ELF Electric and Magnetic Field Effects: The Patterns and the Problems

Abstract

Whether ELF and VLF electric and magnetic fields influence biological systems to any significant extent and are consequently of practical importance per se will not be determined from the contents of this text. No doubt the implications of biofrequency magnetic and electric field effects are interesting, and there is strong evidence presented in this text that some behavioural-biological changes are associated with the presence of either environmental or experimentally produced ELF fields. However, there are still many control problems that must be resolved. In such a complex research area with limited available data, unjustified, irrelevant and often misleading interpretations can be made about the implications of results. Data collected by a small group of observers from different disciplines and conclusions drawn from data collected on one discourse level but generalized to another, must be taken with some reservation when the subject matter is new or apparently contradictory.