The modern world is full of fun and convenient wireless devices, but are you aware that these technologies are a source of artificial electromagnetic field (EMF) radiation? EMF radiation is a type of energy emitted by various electronic devices, including wireless sources such as smartphones, Wi-Fi routers, and cell towers. Most people are quick to adopt emerging technologies like wireless devices and faster services, but do we really know if they are safe for you or your family’s health?
The truth is shocking! The health safety standards to protect the public from dangerous levels of wireless EMF radiation were set decades ago in the 1990s. Since their inception, these so-called safety standards have been highly controversial among the scientific community. Health experts worldwide call for revising wireless EMF exposure standards to make legal limitations based on scientific evidence instead of outdated assumptions. They assert that legal safety limitation standards must be changed for wireless EMF exposure to provide adequate safety to the public.
You and your children’s health should not be compromised by outdated regulations that overlook the emerging evidence of the potential dangers of wireless EMF radiation. So, what are parents to do under such lax safety standards? So, read along to gain valuable insight into the ridiculous approach to health safety and learn ways to protect your family from the potential dangers of wireless EMF radiation.
Origins of Wireless Public Safety Standards
Public safety standards for wireless technology are based on a 1986 report by the National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP) and the Institute of Electrical Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The federal government regards those groups of electrical engineers and physicists as the scientific authority to recommend health safety guidelines for all radiation exposures.
By the 1990s, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began implementing legal public-safety standards for the telecom and wireless industries. Curiously, the FCC exclusively relied upon groups of engineers and physicists at the NCRP and IEEE to recommend safety limitations to protect people’s health without proper input from health experts. Those initial safety limitation standards from decades ago are still being used today, masquerading as “settled science” despite many claims of inadequate protections from health scientists worldwide.
From the onset of public safety standards for wireless devices, health experts have been highly critical of health presuppositions made by physicists and engineers that medical scientists still need to study adequately. It’s apparent that government authorities successfully propagated a one-sided theory of health safety without proper health studies being conducted. Meanwhile, there is mounting evidence from medical researchers reporting many potential dangers from wireless EMF radiation to human health at the current legal levels set by the FCC.
Despite the mounting evidence, government regulators have been reluctant to acknowledge or consider contradictory findings that challenge their current policies. In turn, they use the authoritative high ground to discredit any new medical discoveries and health disclosures made by independent scientists. It is nonsense that the FCC only acknowledges effects based on physics theory and ignores all other medical research methods. So please be aware of their failed approach to health that exposes you and your family to health dangers from wireless EMF radiation.
Failure of “Thermal-Only” Approach in Health Safety
Traditionally, the understanding of EMF radiation’s impact on human health has centered around the thermal heating of body tissue. This means that if the radiation is intense enough to cause a significant rise in temperature in our bodies, it is considered potentially harmful. This principle is similar to how a microwave oven heats food by generating intense microwaves.
However, here’s the catch! Our understanding of the effects of EMF radiation has evolved beyond just thermal heating. Although research is ongoing, current studies of health consequences from wireless EMF radiation often contradict and discredit the thermal approach. So, many health scientists now believe the current model lacks a medical basis and will no longer withstand scientific scrutiny.
Emerging scientific studies have begun to reveal that there may be other ways this radiation affects our bodies, even when it doesn’t cause noticeable heating. For example, EMFs from wireless technology have been shown to affect human biology on a DNA, cellular, immunological, and neurological level, potentially leading to various health consequences.
Unfortunately, current safety standards set by government regulators have failed to keep up with this growing body of medical research. They continue to rely primarily on the outdated idea that only thermal effects pose risks to human health. This means that potential non-thermal effects, such as effects on biology, are being overlooked or ignored altogether.
“Thermal-Only” Approach is Reckless to Public Health
It is ridiculous to pigeonhole thermal-induced effects proposed by physics theory as a legitimate basis for public health. The “thermal-only” approach ignores all experimental, epidemiological, and clinical evidence on the biological impacts of wireless EMF radiation exposure. So, how on earth are they supposed to know what is safe with no legitimate biology-based standards to account for?
In addition, the “thermal-only” approach for safety standards only accounts for immediate effects during short-term exposures. In reality, most people use their devices constantly every day for a lifetime. That is equivalent to assuming that if daily alcoholics can avoid injuries while intoxicated, their health is never damaged from such substance abuse. That would never fly in reality because everybody knows that the toxicity from alcohol can build up over time to cause all sorts of health problems.
The scientific method requires us to constantly reassess and amend our theories based on new evidence. However, the current safety standards for wireless EMF radiation exposure seem stagnant and must incorporate the latest scientific discoveries. Therefore, health experts propose that if we genuinely shift to safer wireless safety standards, we need an accurate model based on biology, observation, and experimentation, not just physics theory.
Head the Warnings of EMF Health Experts
Thousands of biological studies have reported many potential health consequences associated with chronic long-term use of wireless technology. This is especially concerning when babies and children are introduced to technology earlier than past generations. Now, most of the upcoming generations will be surrounded by wireless devices and their signals at extreme levels above what any EMF health expert would deem safe.
Many EMF health experts assert that current biological evidence is sufficient to predict that health problems will arise for many individuals over their lifetime due to the inadequacy of the current safety standards. Now, the International Commission on the Biological Effects of EMF is calling on more funding for independent research and pushing for regulatory agencies to embrace a more comprehensive approach to health safety for EMF radiation exposure.
In the meantime, during this period of scientific uncertainty, medical professionals, including the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), recommend that individuals with children use a precautionary approach to wireless technology. The precautionary approach to technology states that new technologies should be resisted or avoided when health outcomes are unknown. Since real health studies on wireless EMF effects on children are not currently available, their present-day use of wireless devices parallels experimentation.
Taking Steps Towards Safety
If you’re a parent or child caregiver, it is crucial for you to recognize the lack of safety standards in place for wireless radiation exposure on your children. Educating children about the potential dangers of wireless radiation exposure and how to use wireless devices safely and only using when needed is essential. This includes teaching them to keep mobile devices away from their heads when possible, such as using a speakerphone or texting instead of holding a cell phone to their ear.
Regarding babies and toddlers, who are the most sensitive of populations, you must go above and beyond with precautions for wireless technology. Drastic measures should be considered to reduce or eliminate wireless EMF radiation exposures during early youth. Those with babies and toddlers need to take action immediately, so please take a moment to review some easy steps to begin reducing wireless exposures for babies and toddlers.