Linda’s comments: I use Lasers on myself…..I’m also into energy medicine….I’m thrilled that Dr Gordon is now going to start lecturing on these subjects…
Dr. Gordon’s Comments: The LASER POINTERS you can purchase today have as much as 700 milliwatt power and, although up to 5 watt is still low level laser, this can harm the eye. But also since I will be teaching more and more about energy medicine where I use things like magnets and low level lasers, for benefit of patients, I want you to know that perhaps everyone needs one of these at home.
When I encounter a hot tooth instead of a root canal I use a neodymium magnet the size of a stack of 3 quarters and hold that on the outside over the hot tooth and will have the patient slowly rotate it North then South so I get a pulsed magnetic field. Then take an office laser pointer and open the mouth and direct the beam to the hot tooth. This is the poor man’s alternative to an ORALASER used in Germany for dental issues that costs thousands of dollars.
So there is good news here and a note of caution about all laser pointers. We need to keep out of direct pointing at the eye, as this news clip shows someone scarred the retina of both his eyes after creating a “light show” in a mirror with a 150-milliwatt laser pointer.
Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute
www.gordonresearch.com
Link: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2010-11-18-laser18_ST_N.htm
Excerpt:
High-powered laser pointers create hazards
Updated 11/18/2010 1:31 PM
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY
The latest generation of high-powered laser pointers may seem like a fun Christmas gift, but experts caution consumers to weigh the potential harm.
Sold online for as little as $20, some laser pointers offer a brightness about 10,000 times stronger than looking at the sun, eye-safety experts warn. At that power, they exceed Food and Drug Administration 5-milliwatt power limits on manufacturers selling laser pointers to consumers.
A milliwatt is one-thousandth of a watt, and although 5 milliwatts is just a fraction of what’s needed to power even a household light bulb, lasers pack their punch by concentrating light into a single beam. Meanwhile, pointers are now being sold with as much as 700 milliwatts of power.
“These devices are hazardous and some are being sold as party toys,” says photonics professor Thomas Baer of Stanford University. The worldwide compact disc and DVD boom has led to improved lasers that can generate a powerful beam with small batteries, produced by low-cost overseas manufacturers, he says.
“Higher and higher power lasers are going to be with us in the future,” says laser safety expert Casey Stack of Laser Compliance in Centerville, Utah. “We need to start a discussion about public safety.”
