We’ve known for a long time that oxidative damage (also called “oxidative stress” and “free radical damage”) causes inflammation, chronic disease, and accelerated aging. The well-known sources of oxidative damage include smoking, fried foods, excessive sun exposure, and toxins. But there is a newer, stealthy source of oxidative stress that is affecting us 24/7/365 at home, at work, and while out and about. This omnipresent source is the radio frequency radiation (RF) emanating from WIFI, smart devices, smart utility meters, cellphones (ours and other people’s), wearable devices, laptops, iPads, wireless baby monitors, cellular networks, and more.
Unlike ionizing radiation from x-rays and gamma rays, RF doesn’t have the power to knock electrons out of their orbit. However, there is a large and growing body of evidence that RF causes harm in other ways by increasing oxidative stress, disrupting our blood brain barrier, and interfering with our body’s electrical conduction via the calcium ion channels in our cells.
These biological effects cause numerous and varied symptoms like ADD, ADHD, brain fog, fatigue, depression, anxiety, behavioral issues, nausea, headaches, rashes, sleep disorders, and also increased risk of cancer, diabetes, neurodegenerative disease, DNA mutations, and fertility issues.
People who experience debilitating symptoms near high RF areas are like the canaries in the coal mine. The rest of us may not have yet connected our symptoms with RF because we didn’t know it could be connected. For example, perhaps your headaches, fatigue, or brain fog are actually caused by the RF in your environment.
Also, RF damage is cumulative and we may need to cross our own unique threshold before symptoms appear.
I know this topic is totally inconvenient and even overwhelming. I’ve been subconsciously avoiding delving into it because I knew it would be huge, concerning, and seemingly impossible to tackle.
The good news is that there are simple things you do to reduce your exposure, like hardwiring your devices, turning off the antennas on devices when not in use, turning off WIFI when not in use (especially at night), keeping cellular phones as far away as possible, etc. Just like cleaning up your diet or personal care products, reducing your RF exposure can be done one small step at a time. From what I’ve learned so far, I do believe this is important for our health and wellbeing.
To learn more, I recommend:
- Watching this informational video.
- Watching “Generation Zapped” or at least the trailer. (I watched the movie on Peacock, but it’s available through other networks.)
- Checking out this research summary of RF’s impact on our brains.
- Subscribing to Massachusetts for Safe Technology and listening in on their free public webinars. Their website is rich in resources tailored to your specific concerns.
- Filling out the form on Tech Safe Schools so that your local school districts will receive information about the RF dangers in schools that is negatively impacting kids and educators.
- Being an RF detective by purchasing an RF detector. I bought one and am amazed at how quickly the signals shoot to unsafe levels around cell phones, laptops, the microwave oven, etc. I bring mine out and about to show everyone what happens when you turn on and off a cell phone.
I hope that this inspired you to learn more and share. The more of us that know, the more quickly we’ll be able to implement community-wide solutions that protect our health, and especially kids who are at increased risk.
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