As we near the time of year when kids are heading back to school, it’s more important than ever to be aware of an invisible threat that can be silently impacting their health. What is this invisible threat I’m referring to? EMFs – the fields of energy that emanate from technological devices.
As children spend more and more time on computers, cell phones, and tablets, while sitting in classrooms full of EMF-emitting devices, it’s crucial to protect them from these health-disrupting energy fields.
Today we’re going to look at exactly what EMFs are, how they exert their health-harming effects, why our children (and pets) are particularly vulnerable, and most importantly – what you can do to protect yourself and your family. Let’s dive in.
EMFs Defined: What Is EMF Radiation?
EMF is an abbreviation for electromagnetic fields. These fields of invisible energy are created by the movement of electrical charges. This movement of electrical energy creates waves of energy as a form of radiation.1
EMFs are everywhere – the sun, the earth, and even the cells that make up your body radiate some level of EMFs. But not all EMFs are created equally. While the natural EMFs emitted by the earth and your body can actually be beneficial, our reliance on technology has created an influx of harmful EMFs that are nearly impossible to avoid. Man-made EMFs are emitted at unprecedented levels from technological devices like:2,3
- Bluetooth
- Cell phones
- Computers
- MRI’s
- Power lines
- Radio signals
- Televisions
- UV lights
- Wi-Fi
- X-rays
While we may not necessarily be able to see or feel these invisible fields of low-level radiation, the impact these rays of energy have on our bodies can be monumental.
EMF Effects on the Brain and Body
When you encounter EMFs these fields of energy are able to penetrate deep into your body. Once they make contact with your body, these EMFs begin wreaking havoc at the cellular level in a process that goes something like this:4,5,6
- Free radical levels spike: Free radicals are highly reactive and unstable molecules that can strip electrons from your healthy cells. Free radicals are perfectly normal and healthy when they’re balanced by an appropriate amount of neutralizing antioxidants. But if these harmful molecules are left unchecked and their levels spike, they can ravage your cells – stealing their electrons in a process known as oxidation.
- Oxidative damage spreads: As free radical levels climb, they spread throughout your body – leaving a path of destruction in their wake. As they oxidize and strip your cells of electrons, it leaves your cells injured and unable to carry out their functions properly. And if the injury is severe enough, your cells can even begin to die off.
- Permanent injury occurs: The oxidative damage induced by unchecked free radicals can destroy cellular proteins, lipids, and even the DNA that make up your cells. Over time, your cells can lose their ability to repair and bounce back from this damage. This can permanently maim your cells and their ability to function properly or reproduce. This permanent cellular damage is what can lead to the serious long-term health conditions linked to EMF exposure.
Exposure to the low-level radiation emitted by EMF-producing technology is well-known to trigger a massive spike in these destructive free radicals. This influx of unstable free radicals spread throughout your brain and body – inciting damage and triggering inflammation as your body rushes to make repairs.
Our bodies are well-equipped to handle occasional spikes in free radical levels – with our detox and inflammatory pathways springing into action to neutralize the threat and restore balance. But when we are constantly bombarded with elevated levels of EMFs we reach a tipping point where our bodies can no longer keep up. This tipping point is what can lead to the health effects associated with EMF exposure.
EMF Radiation Health Effects
EMF damage is cumulative – exposure to these energy fields can wear our bodies down over time and make us more susceptible to irreversible damage. Once a tipping point is reached and your body can no longer effectively combat the damage incited by EMFs, your cells can become damaged to the point that they begin malfunctioning leading to symptoms like:7
- Burning or tingling sensations
- Depression
- Difficulty concentrating
- Digestive issues
- Dizziness
- Fatigue
- Heart palpitations
- Insomnia
- Muscle aches and pains
- Nausea
- Red skin
And over time, these symptoms and the underlying oxidative damage can digress into some serious life-altering, or even life-threatening, issues like:8,9,10,11
- Cancer
- Chronic fatigue
- Digestive issues
- Muscle aches and pains
- Neurological disorders and deficits
- Reproductive issues
- Skin conditions and rashes
What makes this particularly troublesome is that the longer you’re exposed to elevated EMF levels, or the more often you're bombarded with higher-intensity levels of EMFs, the more accelerated this damage can be. And there is no subset of the population more frequently and more intensely exposed to unprecedented levels of EMFs than our children.
Why Children Are More Susceptible to Harmful EMFs?
Children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of EMFs for a few reasons including:12,13
- Smaller size: Children are obviously much smaller than adults – meaning it takes much less to disrupt the balance of their delicate, growing bodies.
- Developing nervous systems: Because children’s nervous systems are still in the process of developing, their nervous systems are more easily dysregulated by the penetrating energy of EMFs.
- Higher conductivity: We all know water is a potent conductor of electricity – but it’s also an excellent conductor of EMFs. And children are proportionately composed of more water than adults – with children often containing anywhere from 70-80% water and adults containing roughly 60% water.
- Decreased skull thickness: The average adult's skull measures in at approximately 2 millimeters in thickness. On average a 5-year-old child's skull thickness will come in at about 0.5 millimeters and a ten-year-old child's about 1 millimeter in thickness. This decrease in skull thickness means the EMF radiation is able to more powerfully penetrate into children's brains.
- Elevated exposure: The amount of EMFs floating around in our world has increased exponentially in recent years – with no sign of slowing down anytime soon. That means our children have been and will be exposed to EMFs for a much larger percentage of their lives than most adults. Pair that with the fact that the average child uses numerous technological devices at home and in the classroom on a daily basis and you’ve got a recipe for exorbitant exposure levels over their lifetime.
Our children aren’t our only loved ones that are at increased risk when it comes to EMF exposure either. Our furry friends can also be vulnerable to the effects of EMFs.
Is Electromagnetic Radiation Harmful to Animals?
The answer to that question is – yes! Our pets are deeply ingrained within our lives – meaning they live in our homes and are right by our sides as we chat on our cell phones and scroll on our computers. In fact, our pets likely spend more time in our EMF-filled homes than we do. And just like humans, your pets can be impacted by chronic exposure to EMFs.
While we still don’t have an exact picture of how EMFs impact our pets, researchers speculate that the long-term consequences on our pets' health are likely quite similar to the long-term effects EMFs have on us as humans. So what can we do to protect our most vulnerable and precious family members – our children and our pets – from the harmful effects of EMFs?
How Can We Protect Children From EMFs?
When it comes to protecting our children (and our furry, four-legged “children”) from EMFs, it’s best to take a two-pronged approach – boosting their body's ability to cope with EMFs and reducing their overall exposure. Let’s take a little deeper look at both of these.
Boosting EMF-Coping Capabilities:
A couple of simple ways you can help bolster your children and pets' ability to cope with the inevitable exposure to EMFs include:
- Grounding or earthing: Direct contact with the ground and/or a natural body of water can help infuse your body with stabilizing ions from the earth – helping to neutralize the destabilizing effects of EMFs. Encourage your children and pets to spend time outdoors walking barefoot, lying in the grass, or swimming in water to help stabilize their internal bioelectric environment.
- Eating an antioxidant-rich diet: Antioxidants are molecules that can neutralize harmful free radicals. Ensuring your children and pets are getting a healthy, well-rounded diet full of various health-promoting antioxidants can help mitigate some of the effects of EMF exposure. For some yummy, antioxidant-filled recipes, head over and check out my library of recipes.
While boosting EMF-coping capabilities is important, it’s only part of the equation.
Reducing Exposure to EMFs:
Some simple ways to reduce your children's and pet's exposure to EMFs include:
- Encourage children to keep devices like tablets and cell phones away from their bodies when not in use and try to keep pets from spending too much time in close proximity to technological devices
- Ensure children's devices (like their school laptops, game consoles, or cell phones) are off or at the very least in airplane mode when they’re not being actively used
- Unplug your home Wi-fi router when it’s not in use
- Use an ethernet cord instead of Wi-fi for devices when possible
While all of these steps are an excellent foundation for reducing EMF exposure, the truth is, there’s still a substantial amount of EMF exposure that’s entirely out of our control. But the good news is, there’s another powerful strategy you can implement to drastically reduce your children's and pet's EMF exposure.
A Simple Solution to Protect Your Children and Pets From Harmful EMFs
When it comes to protecting our children and pets from EMFs, we realistically have three options – complete avoidance, blocking, and modulation. With our reliance on modern technology, avoidance is entirely unrealistic, unreasonable, and honestly unnecessary. EMF “blocking” or “shielding” technology typically includes the use of materials that absorb or deflect EMFs. Blocking can work in some cases but can also impede the functionality of the technology or worse, cause the electronic devices to overcompensate for their lack of connection and trigger it to ramp up radiation levels.
Our third option – modulation – is the sweet spot that allows us to reap the benefits of technology without all of the negative effects of the harmful EMFs. You see, modulation works by harmonizing the energy emitted by EMFs – essentially restructuring these waves of energy into a more biologically compatible form. By transforming EMFs into energy waves that more closely resemble the energy emitted by your cells, it minimizes the damage and disruption that EMFs cause.
And when it comes to EMF-modulating technology, Aires Tech is leading the way – creating some of the most effective, science-backed EMF-modulating devices available on the market.
Aires Tech: The Best Home EMF Protection
Aires Tech’s cutting-edge technology modulates EMF radiation in a way that restructures chaotic EMF-energy waves into much more coherent energy waves – protecting your body from the harmful effects of EMFs without impeding the functionality of your electronics. And Aires Tech doesn't simply claim to be the best, they’ve got ample scientific proof to back up their claims.
With numerous published scientific studies that highlight the effectiveness of their patented technology, Aires Tech’s products are scientifically proven to work. And to make their life-changing technology convenient and accessible, they have a variety of powerful protection levels to choose from including their:
- Lifetune Device: A compact, adhesive, “stick-it-and-forget-it” device that provides 6 square feet of EMF protection – perfect for sticking to your child's cell phone, laptop, or other electronic devices.
- Lifetune Mini/Pet: This tiny, durable, waterproof device can easily be clipped to your pet's collar or attached to your child's school bag to provide 12 square feet of EMF protection.
- Lifetune Room: This sleek device can attach to a surface or be moved around if you're on the go. With a whopping 500 square feet of EMF protection, this device can offer whole room or even whole home protection.
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Ready to Uplevel Your EMF Protection?
Our reliance on technology is only growing – with our exposure to EMFs growing right alongside it. And with our children's lives, schoolwork, and future careers likely revolving around technology, it’s imperative that we take steps to protect them now.
Because EMF exposure can have a cumulative effect, the sooner we can not only protect them, but educate them on the importance of prioritizing their own well-being, the better chance we have of setting them up for a healthy, successful, and long life.
Aires Tech’s products are hands down one of the best investments you can make for your health and the health of your children and pets. I only recommend products I personally use and trust and cannot recommend their products enough. Click here to learn more about Aires Tech and don’t forget to use the code Carnahan25 for a special discount.
Now it’s time to hear from you. Were you surprised to learn that children are significantly more vulnerable to the effects of EMFs than adults? What steps are you taking to protect yourself and your family from EMFs? Leave your questions and thoughts in the comments below!
Resources:
- Electric & Magnetic Fields (nih.gov)
- Electromagnetic Fields and Cancer – NCI
- Radiation: Electromagnetic fields (who.int)
- Electromagnetic Fields, Oxidative Stress, and Neurodegeneration – PMC (nih.gov)
- Effects of electromagnetic fields exposure on the antioxidant defense system – PMC (nih.gov)
- Extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields cause DNA strand breaks in normal cells – PMC (nih.gov)
- Potential health effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) (europa.eu)
- Cancer epidemiology update, following the 2011 IARC evaluation of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (Monograph 102) – ScienceDirect
- The role of electromagnetic fields in neurological disorders – PubMed (nih.gov)
- A Prospective Cohort Study of Adolescents’ Memory Performance and Individual Brain Dose of Microwave Radiation from Wireless Communication – PMC (nih.gov)
- Health risks linked to electromagnetic field exposure — ScienceDaily
- Health effects of electromagnetic fields on children – PMC (nih.gov)
- The Sensitivity of Children to Electromagnetic Fields | Pediatrics | American Academy of Pediatrics (aap.org)
* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. The product mentioned in this article are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information in this article is not intended to replace any recommendations or relationship with your physician. Please review references sited at end of article for scientific support of any claims made.
9 Comments
Thank you for this posting. About 10 years ago I met a midwife who told her clients no one who is pregnant and cho child should ever be within 10 feet of any kind of wireless device. Increasingly impossible. Thank you Doctor for what you shared and for offering us ways to deal with this situation.
You are welcome, Eli
Have you any research on using SmartDOTS for EMF protection?
Thank you, Patty
Hi Patty,
No, I have not tried them…
warmly
Dr. Jill
Thank you Dr Jill. Good article. I have a clearer picture of EMFs and have wondered how to protect my home from the disruption. The Aires tech is interesting but other than 1 for each room is there a whole house solution? Do you know if any of the crystals are actually good protection, perhaps to boost 1 room lifetune by the computer and crystals other places?
Hi Connie,
I have two Somavedic devices in my home and really like the EMF mitigation they provide for rooms and larger areas. You can click here to order and get 10% off with code: DRJILL
I have one of the Amber and one Vedic and I love them both.
Warmly
Dr Jill
Thank you for this informative article! I am researching this topic today and feel like I hit the jackpot! =)
Dr. Jill, I just realized you are in Louisville, CO. My sister lives there, and I am in Denver. Thank you for what you do! I am starting out as a holistic wellness coach. Anyway, I am marveling at what as small world it is!
Thank you so much, Mary!
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