FAR-INFRARED RADIANT HEAT (FIR RH) TYPE REMEDIATION for MOLD and OTHER UNIQUE DISEASES
Dr. Hildegarde Staninger,
RIET-1, Industrial Toxicologist/IH & Doctor of Integrative Medicine.
© October 18, 2006,
NREP Annual Conference in Nashville, TN for the
National Registry of Environmental Professionals,
P.0. Box 2099, Glenview, IL 60025
Phone: 847-724-6631 Fax: 847-724-4223
ABSTRACT
Far-Infrared Radiant Heat (FIR RH) has many known names, such as the bridge of Terra Hertz and many others. It is made up of no photons and only 1/2 electron spin that gives it its unique qualities to aid oneself in the remediation of the contamination within one’s own body and in one’s indoor environment. We naturally acquire it from the sun with all the other spectrum specific wavelengths of visible and invisible light. It is the grounding rod of the life force of a single cell, just as it is the universal remedial means for purifying many different items that have a common molecule of water in them. A detailed account of its applications in environmental health and engineering will be discussed in its application of mold and other unique diseases that have affected our bodies, homes, workplaces and environment.
What is Far-Infrared?
It is hard to explain something that one cannot see with the naked eye, but every evening, every one of us looks up into the heavens to see the twinkling stars that make up our universe. We called the first stars born in the galaxies the “heavens.” That beginning emerged in a specific range of radiant heat as a luminous speck of dust and energy called “Infrared.” Infrared is usually divided into 3 spectral regions: near, mid and far-infrared. The boundaries between the near, mid, and far-infrared regions are not agreed upon and can vary, but all create radiant heat. 1
Any object that has a temperature (i.e. radiates heat) emits infrared energy or IR. Therefore, basically all celestial objects and other living organisms emit some infrared. The wavelength at which an object radiates most intensely depends on its temperature. When a person is ill, they will lose radiant heat within their body. The electromagnetic spectrum is composed of three segments of wavelength: near, mid and far- infrared. They are measured in microns or micrometers (a micron = 1/1,000,000 or 0.000,001).1
It is interesting to note that this process may be viewed as losing light within one’s body as seen in chemical luminescence tests, which are currently being used to aid in the treatment of chronic diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, liver and polycystic kidney disease. In general, as the temperature of an object cools, it shows up more prominently at farther infrared wavelengths. This means that some infrared wavelengths are better suited for studying certain objects than others, such as far-infrared.1
The far-infrared segment of the electromagnetic spectrum occurs just below, or “infra” to red light as the next lowest energy band. This band of light is not visible to human eyes but can be seen by special cameras that translate infrared into visible colors, such as the way thermal cameras do.2, 3 We can, however, feel this type of light, which we perceive as heat. The sun produces most of its energy in the infrared segment of the spectrum. Our atmosphere has a “window” in it that allows infrared rays in the 7 to 14 micron ranges to safely reach the earth’s surface. When warmed, the earth radiates infrared rays in the 7-14 micron bands, with peak output at 10 microns.
Our tissues normally produce infrared energy for warmth and tissue repair. Tissue production of infrared energy is associated with a variety of healing responses. At times, the infrared energy in our tissues may require a boost to a higher level to ensure the fullest healing possible for tissue repair.
Body tissues that need an infrared boost selectively absorb infrared rays. The tissue will only use the infrared rays in the areas where it is needed. After boosting a tissue’s infrared energy, the remaining rays pass on harmlessly. This phenomenon is called “resonant absorption.” Our bodies radiate infrared energy through the skin at 3 to 50 microns, with most of the output at 9.4 microns. Our palms emit infrared energy in the level of 8 to 14 microns. If you put your hands on top of each other, but do not allow them to touch, and spin them fast like a tumble weed in a western movie, then stop them and bring the palms near each other but do not let them touch, you will feel a radiant heat. This is infrared energy. Palm healing, an ancient tradition in China, has used the healing properties of infrared rays for 3,000 years. Yogis in India also employ palm healing and recommend it, especially for relieving eyestrain.
Astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute, the COBE/DIRBE Science Team and NASA have determined that in the far-infrared range, the stars have all vanished. Instead we now see very cold matter (140 Kelvin or less). Huge, cold clouds of gas and dust in our own galaxy, as well as in nearby galaxies, glow in far-infrared light. In some of these clouds, new stars are just beginning to form. Far-infrared observations can detect these first stars called protostars long before they “turn on” visibly by sensing the heat they radiate as they contract. And maybe this far–infrared light of the cosmos is the simple speck of luminous dust that was used to create all living matter eons of years ago from the pulsation of divine love.4
FDA, EPA and Nanotechnology
Nanotechnlogy is the ability to control things at an atomic and molecular scale of between one and 100 nanometers and has been met with enthusiasm across a variety of industries. Critics highlight the murky area of how nanoparticles affect toxicity and say nanoparticles should be treated as new, potentially harmful materials and tested for safety accordingly.5
Unlike pharmaceuticals, which must go through a series of pre-market approvals, finished dietary supplements need no pre-market approval. Under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), which is part of the Food and Cosmetic Act, only ingredients not marketed in the US before October 1994 must be approved by FDA before use in consumer products. Thus, as it stands, pre-market regulation of nanotechnology in dietary supplements, biological pesticides, and other man made nanotechnology does not fall under FDA, EPA, OSHA, FIFRA and other regulatory agencies in the USA, just for the simple reason that the nanotechnology is so small that the conventional regulatory laboratory methods do not have equipment to measure at 9 decimals below the zero and are only addressing 3 and 4 decimals (ppm, ppb, and ppt).
In 2005, the Woodrow Wilson International Center stated that more than $30 billion in manufactured goods, according to Lux Research, almost doubled the previous year. The market analyst projects that by 2014, 15 % of all globally manufactured goods will incorporate nanotechnology. So, as environmentalists, engineers and scientists, how do we monitor and keep our bodies, workplace and environment safe from its own self?6
Transcending Global Economy by Protecting the Land, Air and Sea
“If there is magic in this planet, it is water,” wrote Loren Eisely. Covering 70% of the earth’s surface and making up two-thirds or more of the weight of living organisms, water is indispensable to life. Not only does it affect humans, animals, and plants, but also the earth’s life force.
Throughout history, the quality of drinking water has been a major factor in determining human welfare.7 Pollutants can range from toxic chemicals, bacteria, mold, virus, parasites, mineral fibers, radon, metals, and even the new nanotechnology products (biological pesticides and viral protein envelope technology).8, 9 The association of cause and effect for lead is attributed to Hippocrates about 400 B.C. Georgius Agricola in the sixteenth century knew enough about the occupational and environmental occurrences of certain diseases and substances encountered to write books on occupational diseases. Ever since, the list of toxicants has grown longer.10 And it will be the synthesizing minded environmental professional who will have to address diseases like Morgellons and other unique diseases that went environmentally wrong in the reality of the world nanotechnology. It’s not a quick fix. Many of the collective engineering, scientific, industrial hygiene, and occupational physicians have had to take care of the mycotoxins and biofilms created from simple mold infestation in the workplace and in the home. The city of New Orleans after hurricane Katrina is just one mold spore time
b, causing its residents arthritis, Crohns disease, diabetes, and other diseases, to name just a few.11
Water pollution is any physical or chemical change in water that may adversely offset organisms. It is global in scope, but the types of pollution vary according to a country’s level of development and economic stature. In the poorer nations, water pollution is predominantly caused by human and animal wastes, pathogens (bacteria, fungi, and virus), parasites from their waste, and sediment from unsound farming and timbering practices. The rich nations also suffer from these problems, but with their more extravagant lifestyles and widespread industry, they create an additional assortment of potentially hazardous pollutants: heat, toxic metals, acids, pesticides, endocrine disruptors in waste water from medications/chemo, and new nano biological sensors for illegal drug monitoring and biological pesticides.12, 13
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