Damaging non-Thermal Low-level Radiation: Effects of Radiofrequency Radiation (RFR) also called Non-ionizing Radiation (NIR), Electromagnetic radiation (EMF) generated by our Beloved Wireless technology.
Dr. K. Elizabeth Storjohann BSc, ND, RTCMP
People have the Right to know what they are exposed to! Ubiquitously increased amounts of radiofrequency radiation are allowed without our informed consent to flood our public spaces, schools, hospitals, restaurants and shops. Parents need to discuss with regulators how to proceed safely around this technology. In your own home you have a choice. You may want to surround yourself with a multitude of wireless devices such as smart TV, Wi-Fi, cell phones, laptops, iPads, smart fridges that talk to your grocer, baby monitors or to just turn off all wireless devices (use ethernet) and connect to an analog phone, the one that is connected by wire (not cordless). There are also outside sources of wireless radiation like cell phone towers that are placed near or on school property. We have irrefutable evidence of harm to those who are near these sources for extended periods. These antennas should not be near or on top of any homes/apartments, work environments, hospitals and especially schools. The point is that in our own space we have a choice. We don’t have the choice to turn off the radiation in or near schools, restaurants, shops, and hospitals where we may have to spend long hours on a daily basis. These public/work/education areas provide involuntary exposures that we have NO say in yet. Thousands of peer reviewed studies document that radiofrequency radiation causes chronic health problems. Remember the days when smokers could smoke anywhere anytime. The studies were there as well but it took decades to change public policy regarding smoking because of the counter mega dollars of lobbying. We must protect the vulnerable such as pregnant woman and children. We can all adopt this technology safely and demand policies to be created to make the spaces in public, residential, work and educational areas SAFE.
Read on if you are one of those who want to know more about the health effects and how to protect yourself. Unplug and turn OFF: Unplug your Wi-fi and cordless phones and turn off your cell phones. If you do this 1 thing you can protect your family from the harmful radiation effects. Before you go to sleep unplug and turn off these devices. Your body needs to unplug from these harmful radiofrequency radiation waves so that it has a chance to recover from the exposure during the day. Best to be aware and stay far away from these sources…. oh wait a minute – you can’t see them (*6- meters are available to make the invisible visible) …. right so this is the problem …. You don’t see it so it can’t be there…. WRONG…. it’s there and it’s working away at your cells to disrupt the voltage gate calcium channels to let the calcium ions into the cell in larger amounts thus creating inflammation and other pathophysiological effects (in other words–dis-ease). The closer you are to the source the stronger the effect on the cells in your body. We are electrical. The type of radiation I’m talking about is similar to a microwave vibrating the molecules in your coffee to heat it but far less powerful with far greater stealth like damaging effects. You can’t see the waves but the coffee comes out hot. It’s the non-thermal part that we need to be concerned about and thus we need to update our outdated Canadian Safety Panel 6 on radiofrequency radiation that views radiation as a toxin only when heating is involved. (REFERENCE: Martin L. Paul, Microwave electromagnetic fields act by activating voltage-gated calcium channels; why the current international safety standards do not predict biological hazard. Rev Environ Health 2015; 30(2): 99–116). These wireless technology devices that have escalated in use are creating chronic conditions in otherwise healthy individuals. Chronic conditions include fatigue, chronic pain, muscle tingling and twitching, joint/tendon/muscle pain, ringing in the ears and ear aches, immune system suppression, headaches/migraines, increased sweating, brain fog, dizziness, intermittent sensation of “internal burning” and anxiety are just some of the reported symptoms. (REFERENCE: Yael Stein MD, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Electromagnetic Radiation Research Clinic, Hebrew University – Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.)
Ubiquitous radiofrequency radiation is NOT ok. Parents and children can protect themselves by becoming aware of the SAFE way to use this technology. Canadian standards are antiquated and thousands of studies worldwide are showing the increase in brain tumors, lymphoma, diabetes, heart disease and the adverse effects on sperm quality, motility and pathology. Reported biological effects from radiofrequency radiation at low-intensity exposure (cell-tower, Wi-Fi, Wireless Laptop and Smart Meter RF intensities) are summarized in the Bioinitiative 2012 (updated in 2014 and 2017) by a team of researchers and doctors (REFERENCE: Conclusions from the Bioinitiative Report 2012). The veritable flood of new studies, included in this review, are irrefutable and document the detrimental effect on us and on our children. The conclusions are clear and summarized and I encourage everyone to read through this document to understand fully the gravity of this hidden danger. There is an urgent need to revise the standards of exposure limits. The upper limits of these allowable levels should be 1000 times less to come closer to minimize the harm. North America is behind Europe that has limits 100 times lower allowable exposure levels, cell phones are illegal to sell to a child under 14 years of age, Wi-Fi is NOT permitted in primary grade schools’ and cell towers are located far away from homes and schools. This has to be understood by every single parent. The technology can stay but we have to make it safe for our children.
Frank Clegg (Former President of Microsoft Canada) is co-founder of Canadians 4 Safe technology. He is an Ontario resident and has been actively educating our politicians, schools and other stake holders on the safe way to use this technology.
5G is the next technology and would be streamed 24 hours 7 days a week. This can be buried in the ground to be safe using fibre optic cables or connected to a wireless infrastructure that includes thousands of satellites in our skies. There are no studies to date on the long-term effects of 5G technology with small cells (repeater antennas) every 200 metres near homes and connecting to the thousands of satellites. There is a global protest March 20, 2021 for a moratorium on the roll out of 5G. It seems that we are racing forward, like lemmings to the edge of the cliff, to make better technology but only at the expense of our health. Let’s make the changes for the future generation today. Let’s not wait 20 years as in the cigarette industry for the ever-increasing tumors and chronic disease that will be following in this technology ‘s wake.
Here are links to learn about the wireless industry and health effects.
1. Canadians4SafeTechnology: https://c4st.org/
2. Frank Clegg Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvVKgLMVjlI
3. Canadians For Safe Technology (C4ST), https://www.appel5gappeal.ca/eng/fact-checker.php
4. Women's College Hospital -https://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/care-programs/environmental-health-clinic/electromagnetic-field-hypersensitivity-(ehs) Electromagnetic Field Hypersensitivity (EHS) Electro hypersensitivity is not a disease but these individuals are the canaries in our coal mine. There is a certain number of individuals roughly 30% of the population have mild symptoms and 3 % have strong reactions to the radiation.
5. Environmental Health Trust is a non-profit organization in the United States of America educating and funding research about wireless technology. https://ehtrust.org/
6. Safe and Sound Pro II RF Meter (safelivingtechnologies.com) https://safelivingtechnologies.com/products/safe-and-sound-pro-ii-rf-meter.html
7. EHT-Reduce-Cell-Phone-and-Wireless-Exposure-2-Page-PDF-1.pdf (ehtrust.org) is a printable sheet that visually depicts how to reduce the cell phone and wireless exposure
8. Press Release 2020 NIR Consensus Statement – Phire Medical (Physicians’ Health Initiative for Radiation and Environment).
I am sharing part of the statement below.
“This is an important statement that should be read by all concerned with public health. Those responsible for exposing children to non-ionizing radiation, especially in schools, should take immediate action to reduce exposure to non-ionizing radiation of the children entrusted to their charge. There is sufficient evidence to now classify radiofrequency radiation as a human carcinogen. Action must be taken now to reduce human exposure to non-ionizing radiation to as low as can be achievable, including a moratorium on the introduction of 5G.” Anthony B. Miller, MD. Professor Emeritus, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto (UofT).
As a naturopathic doctor, clearly there are ways to mitigate the effects of radiofrequency radiation on the body. The best is to remove the toxin that is causing the effects and second is to support the immune system to be resilient in the face of the toxin. Whole traditional foods including the meats and fats from animal and cod liver oil are encouraged with vegetables and fruits that contain a myriad of phytochemicals that are used by the body to lower the inflammation caused by the radiofrequency radiation. Use quality high nutrient food sources from organic, free range, resilient plants versus foods that are not so clean, undernourished and limp. Food sensitivities, Supplements, herbal medicine, Chinese medicine, Homeopathy, Matrix repatterning, chiropractic, hydrotherapy and therapeutic massage are modalities that strengthen the vital force to combat the negative effects of radiation exposure. Sleep quality, biome support (gut health), emotional/spiritual practices, clean air and water, movement and human connections all play strong rolls on the immune system.
Radiofrequency radiation is the fastest growing environmental pollutant on this planet. Learn how to make your home a sanctuary to help your body repair and become stronger. Speak up about the radiation that you are passively asked to accept in public spaces and institutions. Many European countries as well as Russia and China are 100 times stricter in allowable levels. Support your local restaurants, shops, and public spaces that create the safer environment with no Wi-Fi, cell phone and other wireless technologies. Call and write to your representatives in your community and demand for the safe use of this technology and demand that the standards be updated to reflect the most recent studies.
Disclosure: I am a Naturopathic Doctor for the last 25 years. I am deeply concerned for the health of people, children, animals, insects and the environment. Safe use of this technology is within our reach and 5G needs to be further studied before we expose ourselves to the biggest experiment on human kind.