobile phone addiction.... they are used as part of the conspicuous consumption ritual and also act as a pacifiers for the impulsive tendencies of the user – impulsiveness playing an important role in both behavioural and substance …
electromagnetic radiation
Induction hobs pumping out serious amounts of electromagnetic radiation
Know those cool and trendy looking induction hobs? (This is a Miele by the way, taken from their site.) Well, not only are they seriously expensive (a Miele 930mm hob could cost you nearly £2,000...) but according to some new research reported by PowerWatch, they are delivering …
Electrosensitivity update…
We have been so busy recently, between the FreeFrom Food Awards and the FreeFrom Skincare Awards, that a huge pile of ES news has accumulated in my in-box. I have just added a few of the weightier pieces to the electrosensitivity section of the Foodsmatter site but here is a …
Could ultrasound be lethal?
A typically excitable headline in Wednesday's Natural News daily posting read 'Bill Gates funds technology to destroy your sperm'... The story was based on a rather less apocolyptic report on January 30th on the BBC News Health pages about research originally started in the …
Mobile phones a vital lifeline – but can they be safer?
Despite the reams of research and comment that I have read, written and posted on our website about the possible health hazards of mobile telephony, along with most of those who worry about what man-made magnetic radiation is doing to human health, I recognise that mobile phones …