> > Which "higher radiation levels" are you referring to? If the human
> > body emitted more than milligauss, it would affect compasses,
> > electrical equipment, and could be easily measured by coils! This
is not usually the case...
>
JB>
> Well, it was in that medline study I quoted. In the description of the
> trial, about 8 Gauss seemed to be generated, not 8 milliGauss. The
compass needle swung through 30 degrees.
Scott>
>Anybody who can generage 8 Gauss with his bare hands should
>immediately go into the Guiness book of records!! Are you sure about
>the units?? Even Uri Geller can't do that...
Nope, there is obviously an transcription error in the abstract. But would you expect an 8 milliGauss field to swing a compass needle and be detected by coils?
I don't have access to the full study, merely the abstract. Here is the reference again.
Emission of extremely strong magnetic fields from the head and whole body during oriental breathingexercises.
Hisamitsu T; Seto A; Nakazato S; YamamotoT; Aung SK Department of Physiology, Showa UniversitySchool of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Acupunct Electrother Res, 21(3-4):219-27 1996 Jul-Dec
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