Dangers of EMF Radiation

Why EMF Protection?

The first question you will likely ask is "Why do I need to worry about protecting myself from exposure to electromagnetic radiation?" (Also known as EMF or RF radiation.) The answer is that the health consequences of the pervasive electronic pollution in our environment is now affecting everyone living in our modern world - including you, whether you realize it or not.

There are now thousands of scientific studies documenting negative health impacts from low level non-ionizing EMF radiation exposure - the kind that we are bathed in every day and that the government says is perfectly safe. These studies are from prestigious universities, research organizations, and even governments themselves from around the world - including the United States. For an overview of these countless research studies please see the list of websites at the bottom of this page.

You will quickly realize that the sheer volume of evidence from so many authoritative sources makes the question of whether EMF radiation is harmful an issue which is not even debatable.

You Are an Electromagnetic Being

Electromagnetic fields are not inherently harmful. In fact, life evolved inside natural electromagnetic frequencies that we are exposed to, and even benefit from, every day.
 
There is a distinguishable difference, however, between those natural EMFs and the harmful ones that everyone is talking about today.
 
Native EMFs are the electromagnetic forces that occur naturally in our environment and biology. These are what you might call our “biological blueprint” and include:

  • Sunlight across the full spectrum: The master clock for our hormones
  • The Earth’s magnetic field: A grounding force that modulates our cellular voltage
  • The Schumann Resonance: The Earth–ionosphere frequency around 7.83 Hz that aligns with our human brainwaves of alpha and theta
  • The bioelectric currents that power our body's cellular communication - the foundation for the function of our bodily systems

Our cells are designed to respond to these biological, native electromagnetic frequencies. They regulate circadian rhythm, hormone production, mitochondrial function, and nervous system balance. We evolved with them and we require them for our human existence and well-being.
 
Non-native EMFs (nnEMFs), on the other hand, are artificial electromagnetic frequencies that did not exist during human evolution. These are the EMFs everyone is raising concerns about and they include all the obvious offenders such as:

  • WiFi networks
  • 5G antennas & older cell towers
  • Bluetooth
  • Cell phone signals
  • Smart meters
  • AC power grid frequency (50/60 Hz)
  • Artificial LED lighting and device screens

And the list could go on and on...

The concern with non-native EMFs is not simply that they are electromagnetic - it’s that they are chronic, pulsed, high-frequency, and biologically novel, meaning our human bodies haven’t had very much time to adapt to them at all (especially at the level we are bombarded by them in the present day).
 
When exposure is constant and unmitigated these nnEMFs can disrupt your body's voltage gradients, calcium channel signaling, hormone production, and circadian biology - to name just a few of the documented effects.
 
In simpler terms, this means the body’s cellular communication networks can become dysregulated, impairing its ability to coordinate repair, maintain coherence, and respond appropriately to environmental signals. Over time, this loss of biological clarity contributes to the chronic patterns of physical and mental dysfunction we are increasingly observing in both humans and animals.
 
We cannot remove all non-native EMFs from modern life, but we can become more intentional about how we live within them. By lowering unnecessary exposure and supporting the body’s bioelectric stability, we help preserve the coherence that our cells depend on for long-term health and wellness.

If you doubt whether EMFs can actually effect our health, remember that they are used therapeutically in conventional medicine in many ways – from magnetic field therapy to trans-cranial magnetic stimulation to pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy.

Government Research

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Here are some examples of studies and/or statements issued by government institutions related to health consequences from exposure to EMF radiation:

  • In a study conducted by the National Toxicology Program, part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, rats exposed to EMF radiation used by cell phones (900 MHz) led to "Clear evidence of an association with tumors in the hearts of male rats. The tumors were malignant schwannomas." (reference here)
  • Another study conducted by the National Toxicology Program to investigate potential damage to DNA from EMF exposure found that "RFR exposure was linked with significant increases in DNA damage in the frontal cortex of the brain in male mice, the blood cells of female mice, and the hippocampus of male rats." (reference here)
  • The International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organization of the United Nations, "has classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields [EMFs] as possibly carcinogenic to humans". (reference here)
  • The National Institute of Health & Medical Research in France found "a positive association between heavy use of mobile phones and brain tumors in humans, considering life-long cumulative duration and number of calls. Risks were higher for gliomas, temporal tumors, occupational and urban mobile phone use." (reference here)
  • As far back as 1981 NASA commissioned a study called "Electromagnetic field interactions with the human body: Observed effects and theories" which concluded "Nonionizing EM fields are linked to cancer in humans in three different ways: cause, means of detection, and effective treatment. Bad and benign effects are expected from nonionizing EM fields and much more knowledge is necessary to properly categorize and qualify EM field characteristics." (reference here)

In addition to this list of studies and research by government organizations, there is a large body of evidence demonstrating various health consequences from EMF exposure from researchers and scientists from universities and research institutions from around the world, some of which can be found here:

You may also, of course, find studies that do not demonstrate negative health consequences from EMF exposure. There are many variables that affect the outcome of what is generally a complex issue to study. It is up to you to evaluate the research and its preponderance and sources on each side of the issue and decide for yourself.

Why Government Regulation Falls Short

You may wonder why the government does not create strict regulations to protect us against the potential health consequences of electromagnetic radiation exposure. The primary reason is that regulators tend to focus on very narrow aspects of EMFs and health. Regulations for EMF safety consider only the thermal effects (heat related) of non-ionizing RF radiation (the type used by wireless devices like cell phones, WiFi routers, wireless earbuds, smartwatches, etc.) and they assume that if it does not create enough heat to damage your cells, then it is therefore safe.

Here are a few of the problems with that approach:

  • It ignores the non-thermal effects of electromagnetic radiation, and there are countless scientific studies that conclusively demonstrate there are numerous non-thermal detrimental health consequences from EMF exposure (see list of websites above).
  • It is based on short-term studies conducted in the lab on only one type of electromagnetic radiation at a time. It ignores the accumulated effects of exposure to many sources of electromagnetic radiation over an extended period, which is of course the world we live in today. And again, there are many studies that show that prolonged exposure to levels of EMF radiation like those commonly found in our modern environment do indeed affect our health.
  • It is based on unrealistic assumptions about the use of EMF emitting devices. The most notable of these is the testing performed by the FCC to determine cell phone safety, which is based on the heat emitted from a cell phone held 5 mm from the head of a dummy for 6 minutes. Most of us, of course, use a cell phone for more than 6 minutes, and often hold it against our head or in our pocket. If you look in the fine print of the warning that came with your cell phone, it likely recommends keeping the device 5 to 15 mm from your head when in use – not something most people know or do.
  • It is usually based on the size and weight of an adult male. Females have smaller bodies that would be impacted to a greater extent, and children, whose bodies are still developing, are of course even more sensitive to cellular disruption and other consequences of electromagnetic radiation exposure.

An official from the Environmental Protection Agency admitted in a letter in 2002 that "The FCC's exposure guideline is considered protective of effects arising from a thermal mechanism but not from all possible mechanisms. Therefore, the generalization by many that the guidelines protect human beings from harm by any or all mechanisms is not justified." (reference here)

There are actually some countries that have recognized the potential risks of EMF exposure and have enacted regulations to lower them. In the European Union, the legal limit for electric field exposure is half what it is in the U.S., and for magnetic fields is almost 90% lower. In Chile and New Zealand there are limits on placing cell phone towers near schools. In France it is possible for individuals and communities to fight the placement of cell phone towers near their homes or schools, as opposed to here in the United States where it is illegal to fight the placement of such towers (thanks to the lobbying efforts of the powerful telecommunications industry). In fact, in the U.S. it is not uncommon to find cell phone towers placed on the roof or exterior walls of a school!

To make matters worse, we now have 5G cell phone technology deployed around the world. While there are plenty of documented health consequences from the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the few towers spread around town broadcasting the older 3G and 4G technologies (reference here), 5G relies on much higher frequency electromagnetic radiation emitted by many small antennas spread at short intervals along every street. A good overview of 5G health concerns can be found here.

Conclusion

The situation is summed up very well by Dr. Robert Becker, the pioneering scientist who spent his career studying the electromagnetic basis of the human body, and author of the book “The Body Electric”. The video here (click image to watch) is a "60 Minutes" TV show interview from 1977 related to EMF emissions from a proposed military antenna system. This is about the same low level non-ionizing radiation emitted by our wireless devices and networks - long before they were a reality. But the message is clear - there is a health danger and the government does not want people to know about it.

Dr. Becker wrote the summary below at the end of his book warning of the dangers of EMF radiation, after reviewing his life’s research leading to the conclusion that we are in fact electromagnetic beings. And bear in mind that this was written in 1985, even before the advent of cell phones and WiFi. This is a clear indication that the dangers of electromagnetic radiation extend to even more conventional electromagnetic frequencies:

“Subliminal activation of the stress response is one of the most important effects that EMFs and non-ionizing radiation have upon life, but it’s far from the only one. These unfamiliar energies produce changes in nearly every bodily function so far studied. Many of these alterations are associated with stress, but whether they’re a result of, or an additional trigger for, the adrenocortical reaction is an irrelevant chicken-or-egg question at this state of our knowledge. The most disturbing data come from work on the systems that integrate other bodily functions – the central nervous, cardiovascular, endocrine, and growth control systems...

The major problems come from extremely low frequencies, but higher frequencies have the same effects if pulsed or modulated in the ELF range. This is very often the case, for, to transmit information, microwaves or radio waves must be shaped. This is done by interrupting the beam to form pulses or by modulating the frequency or amplitude (size) of the waves.

Furthermore, today’s environment is a latticework of crisscrossing signals in which there’s always the possibility of synergistic effects or the ‘construction’ of new ELF signals from the patterns of interference between two higher frequencies. Therefore, experiments in which cells or organisms are exposed to a single unmodulated frequency, though sometimes useful, are irrelevant outside the lab. They’re most often done by researchers whose only goal is to be able to say, ‘See, there’s no cause for alarm.’”

If you need more convincing, we encourage you to review some of the many studies documenting the health consequences of electromagnetic radiation exposure. It should become obvious that the sheer number of studies from so many diverse countries and respected research institutions showing such varying detrimental health consequences makes it an issue that we all need to consider. Below are some resources for learning more about EMFs and your health:

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