EM BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS:
INHIBITION OF MELATONIN

• MELATONIN PRODUCED BY PINEAL GLAND AT NIGHT       
  
  - REGULATES CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS
  - HAS ONCOSTATIC PROPERTIES (INHIBITS TUMORS)
  - USED IN CHEMOTHERAPY, PARTICULARLY AGAINST
    BREAST CANCER AND PROSTATE CANCER
  - CANCER PATIENTS USUALLY HAVE REDUCED LEVELS
  - REDUCED LEVELS CONTRIBUTE TO DEPRESSION,
    SEVERE MOOD CHANGES, PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
   

• PRODUCTION OF MELATONIN CONTROLLED BY AMOUNT
  OF LIGHT DETECTED BY RETINA
  
  - BLIND WOMEN HAVE GREATLY INCREASED LEVELS
  - BLIND WOMEN HAVE MUCH LESS BREAST CANCER
  - HIGHEST CANCER INCIDENCE IS BREAST CANCER
          - INCREASING IN INCIDENCE
          - INCREASING IN MORTALITY
   

• EMF EXPOSURE INHIBITS NIGHTTIME PRODUCTION OF
  MELATONIN.  SUCH SUPPRESION OF MELATONIN IS
  IMPLICATED IN ETIOLOGY OF BREAST, PROSTATE,
  OVARIAN AND MELANOMA CANCER

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