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Have you ever lived or visited somewhere in the world that just had “good vibes”, for no obvious or discernible reason? Likewise, have you ever been somewhere that just made you feel bad, and you couldn’t pinpoint why you felt that way? Do you sometimes sleep deeply in some places, and toss and turn all night in other places?

Although there are many easily discernible reasons a certain area could feel good or bad – air quality, manmade electromagnetic field density, the type of lighting in a home, or the overall harmony or disharmony of society at large in that area – a lesser known aspect that may considerably affect how you feel in any given area is the quality of the emanations from the Earth itself.

Just like us, the Earth is a living organism that emits its own low frequency, low intensity electromagnetic field. The EM field of the Earth emits specific frequencies at specific intensities, which also affects the Schumann resonances that are produced between the Earth’s surface and the ionosphere.

From our perspective living on the surface, the Earth just looks like an expanse of solid ground, with varying terrain and occasional water. What’s not so obvious, since it’s hidden underneath this mostly solid surface, is that there is an entire network of underground channels and veins underneath this solid surface, very much like the veins and arteries in our own bodies. If an uneducated observer were to look at a human body, at first glance they may assume that its form is simple and solid, while in truth, under the surface there’s an extremely intricate network of not just veins and arteries, but also the neural circuits that make up our central and peripheral nervous systems, which are the channels of our body’s own endogenous electromagnetic fields.

The living body of the Earth has its own underground network that allows the movement and channeling of nutrients, electricity and magnetism, to ensure the optimal flow of life force energy. These channels mainly take the form of underground waterways and caverns. The ancient Chinese knew about these subterranean courses, and of their incredible importance, even further back than 2,000 BC. The Chinese called these channels “the veins of the Dragon”, and the smooth and unobstructed flow of these underground channels was considered to be of vital importance to removing impurities and depositing essential minerals into the body of the Earth.

This subterranean circulatory system, the bloodstream of the Earth, was thought to be mirrored above ground by the atmospheric currents that constantly travel through the air, distributing essential oxygen across the Earth, which has been said to be the Qi (chi) of the Earth. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) states that blood and qi are interconnected, yet have different qualities. Qi is associated with air (which is yang) and blood is associated with water (which is yin). Blood is known as the “mother of Qi” (feeding and physically supporting it), while Qi directs the movement of blood through the body.

The microcosm is reflected in the macrocosm: It makes sense that if a primary aspect of our living bodies is the interconnected dance of blood and qi that keeps all life animated and flowing smoothly, that the living body of the Earth would have its own version of this same system.

In fact, one of the main purposes of the tools used in TCM (notably herbs, diet and acupuncture) is to clear obstructions from these energy channels in the body, to keep the blood and qi flowing smoothly so the body will thrive.

What happens if the vital energy meridians of the Earth become blocked or obstructed? How does that happen, and what are the effects this may have on OUR health, as the interconnected residents living on the surface of the Earth?

Geopathic stress, black streams and human health

Geobiology (“earth life”) or geomancy (derived from Greek, meaning “study of earth energy”) has its roots in the ancient cultures of the Chinese, Incan and Celtic peoples, among others. However, the term geopathy (meaning earth pathology) was coined in the 1930s by Georges Lakhovsky, who suggested that geopathic stress can cause the body to vibrate at much higher frequencies than what is normal and healthy, putting significant stress on the immune system. Over time, this can result in immune exhaustion and dysfunction, making one much more susceptible to viruses, bacteria, parasites, and unchecked abnormal cell growth.

Why do certain spots on the Earth negatively affect our health in this way? A large part of this phenomenon is thought to be connected to underground waterways that have become obstructed or traumatized in some way, usually due to harmful human activity. These are referred to as “black streams”. Alterations to the flow of subterranean streams can be caused by cutting deeply into the earth to build highways, railways and tunnels, quarries and mines, and building foundations with steel footings. It can also be caused by the presence of heavy industry sites, power stations, steel pilings (buildings heavily reinforced with long steel poles and walls), and even old battlegrounds and historical sites that involved trauma to the earth and/or humans.

If the Earth is viewed as a living body, you may be able to see how any of the above activities could result in a type of energetic trauma that could alter the quality of the natural electromagnetic field. This can cause the Qi, or energy, flow to stagnate in a certain area, which will change the frequency emanation at that point on the Earth.

The base natural frequency range we constantly bathe in as living organisms on the surface of the earth is centered around the Schumann range of 7.8-8.2 hertz, which is close to the alpha waves our brains produce when we’re in a calm and relaxed state. However, zones of strong geopathic stress can create emanations anywhere up to a consistent 250 hertz! These higher frequencies can be beneficial when encountered periodically, as they are in nature, but this should not be the base frequency of where we live. The fastest frequencies our own brains produce (when we’re intensely focused on solving a problem), known as gamma waves, usually only reach around 100 hertz, maximum.

The health of humans and all life forms that inhabit the Earth is dependent upon being constantly bathed in the healthy emanation of the Earth’s electromagnetic field. If this field is distorted and becomes sickly, the emanation that rises up from the ground in that area can cause sickness in a living organism that spends a lot of time in that spot. This is especially the case if a person is regularly sleeping in a geopathic stress zone, since these unhealthy emanations are thought to be stronger at night, and also because sleep is the time when our bodies are supposed to heal and regenerate from stresses encountered during the day

Even at this time, with all of our advanced modern scientific instruments, the ancient practice of dowsing is still thought to be the most reliable way to locate underground streams and geopathic stress zones. Dowsing is done using simple instruments (like a forked stick or a pair of L-shaped rods), and although the instruments have no power in themselves, they are designed to amplify the extremely subtle bodily responses of a good dowser that indicate a change in the subterranean landscape, so the change can be noticed and verified. Dowsers are regularly hired to locate the best areas to dig a well on a property, but a lesser known use for their skills is to locate underground black streams that may be negatively affecting the health of a resident.

In 1929, German dowser Baron Gustav von Pohl was asked to dowse a small town in Bavaria that had exceptionally high rates of cancer. Without being given any pertinent information about the town or the health of the residents in various parts of the town, he drew a map of all the geopathic stress lines he could locate through dowsing. Afterward, a doctor produced information on all the cancer patients, and the map was overlaid onto the living spaces (and especially the bed locations) of all the residents who had died of cancer. To everyone’s amazement, 100% of those who died from cancer had slept for at least some time over geopathic stress lines!

Figure 1: Baron von Pohl's geo-attic street line map of Vilsbiburg, Germany

Baron von Pohl then investigated another town with a lower cancer incidence, and once again found a 100% correlation between cancer cases and geopathic stress locations. He then returned to the original town, where 11 more people had since died of cancer, and found that all of them had also slept on geopathic stress zones.

At that time (around 1930), von Pohl estimated that about 2.5% (or 1/40th) of the Earth’s surface consisted of geopathic stress zones. Now in 2023, with all of the additional Earth disturbance that has been done in the 93 years since, who knows what percentage of stress zones we are dealing with now!

It’s important to note that underground streams aren’t inherently an unhealthy influence, and if they are flowing smoothly and without obstructions, they are referred to as “white streams”. They only become black streams when some kind of trauma has occurred nearby or across where that stream flows. Usually this is due to manmade causes and events, but sometimes the innate natural topography can obstruct a stream, particularly underground concentrations of iron ore, or geological fault lines.

Geological faults, ley lines and geomagnetic grids

Although black streams (stagnant or polluted underground waterways) are said to be the cause of most geopathic stress, there are other earthly attributes and phenomena that may cause magnetic field abnormalities that could negatively affect human health, as well.

Geological fault lines are fractures, or fracture zones, between two areas of rock that allow each section or plate to move independent of the other. Areas of the Earth with a lot of geological faults will have more earthquakes than other places. The Western US (coastal and interior mountain ranges) and the Rocky Mountains contain the highest concentration of fault lines in the United States, with other fault areas showing up around the Gulf coast, small sections of the Atlantic coast and around the Mississippi river basin. The movement of the plates on either side of a fault line can disturb underground waterways and caverns, distorting the Earth’s electromagnetic field in that location, which can be a cause of geopathic stress. The United States Geological Survey website has a very interesting map of fault lines and fault areas in the U.S.

Ley lines (so named by the Celtic peoples) are larger, stronger pathways of energy, often correlated with large, wide underground waterways. They are more rare than underground streams, but are still found all over the world, and ley line areas were considered sacred by all ancient cultures, due to the high “spiritual” energy of these zones. A large number of sacred structures, temples, ceremonial sites, palaces and cathedrals, as well as the processional routes to these places, have been constructed upon ley lines.

The Chinese called them “veins of the Dragon”, and the ancient Incas left evidence of a similar system they called the ‘seques’ which connected the center of their empire in Cuzco to the four corners, and they invested a large amount of time and energy into caring for and maintaining these sacred pathways. Likewise, in Europe, most of the ancient temples and holy sites, as well as Christian churches up to the 18^th century, have been sited on ley lines. The sites of Avalon in England and the temples of Delphos in Greece are said to be connected by a ley line.

However, these high energy zones are usually not considered suitable for living spaces. Homes constructed on these lines can be a site of various disturbances, and are considered a type of geopathic stress. This is especially the case at points where two ley lines cross, which are thought of as very potent energy zones, too strong for daily living.

One more potential source of geopathic stress are areas along the geomagnetic grids where the grid lines cross black streams or ley lines. These grids mark pathways where the Earth’s magnetic field is stronger, and are alternately known as Hartmann lines, Curry lines and by other names. The grid lines are usually considered mostly neutral in their effect on living organisms, except where these stronger magnetic fields cross areas of disturbance, which potentiates the distortion effect and amplifies negative symptoms. Besides changing the strength of the magnetic field in those areas, grid lines can alter the electrical conductivity of the ground, increase the concentration of positive ions, and sometimes even increase gamma radiation. These grid lines are considered to be 6-10 inches wide, and occur approximately every 4-7 feet, throughout the world. Areas where two grid lines cross may also be considered stress zones under certain circumstances.

Geopathic stress zones can also be areas where radon gas (a type of ionizing alpha radiation) is emitted at higher levels, which has many deleterious health effects.

What are the negative health effects of geopathic stress, and how can we negate it?

Although the modern, materialistic scientific community is often dismissive of the existence of geopathic stress, this topic has been surprisingly well studied over the past century. Various symptoms, disorders and serious diseases have been linked to the effects of geopathic stress. These include insomnia, nightmares, infertility, miscarriage, migraines, arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, asthma, eczema, rheumatism, hyperactivity in children, and various conditions of a chronically depleted immune system. It has also been linked in studies to multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Crohn’s disease, mental disorders (including addiction, depression and schizophrenia), and even cancer.

It is widely thought that geopathic stress primarily affects the immune system, putting it under considerable stress. It seems likely to us that geopathic stress affects the immune system in a very similar way as manmade electromagnetic fields, as the body perceives the distorted frequencies of both types of fields as foreign, unfamiliar and unsafe, and mounts an immune response against them. The constant battle and overactive immune response eventually depletes the immune system, rendering it less capable of fighting off pathogens and misaligned cells.

We get asked fairly often if Blushield will protect against geopathic stress, which is the reason we decided to do a deep dive into this topic! Blushield produces an alternative, nature-based, biologically coherent frequency field that the body can entrain with preferentially. Whether the stress is due to manmade electromagnetic fields from cell phones, Wifi and home electricity, or distorted electromagnetic fields in geopathic zones, Blushield’s nature-based frequency field gives your body an alternative “radio station” to tune into, removing the majority of the stress from these harmful, discordant frequencies.

There are other methods one can utilize to minimize geopathic stress, but these methods all depend on locating and pinpointing the exact areas of stress, so they can be neutralized with techniques such as “earth acupuncture” or other devices like copper wire shaped in specific ways. If you suspect that you regularly interact with a geopathic stress zone, you can find a dowser to pinpoint the exact locations and help you remedy it. You can also use a Blushield in your home, which can solve the issue in a much simpler way for most people who don’t have access to these other services, as the large coverage area of the Blushield home units will “blanket” all the areas of stress without you having to determine their specific location.

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Chinese Emperor Kuang Yu (2205-2197 BC) proclaimed an edict, effective to this day, which reads: “No dwelling shall be built until the earth diviners have confirmed the intended building site to be free of earth demons.”

Likewise, all the way to this current day, after a broad and extensive study done in Vienna, Austria in the 1980s, there are now parts of Austria where permission will not be granted for many types of buildings unless the site has been dowsed and determined to be free of distorted earth radiation and geopathic stress.

From ancient to modern times, in many parts of the world this subject is considered very important, and we think that it’s worthy of consideration.

References:

• “The History of Geopathic Stress Research” – https://landandspirit.net/geomancy-articles/history-geopathic-stress-research/

• “What is Geopathology: Professional Researches” – https://www.drgeo.life/professional-researches/

• Alexstark.com: “Guidelines for Earth Energy Analysis” – https://www.alexstark.com/guidelines/blog-post-title-four-hrd53-6awsy

• Alexstark.com: “Geomancy” – https://www.alexstark.com/geomancy

• United States Geological Survey (USGS.gov): U.S. Quaternary Faults – https://usgs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=5a6038b3a1684561a9b0aadf88412fcf

• “Note On Geopathic Stress: Magnetic Grid Lines And UG Water Streams” – https://lfeglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Note-on-Geopathic-Stress.pdf

• “Apparatus for combating the effects of geopathic stress” – https://patents.google.com/patent/IES68066B2/en

Exposure to electromagnetic fields affects our biology in many different ways. Several of our recent articles have been focused deep dives on how EMFs detrimentally affect a specific aspect of our biology, by exploring the current body of research in each area, considering the possible mechanisms of harm, as well as proposing ways to minimize or negate that harm. Our most recent deep dives have been on the subject of blood glucose and insulin, as well as cognitive effects including memory, attention and learning impairment. The most probable way that EMFs are causing damage in these areas relates to the highly electrically sensitive voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs) in our cells, as we have extensively elaborated on in these previous articles.

With the VGCC groundwork we have already laid, which should give you a thorough understanding of this complex and fascinating electrochemical system in all of our bodies, we are now going to build on that and address the issues of DNA damage and fertility problems that can be caused by electromagnetic field exposure.

DNA damage and fertility issues are some of the most well studied and well known effects of excessive exposure to harmful EMFs. They are also some of the most dangerous and alarming, if you consider the implications. Let’s touch on some of the most profound studies in each area, and then ponder the potentially devastating domino effects of both issues.

DNA damage results in cell destruction and mutation

One of the most well known initial studies that found DNA damage from radiofrequency radiation was in 1995, by Henry Lai and Narendra Singh, a prolific research team who have done extensive studies on EMF harm over the years. This study found single strand DNA breaks in cultured rat brain cells exposed to low intensity microwave/Wifi frequency radiation of 2.45 GHz. The harm was found to be dose dependent, meaning longer exposure times resulted in more damage. This is important to note, since most people in modern times are exposed to this exact type of radiation 24/7 from their Wifi routers (and Wifi connected computers), and for shorter durations (but still regularly) from any device that uses Bluetooth, as well as cooking with microwave ovens.

Then in 2004, a comprehensive report sponsored by the European Commission, called the Reflex Report, demonstrated that radiation from 2G cell phone handsets was found to cause both single and double strand breaks in the DNA of cultured human and animal cells.

A study report published in 2011, by Martin Blank and Reba Goodman, examined existing studies and found increased stress protein levels and DNA strand breaks from EMF exposure, and interestingly, the effects persisted across a wide spectrum of frequencies, from extremely low frequency (ELF) up to the high radiofrequency (RF) spectrum. Being affected by such a wide spectrum points toward the likelihood of DNA acting as a fractal antenna, as the fractal nature would allow it to resonate with and pick up frequencies across a very wide range. The authors explained how DNA actually appears to possess both attributes of a fractal antenna: electronic conduction and self-symmetry. This could imply that DNA is an especially sensitive receiving instrument for all EMFs in the vicinity – from natural, “good” EMFs to harmful, repetitive ones! This could also mean it’s highly prone to damage from biologically harmful types of frequencies.

The current body of research on DNA damage from EMF exposure shows evidence of single strand breaks, double strand breaks, and oxidized bases in the cellular DNA. Each of these three types of DNA changes can play roles in cell mutation and cancer causation, by triggering chromosomal breaks, rearrangements, deletions and duplications, copy number mutations, and gene amplification. In the process of DNA destruction, essential genes that control cell division can be damaged or lost, causing cells to mutate because they lack proper instruction for their division.

As mentioned previously, DNA damage from EMFs is thought to be caused by the cascade of effects from excessive signaling of the VGCCs. When the calcium channels are overstimulated, it creates a chain reaction of other processes: the excess calcium creates a large quantity of nitric oxide, which then turns into peroxynitrite. Peroxynitrate degrades into free radicals like ROS (reactive oxygen species), which creates oxidative stress. These free radical breakdown products directly attack the DNA, causing cellular DNA damage. The free radicals have a damaging domino effect, where each free radical creates another of itself, continuing the cycle of damage until it meets up with an antioxidant of some kind, which halts the process of that particular free radical chain.

Cell and DNA damage from non-ionizing radiation may be a lot more similar to how damage from ionizing radiation (like gamma rays and x-rays) is inflicted than previously thought. Free radicals are the cause of much of the damage from ionizing radiation, as well, in a similar process. Ionizing radiation is considered dangerous because it can ionize (split apart) atoms inside the cell. Turns out non-ionizing radiation also damages cell membranes, causes DNA fragmentation and does considerable collateral damage to other cell components, which can result in cell death. So the end product of damage from all types of radiation can be one and the same.

Potentially the largest and most important study showing DNA damage and cancers of the brain and heart was executed by the U.S. Government itself – the National Toxicology Program study that cost $30 million dollars and took 10 years to complete, with a verdict (after an expert peer review panel) in 2018 of “clear evidence of carcinogenic activity”. The shocking dismissal of these results by our government since that time represents what many see as one of the most egregious crimes against humanity in the world of EMF research. They took a meticulously designed, perfectly executed study, funded wholly with U.S. taxpayer money, and shoved it under the rug. You can read all about the NTP study in this article.

EMFs are also linked to breast cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer and melanomas. Much of this is thought to be related to how EMFs suppress melatonin production. Most people think of melatonin as the “sleep hormone”, but it’s vastly more than that. Melatonin does help you have deep, restful sleeps, which allows your cells to rejuvenate and your immune system to restore itself, which is very important in cancer prevention. Melatonin also massively increases the ability of vitamin D to stop tumor growth – by 20 to 100 times! Also, melatonin is a powerful antioxidant that deactivates free radicals, such as the ROS that is produced through chain reaction by EMF exposure.

Reduced fertility & increased risk of miscarriage & birth defects

Although DNA damage and fertility issues may seem unrelated, lowered male and female fertility are associated with the same oxidative stress process that causes DNA damage. Fertility issues and birth defects are a result of DNA damage, but of the germ-line cells instead of the somatic cells.

Changes in somatic cell lines affect the health of that organism, without affecting its reproductive cells. Germ-line changes refer to alterations that DO affect reproductive cells (within the sperm and the egg), thereby altering the cells of future offspring. DNA damage from EMFs was found to affect both types of cells, affecting our current state of health, as well as the health of future generations!

EMF exposure reduces the synthesis of steroid hormones, including testosterone and progesterone, which can reduce libido and fertility. The VGCC activation chain caused by EMFs can also prevent sperm from effectively fertilizing an egg.

A study by the prestigious Cleveland Clinic showed that the more hours a man spends on his cell phone, the lower his sperm count, and sperm quality was substantially diminished. Men who used a cell phone for more than 4 hours a day had a 25% lower sperm count than those who rarely used a cell phone. They also noted a 50% drop in the number of properly formed sperm! Overall, they found significant effects on sperm count, mobility, viability and appearance.

In one of many studies linking EMF exposure and miscarriages, it was shown that almost one thousand pregnant women had a 180% increased incidence of miscarriage when exposed to slightly stronger than average magnetic fields of just 16 milligauss. Miscarriage is often caused by chromosomal mutations. We know that a man’s sperm is continually created throughout his life, so any mutations reflect his current and recent level of health. However, with women, we have a much more serious situation. All of a woman’s eggs she will ever have are created when she is in utero. She goes her entire life with these eggs, so if any are damaged at any point in her life, and a damaged egg gestates into a baby, it significantly increases her risk of either miscarriage or birth defects.

The eggs of a female baby and young girl are still immature, so they are more susceptible to damage during growth. Once an egg is damaged, it has been found to be irreversible, and the genetic damage in that egg is passed down to her female offspring’s eggs, and their female offspring!

This excellent and comprehensive study review from 2018 concludes from the available data that electromagnetic fields of various frequencies (especially the most highly tested 2.45 GHz Wifi frequencies and 60 Hz home electricity) have detrimental effects on human and animal reproductive health, including fertility and pregnancy and birth outcomes, even at very low levels of exposure. The studies found significantly reduced sperm motility and viability, increased sperm DNA fragmentation and damage, reproductive organ damage and carcinogenic risk, lower serum testosterone, increased testicular temperature, germ cell death, oxidative stress induced endometrial damage, altered hormonal cycles in females that reduced fertility, as well as DNA fragmentation in female egg cells with negative effects on embryonic development and fetal abnormalities.

Protecting your DNA and healthy reproduction

Cancers rates are increasing worldwide, with 19 million new cases diagnosed in 2020. Predictions state that cases per year could rise to nearly 29 million by the year 2040! At the same time, human sperm count has dropped to below 50% of what used to be considered normal throughout the technologically advanced countries of the world, and reproductive rates have fallen below replacement levels in most places, as well. Many factors are thought to contribute to the cancer and fertility crises, and our approach to protecting our health (and the health of our descendants) should be multifaceted. Based on the many available studies we just touched on, linking EMFs to DNA damage and fertility issues, we would do well to include EMF reduction and protection in our health strategy!

EMF protection in itself should be approached from several angles. Minimizing EMF exposure sources (much as possible and practical) is the best first step. After that, you can add effective EMF protection technology (like Blushield) to protect you from the EMF exposure sources you cannot control or eliminate. Optimizing your melatonin levels will also go a long way to ensuring your body has enough of this precious and potent endogenous super antioxidant to protect all of your cells from damage. Lastly, a nutrient rich, clean diet with abundant sources of antioxidants (such as vitamin C and E, polyphenols and flavonoids) will ensure that any oxidative stress from EMF exposure will be neutralized quickly.

References:

• Study: “Acute low-intensity microwave exposure increases DNA single-strand breaks in rat brain cells” – https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bem.2250160309

• Reflex Report: “Risk Evaluation of Potential Environmental Hazards From Low Frequency Electromagnetic Field Exposure Using Sensitive in vitro Methods” – https://itis.swiss/assets/Downloads/Papers-Reports/Reports/REFLEXFinal-Report171104.pdf

• Study: “DNA is a fractal antenna in electromagnetic fields” – https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/09553002.2011.538130

• Study review: “Effect of radiofrequency radiation on reproductive health” – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6469375/

• Study: “A Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study of Personal Exposure to Magnetic Fields during Pregnancy and the Risk of Miscarriage” – https://www.jstor.org/stable/3703242

• Study review: “Cell phones and brain tumors: a review including the long-term epidemiologic data” – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0090301909001451

• Cleveland Clinic study review: “Radiations and male fertility” – https://www.clevelandclinic.org/ReproductiveResearchCenter/docs/publications/692_Radiations_and_male_fertility.pdf

If you have been following our several years long coverage of the ongoing (and quite exhausting) power struggle saga of the FCC and telecoms vehemently denying all reported and documented harms of wireless radiation exposure, and trying to push forward with ever more cell tower and antenna installations in spite of the rapidly accumulating opposition, here is the next segment for you.

In one of our most recent articles on this subject, we reported on the U.S. Court of Appeals mandamus order against the FCC, demanding that they properly address the many reports of harm from wireless radiation that were ignored when the FCC recently decided not to reassess and change their 1996 wireless exposure guidelines, which are grossly outdated and inadequate. In the light of that verdict, it really made us wonder what else the devious and conniving FCC and telecoms could possibly do to avoid accountability, as it really seemed like they had been backed into a corner!

It’s looking like their next move on the chess board has been made, this time in the form of a proposed Federal bill, named the American Broadband Deployment Act of 2023, or H.R. 3557.

As with all deceptive legalese, the wording of this bill makes it sound like a helpful and generous move on the part of the U.S. Government, using the trendy catchphrases “bridging the gap” and “fixing the digital divide” so that low income, rural residents will have access to the same online services and opportunities as higher income, urban folks.

If you think this sounds good and reasonable, you need to understand why wireless will NEVER properly address the digital divide, and how the FCC actually created this divide in the first place, which we explain in this article.

Their stated intention to “streamline” Federal, state and local permitting and regulatory reviews to “expedite” the deployment of communications facilities is some pretty major red flag wording, in our estimation.

What this bill is actually seeking to do is remove local municipal opposition to the placement of new cell towers, by eliminating moratoriums (temporary suspensions of activity due to concerns or potential issues), and setting a strict limit on the time that a local municipality is allowed to take to respond to applications for new cell towers. If an application is not approved or denied within this very short timeline, it would be automatically approved with no permit required, and with no public safety protection rules. If the local government denies the application, this bill would give the FCC the power to review and contest application denials, rather than the local federal district courts who are empathetic to the voices of their local community.

The bill would remove local zoning laws, allowing telecoms to build cell towers in neighborhoods and close to schools and playgrounds. It would also remove environmental and historic preservation reviews as potential road blocks to cell tower placement. This may result in new cell towers placed in protected historic areas and natural areas with abundant wildlife diversity, while the community is rendered helpless to protect their local treasures. This is clearly in response to the looming September deadline that requires the FCC to consult with NEPA (the National Environmental Protection Agency) on the environmental impact of wireless radiation, which we covered more about here.

This bill only grants more freedom to the telecoms and more restrictions on local and state decision making, while imposing zero obligations on the telecoms. Although the bill states an intention to “serve rural areas”, it does not present any new rules requiring that the telecoms do anything of the sort. If this bill passed, these large, incredibly rich and powerful corporations would have even more legal allowance to do whatever they want, and with our own tax dollars, of course.

All freedom, no responsibility!

This kind of bill would completely upend many open court cases between the public and the telecoms, including the recent case we wrote about in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, regarding a cell tower installed in a neighborhood that made 17 residents sick and unable to continue living in their houses. This bill would silence their efforts, and they would suddenly no longer have a valid case in the court of law.

It may also make the FCC’s court-ordered review of documented harm from wireless radiation totally irrelevant legally. They may be able to say whatever they want, address the reports of harm minimally, and still get away with “expediting” more and more cell tower and small cell antenna placements, for the sake of “progress”.

Essentially, if this bill passes in the U.S. House and Senate, the implications are terrible and widespread.

Help us #KillHR3557 by telling your elected officials to oppose H.R. 3557, the American Broadband Deployment Act of 2023.

Blushield joins Kansans For Health Freedom event next month!

The Blushield USA team will be attending an exciting event coming up next month in Kansas, focused on health freedom and featuring speakers from the Children’s Health Defense organization (including Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.), who are leading the fight against unsafe wireless radiation projects and unchecked cell tower placements.

Blushield is supporting this event at the highest sponsorship level, and even better, we will be physically present during the entire event, with a booth set up with our products and information. We will be doing several product giveaways during the event, so if you attend, you will have a chance to win one of several Blushield home and portable devices!

Plus, this is a great opportunity to meet our team in person, which would be so much fun for us!

The event is August 25^th and 26^th, 2023, in Olathe, Kansas. Find out more details here:

Freedom Revival in the Heartland

References:

• Children’s Health Defense: “Take Action to Prevent the Next Wireless Invasion – Stop the American Broadband Deployment Act of 2023 from Being Enacted” – https://childrenshealthdefense.org/community-forum/take-action-to-prevent-the-next-wireless-invasion

• Americans for Responsible Technology: “Stop Big Government Takeover of Local Control” – https://www.americansforresponsibletech.org/stop3557

• Energycommerce.house.gov: “E&C Advances Seven Bills to Close the Digital Divide and Improve American Leadership in Wireless Communications” – https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/e-and-c-advances-seven-bills-to-close-the-digital-divide-and-improve-american-leadership-in-wireless-communications

• Congress.gov: “H.R.3557 - American Broadband Deployment Act of 2023” – https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3557

• “US House Committee Advances Bill to Gut Local Zoning and Community Input, Advance Corporate Interests” – https://conduitstreet.mdcounties.org/2023/05/31/us-house-committee-advances-bill-to-gut-local-zoning-and-community-input-advance-corporate-interests/

In 2020, when most of the world shut down in response to a declared viral pandemic, the lives of dozens of residents of a small town in Massachusetts were changed drastically, but from a completely different type of threat. Although schools and workplaces were shut down, one type of activity ramped up even more fervently: the clearing of forests, destruction and displacement of entire ecosystems of animals and insects, and the unchallenged construction of large, looming metal structures that characterizes the placement of new cell phone towers.

As almost all social activity in their lives had ceased, the residents of a neighborhood in Pittsfield, Massachusetts were bewildered and mortified as huge trucks (and trucks carrying other trucks) spent full days on the previously quiet, calm streets of their small town, building something unknown but clearly massive that nobody knew was coming. The many trucks coming and going daily changed the peaceful and quiet atmosphere to one of constant noise, air pollution from exhaust, and even damage to their roads and water lines from the heavy weight of the trucks, one time leaving them without water in their homes for a full day, with no way of leaving to seek out water elsewhere as the trucks blocked the roads.

In a place where kids used to play safely on the streets and neighbors would take their daily walks, the residents now found themselves cowering inside their homes, wondering what kind of behemoth was going to be their new neighbor.

When one resident questioned the construction company directly, they were told that a Verizon cell phone tower was being built.

Legally, a city that approves the construction of a new cell tower is required to send notice of the impending buildout to all residents within 300 feet of the construction zone. When questioned, the city of Pittsfield claimed they did just that, but did not have any proof, and none of the nearby residents had received any notice at all.

Upon further digging, they discovered that the tower was silently granted a permit in 2017, with only one resident in attendance. After being informed by residents of where the construction was occurring, City Councilor Christopher Connell told them the initial permit application raised no red flags to him, as the address that Verizon gave was deceptive – it implied that the tower would be placed at the other end of the 60-acre private lot, considerably further away from the residents’ homes than the space directly adjacent to the residential neighborhood where the tower was actually being built. Even more alarming, it was being built through an illegal access point to the property, located in the residential neighborhood.

“For this to appear at the other end, into a neighborhood, is deplorable in my opinion," Connell said.

As building continued, some of the residents took all the action they could think to take – taking photos of the construction, contacting the city and all local departments that could assist them in the matter, and even talking to the construction workers, who begin to verbally harass them. Even though the private lot the tower was being built on was technically zoned residential and had a height restriction of 35 feet, workers told residents that their area was okay to build on, as it was considered “open space” and “no one lived there”, and that the residents are considered “collateral damage” and “people of low education, living on land of low value.” They were told that the tower was going to get “up and on” before the residents had a chance to organize and try to fight back.

Later that year, there was a 115-foot cell phone tower right at the end of their street, all trees within the vicinity cleared to the ground, surrounded by a barbed wire fence.

At first, residents were most concerned about the ambiance of their neighborhood, the ugly view of the tower that replaced the beautiful forest outside their windows, and the inevitable plummeting of their property values as a result of the tower being placed so close to their homes. The local historical society was upset that the Herman Melville House Museum property was directly adjacent to the cell tower, marring the historical feel and appeal to tourists.

At that point, residents didn’t know they also needed to be worried about the health effects of the radiation... until the tower was turned on, and dozens of residents simultaneously began experiencing a kind of ill health they had never dealt with before.

17 residents fall ill after neighborhood cell tower is turned on

Soon after the tower was turned on, children and adults living nearby began experiencing symptoms of ill health they had never felt before. The day the tower was fired up, 13-year-old Amelia Gilardi’s little sister started feeling dizzy, headachy, and complaining of a buzzing in her head. Amelia didn’t even know what a cell tower was until construction began on their street, but soon her entire family was experiencing troubling symptoms they had not anticipated.

Neighbors began complaining of various health issues. Elaine Ireland, a local resident who had never been prone to headaches, began experiencing frequent headaches and ringing in the ears. Reports of dizziness, insomnia, heart palpitations, headaches, nausea and vomiting, skin rashes, and memory and cognitive issues began adding up. One person was so dizzy that he could no longer drive his car. Another got tinnitus so bad that he was considering moving. Some of the kids had to sleep with “vomit buckets” next to their beds. By the end of that year, the Gilardi family knew of at least 13 neighbors that were sick, and one had even developed cancer. After a couple years of continued exposure, there are now 17 neighbors complaining of issues, and 3 now have cancer.

Some of the residents were awakened to a sense of urgency that they needed to do whatever they could to either have the tower turned off, or moved further away – continuing to live in their homes, without their health being threatened, depended on it. Amelia’s mother, Courtney Gilardi, became one of the leading activists in this cause, repeatedly attempting to contact the local Health Department and calling attention to the issue at City Council meetings. At first, no one would listen, or do anything to help them.

The response from the city was not quick enough, and as the residents’ symptoms continued and even worsened, some had to sell their homes and move elsewhere, and others had to go stay with friends or even live in their cars. Amelia’s family had access to a small cottage a few miles away, where they retreated to find relief from their symptoms. The house was old, tiny, and infested with rats, with no personal space for the kids. Yet, the relief they felt from their radiation symptoms made it the only acceptable option. Over time, as their family dynamic became stressed and disrupted due to poor living conditions and their mother working full days just on the cell tower issue, the children yearned to be back in their home and living their normal lives.

One day, Amelia’s little sister told their mom that she doesn’t remember what it was like to live in their own house.

Amelia spoke in person at a local City Council meeting for the first time at age 13 – you can listen to her speech here. Since then, at only age 15, she has already spoken at more than 50 Board of Health and City Council meetings on this issue!

Pittsfield residents’ fight back finally gains traction

Finally, after much discussion, the City Council decided to send the issue to the Pittsfield Board of Health for an investigation. After combing through stacks of research papers and questioning a dozen scientists and doctors, which took a full 18 months, the members of the Board began waking up to the true potential for danger that wireless radiation has on human health. For the first time in United States history, a local Health Board issued an emergency cease-and-desist order, directing a cell phone company to shut down a cell tower. It was a bold move, but the stakes were high, and the residents were not backing down, as they were desperate for relief and resolution.

Unfortunately, the reaction was retaliatory – Verizon sued the City of Pittsfield, stating that their cell tower radiation was well within FCC exposure level guidelines, and essentially blaming the residents of faking their illnesses by stating that they must have psychological problems. Since the Pittsfield Board of Health had not allocated funds to support a lawsuit, they unfortunately chose to withdraw the order.

But Verizon and the other telecoms know just as well as the rest of us that the FCC guidelines were set way back in 1996, based on the comparatively meager radiation levels most of humanity was exposed to at the time from the sporadic fancy flip phone, pagers and cordless home phones. Furthermore, the guidelines are based only on exposure levels that produce thermal (heating) effects, while thousands of studies have proven there are non-thermal harmful effects of RF radiation. Of course, they are dead set on never admitting publicly that they know all this, as it would cut a huge chunk from their profits.

For a detailed explanation of why the FCC guidelines are outdated and allow nearly every life form to be exposed to dangerous levels of radiation with no recourse, you can read our article on the current court order requiring the FCC to address the mountain of evidence on health harms and update their 1996 safety guidelines accordingly:

FCC Under Fire: The Pressure Is On For Radiofrequency Safety Guideline Updates

At this point, they are just delaying the inevitable. Sooner or later, justice will find them, and they will have to backtrack so far that the industry itself may face a kind of collapse! But how long is it going to take for the final blow to be dealt, illegal and harmful cell towers shut down (or at least moved further away from people), so that people like Amelia Gilardi’s family, Elaine Ireland, and over a dozen of their neighbors can move back into the homes they own, and resume their normal lives?

Children’s Health Defense steps in to help

Since the city withdrew the cease-and-desist order, and the story has gained traction in the media, Children’s Health Defense stepped in and picked up the case. CHD is determined to help these people get back in their homes safely, and to fight to set a new precedent to win future cases where the telecoms are unjustly driving people out of their homes.

The attorney on the case is Scott McCullough, CHD’s leading litigator for electromagnetic radiation cases, and the very same attorney who recently fought (and won!) to require the FCC to update their outdated safety guidelines!

This legal battle is still ongoing. In June, a superior court judge ruled that the lawsuit can move forward, after some objections from Verizon tried to put a halt to the case. The court is admitting that the plaintiffs (the local residents and CHD) have a valid case to be made, and they want to hear more.

The revolutionary and incredibly important work that Children’s Health Defense attorneys are doing to protect children (and all living beings) from harmful environmental factors including wireless radiation requires continuous funding, as they are a non-profit organization.

Our Blushield USA team is made up of a few families, and most of us have children of our own. We strongly believe in the importance of the work CHD is doing, which is why we support them with monthly financial contributions! When you purchase your Blushield home and portable EMF protection devices, know that you are helping us to financially support the vitally important cases that Children’s Health Defense takes on.

You can read more about Our Causes here

References:

• Children’s Health Defense: “15-year-old Activist Stands Up to Big Telecom” – https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/chd-tv/shows/good-morning-chd/15yearold-activist-stands-up-to-big-telecom/

• Safe Tech International: “5G Earth Day Countdown: Children – Amelia’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Cell Tower Days” – https://safetechinternational.org/5g-earth-day-countdown-children-amelias-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-cell-tower-days/

• Children’s Health Defense: “Lawsuit Over Verizon Cell Tower Can Proceed, Judge Rules” – https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/pittsfield-verizon-cell-tower-lawsuit-proceeds/

• Environmental Health Trust: “Pittsfield, MA Board of Health Unanimously Votes to Issue Cease and Desist for Verizon Cell Tower” – https://ehtrust.org/pittsfield-ma-board-of-health-unanimously-votes-to-issue-cease-and-desist-for-verizon-cell-tower/

If you’ve been a Blushield fan for several years, you have likely noticed a big change in our product functionality that began in 2019:  The introduction of our dual band scalar technology.  This is a powerful upgrade to our previous technology that operated using mono band scalar waveforms.

Since this terminology is not in common use, we bet that a lot of you would love to understand more about what exactly we mean by dual band (versus mono band), and how our upgraded tech translates to better protection from EMFs and especially 5G!

While many of the details and specifics are too deep to get into in this article (and likely will only be understood by electrical engineers who work with scalar fields, like our dedicated team of engineers), we want to help you to better understand how our tech works, as we think it is unique and fascinating!

First, let’s talk about the original Blushield multiple waveform algorithm, which is our signature frequency field we’ve used for many years with excellent results and customer feedback.  If you have one of the older Blushield models (like the Plugin, Cube, Ultra, or an older Portable), you will notice if you closely watch the light on the device (when it’s plugged in or turned on) that it will light up in a flickering fashion for a couple of seconds, then turn off.  This flickering light will repeat about half a minute later, continuing in this way for as long as it’s plugged in or turned on.

This light indicates when the scalar field is being emitted into the environment around the device.  Even though the signal is only present in the space for several seconds per minute, we found that the signal was emitted frequently enough for the cells of the body to pick up and entrain with these frequency patterns, with protection from harmful EMFs as the beneficial side effect of this entrainment.

Entrainment (resonance) occurs when a living organism perceives and begins to preferentially resonate with a frequency field that it has access to.  The body can only resonate with a field if it is strong enough to be perceivable over other strong fields in the same space.  The natural background field of the Earth and cosmos is always present with us, and before modern technology entered the scene, we were all entrained with this natural field by default.  The problem now is that the modern, manmade electromagnetic fields that surround almost all of us, often 24/7, are so predominant that they effectively drown out these natural background frequencies, and our bodies have almost no choice but to entrain with these biologically chaotic and discordant fields!

Modern, manmade EMFs are created without considering the effects they have on living organisms – they are solely designed to be carrier signals to transmit information (in the case of wireless radio-frequency radiation) and to transmit electricity through wires.  Antennas from cell phone towers usually have a base frequency as the carrier signal, which is one constant frequency.  The information being transmitted is encoded onto that signal as pulsations in the form of amplitude and phase modulations that ride on the base frequency.  This method transmits electronic information very well, but it is confusing to the biology of living organisms – the structure that makes sense to computers does not make sense to our bodies!  It is like gibberish, and the body goes on guard when it notices these chaotic fields, often mounting an immune response to what it perceives to be a threat or a foreign invader (like a virus).  Unfortunately, since the source is outside the body and there’s nothing inside the body to attack and defeat, the immune response is futile and can never successfully finish the job it’s trying to do.

If another strong field is introduced into the same space, and this new field is structured in a way that harmonizes with our biology, and reminds our bodies of the familiar patterns found in nature, we will be attracted to it like fresh water in a desert!  Since the field is strong enough for our bodies to perceive it, even over the strong discordant fields of the EMFs, we then have the option to entrain with that field instead, calming the immune response and restoring a state of balance and well-being.

How is the dual band signal different?

Let’s get back to how Blushield works, and how our new dual band tech is different than our previous approach.  As explained previously, the every-half-minute signal output of our mono band devices was generally all that was needed to entrain with the Blushield field over the moderate levels of 3G, 4G, Wifi and home electricity EMFs we have all been exposed to for many years.

Now, 5G has entered the picture, and the whole frequency landscape is changing considerably.  The nature of 5G is many times more intense in its structure and function, as it would need to be to transmit higher loads of information at a much faster rate.  5G is utilizing much higher portions of the electromagnetic frequency spectrum, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the differences between 5G and the previous generations of wireless technology!  Other new aspects, such as beamforming technology, massive MIMO, and the exponential increase in antenna numbers per square mile, mean that 5G as a whole is going to have a much more intense effect on living organisms.  You can read more about exactly how 5G works (and how it’s different than 4G) in this article we wrote:

5G Explained and What It Means for Health and Humanity

When our inventor and engineers first learned about how 5G was going to work, they got busy figuring out how to adapt our EMF protection technology to ensure the most optimal protection against the behemoth of frequencies that was coming!

This is where the dual band signal comes in.

We kept our original multiple waveform algorithm of frequencies that we have become known for over the years, the one that emits an intermittent (every half minute) scalar field.  Then we layered on a second scalar field, which is designed to operate in tandem with the first one, potentiating the protective effects.  This second field is “always on”, except for a couple seconds every half minute, when it’s interrupted by the original field.  The alternating, tandem nature of the two fields is designed to have a dynamic effect on the body, so it never fully gets used to the field or develops a resistance to it.  In nature, frequencies are always changing in subtle ways, and are never repetitive in exact frequency or amplitude. We base our technology on this same principle, and follow the known patterns of nature for optimal biological effects!

Since 5G is intense and “always on”, it tends to generate more of a “pull” on our biology, so we needed a protective field that is constantly on to make sure the body stays entrained with the harmonious natural field that Blushield emits.

Let’s talk about the differences between the two frequency bands in our new tech.  Both fields imitate nature’s gently randomized frequency fields that follow overarching natural patterns.  The first signal layers multiple waveforms on top of each other – if you can imagine a subtle, inaudible version of a trickling stream, wind blowing in the leaves of trees, all while the birds are singing, you are close to understanding how Blushield’s waveforms are layered!  The second, “always on” field specifically implements the Phi ratio, one of the most well known and ubiquitous patterns found in nature.

The Phi ratio is found all throughout nature’s beautiful and coherent forms

When our first dual band device was released, we wrote an article all about the Phi ratio and its significance, where we have already explained Phi in depth:

The Phi Ratio & The New Blushield Premium Ultra Unit

The Phi ratio is a mathematical observation that has been proven to occur widely throughout natural phenomena.  It has been observed that because Phi is an irrational (endless/infinite) number with special properties, it has infinite growth potential, which supports the patterns of prolific reproduction and regeneration that define the natural world.  Visually, expressions of Phi are widely considered to be aesthetically beautiful, and inspire a sense of wonder and awe (this video captures the beauty of Phi perfectly!)

This article (and this one!) give some beautiful examples of the appearance of the Phi ratio in nature.  It is found in the structure of flowers and seeds, the growth of trees, the logarithmic spiral in snail and nautilus shells (which also happens to be the pattern of our inner ear!), in the structure of hurricanes and even galaxies at the macro level, down to the micro level in the structure of our DNA double helix!  It governs the proportions in human, animal and insect bodies, and is even thought to be expressed in instinctive human behavior and emotional patterns.

Phi ratio patterns reinforce health, well-being and regeneration in living organisms.  Implementing continuous Phi ratio patterns in the second frequency band of our dual band devices is designed to not only protect the body from the more intense effect that 5G has on us, but also to support and strengthen the body’s regenerative and healing capacity in response to any damaging radiation that does still get through and affect us.

Our dual band devices are considered to be 97-99% protective against EMFs and 5G (as long as you have the appropriate strength device for your level of EMF exposure), but since nothing in nature is 100% efficient, there may still be some radiation that gets through and affects us, which the body will always attempt to regenerate from – and Phi ratio structured frequency patterns support that process.  There may also be times when we don’t have our Blushield around, and revisiting the dual band field with its Phi ratio patterns can help our bodies heal and normalize more quickly from that exposure.

Our older mono band models were designed to protect from all forms of EMFs, including general 5G in the vicinity, but the dual band models are specifically designed to give much better protection from 5G sources that are very close by, like a 5G antenna within direct line of sight, or less than a quarter mile from you.  The dual band models are also for protection from exposure to 5G that’s utilizing higher portions of the frequency spectrum, called high band 5G – even more well known as ‘millimeter waves’.

Almost all of our current home and portable models are dual band.  The Phi Series includes the Phi 02 Plugin, Phi 03, and the Phi 01 Portable.  They give the same base level of protection as our older mono band Plugin, Cube and white Portable, with the added dual band signal!  The Phi Series is for those who live in places with low to moderate EMF levels, like rural areas, small towns, suburban areas or medium sized cities.

Our Ultimate Series devices are also dual band, and have stronger overall protective fields, designed for moderate to high (and even extreme) EMF exposure in medium to large cities and dense metropolitan areas, with a high density of cell towers and antennas, which inevitably brings high exposure to 5G sources. Our Ultimate Series home models are the B1 Premium Cube and C1 Ultimate Cube, and the portable options are the Ultimate Portable, Sensitive Portable, and EVO Portable.

If you want to know exactly which home and portables are right for your unique living situation, please read our Blushield Product Guide to direct you to the best investment to suit your needs!

Electromagnetic field exposure can affect our mood, and can result in depression, anxiety, insomnia, lapses in attention and memory, and other brain and nervous system related symptoms. This is becoming very well known, as the science accumulates and breakthroughs in understanding are made. In fact, these are some of the first and most obvious symptoms of EMF harm. Many electrically hypersensitive people have strong neurological symptoms in the presence of high levels of EMFs, which can sometimes be debilitating.

Is there a reason that these types of symptoms are so commonplace, and are often the first noticeable EMF effects for many people? Yes! It’s related to the electrical nature of our brain and nervous system.

The human brain and nervous system are extraordinarily sensitive to electrochemical signals. This is by design, as our brain and nervous system function are completely dependent on electrical impulses to initiate a cascade of neurotransmitters and neuroendocrine hormones. These endogenous (produced by the body itself), highly electrosensitive chemical messengers control our mood, brain function, attention, memory, learning ability, motor function, hormone production, and many other essential functions that maintain the body’s optimal state on a daily basis.

The body’s electrochemical system utilizes ionic minerals, which alter their charge in response to how our sensory neurons perceive and respond to external cues (such as light, movement and heat), eliciting electrical changes in the cell membranes. These changes trigger voltage sensors in one or more of the voltage-gated ion channels, which are like guardians of the cell membranes, to open their gates and allow minerals to enter the inside of the cell to perform the appropriate function.

The groups of voltage-gated ion channels are each ideally controlled by one specific ionic element. Many are controlled by potassium, a few by sodium, some are chloride channels, and some are controlled by calcium. Ions have electrical effects within the body, and each voltage-gated ion channel has its own job to do.

Extensive research done by Dr. Martin Pall, retired Professor of Biochemistry and Medical Sciences at Washington State University, indicates that the voltage-gated calcium channels specifically are most dramatically affected by external, manmade electromagnetic fields. According to research compiled and evaluated from hundreds of studies, the specific nature of the voltage-gated calcium channels (often abbreviated as VGCCs) makes them extraordinarily sensitive to the pulsed and polarized microwave/radiofrequency radiation emitted by wireless communications equipment.

Our neurons and their ionic messenger molecules are designed to respond to the subtle fields produced by our own bodies, and the natural electric and magnetic fields of the Earth. The polarized nature of the EMFs produced by alternating current (AC) electrical wiring, as well as the pulsations and polarization on the carrier signals of wireless communication systems (these pulsations are what carries the information transmitted from cell tower to cell phone), are said to be massively overstimulating the voltage-gated calcium channels all throughout our bodies, which are at their highest concentration in the brain and nervous system.

This would result in a flood of calcium entering our cells, potentially 24/7, triggering a chain reaction of inflammatory and highly damaging molecules… and the vast majority of this calcium channel flooding would be happening in our brain and nervous system, due to its high concentration of VGCCs.

Many of us feel the downstream effects of this raging internal storm, and as 5G density increases throughout the world, symptoms are amplified and people everywhere are awakening to the realization that this is actually affecting us.

Research on brain function and EMFs

There is already a large body of research on humans and animals showing effects of electromagnetic fields on brain function. All of these studies used low intensity fields, well under the current safety standards set by the FCC, and all well below the threshold of thermal (heating) effects of EMFs.

In most of the studies done, microwave radiation was shown to alter various neurotransmitters, which alters brain function and behavior. Acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that heavily influences cognitive function, focus, attention and memory, was significantly reduced after exposure to microwave radiation, especially 2.45 GHz Wifi radiation. The endogenous opioid neurotransmitter systems were also affected. Both choline and endogenous opioid changes can impair spatial learning and memory.

A Russian document originally written in 1973 investigated rats exposed to non-thermal levels of microwave radiation, and reported that even though the nervous system is only about 2% of the tissue mass of the rodents, the majority of the severe changes from radiation exposure occurred there, suggesting that the nervous system is the most sensitive region of the body to the effects of EMFs of all the body’s tissues, followed by the heart and testes. Subsequent research on the voltage-gated calcium channels supports this, as the highest concentration of VGCCs is found in the nervous system, and considering the central role that the VGCCs play in neurotransmitter and neuroendocrine hormone release. Another finding is that neuroendocrine hormones often increase in the initial period of exposure, but with prolonged exposure, the hormone supply becomes exhausted, leading to lowered secretion and sometimes cell death. The document also reports seizures, neurodegeneration, and synaptic connection disruptions, the last of which commonly occurs in cases of autism.

A NASA document from 1981 on non-thermal, non-ionizing electromagnetic field effects on humans reported occupational exposures to radio- to microwave-frequency EMFs resulted in headaches, fatigue and daytime sleepiness, sleep disturbances, memory loss, inability to concentrate, central nervous system disorders, extreme irritability, moodiness and nervous tension.

A 2013 survey showed that owners of Smart meters reported adverse health effects that were not experienced until the Smart meter was installed. The most common effects reported were insomnia, tinnitus, head pressure, difficulty concentrating, memory problems, agitation, fatigue, dizziness, numbness, and burning/tingling skin. A 2014 Smart meter case study in Australia reported very similar adverse effects.

A 2009 study on rats found a reduction in brain levels of vitamins C and E, and an increase in lipid peroxidation, all indicators of oxidative stress and free radical activity after EMF exposure. Replenishing vitamin C and E, as well as supplementing with selenium and L-carnitine, was found to protect the brain from oxidative damage from the EMFs.

One study examined the effects of EMFs on the microglia, which are the immune cells of the nervous system that are normally activated by injuries and infections of the nerve tissue. Excessive microglia activation can damage nerve tissue, and lead to degenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. They found that 2.45 GHz radiation activated the microglia, followed by an inflammatory response.

Another study recorded a stress response to non-ionizing Wifi frequency radiation in the hippocampus of rat brains, by observing significant changes in stress related genes, including heat shock proteins, apoptosis and DNA repair genes. In many studies, calcium channel flooding has been shown to significantly increase heat shock proteins.

There is a study that exposed ant colonies to Wifi routers, and showed almost immediate disturbed and erratic behavior, and the appearance of being sick. Normal foraging patterns didn’t resume until several hours after the exposure ended.

Rats were exposed to three frequencies commonly used by cell phones – 900 Mhz, 1800 Mhz and 2.45 GHz. Spatial orientation, learning and memory were impaired at all three frequencies, and the number of DNA strand breaks was significantly increased. At the 1800 Mhz and 2.45 Ghz frequencies, DNA damage also increased significantly. Another study replicated these results with rats, at the same frequencies.

Another Wifi frequency study with rats showed a significant increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS), reactive nitrogen species (RNS), lipid peroxidation, apoptosis, and oxidative damage of DNA and proteins. Learning and memory were detrimentally affected due to cell damage.

Takeaways from the science

The human brain and nervous system are incredibly complex, and the experiments elaborated on above are in no way implying that there are simple, uniform effects across the board. The brain has ways of adapting very quickly to environmental changes, in an attempt to maintain functional homeostasis. When the receptors for certain neurotransmitters are stimulated out of proportion to opposing systems, the number of receptors actually decrease to compensate for the excessive stimulation. This phenomenon occurs during the high level dopamine stimulation from excess social media and drug use, where the user’s dopamine receptor numbers (and receptor sensitivity) decrease to where the person no longer feels the same degree of pleasure from more gentle, natural stimulus like listening to music and exercising.

Another example is how consistent caffeine consumption binds to our adenosine receptors (in place of adenosine), so we don’t feel tired when we would ordinarily. To compensate for this, and get the rest that we need, the body increases the number of adenosine receptors, to give our endogenous adenosine molecules a chance to utilize their own receptors and make us feel appropriately tired/restful. This is why a sudden cessation of caffeine makes us unusually tired for a period of time – we initially still have those larger numbers of adenosine receptors, which the body then floods solely with adenosine in the absence of caffeine. If the lack of caffeine continues, the body will soon reduce the number of adenosine molecules to normal levels, and we will no longer feel excessively tired.

The brain expertly adapts to all kinds of inputs, maintaining homeostasis in circumstances that would otherwise throw us off-kilter. This happens in response to EMFs, as well. In many cases, there are immediate drops in neurotransmitter output, demonstrating an obvious impairment in brain function. In some cases, there’s an initial increase in the output of some neurotransmitters (seeming to imply beneficial or therapeutic effects), with an eventual drop to inadequate levels after continued exposure. That’s why longer exposure durations are so important, and studies only showing short term exposures are not necessarily showing us the whole picture, especially as it applies to our real world, very long duration exposures!

One simplistic argument of the “EMFs have no health effects” camp (which includes the telecom industry, of course, and the governmental bodies that supposedly regulate them) is that because some studies show therapeutic effects of EMFs, and other studies show harmful effects, that this can be “zeroed out” to mean no effects. This is laughably oversimplistic, and just plain wrong. What these seemingly contradictory results actually show is that there ARE effects, but that their conditions are as nuanced and complex as the human body and the living earth itself, and need to be treated with much more discernment and curiosity when approached in research. A lot has already been revealed by the large body of EMF science, and a lot more remains to be fully understood.

One interesting theory, with some good evidence to back it up, is that the stimulation of the calcium channels can initiate one of two separate pathways, depending on the nature of the EMFs, including the frequency, intensity, and the duration of exposure. The first pathway is called the nitric oxide signaling pathway, with downstream effects of activating Nrf2, which has whole-body cell protective, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and lifespan lengthening effects. This may explain the therapeutic effects of some types of EMFs – short exposure durations are more commonly associated with beneficial effects, but it is more nuanced than that. Nrf2 can also be activated by various antioxidant-rich food substances, such as berries, green tea, chocolate, onions, and other fruits.

The other pathway that can result from calcium channel activation is called the peroxynitrite pathway, which seems to be most reliably initiated by prolonged, excessive calcium signaling. This is thought to be the pathway of the pathophysiological (harmful) effects of EMFs. This pathway is characterized by elevated levels of both nitric oxide and superoxide, which react with each other to produce peroxynitrite. Peroxynitrite breaks down into free radicals, producing oxidative stress and potentially DNA damage, which adversely affects the body as a whole. Evidence suggests that longer duration exposure to certain types of EMFs, beyond a certain threshold, activates this destructive pathway.

Our own research (which Blushield EMF protection technology is based on) supports this, indicating that prolonged exposure to the repetitive frequencies from manmade EMF sources overstimulate the body and trigger the immune system, producing excessive oxidative stress.

Conclusion

Our intention with this article is to give you a glimpse into how much research has already accumulated related to the effects of electromagnetic fields on the function of human and animal brains and nervous systems... and also, how there is much more research that needs to be done!

The telecom industry views a lack of 100% conclusive evidence and debated mechanisms of harm as free reign to expose the population to any amount of radiation it wishes, with basically an “innocent until proven guilty” stance. We see it in exactly the opposite way – any shred of uncertainty regarding the extent of potential health harm should invoke the precautionary principle:

Precautionary principle (noun): “The principle that the introduction of a new product or process whose ultimate effects are disputed or unknown should be resisted.”

“The precautionary principle is a broad epistemological, philosophical and legal approach to innovations with potential for causing harm when extensive scientific knowledge on the matter is lacking. It emphasizes caution, pausing and review before leaping into new innovations that may prove disastrous.” – Wikipedia

Caution and skepticism regarding the unchecked proliferation of wireless radiation is a healthy mindset to have, and aligns with our natural protective instincts concerning the health of our own bodies and our family and friends we care for.

Safe, intelligent use of technology, plenty of distance and time away from devices (when possible), a nutrient-rich healthy diet, and effective EMF protection like Blushield home and portable devices is a sensible approach to take as the science works diligently to discover more about this novel influence in our modern lifestyles!

References:

• Study review: “Microwave frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) produce widespread neuropsychiatric effects including depression” – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0891061815000599

• Study review: “Wi-Fi is an important threat to human health” – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935118300355

• Study review: “Neurological Effects of Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Radiation” – https://mapcruzin.com/radiofrequency/henry_lai2.htm & https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4615-2542-4_2

• Study review: “Biological and pathological effects of 2.45 GHz radiation on cells, fertility, brain, and behavior.” – https://www.emfdata.org/en/documentations/detail?id=223

• Study review: “Electromagnetic field activation of voltage-gated calcium channels: role in therapeutic effects” – https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/15368378.2014.906447

When it comes to the effects of electromagnetic fields on human health, many aspects have been studied quite extensively over the past several decades, and positive correlations showing health harm from EMFs is becoming more apparent. This has become especially clear in the areas of oxidative stress, DNA damage, potential cancer risk, fertility and fetal/child development issues, and mental illness.

Harmful effects on blood glucose and insulin levels, leading to potential diagnoses of diabetes (or exacerbation of a preexisting diabetic status), can now be added to the growing list of negative effects of electromagnetic fields. Several studies demonstrate a clear link between EMF exposure and prediabetic and diabetic blood glucose and insulin status. These effects are linked to several forms of EMFs, including microwave radiation from cell phones and cell towers, ELF (extremely low frequency) radiation from 50 hertz home electricity, as well as the kilohertz frequencies from dirty electricity spikes from electrical wiring and appliances.

Diabetes has become a major health epidemic in modern countries over the past few decades, and interestingly seems to correlate very closely with the increase in electromagnetic field exposure. In 1985, only 0.6% of the population had a diabetes diagnosis. This rose to 2.8% by the year 2000, and since then, has increased alarmingly in a very short period of time, all the way to 9.8% of the population in 2019! Notably, the prevalence is higher in urban areas (10.8%) compared to 7.2% in rural areas, and is higher in high-income (first world) countries (10.4%) compared to low-income (third world) countries, where it’s only 4%. Of course, urban areas are considerably higher in EMF sources, and high-income, first world countries also have a much higher prevalence of EMF emitting electronic and communications devices. This data suggests a plausible link between diabetes and EMF exposure.

It is important to note the already established link between poor quality diet and a sedentary lifestyle with blood sugar disorders like diabetes. Urban populations, and those living in countries with many modern conveniences, are more likely to be sedentary and rely on processed food high in sugar and fat and low in essential nutrients. However, several studies have been done removing both diet and exercise factors, and showing that electromagnetic pollution has a direct effect on blood sugar regulation. It seems that along with diet and movement factors, electromagnetic fields are a considerable contributor to hyperglycemia and diabetes, and absolutely need to be factored into the prevention and treatment of this debilitating and deadly disorder.

There are two types of diabetes, with different causes and mechanisms of action, which are called type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Type 1 is considered to be an autoimmune type disorder, where the body’s own immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, so the body is unable to produce its own insulin to keep blood sugar levels low enough to maintain good health. This type can show up anytime, even in early childhood or adolescence, earning it the alternate name of juvenile diabetes. Type 2 diabetes, which is much more common, is considered to be heavily influenced by lifestyle factors, and takes more time to develop. It is characterized by the body not processing blood glucose effectively, commonly due to insulin resistance, which means the cells are not allowing insulin to deliver glucose into the cells as efficiently, leading to elevated blood levels of both glucose and insulin, while the cells themselves are starved of the glucose needed to function. Elevated blood glucose is a measure of hyperglycemia, prediabetes and diabetes, and indicates that insulin is not effectively shuttling glucose from the bloodstream into the cells.

Several studies show negative effects from EMFs on glucose and insulin

First, let’s look at several case studies on diabetic humans, published in 2009 by Dr. Magda Havas, specifically experimenting with the effects of the EMFs from dirty electricity emitted by wiring and appliances in homes and buildings.

Of the four case studies, two were type 1 diabetics, and the other two were type 2 diabetics. Some interesting results include the very quick reduction in blood glucose levels measured when the subject moved from an environment high in dirty electricity to an electrically clean environment – it only took several minutes, or less than an hour, to see blood glucose drop to healthier levels. The changes were significant and obvious, but in most cases also not so drastic as to result in hypoglycemia. The exception was the case of the 12-year-old type 1 diabetic, who required extra sugar pills to prevent a steep blood sugar drop as the family experimented with modifying the level of insulin required to maintain his blood sugar in a healthy range. Overall, the type 1 diabetics required considerably less insulin in the electrically clean environment, than when living in a home with dirty electricity exposure, and the type 2 diabetics’ fasting blood glucose stayed within a lower, healthier range. When the subjects reentered an area with dirty electricity, their blood glucose rose to the previously unhealthy levels once more.

Another interesting finding related to one of the type 2 diabetic subjects’ (a 57-year-old female’s) exercise habits. Exercise generally tends to lower blood glucose to a healthier level, and this was consistently found to be the case after the subject went for a walk in the mall. However, the opposite was found to be true when walking on a treadmill – her blood glucose levels actually rose afterward! Treadmills have variable speed motors that produce dirty electricity. Her actual activity level was the same, walking at the mall versus on a treadmill, but her EMF exposure was considerably higher on the treadmill.

It is speculated in this study that electrically hypersensitive (EHS) individuals’ blood sugar levels react quickly to electromagnetic fields, and that this segment of the population (it is currently speculated that 3-35% of the population is EHS) is being misdiagnosed with diabetes, when it’s really a purely environmental factor that’s affecting their blood sugar. It seems more likely to us that EMFs affect everyone, to greater or lesser degrees, and that EMF exposure is likely to at least be a co-factor (even if it’s not the primary cause) in most cases of diabetes. EHS individuals are very likely have more dramatic blood sugar changes in response to EMF exposure than those who are less sensitive to EMFs.

A few controlled laboratory studies have been done on rats, which showed significantly elevated blood glucose levels in the EMF exposed groups, compared to the control groups. The greatest change was seen with longer durations of exposure to cell phone type frequencies, versus the shorter exposure times where the changes were less significant.

In one study from 2013, all the groups of rats exposed for longer than 15 minutes per day had significantly elevated blood glucose levels, and the ones exposed for even longer periods (30+ minutes per day) also had increased insulin levels, as well as signs of insulin resistance, compared to the control group.

Another study from 2021, also on rats in a controlled setting, exposed the experimental groups to 1800 Mhz cell phone radiation for similar periods of time as the previous study. There was a clear dose-response relationship, in that the groups exposed to a longer duration of EMF exposure showed the worst results in the areas of fasting blood glucose levels, serum insulin levels, and markers of insulin resistance.

One or two studies seemed to indicate a lowering of blood glucose from EMF exposure, but these studies admittedly had short term exposure durations, which seemed to initially lower glucose, while longer term exposures tended to raise blood sugar levels. This could be related to the body using additional glucose to deal with the stress of the EMF initially, at first lowering it, but then raising it over time as stress hormones like cortisol also increase in response to the EMFs.

Exploring possible mechanisms of EMF effects on blood glucose

Many studies show that EMF exposure produces oxidative stress. Martin Pall’s body of research has thoroughly explored how pulsed, modulated EMFs from radiofrequency radiation (especially 5G) creates dysfunction in the voltage gated calcium channel (VGCC) signaling that controls the influx of calcium ions into the body’s cells, either inhibiting or triggering a cascade of activities in the body. The VGCC activation can cause oxidative stress, and also be triggered by oxidative stress.

Dr. Robert O. Becker has postulated that the reason EMFs cause oxidative stress is primarily due to the body’s excessive immune response to what it perceives to be a foreign invader. The manmade electromagnetic fields humans are exposed to 24/7 in modern times are foreign and unfamiliar to our biology, compared to the natural background frequencies we have lived and thrived with since the beginning of our existence. To the body, these artificial, invisible, perpetual fields are interpreted similarly to a viral or bacterial threat. However, there’s nothing physically present to attack and defeat, since the source of the perceived threat is coming from outside our bodies, so the immune response continues, always trying to eliminate the threat, but never succeeding… exhausting its resources in the process.

The immune response itself produces oxidative stress. The white blood cells produce inflammatory cytokines designed to quickly eliminate viral and bacterial invaders, which unfortunately can damage or destroy healthy cells as innocent bystanders. In the short term, this is an acceptable trade-off, as long as the threat is quickly resolved so our body can repair the inevitable oxidative damage that occurs during any period of strong immune activation. The real problem occurs when the immune response becomes chronic, which produces cumulative oxidative stress, resulting in DNA damage and many other health issues if the stress is prolonged and unresolved.

Oxidative stress raises cortisol levels, which results in elevated blood glucose levels. Chronic immune activation will result in high cortisol levels over a long period of time, which is likely to raise blood sugar chronically, presenting as hyperglycemia, prediabetes and eventually diabetes.

Cleaning up your electromagnetic environment by removing or minimizing EMF sources, as well as utilizing powerful and effective EMF protection technology like Blushield, could be used as part of a holistic, well rounded strategy to prevent and treat glucose metabolism disorders.

Combined with other lifestyle strategies, such as lowering stress levels, ensuring good sleep (which regulates blood sugar and increases insulin sensitivity), regular exercise and a healthy diet with plenty of essential nutrients and fiber, EMF reduction and protection is a smart choice!

References:

• Study: “Global and regional diabetes prevalence estimates for 2019 and projections for 2030 and 2045: Results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition” – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31518657/
• Study: “Dirty Electricity Elevates Blood Sugar Among Electrically Sensitive Diabetics and May Explain Brittle Diabetes” – https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15368370802072075
• Study: “Effects of exposure to electromagnetic field radiation (EMFR) generated by activated mobile phones on fasting blood glucose” – https://www.emf-portal.org/en/article/22812
• Study: “Effect of the Electromagnetic Field Radiation of Cell Phones on the Level of Blood Glucose in Rats” – https://ijnscfrtjournal.isrra.org/index.php/Natural_Sciences_Journal/article/view/1053/29
• Study: “Pulsed electric field exposure of insulin induces anti-proliferative effects on human hepatocytes” – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16189829/

Most of our educational articles have been focused on the effects that electromagnetic fields have on humans, as well as solutions and action steps to make us safer and healthier. For most of us, this is our immediate concern, as we want to ensure that our own health is protected as much as possible from this invisible danger, and we want to do everything we can to protect our families. However, humans aren’t the only living organisms that are harmed by EMFs! Every single life form on Earth is affected, as all life is bioelectric in nature. Every organism’s function is tied intimately to the subtle natural electric and magnetic fields of the Earth, and is harmed by any kind of disruption or interference with this natural field.

Electromagnetic fields have harmful effects on all animals (large and small), as well as birds, insects (especially bees), soil microbes, fungi, plants and trees. All flora and fauna of the Earth is affected, and since all organisms are interconnected (and depend on each other to flourish), that means each organism is harmed by the effects that EMFs have on other organisms, in addition to the harm each one deals with directly! EMFs can even affect the climate in unpredictable ways, throwing off the balance of all the species that depend on more consistent climate and weather patterns.

This Earth Day, we are going to specifically address the well documented harmful effects of EMFs on plants and trees.

Remember that the health of plants and trees is vital to us as humans, as plants are the foundation of our nourishment and food systems. We eat plants, and we also eat animals that eat plants. If the plants around us are less healthy and vital, they are less productive, and cannot feed us as well. They also cannot produce the levels of nutrients that we need for optimal health, so any kind of danger that is threatening plants and trees, by extension is also a danger to us.

There’s a lot of talk about climate change, global warming, et cetera. Many causes have been investigated, but astonishingly, the massive and unprecedented increase in artificial electromagnetic fields has barely been considered in the mainstream! Considering that EMF levels have risen so drastically over the past couple hundred years, and exponentially more so in the past 20-30 years, it is baffling that this isn’t a main topic of discussion. Fortunately, it is gaining awareness in the scientific community, and we are going to share some of this research with you today!

There are an accumulating number of research studies that have found a variety of adverse effects of EMFs on plants and trees, even at EMF levels much lower than the FCC legal limits for cell phone tower emissions. In most of these studies, there hasn’t been a clear dose-effect relationship, meaning that adverse effects were found at both high and low exposure levels. What was found consistently, though, was that longer exposure durations resulted in more adverse effects, and specific frequency ranges were found to be more harmful, particularly the common frequency ranges that cell phones and Wifi use (about 800 Mhz up to 2.6 GHz).

This is basically the opposite of the FCC’s exposure “testing” that was done on humans, where very large, robust humans were exposed to EMF levels for a very short period of time, at a strong enough dose to cause a thermal heating effect on tissue. It was hypothesized that the thermal effect was the only possible mechanism that could harm living tissue, and if the levels were low enough that the tissue wasn’t heated, there would be no harmful effects. Obviously this was an assumption, and their safety standards were set without considering any other potential mechanisms of harm. There was also never any official testing of the effects of long term exposure, and what we’re seeing in trees and plants is that the longer the exposure, the worse the outcome, no matter if the actual dosages are high or low!

What is happening to the trees and plants?

At this very moment, there is a strong human-generated radiofrequency (RF) field occurring across the entire Earth, at all times. This is caused by the combination of all the cell towers emitting overlapping fields, as well as RF emitting satellites that are providing coverage in more remote areas. Even the areas that don’t get much or any cell service still have an ever present low grade RF field, as lower frequency communication fields can travel great distances around the Earth by bouncing between the ionosphere and the Earth’s surface, like a racquetball in an enclosed room.

The highest RF field strengths occur in areas with the highest human population numbers: central Europe, the eastern US, and China. Forest decline was first recognized and defined based on events that occurred in these exact same areas. China is currently experiencing rapid desertification and species die-off, as their radiation levels continue to increase. In several studies, climate change was not found to be a causal agent in forest decline (see this study and this one), although there is evidence that trees in areas of forest decline are less tolerant of extreme weather conditions, and are also more vulnerable to pests, pointing towards some unknown factor that’s reducing the vitality and resilience of the trees to natural stressors. Mortality rates of all dominant tree species in the western US have been doubling every two to three decades in old growth forests, and new tree growth is happening slower than old trees are dying. No definitive cause has been found for these occurrences.

Even more so than humans and animals, trees are very well suited for studying whether radiofrequency emissions from cell phone towers cause damage in living organisms. Trees are stationary, slow growing, and live for a very long time. Any unusual but consistent changes observed in trees reflect sustained influences in their immediate environment.

In 2017, an Observation Guide was created by Helmut Bruenig, and posted on the Competence Initiative for the Protection of Humanity, the Environment and Democracy website. It documents consistent, visible crown damage to trees, always occurring on the side of the tree that directly faces a cell phone tower. The document provides one example after another, all displaying the same distinct patterns, all within sight of a cell tower. This observation guide was also summarized in a published study, Radiofrequency radiation injures trees around mobile phone base stations.

Typical damage patterns include dead limbs and branches, irregular leaf coloration, leaf wilt and loss, fewer new shoots and leaves, bare patches in the tree canopy, and a generally diseased look without any indicators of pests. The damage starts on the side facing the cell tower, and over a number of years, may permeate the interior of the tree and eventually affect the entire tree. The trees degrade more every year, and do not recover.

This document is incredibly eye-opening, and we recommend that everyone look through it and compare the photos of the trees, and the progression of the damage. Once you start recognizing the damage patterns, you may start noticing the same patterns on free-standing trees in line of sight of cell towers in your area!

It was noticed that the tops of the trees nearest the towers tend to dry up, and they seem to be most vulnerable if their roots are close to water, possibly indicating the resonant quality of water to frequencies – the body of water is “entraining” with the incoherent EMFs from the cell tower, which is being absorbed by the tree roots, in addition to the tree canopy being hit by the frequencies directly. Tree tops are known as RF waveguides, and are actually used to channel and direct frequencies for military applications, especially for low-flying weapon systems.

What changes are being seen in plants and trees from RF radiation exposure?

What exactly is happening inside the plants from radiation exposure that’s causing such poor health? It all seems to center around oxidative stress. The trees and plants are telling us they are under a lot of stress, and are attempting to compensate for it. The effects are strikingly similar to what happens to a plant when it is wounded, cut or burned, as found in a study exposing tomato plants to cell phone frequency EMFs. Great differences were found in the exposed plants, compared to the control group – up to 300%! The EMFs used in the study were at low, non-thermal power levels.

Another study on aspen trees showed healthier, more vigorous growth in the Faraday shielded group of trees, versus the trees exposed to the normal ambient RF levels of the area, which had cell towers nearby. The RF exposed trees in this study showed necrotic lesions on the fall leaves, smaller leaves, less vigorous growth overall, and considerably less anthocyanin production. Anthocyanins are responsible for the vibrant, rich colors of autumn leaves, and act as a shield for the photosynthetic apparatus in the leaves, so the absence of these important compounds makes the leaves vulnerable to damage from visible light. The EMF exposed plants in these studies had weaker leaf coloration, and considerably more leaf damage, which affects the overall nutrient levels in the tree, leaving it with less nutritional resources for growth in subsequent years.

A study exposing thale cress (a mustard family plant) to the EMFs from the base unit of a cordless phone system for a long duration found a considerable decrease in photosynthetic potential. This means the plant’s main growth mechanism (chlorophyll production as a response to sunlight) was stalled, decreasing nutrient production and overall vigor, growth and lifespan.

Another fascinating phenomenon which definitely indicates a strong stress response is the increase in terpene compounds in plants exposed to EMFs. Three aromatic plant species were exposed to cell phone and Wifi range frequencies, which resulted in enhanced emission of volatile compounds (terpenes and other volatile oils). These are protective constituents designed to shield a plant from an imminent danger or threat. They also make the plant incredibly flammable.

Consistent EMF exposure tends to reduce the moisture levels of plants and trees, making them drier and therefore more flammable. It also increases volatile oil production, as noted above. Plants with a high enough concentration of volatile oils have been known to spontaneously combust, catching on fire. Could this have something to do with the alarming increase in wildfires over the past several years? It sure does seem to correlate with the increase in cell tower numbers, and the 5G rollout! This is definitely something warranting further investigation, in a serious and dedicated manner.

On top of the direct damage that EMFs have on plants and trees, it just adds insult to injury that trees are being cut down, aggressively trimmed, and their roots disturbed to build out the small cell infrastructure that 5G requires.

Conclusion

As our most recent FCC Under Fire article mentioned, the FCC is currently under a lot of pressure by the Council on Environmental Equity (CEQ), who are responsible for setting the environmental safety regulations for the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA). The FCC is now required to provide documented research that proves their current safety guidelines for radiofrequency radiation exposure are safe for the environment, including wildlife and plants. This research doesn’t actually exist.

One of our favorite things about Blushield stationary home EMF protection devices is their extremely large coverage area, which will protect areas far beyond the walls of most people’s homes. This is because our homes do not end at our walls – the Earth is our home, as well, and it’s just as important to protect the wild creatures around us as our own human families! Having a Blushield plugged into your home will essentially create a safe space for wildlife – your own nature sanctuary.

We hope that this Earth Day brings widespread awareness to the harmful effects that artificial incoherent EMFs are having on the environment, including the plants that feed us and produce the oxygen we breathe. The continued existence of our species, and all other species on Earth, depends on it!

References:

• Environmental Health Trust: “Wildlife and wireless: policy is needed to protect flora and fauna” – https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/10327153179340/5

• Study: “Effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields on flora and fauna, part 1. Rising ambient EMF levels in the environment” – https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/reveh-2021-0026/html

• Study: “Effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields on flora and fauna, Part 2 impacts: how species interact with natural and man-made EMF” – https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/reveh-2021-0050/html

• Study: “Radiofrequency radiation injures trees around mobile phone base stations” – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969716317375#!

• “Tree damage caused by mobile phone base stations: an observation guide”, a private manuscript written by Diplom-Forstwirt Helmut Breunig (Diplom degree in forestry) – https://kompetenzinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2017_Observation_Guide_ENG_FINAL_RED.pdf

• Study review: “A review of the ecological effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF)” – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412012002334

• Study review: “Impacts of radio-frequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) from cell phone towers and wireless devices on biosystem and ecosystem – a review” – https://www.walshmedicalmedia.com/open-access/impacts-of-radiofrequency-electromagnetic-field-rfemf-from-cell-phone-towers-and-wireless-devices-on-biosystem-and-ecosystem-a-review-0974-8369-4-179.pdf

• Study: “Adverse Influence of Radio Frequency Background on Trembling Aspen Seedlings: Preliminary Observations” – https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijfr/2010/836278/

• Study: “Influence of microwave frequency electromagnetic radiation on terpene emission and content in aromatic plants” – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0176161714001710?via%3Dihub

• Study: “The effect of the non ionizing radiation on cultivated plants of Arabidopsis thaliana” – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0367253016300780?via%3Dihub