{"content":[{"text":"ESD Journal - Grounding the Human Body","bbox":{"left":0.00817,"top":0.004448,"width":0.25488299999999997,"height":0.015158999999999999}},{"text":"ESD Journal \n Home Page \n Fowler Associates for ESD Consulting and Testing \n The following is an article reported on a subject which may be of interest to our readers. This technology has not been reviewed for its \n validaty by the technical staff of the ESD Journal. In some cases we may have either supporting or desenting opinions. However, we \n publish, you decide.","bbox":{"left":0.050654,"top":0.062644,"width":0.868021,"height":0.10829899999999998}},{"text":"GROUNDING THE HUMAN BODY TO NEUTRALIZE BIO-ELECTRICAL STRESS FROM \n STATIC ELECTRICITY AND EMFs.","bbox":{"left":0.059232,"top":0.186083,"width":0.8787130000000001,"height":0.04198299999999999}},{"text":"A. Clinton Ober \n [view Mr. Ober's bio]","bbox":{"left":0.412173,"top":0.243795,"width":0.1737249999999999,"height":0.036681999999999965}},{"text":"Ventura, CA","bbox":{"left":0.446487,"top":0.293038,"width":0.10335299999999997,"height":0.019635999999999987}},{"text":"INTRODUCTION \n From the beginning of time, except for the past few generations, humans lived their entire lives \n primarily in direct physical contact with the earth; therefore, it is assumed that humans throughout \n evolution were naturally grounded.","bbox":{"left":0.050654,"top":0.325235,"width":0.8969330000000001,"height":0.092445}},{"text":"In modern times, humans have insulated themselves from contact with the earth by wearing \n synthetic soled shoes and living in homes that elevate the body above the earth. Consequently, \n humans are no longer naturally grounded and now the body becomes charged with static electricity \n and radiated electric fields can now create unnatural weak electric currents with-in the body. [1]","bbox":{"left":0.050654,"top":0.429987,"width":0.897,"height":0.08241500000000002}},{"text":"This work provides evidence that loss of natural ground allows extraneous electricity to interfere \n with and stress the normal bioelectrical activities of the body, which thereby interferes with natural \n health and sleep.","bbox":{"left":0.050654,"top":0.524708,"width":0.8969990000000001,"height":0.062523}},{"text":"Today everyone is physically stressed, their muscles are tense, back and joint pain are the norm and \n most do not sleep well. These conditions all relate to excess stimulation of the nervous system \n and/or interference of the bio-electrical communications between cells.","bbox":{"left":0.050654,"top":0.599538,"width":0.897043,"height":0.06252299999999988}},{"text":"For instance, muscles only respond to bio-electrical communications from nerves. When these \n communications are interfered with muscles become tense and remain tight. This leads to fatigue, \n skeletal problems and pain.","bbox":{"left":0.050654,"top":0.674367,"width":0.897022,"height":0.06252299999999988}},{"text":"To what extent do EMFs create abnormal electrical activity in/or on the body? In 1995 the National \n Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [NIEHS] and the US Department of Energy [DOE] \n stated that common exposure to electric and magnetic fields [EMFs] from household electrical \n wires now produce unnatural weak electric currents between human cells. In other words 24 hours a \n day if you live and sleep in a modern home. [1]","bbox":{"left":0.050654,"top":0.749197,"width":0.897022,"height":0.10230699999999993}},{"text":"These unnatural currents in the body are the direct result of the body being insulated from ground \n contact. The question is do these currents along with the static electricity created on the body from \n carpets etc. interfere with normal bioelectrical functions?","bbox":{"left":0.050654,"top":0.86381,"width":0.8970440000000001,"height":0.06252400000000002}},{"text":"http://www.esdjournal.com/articles/cober/ground.htm[29/09/2010 17:11:37]","bbox":{"left":0.00817,"top":0.981721,"width":0.449279,"height":0.015159000000000034}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}