{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-2977","name":"Mark Carter","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-14T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-11T04:00Z","body":"If the mammalian nervous system responds to exposure to resonant field it is probable resonant field has environmental consequences.\nIt is possible environmental exposure to near resonant RF radiation is a causal factor in demyelination disease, either through direct or responsive effect. \nIn direct effect small sustained induced voltages would cause scaled electrolytic reduction of myelin; while a possible responsive effect is an induced neurochemical response to the presence of chemical species resulting from small scale electrolytic reduction of myelin. \nThis response frequency may be near individually specific. If so, this would explain why only a small number of people within a large population group would be affected by identical exposure to specific frequencies. \nQuote \"---the human body absorbs RF energy more effectively at a frequency where body length is about .4 the wave length and the body's long axis is aligned with the incoming electric-field polarization. This condition is known as \"whole-body resonance.\" Further - \"for an average male adult weighing about 70 kilograms and about 1.75 meters tall, the maximum RF energy uptake would be at about 60 MHz, close to TV channel 2, and not far removed from the 6- meter band.\" (2) End quote. \nThe above gives the approximate values for \"whole body\" resonant frequencies, which could be interpreted to mean a cylindrical object with some conductive value. However, the nervous system (or components thereof) could be viewed as a much less massive subsystem of significantly different effective length and with a much higher Q value due to both structure and chemical composition. The \"Q Value\" being defined as the sharpness or reactivity of the system to field at or near specific resonant frequency. \nAlthough field density is most commonly sited as the measurement of environmental exposure, frequency has a much greater impact on resonant capable systems. Again, a long thin conductor will react like a high inductance RLC circuit when exposed to near resonant frequency. \nIn computing values for a RLC circuit where the inductance is given as .1 Henry and solving for the capacitance to tune the circuit to an effective length of 68 inches; the tremendous effect frequency has on the induced power becomes clearly evident. \nFirst computing induced power at resonance and then changing the frequency (wave length as E/f) of the exposing field by a value corresponding to just .001 inch, the induced power changes by over 8 fold. At 173 MHz this corresponds to a difference of about 2500 HZ. This is a relatively small difference in frequency, or length of the resonator, for such a significant change in induced power. It is this fundamental and universal effect, electrical resonance, that could explain why only a small number of people, out of a large population group, would be affected when exposed to the same electromagnetic environment.\nDirect VS In-direct Cause. \nThis topic is best addressed through a series of questions.\nIs it possible to electrolyze myelin, if so would the resulting reaction species trigger an autoimmune response?\nHow does the mammalian nervous system respond to exposure to near resonant field? Does the response include a “boost” in neural signal potential? \nHow do the results of high field/short term exposure compare to low field/long term exposure? \nThe spinal cord alone presents a thin continuously conductive material. An example of this begins at the Foramen Magnum (extending from the brain stem) and continues down through the Vertebral Canal to the tapering point of the Conus Medullaris. This component is further lengthened by the Brain Stem at one end and Cauda Equina at the other. It can be inferred that the physical structure of the signal path remains continuously connected and insulated to the smallest terminal points.\nI propose that certain components of the human nervous system, alone and/or in continuously connected combination, will respond to near resonant field, that the frequency of resonant response will be a function of the length of electrical continuity and that very possibly, for some components, singularly or in combination, will correspond to a bandwidth commonly found in the environment. \nI suggest the length and inductance of the human nervous system is possibly individual specific and can be used much like a fingerprint. \nFurther, that the “Q Value\" of the nervous system, combined with the slight resonant print differences between individuals, would explain the low occurrence of detrimental effect when large population groups are exposed to the same electromagnetic environment. \n1. College Physics - Fourth Edition-Complete Sears-Zemansky-Young\n2. The ARRL UHF/Microwave Experimenter's Manual \nPower is in the hands of those who sought it; and the human psyche is capable of any conceivable action in its pursuit. 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