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Letters

their plight could have been avoided had I felt very excited when I heard this farm were low, I had not thought to
researchers been willing to ask—what announcement. Even small amounts of bring along my various helps, which
if the cause is not what we think? What non-native man-made electromagnetic mitigate negative effects on my body
if it is not contagious? What other pos- frequencies (EMFs) have a cumulative within “hot zones.” I was so relieved
sible causes are there? effect on me throughout the day. Often, when the audience was asked to turn
Louise O’Brien when I’m around EMFs, I’ll feel symp- their phones to airplane mode, and
Glenn Dale, Maryland toms of pain, exhaustion and disorienta- I felt shocked and amazed when my
tion, and my digestive system and heart Trifield meter RF reading went all the
The symptoms of leprosy (severe, dis- suffer greatly. way down to 0.000, then stayed below
figuring skin sores and nerve damage I carry a Trifield meter (trifield. 0.020 for the remainder of the morning.
in the arms, legs and skin areas) are com) with me in my travels, and I had And I felt great.
similar to certain symptoms of B vita- my meter with me that day. I measured For perspective, the meter can peak
min deficiencies, which were especially the farm readings a few times in the all the way up to 8.000 + (and max out
common in the South in the nineteenth morning—first upon my arrival, and with an error message!) when I am driv-
and early twentieth centuries. then after the group was asked to turn ing through towns. I haven’t measured
their cell phones to airplane mode. I was any cities (because I no longer can
HOMEPAGE COMMENTS not anticipating the New Etiquette an- tolerate even going near them).
I just went on your site for the nouncement, and both my friend (who Ruth Amanda
first time in many years to read up on saw my readings) and I were amazed at Black Mountain, North Carolina
making yogurt with raw milk. Find- the before-and-after difference. If only I
ing your comment on your homepage had captured my results in photographs SAFE COMPUTING
about this current “respiratory illness to show you! I have a suggestion that might
outbreak” was refreshing. I have been In the hoop house the morning of help all of us minimize our exposure
so discouraged at the continuous alerts the Polyface conference, my meter’s RF to EMFs. Using an EMF meter I found
and messages on websites and have not readings were peaking at 0.120 mW/m². that my laptop tested in the red for high
seen anything that has sounded positive Typically, in rural settings at least 1.5 EMFs even though we have no WiFi
or as though we could actually help miles from cell towers, I’ve seen the in the house. But the laptop was still
ourselves be healthy in order to protect meters peak at 0.040-0.060 mW/m²—so searching for wireless. I went to Set-
ourselves from illnesses. I just wanted I thought this reading was high, espe- tings and turned off WiFi altogether,
to say thanks for putting up a nicely cially for an open-air setting at a farm! and also turned off Bluetooth, and
worded and logical statement about When I entered Joel’s farm, my meter tested again. This time the laptop was
“coronavirus” on your website. was peaking at 0.020. When I sat down in the green or safe level.
Jennifer Medley in the hoop house (further away from Beth Verity
Baldwin, Wisconsin the crowd, on the far end), that reading Washington, DC
went way up, six times higher.
THE NEW ETIQUETTE At first I didn’t understand the NO LONGER VEGAN
I was at the Polyface conference reason for the big peak in my readings, I was a vegan for over ten years.
November 16, when the Weston A. and then I realized it could be from all My daughter, without pressuring me
Price Foundation launched the New the cell phones carried by folks in semi- whatsoever, was sharing with me
Etiquette. The group was asked to turn close quarters. When I noticed the peak her attempts to heal her gut with the
their cell phones to airplane mode. As in the meter reading, I felt surprised and GAPS diet. She told me some things
an electromagnetic-sensitive individual nervous, because I was afraid of feeling she learned from the Wise Traditions
suffering from a limbic system disorder, sick. Because my initial readings at the podcast, and I thought it sounded quite

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