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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

Many Americans believe that if the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) makes a statement that something technology related is true, they can be trusted with their word, and are the foremost authority regarding the safe and appropriate use of radiation-emitting wireless devices. The actual truth is that the FCC is under a lot of pressure right now to prove what they claim regarding the safety of radiofrequency (RF) radiation, as much evidence the contrary is amassing rapidly.

We have been closely following a court case and lawsuit against the FCC that started almost four years ago that will have profound implications in protecting the health of people, animals and the environment from harmful and excessive wireless electromagnetic field exposure. The last piece of big news was in August of 2021, when the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled against the FCC, determining that they have not adequately considered the health and environmental effects of RF radiation when reviewing (and deciding not to update) their official safety guidelines. The verdict of this case put the ball back in the FCC’s court, requiring that they acknowledge and respond to ALL the current studies about RF harm to living organisms, and to change their guidelines accordingly.

We wrote about this first big court win in our August 2021 article, Court Rules FCC Guidelines Are Not Proven Adequate in Protecting Health & Environment.

It has been over one and a half years since the FCC was tasked with either providing substantial evidence that supports their decision not to update their guidelines (which doesn’t exist), or to go to work on changing their guidelines to actually reflect not just increased modern exposure levels, but also non-thermal effects.

Guess what they have done since then? Literally nothing, and none of us are surprised.

Just as we predicted in 2021, their plan of action is to delay their responsibility as much as they can possibly get away with. The only alternative would be to change their guidelines, or provide evidence that supports their initial decision not to change them. Changing guidelines would be highly problematic to the telecommunications infrastructure, making it very clear how much they side with the telecoms and not the American people. Providing truly adequate and thorough evidence supporting their previous guidelines (established in 1996, when barely anyone had a cell phone) is impossible, which leaves them with their one remaining tactic: avoidance and delay.

The Children’s Health Defense (CHD) and Environmental Health Trust (EHT), the plaintiffs in this lawsuit, know the FCC’s delay tactics well. After giving them a reasonable period of time to perform their court-ordered duty, the plaintiffs filed a new petition to open the case back up, rekindling the pressure on the FCC.

CHD’s petition stated, “The Commission cannot just sit on this matter any longer… Any continued non-action will violate the judgment and mandate and expose the Commission to further judicial review and, ultimately, a mandamus order requiring action.”

A mandamus is an order from a court (like the U.S. Court of Appeals) to an inferior government official or agency (like the FCC) ordering the government official or body to properly fulfill their official duties, or correct an abuse of discretion. It is when the decision of a higher government authority overrides, and requires specific action from, a lesser government body.

FCC also being pressured by looming September deadline from environmental agency

This lawsuit and the court ruling is not the only fire compelling the FCC into action. The Council on Environmental Equality (CEQ) is the federal agency responsible for determining the rules and legalities of the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA). The CEQ has issued a set of revisions to the Protection of the Environment rules that require the FCC to consult with them regarding the environmental impact of RF radiation.

CHD attorney Scott McCullough explains, “The FCC’s emission rules [about RF radiation] have always been purely about human exposure. They do not address limits for exposure to birds, bees, trees, etc… But the CEQ rules — which they have to update to match — make plain that NEPA procedures are all about [the] impact to the entire human environment, not just humans. The science is telling us RF is harming not only people but also wildlife, trees and especially pollinators.”

With two government agencies both requiring updated safety guidelines from the FCC, from two different angles, some kind of action is going to have to be taken on their part. We are very curious to observe their next move, as they cannot ignore and dismiss the mounting evidence of harm for much longer. Their time is running out!

Children’s Health Defense is ruthlessly dedicated to the health of living organisms

When it comes to big government agencies, history has demonstrated time and again that they love to play dirty and get their way, no matter who gets stepped on or decimated in the process. This is the case for big tech (the telecoms and the FCC), big pharma, and the big food, chemical and energy industries. It’s going to take individuals and organizations who are ruthlessly dedicated to protecting the health of innocent people, animals and the environment to take on these seemingly powerful entities who are clearly not looking after our best interests. We need someone who is on our side, and also has enough power and influence to make a big difference.

Children’s Health Defense was founded by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., world renowned environmental activist and attorney of the famed Kennedy family. Kennedy has been actively advocating for the health of humans and the environment for over 30 years, and is primarily focused on protecting living beings from the detrimental health effects of water pollution (especially pesticides and herbicides), vaccine dangers, and the dangers of radiofrequency radiation exposure.

At Blushield USA, we strongly believe in the CHD mission, and choose to support them by donating a portion of our monthly profits to support their organization, and specifically their radiofrequency and 5G related actions! This means that when you purchase a Blushield device to protect yourself and your family from the harms of electromagnetic fields, a little bit of your purchase total is funding important court cases like the one outlined in this article! You are helping to bring widespread awareness to the harms of EMFs, and in the long and hard fight to hold these agencies accountable for their actions.

We will continue to keep you updated with all the progress made in this court case against the FCC, as well as all related CHD projects to bring awareness and positive change in the area of EMFs!

Is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. running for U.S. President?

You may have heard the rumor, and the rumor is true… Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., founder of Children’s Health Defense, has taken the first steps to run for President of the United States in 2024. He will be running as a Democratic candidate, against Joe Biden. As the nephew of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, and the son of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, this path is right up his alley.

He has been considering running for President in 2024 for a while now, but just last Wednesday, April 4^th, Kennedy filed the requisite paperwork with the Federal Election Commission.

For his campaign, Kennedy states, “My top priority is to end the corrupt merger between state and corporate power that has ruined our economy, shattered the middle class, polluted our landscapes and waters, poisoned our children and robbed us of our values and freedom.”

Kennedy founded CHD after being approached by countless numbers of parents concerned about the alarming rise in childhood chronic diseases, who urged him to look beyond the narratives of mainstream media and government agencies to find the true root causes of this tragic phenomenon.

He explains further, “After carefully reviewing the science, it was clear to me that vaccines and other toxic environmental exposures were inextricably linked to rising rates of autism, allergies, autoimmune disorders and a host of other conditions. I knew I could never turn my back on the children and families so profoundly affected by these exposures. My commitment to health freedom, preventing future injuries, unmasking those responsible and holding them accountable will never diminish.

We are not endorsing any Presidential candidate, but we think it's great that he's running, as his campaign for the next year and a half will inevitably result in a widespread dissemination of information and awareness about the harms of wireless radiation, as well as other pervasive toxic exposures that are slowly degrading the health of all Americans, currently unbeknownst to the vast majority of them.

With knowledge comes power, and a flood of knowledge into the minds of mainstream America is sure to move the bar in the direction of a healthier and more humanitarian future.

References:

- Children’s Health Defense: “CHD Petitions FCC to ‘Quit Stalling’ on Court Order to Address Harmful Effects of Wireless Radiation” – https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/chd-fcc-court-order-wireless-radiation-guidelines/

- Court petition: “In the Matter of Reassessment of Federal Communications Commission Radiofrequency Exposure Limits and Policies Targeted Changes to the Commission’s Rules Regarding Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields” – https://childrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/uploads/dccc75f8-ecdf-4186-8805-1b55a90b1bd1.pdf

- Blushield USA: “The FCC Is Being Sued! How To Stop 5G” – https://www.blushield.com/blogs/education/fcc-being-sued-stop-5g

- Blushield USA: “Court Rules FCC Guidelines Are Not Proven Adequate in Protecting Health & Environment” – https://www.blushield.com/blogs/education/court-rules-fcc-guidelines-are-not-proven-adequate-in-protecting-health-environment

- Children’s Health Defense: “CHD Founder Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Files to Run for U.S. President” – https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/robert-f-kennedy-jr-files-run-us-president/

5G finally seems to be in full swing, whether we like it or not, and we are all adjusting in our own way. Coping with this new technological element will look different for each of us. Many of us are choosing to stay in the cities and fight to bring awareness of the dangers of EMFs and 5G, or even to affect change in local legislation to prevent new cell towers from being built. Many others, especially the more sensitive ones, are moving further and further from the cities into rural areas to seek out a personal sanctuary from the ever increasing harmful frequencies. Awareness of EMF protection solutions is also increasing rapidly, as many people are taking precautionary measures to protect themselves and their families from the exponentially greater EMF onslaught that 5G has brought, by using EMF protection devices like Blushield. Many people are also finding ways to protect themselves nutritionally, utilizing specific foods, herbs and supplements, especially substances with special and potent antioxidant compounds that can reduce and buffer the oxidative stress caused by EMFs.

So we are all adjusting to the presence of 5G in our lives in various ways. Then one day, you start hearing all this hype and excitement about 6G, or even 10G, being available now! This is a confusing and overwhelming message to process if we feel like we’ve finally found our strategies to cope with 5G. It makes you feel like they’re moving so fast that there’s no way you can keep up!

Our intention with this article is to clear up the hype and misleading information, and examine what’s actually true and what’s just marketing terminology designed to sell products and services instead of truly and accurately educating the public about current technology.

Xfinity 10G – are they already making 5G exponentially more powerful?

You may have heard about the Xfinity 10G service that is now available. Comcast (who provides the service) purchased advertising slots for their Xfinity service during the Super Bowl, so it has inevitably become all the rage of new internet services.

Since 5G is designed to be exponentially faster than 4G wireless service, does this mean that Comcast has broken through into hyperspace and jumped way ahead of everyone else? If so, is this service going to expose us to far more EMFs than the current 5G?

Not at all! The truth is, the ‘10G’ in the brand name is just a clever, and very misleading, marketing term.

You may know already that 5G means 5^th Generation, referring to the fifth time that wireless technology has been redesigned and upgraded to support faster speeds and higher capacity data transfer.

10G, the term that Comcast is using for their new cable internet service, Xfinity, refers to the 10 gigabits per second (Gbps) download speeds that they strive to eventually provide to their customers. It’s not a wireless service at all, beyond the Wifi router that’s used to broadcast the service within the home of a subscriber. The actual internet service is delivered to the home through the same old fashioned coaxial copper cable wiring that gave us cable TV – just at much faster speeds.

It is obvious that this marketing term was created to make the product sound way more impressive than it actually is. It’s misleading and confusing, unless you know exactly what it’s referring to, and is meant to create massive demand for what sounds like a cutting edge service. The truth is, this service cannot even offer anything close to its implied-via-advertising 10 gigabits per second download speeds – the maximum speed, if you get the most expensive plan they offer and it happens to be available in your area, is only 1.2 gigabits per second! Most plans they offer are considerably slower than that.

Besides the Wifi router that is almost always used to distribute this cable service to all the connected devices in the home, you will not be exposed to more EMFs from this service. The Wifi frequencies used to broadcast this cable service are within the usual Wifi range of 2.4 to 6 gigahertz (GHz), which is in the same frequency spectrum as mid band 5G. Since Wifi routers have a very small coverage area, then unless you have signed up for this service yourself, you won’t be getting exposed to much or any of the EMFs from the Wifi… maybe a little bit if your neighbor has the service and you can pick up their Wifi signal.

Another helpful thing to be aware of is if you get your internet through a cable network (or a fiber optic network), you always have the option to wire all your devices using ethernet cables, since all Wifi routers and most computers have ethernet ports. This will drastically reduce your daily EMF exposure, since there won’t be ambient radiofrequency radiation in the airspace of your home at all times. It will be concentrated and channeled through the cables instead of transmitted wirelessly.

Xfinity is claiming faster speeds than 5G wireless internet services, which is quite an easy accomplishment, since any up-to-date wired internet service will always be faster than wireless. Any copper cable internet, and fiber optic internet, are much better choices – for faster speeds AND for your health – than getting all your internet from the nearest 5G tower. It’s even better if you forego the Wifi and connect your devices directly through ethernet cables!

Another thing to note, if you’re starting to think this Xfinity service sounds great, is that there are several other cable service providers who are offering around the same speeds, or even faster speeds. Cable and fiber optic wired internet connections have always been, and always will be, faster and more reliable than wireless. The Xfinity cable service is just now choosing to highlight that they are faster than 5G, by making potential customers think they’ve revolutionized tech with their ‘10G’ service, which is really just about the same quality service as all other current cable and fiber optic internet options.

One more caution, if you’re considering signing up for a cable internet service like Xfinity, is that the Wifi options they provide will increase your EMF exposure because they run all three Wifi frequency bands – 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and now also 6 GHz – simultaneously, to limit interference between devices and therefore increase speeds. However, any cable or fiber optic internet service, including Xfinity, could be a great choice if you use ethernet instead of wireless, as you will be able to avoid the increased Wifi band exposures.

What about 6G – is it here yet?

Another issue lately is there’s a lot of talk about 6G being already available in various places. 6G refers to 6^th Generation wireless technology, the planned upgrade to the currently utilized 5G.

The first important thing to realize is that 6G is simply a marketing term, and what’s more relevant is what they actually mean by 6G – what frequencies are being used, how much antenna density needs to happen, and other aspects of the nature of 6G versus the current 5G.

According to Next G Alliance, who are spearheading wireless technology upgrades in the United States, plans to begin implementing 6G will start in 2030, at the very earliest. Even then, it will take many years to fully transition from the current 5G (which is still heavily reliant on 4G infrastructure) to 6G, and the two will coexist for many years.

Theoretically, 6G will implement speeds from 95 GHz up to 3 THz (terahertz). In reality, 6G doesn’t even exist yet. There are several problems that need to be overcome for these kinds of speeds to become a reality. The main issue with millimeter waves (95 GHz and higher) is they have a very short range, and are easily blocked by solid objects. The faster the frequency, the tighter its waveform is, so it just doesn’t have the width to move around objects like trees, or even to penetrate denser atmospheric conditions like rain or even high humidity. Any frequency beyond 300 GHz (the maximum frequency that 5G plans on utilizing) is considered to be within the far infrared spectrum, and only has a range of several meters. If these frequencies were actually utilized, to provide uninterrupted service there would have to be antennas or repeaters placed every several meters! This would be unimaginably expensive and unsightly.

The most major hurdle to higher capacity wireless technology that tech companies are completely ignoring is the health effects. Even just the 5G that has been implemented so far, which is still only a small fraction of its full capacity, is causing health crises for a large number of people who didn’t previously realize they were sensitive to EMFs. As usage of higher frequencies (centimeter to millimeter waves) begins to happen in more places, and densification of antenna numbers continues, there will likely be a cascading effect of health issues that people will eventually realize is being caused by radiofrequency radiation exposure. The planned widespread usage of millimeter waves in the high gigahertz to terahertz range that 6G proposes could result in such large scale health crises that there simply won’t be enough people feeling healthy and functional enough to utilize and enjoy the services, ultimately putting the telecoms out of business.

Will my Blushield still protect me when the next wireless generations come along?

We updated our technology a few years ago, in response to the anticipated 5G rollout, to protect from frequencies up to 300 GHz. Previously, Blushield devices would emit a biologically coherent scalar field for a couple seconds at a time, then shut off until 30 seconds later, when the field would be emitted again for a couple seconds. For most types of EMFs, this on-and-off pattern offered plenty of coherent field exposure to protect the body.

However, centimeter and millimeter waves, as well as the beamforming nature specific to 5G creates a much more concentrated, intense effect on the body. Our response to this was to add another microprocessor, in addition to the classic Blushield on-and-off waveform, and this extra microprocessor produces a continuous scalar field based on Phi ratio patterns. The two microprocessors work in tandem, and the continuous field holds the body’s entrainment much more effectively in the presence of intense EMFs, like close range 5G.

Currently, 5G rarely operates past the 40 GHz spectrum, and usually at much lower frequencies than that (10-22 GHz seems common). While theoretically 5G will reach frequencies up to 300 GHz, there are significant limitations to the practicality of this, as we explained previously. The proposed 6G is unlikely to reach anywhere near 300 GHz for quite a while after its implementation. So for now, and throughout the next decade or longer, if you have the appropriate strength dual band home and portable devices for your overall EMF exposure levels, you are well protected against the frequency ranges currently in use!

The main concern at this point is antenna densification. That means adding more and more antennas to any given area, to provide continuous coverage for the shorter and more vulnerable wavelengths that 5G uses. The way we monitor antenna densification in any given area is by using the Antenna Search website. You can enter any address to find out how many cell towers and antennas are currently within a 3 mile radius of that address. Over the past few years since the 5G rollout began, we have noticed a considerable increase in antenna numbers almost everywhere.

All our dual band devices will protect from frequencies up to 300 GHz, but you will want to make sure that the Blushield model you have produces a field of a strong enough amplitude (strength) to match or exceed the density of EMFs you’re exposed to. That way, your body’s cells will be able to perceive (and entrain with) the Blushield instead of reacting to the harmful EMFs.

Please read our Blushield Product Guide to find out which Blushield home and portable models will give you optimal protection for your living situation and needs.

If you want to "future proof" to ensure that your Blushield model is strong enough to protect you well into the future, especially if you currently live in a high EMF urban area, choosing one of our strongest home models is a great move. There are no downsides to having a Blushield device that's stronger than the minimum strength you need right now, and there are a lot of benefits to planning for the future by acquiring a stronger Blushield model now.

For excellent protection if you're concerned about 5G densification and the eventual 6G rollout in the future, going with our heavy duty C1 Ultimate Cube would be a great choice. For even more robust protection, our newest models — the EVO Cube and EVO Pyramid — will give you the utmost protection possible from an EMF protection device, and may also provide additional benefits such as deeper sleep and an increased feeling of well-being.

To learn more about the nature of 5G and all of the implications of its use, please read our 5G article:

5G Explained and What It Means for Health and Humanity

In conclusion, you don’t need to worry much about additional EMFs from either 6G or the so-called “10G”. Just make sure your Blushield model is strong enough for your overall EMF exposure, switch to wired internet (instead of Wifi) if you can, and don’t fall for the telecommunications companies’ marketing hype.

‍This guide answers the most common practical questions about Blushield - what it is, how it works, which home and portable devices to choose for your EMF exposure, how to set them up and care for them, what to expect, and the research behind the technology - so you can start using your devices with confidence.

You might be brand new to Blushield, wondering what it is and how to get started. Or you may already own Blushield devices but have lingering questions. You may even feel overwhelmed by the amount of information available on our website and across the internet about electromagnetic fields and EMF protection. If any of that sounds like you, this article is for you. We'll cover all the bases and answer the most common practical questions to help you understand this technology, why it's so important for living in the modern world, and how to get started once you've chosen your Blushield EMF protection devices.

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What Is Blushield, Why Do I Need It, and How Does It Work?

Blushield is a unique, cutting-edge answer to the widespread problem of electromagnetic field exposure and the harm it causes to biological organisms - including humans, animals, and plants. Most EMF protection options on the market use blocking or shielding technology, or are objects placed near a person to passively absorb or "harmonize" the EMFs themselves. These methods have significant limitations, and we believe they shouldn't be relied on as primary EMF protection strategies.

Instead of interacting with, modifying, or blocking the EMFs, Blushield produces its own field - independent of the other EMFs - that the body creates a direct relationship with. This highly complex, infinitely varied field is based on the known patterns of nature that the body responds to in a healthy way: it is a pure scalar field. Scalar is considerably more bioactive and biocompatible than the transverse fields that cell phones, WiFi, and other modern electronics use as their carrier signal.

Because the Blushield field uses a power source (your home electricity, or a battery in the portables), it is considerably amplified compared to passive, inert devices. This enables the biologically coherent field to match or exceed the strength of the harmful EMFs, ensuring your body's cells continually notice it. Since it's so similar to the natural patterns we've lived alongside harmoniously for our entire existence, our cells preferentially entrain with (respond to) this field instead of the EMFs around us. Like a radio signal, our bodies "tune into" the natural frequency signature - and although the other EMFs are still present in the same space, our bodies are no longer "listening" and reacting to those incoherent frequencies.

Our cells are designed to tune into nature's subtly varied, complex patterns, and they perceive the repetitive frequencies from modern EMFs as foreign, unknown, and therefore potentially dangerous. Interpreting them as an actual physical invader, the body's immune system tries to attack the EMFs - but since there's nothing physically there to defeat, the fight continues 24/7 until the body's immune power is exhausted.

An excessive immune response that continues unabated for days, months, even years will eventually exhaust the body's deep energy reserves, leaving very little energy for functions essential to life, health, and longevity. The immune response itself also produces oxidative stress. That's fine if it's short-lived and the body recovers afterward - but prolonged oxidative stress from our own overactive immune response is dangerous and will eventually lead to DNA damage, which can result in many types of chronic degenerative disease.

Blushield protects the body from the known harms of electromagnetic fields by producing a competing field that the body preferentially entrains with - giving it a healthier option to resonate with, which removes the majority of the biological harm from the other EMFs.

To learn more about the inner workings of Blushield tech and how it compares to other EMF protection methods, click here.

How Do I Know Which Home and Portable Devices I Need?

The home and portable devices you choose should depend mainly on the overall EMF density of where you live and travel often - whether rural, small town, suburban, medium or large city, or dense metropolitan area. We have different-strength devices for areas of lesser or greater EMF density.

Our Phi Series models are perfect for rural areas and small towns (the Phi 02) and suburban areas and medium-sized cities (the Phi 03). If you're in a low-to-moderate population density area, you're likely exposed to low-to-moderate EMF levels and will do well with the Phi Series.

Our Premium and Ultimate Series models are designed for higher population densities, which almost always mean higher EMFs. The B1 Premium Cube is great for moderate-to-high EMF levels in medium-sized cities. The C1 Ultimate Cube is designed for large cities and dense metropolitan areas with high-to-extreme EMFs, including numerous nearby 5G antennas.

Our EVO Cube and EVO Pyramid are in a league of their own, with more than 4 times stronger protection than the C1 and a completely new Phi-based frequency algorithm optimized for sleep support, relaxation, and mental agility. They're ideal for the most EMF-dense metropolitan areas, or for anyone who wants the absolute strongest protection available.

If you still aren't sure which model is right for you, use our Find My Device tool - just enter your US address and we'll check the registered cell towers and licensed antennas near you (powered by FCC data) and recommend the right level of Blushield protection for your environment. For a deeper dive into how the models compare, see our Blushield Product Guide.

There's no harm in having more protection than you currently need - a good way to "future-proof" your investment is to get a home unit rated for a higher EMF density than where you live now, in case your area's EMFs increase. That way you won't have to upgrade later.

If you leave your house often, you'll be away from your stationary Blushield's protective field, so you'll want a portable device to bring with you for short outings. The simplest guidance: with a Phi 02 or 03 home unit, choose the Phi 01 Portable; with a B1 or C1 Cube, choose the Ultimate Portable, or the Sensitive Portable if you consider yourself electro-hypersensitive (EHS) or easily stressed; with an EVO Cube or EVO Pyramid, choose the EVO Portable. That said, it's totally fine to mix and match - a Phi home device with the Ultimate portable, a C1 Cube with an EVO Portable, and so on. See our Blushield Product Guide for more detail.

Do I Really Need a Home Unit, or Can I Get Away With Just a Portable?

You might assume you can buy a portable, carry it everywhere, and use it in place of a home unit - but there are several reasons this isn't ideal. A portable only protects a small personal area, needs to be carried everywhere, needs recharging fairly often, and won't emit a protective field while charging. Generally, portables aren't strong enough to initially entrain the body to the Blushield field, but they are strong enough to maintain the resonance your body has already established with a stronger home device, for shorter periods while you're out and about.

Recognizing and entraining with the Blushield field is a lot like learning a new skill. At first you have to put effort and focus into it, but once learned, it's much easier and almost automatic - like muscle memory. Your cells require a strong field to initially recognize and entrain with the Blushield field; once they're consistently resonating with it, they'll begin to expect its presence everywhere you go. Although a portable's field strength is just a fraction of a home unit's, your body is already seeking those field patterns, so it will resonate with the portable's field even if surrounding EMFs are much stronger overall. Just be sure to consistently revisit your home unit's strong field - especially at night when you sleep, since sleep is when your body does most of its repair and regeneration.

A stationary device offers a larger area of protection, so one device protects everyone in the house all the time, plus your front and back yards. It needs no downtime for recharging and should last many years. It's a little more expensive than a portable, but only one is needed per home or office. Portables, by design, are for use outside your plug-in protected area and are useful for traveling.

If you can only afford one device at first, it's best to invest in a home unit, then consider portable protection later. If you can afford a bundle pack, you can save money buying a home and portable device together.

Now That I've Placed My Order, How Does Shipping Work, and How Do I Get Started?

Once you've placed your order, it usually ships within 1-2 business days (longer during holidays, sales, and promotions) and typically arrives within 2-3 more business days with standard shipping. For faster delivery, choose the expedited Next Day option. You'll receive an email with your tracking number; we recommend following the updates so you know when to expect delivery, since you'll need to sign for the package. If you aren't home to sign, the post office will usually hold it for you to pick up in person. Read our full Shipping Policy here.

Once your order arrives, get your devices plugged in and protect you as soon as possible - it's a simple process. With your home device, plug it into a standard wall outlet; a light will turn on, meaning it's now emitting a protective field.

Many people place their home Blushield near the center of their home, but the coverage radius is so large that it will protect your entire house regardless of placement, so put it wherever you like. Your main consideration is a safe location where it won't get bumped or knocked over, tampered with by animals or children, or exposed to water or excessive humidity. The home devices emit a very large spherical field that easily covers even a large multi-story house, plus your front and back yards and beyond. The field strength is not diminished by walls, ceilings, or floors, so you get the same protection right next to it as you do several rooms away.

To get started with your portable, use a standard USB-C charger cord to fully charge it before first use. You probably already have a USB-C charger cord for another device you have, but if you need one, you can order one of our high quality USB-C charger cords here. Charging your device usually takes 1-3 hours, depending on the model. You will know it’s charging if you see the battery indicator lights blinking on the device. All four lights will be lit once it’s fully charged.

To turn the device on, you will need to hold down the button for a couple seconds, and then you will see the function indicator light on the left turn on.”

How Do I Care for My Devices to Maximize Their Lifespan?

Blushield home and portable units are designed to last. The stationary home units should last many years if well cared for - keep them in a protected area, away from water and excessive humidity, and safe from being bumped or knocked over.

Portable units should also last several years, but like a cell phone they're more prone to damage. Keep your portable protected (our Blushield portable pouches help a lot), clean, and dry. Keeping it in a protected area of your purse, pocket, or bag - not mixed in with other items where the charger port and power button could accumulate dirt and debris - is ideal. The most common causes of damage are dropping it on a hard surface or submerging it in water, which our warranty doesn't cover.

How Do I Know My Home and Portable Devices Are Working Properly?

Our newer models are "dual band" devices, while our older models (no longer sold on our site) are "mono band." The mono band devices emit a frequency field for a couple of seconds at a time, repeating every 30 seconds, with an "on and off" rhythm.

With dual band devices, we kept this original frequency algorithm and added a second one that works in tandem. The second field is constantly on, except that every half minute it's interrupted by the original field. Dual band devices are designed to protect from more intense EMF - like close-range 5G - and to help the body regenerate more quickly from any exposure still affecting it.

The EVO Cube and EVO Pyramid have a slight variation of our dual band output: the frequencies emit for a little over half a minute continuously, then turn off for about 5 seconds - a dynamic effect that ensures the body never gets used to the signal and tunes it out, but keeps responding to the field even after years of use. You'll see this as a tiny orange light that stays solidly lit most of the time but turns off occasionally for a few seconds.

Since 5G has become widespread, all devices we now carry are dual band, as we anticipate continued increases in 5G exposure and want to provide optimal protection now and into the future. Note that mono band devices do protect from general 5G exposure, but dual band gives much better protection from close-range 5G - such as being in direct line of sight or less than a quarter mile from one or more 5G antennas.

When you plug a dual band stationary home device into an outlet, you should see a light near where the power cord connects. That light should be solidly lit most of the time, but every half minute or so it flickers for a couple of seconds. This is evidence of the dual band nature: the flickering is the standard Blushield algorithm being emitted, and the solid light is the additional algorithm we added for better 5G protection. To check that your portable is working, look for the steady light that occasionally flickers when the device is on (remember to hold the power button a couple of seconds until the light comes on). Beyond that, reference the Quick Start Guide that came with your portable for the slight differences between each model.

What Should I Expect to Feel at First, and What Are the Longer-Term Effects?

Many people feel a difference immediately or within the first couple of weeks - sometimes subtle, sometimes more dramatic. Some people feel nothing at all, because the changes happen at the cell level, which many people can't tangibly feel (similar to how most people can't tangibly feel the harmful effects of EMFs).

Your experience will be unique to you, but the most commonly reported benefits are deeper sleep, more energy, improved mood and sense of well-being, and a reduction in various symptoms that may be attributable to EMF exposure - like chronic headaches, body pain, and inflammation - and even the alleviation of more serious symptoms and health issues. Many people previously unable to leave their house due to extreme EMF sensitivity find they can comfortably go out again.

Even though most people don't experience detox symptoms, it's totally normal to feel some discomfort during the first couple of weeks. It all depends on each person's body and how they respond to the new frequencies. If the body has spent a lot of energy "fighting" harmful EMFs for a long time and that stressor is suddenly removed, the body reallocates immune power and energy to deeper processes that need attention. This can sometimes cause a temporary increase in symptoms before they taper off and resolve, given continued exposure to coherent frequencies.

Some things that can help ease and speed up the acclimation process:

• Consume nutrient-dense foods
• Extra hydration with pure water
• Extra rest and naps
• Gentle movement
• Adaptogenic herbs like schizandra berry and chaga mushroom
• Specific nutritional supplements: vitamins C and E, magnesium, and melatonin
• Meditation or healthy stress-relieving activities

Commonly reported longer-term benefits include improved overall resilience and vitality, and decreased sensitivity to EMFs over time - even if you occasionally forget your portable or travel for several days without your stronger home device. Over time, the body becomes better at "holding" the coherent frequency field for longer, and simply has more vital energy available to deal with all kinds of modern stressors.

Will Blushield Interfere With My Cell Phone Service or WiFi Signal?

No, not at all. Since Blushield is not a blocking or shielding device, it won't interfere with the signal from your cell phone or other devices. Blushield provides protection directly at the cell level of living organisms. It exists alongside the EMFs emitted by your other devices (including cell phones and WiFi), but gives your body a healthier option to resonate with, removing the majority of the biological harm from the other EMFs.

How Can I Travel With My Blushield Devices?

We highly recommend traveling with your Blushield! You can safely bring your portable on airplanes, and that may be enough to protect you during short trips. If you're traveling for two or more nights, it's best to take your home device as well for optimal protection. Read our article on traveling with Blushield for more tips and tricks.

Have Blushield Devices Been Studied for Effectiveness?

Yes! We've done various tests and studies, the first being grassroots-style "real world" tests on animals and humans back in 2012. The dairy cow and chicken testing was done on farms in New Zealand whose operators wanted to try Blushield and tracked the results. In the dairy cow somatic cell count tests, farmers had observed for decades that after a TV mast was installed in that part of New Zealand in the '70s, the cows' stress levels rose - indicated by their suddenly needing salt blocks for extra minerals (which they hadn't needed before) and the somatic cell count (white blood cells) in their milk rising considerably. When Blushield was introduced, those levels returned to normal, pre-EMF-exposure healthy levels.

The poultry farm study was done in a factory-farm setting where chickens are crammed into one barn - an unnatural environment that results in excessive deaths and high stress (indicated by lots of clucking). The facility was high in EMFs due to its automated chicken houses. Simply introducing Blushield lowered the hens' stress levels, drastically decreased deaths, brought blood parasites down to zero, and substantially improved egg quality.

The human tests were done by doctors who measured various health markers in the blood or urine of people using Blushield, both before they started and after about a month of use. The results were quite significant for just one change in the environment. We also have customers interested in blood testing who tested themselves before and after using Blushield, with positive results.

Because those older studies were grassroots-style, we wanted to put our technology through more scientific scrutiny, so we conducted an independent review board certified clinical study on 25 adults, recently accepted for publication by the scientific journal IMCJ. This makes us the first EMF protection category product with a study that's PubMed-indexed and published in a scientific journal. In this study, statistically significant improvements were found across several markers of cognitive function, voltage-gated calcium channel gene expression (notably linked to EMF harm), sleep quality, heart rate variability (HRV), blood glucose, and immune markers.

Read about our independent review board certified clinical study on humans here:
Clinical Study on Blushield Efficacy.

Conclusion

By now you should know a lot more about Blushield and how it works, and feel ready to use your devices with confidence. If you have any additional questions not covered here, our customer service team is always happy to help.

What do you know about melatonin? Almost everyone has heard of it, and knows a little bit about it. To most people, it is known as the sleep hormone, because it regulates our day/night circadian rhythm, and induces deep sleep in the absence of external light sources. However, what most people know about melatonin is just the tip of the iceberg, and the benefits of this endogenous neurohormone go SO much deeper!

Melatonin is also known as N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine. Most of the body’s melatonin is produced in the pineal gland, which is a small gland that resides in the middle of the brain, although not inside the blood brain barrier like most of the brain. Melatonin that is produced endogenously (by the body itself) begins from tryptophan (an essential amino acid) derived from dietary sources, then goes through several conversions that utilize nutrient cofactors also sourced from the diet, including niacin, magnesium, iron, vitamin C and zinc. If all of these nutrients are continually present in sufficient quantities, AND there is adequate darkness during the nighttime hours, melatonin will be secreted into the bloodstream in optimal amounts. One intermediary step in the conversion of tryptophan to melatonin within the pineal gland is the creation of serotonin, an essential neurotransmitter that regulates mood, memory, learning, body weight and much more.

Why is melatonin so important? Many consider melatonin to be one of the body’s master hormones, possibly even the single most important one, when considering all of its roles in the body. It is considered a neurohormone, which means that it’s secreted into the bloodstream for systemic use (like a hormone), but it also plays the role of a neurotransmitter. It can be considered to be the body’s master antioxidant, and it promotes the expression of other endogenous antioxidants like superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione. It has been proven to be twice as active as vitamin E, which is considered a lipophilic super antioxidant. It is also a potent anti-inflammatory substance, and has wide ranging systemic benefits to every single bodily system and function. The importance of this molecule cannot be overstated!

Melatonin is also considered the ultimate anti-stress hormone, since it opposes cortisol in the circadian cycle. Light stimulates cortisol, and darkness stimulates melatonin. Melatonin should be present in our bloodstream in adequate levels throughout the night, then when light reaches our eyes in the morning, this sends a message to our pineal gland to shut off melatonin production, triggering the production of cortisol in our adrenal glands. This gives us the energy boost and motivation needed to get out of bed and start our day. We actually want this cortisol boost in the morning hours, as it’s the “get up and go” hormone! However, too much cortisol later in the day is very stressful to the body, and prevents relaxation and healing.

Although much of the body’s melatonin is secreted in the pineal gland in response to darkness cues, there is a vast quantity of melatonin produced in the gut as a protective agent and to encourage the propagation of healthy gut flora. Additionally, melatonin is produced in all of the body’s mitochondria (which produce the energy that fuels every single bodily process), specifically to quench the oxidation and inflammation that’s an unavoidable byproduct of our cellular energy production itself. If melatonin is lacking in the mitochondria, toxic waste and inflammation will clog up our cells over time, leading to a systemic energy deficiency and toxic buildup.

Melatonin is a vital player in our immune function, to ensure that it responds quickly and strongly to fight off invaders, AND calms down as soon as the invaders are defeated. If the immune system is dysfunctional, it can overreact and continue to produce inflammatory cytokines even when the invading microbes are gone, contributing to dangerous chronic inflammation that can lead to autoimmune conditions and “cytokine storms”. As one of our main endogenous anti-inflammatory agents, it plays the role of calming unneeded inflammatory cytokines and restoring immune homeostasis to prevent exhaustion from an overactive or chronic immune response.

Melatonin is destroyed by light and EMFs

Now that we’ve established the vital importance of melatonin to our overall health, we need to acknowledge an unfortunate truth: several prominent aspects of our modern lifestyles considerably deplete melatonin. Early in the day, exposure to light is important and totally necessary to build up our serotonin reserves. Then, when darkness comes, a large quantity of this serotonin is converted to melatonin, flooding our bloodstream with that cozy, sleepy feeling, ensuring that we get adequate deep sleep at night. However, this natural circadian cycle is easily disrupted. If you are exposed to artificial light sources at night, specifically in the higher frequency blue and green portions of the light spectrum, melatonin release will be suppressed, and will not occur in optimal quantities to achieve deep sleep and the healing and regenerative cascade that results from adequate sleep. Also, when darkness is provided adequately at night and melatonin begins to be released into your bloodstream, and then you are suddenly exposed to light (like turning on a light to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night), it has been shown that melatonin in the bloodstream quickly disappears. Basically, light exposure inhibits melatonin release, and almost instantaneously destroys any melatonin that is currently circulating.

Fortunately, the effects of artificial light on melatonin has become much more widely known in recent years! There are several excellent solutions to this, including switching out your nighttime lighting to the orange or red light spectrum (which has little to no effect on melatonin), using dimmer switches to reduce the intensity of light in the evening hours, or wearing “blue blocking” glasses if you have to be exposed to the brighter spectrum of light after dark.

A much lesser known melatonin disruptor is electromagnetic fields. The exact mechanism of why EMFs decrease and interrupt melatonin production is not fully known, but it is theorized that the pineal gland perceives EMFs as a form of light that artificially stimulates wakefulness and prevents or interrupts restful sleep. Although the mechanism hasn’t been concretely established, there are quite a large number of studies that have established a causal relationship between EMFs and reduced melatonin levels.

Several studies have linked EMFs with reduced calcium ion homeostasis in cells, which also reduces melatonin as a byproduct. Disturbances in the sensitive voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs) produce large quantities of free radicals, and it could be that melatonin, the body’s primary antioxidant, is being used up to quench this excessive oxidation, leaving very little melatonin left to be used for sleep, regeneration and other essential daily functions.

Here are a couple of reviews of many separate studies linking EMFs, VGCCs and reduced melatonin levels:

• Pineal Melatonin Levels Disruption on Human Due to Electromagnetic Fields and ICNIRP Limits
• Skeptical approaches concerning the effect of exposure to electromagnetic fields on brain hormones and enzyme activities

In addition to those, there are dozens more studies that separately link EMFs with reduced melatonin levels, and EMFs with voltage-gated calcium channel disturbances. The studies that have linked EMF exposure with VGCC disturbance (especially Dr. Martin Pall’s research) found that it’s something about the way these artificial EMFs are structured (how they are modulated and pulsed to carry wireless information) that causes the calcium channel flooding and resulting oxidative stress. This may be why natural electromagnetic fields from the Earth and cosmos do not have the same harmful effect – they are structured differently, and the body generally does not perceive these natural frequencies as a threat, with some exceptions (excessive ionizing radiation from the sun, and geopathic stress caused by specific areas of disturbance in the Earth’s magnetic field).

Optimal melatonin levels protect from the harmful effects of EMFs

It has been established that modern day artificial electromagnetic fields reduce our endogenous melatonin production, most likely through the mechanism of calcium channel flooding. In an ultimate catch 22 situation, many other studies have also established that optimal melatonin levels have powerful protective effects against these exact same EMFs.

Just to clarify, one of the most powerful natural substances capable of protecting us from EMF harm is being actively depleted by these same EMFs! This is definitely a conundrum.

Here are just a few (of many!) studies that demonstrate the protective effects of melatonin against harm from electromagnetic fields:

• Melatonin modulates wireless (2.45 GHz)-induced oxidative injury through TRPM2 and voltage gated Ca2+ channels in brain and dorsal root ganglion in rat
• Melatonin reduces oxidative stress induced by chronic exposure of microwave radiation from mobile phones in rat brain
• Melatonin modulates 900 Mhz microwave-induced lipid peroxidation changes in rat brain
• Oxidative stress-mediated skin damage in an experimental mobile phone model can be prevented by melatonin

What can we do about this? Obviously, protecting our melatonin becomes vitally important, especially if we are EMF hypersensitive, or simply interested in optimal health and longevity. The vicious cycle of EMF induced melatonin depletion and the subsequent increase in oxidation and inflammation, which leads to increased EMF reactivity, needs to be halted for balance to be achieved.

Since this stress cycle has been well underway for a long time for most modern humans, and our lifestyles inherently increase this stress from multiple angles, achieving homeostasis needs to be a multifaceted approach.

The “melatonin pyramid” found in this melatonin study is quite helpful for understanding the multiple steps that need to be taken to optimize melatonin levels:

Obviously, the most important factor in optimal natural melatonin production is having adequate darkness at night. This means you need to protect your sleep space by ensuring there are no lights in your bedroom, and that you aren’t exposed to any bright lights during the night – a small red light can be helpful if you need to use a nightlight during the night. This also means you want to keep your home lights as dim as possible within a couple hours of bedtime. Having a cap on electronic device use at night is also important, as our computer and cell phone screens emit very high frequency blue light. If you need to look at your phone or computer in the evening, there are dimming mechanisms and apps you can use to reduce the brightness of your screen to as low levels as possible.

Next, to ensure that your body has the raw materials to produce enough melatonin, make sure you are getting enough protein in your diet, especially tryptophan. The body cannot synthesize tryptophan and needs to get it from dietary sources. Additionally, your body needs plenty of the vitamin and mineral cofactors mentioned at the beginning of this article, which are essential in the conversion from tryptophan to serotonin and melatonin, so eating a nutrient rich diet is essential!

Consuming plenty of anti-inflammatory foods helps take the burden off your melatonin, so it isn’t solely responsible for quenching all oxidative stress in your body, making more melatonin available for other essential processes. Also, many plant foods (including nuts, cherries and rice) contain small amounts of melatonin, since plants produce melatonin as part of their own defense against oxidative stress. By eating these plants, we can get minute amounts of melatonin directly, bypassing the normal conversion process.

Lastly, if we really need a boost to get back on track, there are high quality melatonin supplements on the market that can be worth experimenting with. Melatonin is extremely well studied, has a high safety profile, and contrary to common belief, supplementing does not decrease your endogenous melatonin production.

Using Blushield to protect your melatonin

Of course, there is one more section we would add to the melatonin pyramid: using Blushield devices in your home, especially at night during sleep!

As noted above, manmade electromagnetic fields (especially from wireless devices) cause calcium channel flooding, massively increasing oxidative stress, but natural electromagnetic fields from the Earth do not have this effect. Blushield devices emit a field that’s very similar to the frequencies found in nature, and have been shown in our human and animal tests to calm the overactive immune response and restore normal cellular function. As a byproduct, this will protect and conserve our melatonin levels, as our melatonin will not need to be used up to quench the stress from the EMFs!

One of the most common reports we get from Blushield users is deeper and more restful sleep, either immediately or after the initial acclimation period. This is most likely due to the increase in available melatonin that the body is no longer using up to quench the fires of oxidation due to our own excessive immune response, which can then be used for the vital regenerative process of sleep. Consistent high quality sleep improves health in every way, and can protect against chronic and degenerative disease.

One of the beautiful things about the winter months is the increased hours of darkness, which under ideal circumstances would allow us to deeply restore and regenerate our bodies from the stresses of the brighter, more active times of the year, healing and preparing us for another cycle of increased light and activity! Optimizing our sleep during the winter is an amazing health and longevity strategy that takes nature’s own most powerful cycle into consideration.

As the holidays approach, many of us plan on enjoying vacation time to visit family and celebrate. These days, family members often travel cross country, or even to other countries further away, to be with each other. Holiday travel is notoriously stressful, due to the higher than usual crowds of people, all needing to get where they’re going before the festivities begin. People often travel with gifts, resulting in bulkier and heavier baggage to lug between connecting flights, and have to meet up with ground transportation at their destination, also among crowds of others on the same tight timelines.

In addition to all these obvious stresses, in modern times we absolutely have to factor in extremely high EMF exposure from exponentially more technology use than ever before. Next time you go to an airport, look around you, and notice how many people are on their cell phones. I bet you will see more people on their phones than those not on their phones! Even better, if you have an EMF reading meter, take it to the airport and check the levels of radiofrequency radiation. I bet you will find that it goes into the “red” and even exceeds the measuring capabilities of your meter!

The truth is, airports are some of worst culprits for EMF exposure. They have higher concentrations of EMFs than almost anywhere else that humans set foot in. The navigation towers are radiofrequency emitters and receivers, assisting the planes in takeoffs and landings. To get a better idea of the dense concentration of radiation emitters and receivers at airports, check out this photo from the Antenna Search website of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, and compare it to the area surrounding the airport (within the circle). All those blue dots are radiation emitting towers used in airplane navigation, and the red dots are cell service antennas. This search database identifies 3,294 towers and 510 antennas within a 3 mile radius. Wow!!

Every single one of those towers and antennas emits a radiofrequency field. When you’re in an airport, or inside of a plane waiting for takeoff, you are exposed to the EMFs from all of the radiofrequency emissions around you.

Even inside the airplane itself, while flying, you are being exposed to more radiation than ever before. To “better serve” their clients, airlines are providing stronger and stronger in-flight Wifi connections, and there are plans to equip many airlines with Starlink satellite internet soon (beginning in mid 2023), for even faster internet! Starlink operates within the high band spectrum of 5G, between 10 and 72 gigahertz, which has a high powered, laser-focused mode of operation that can affect living organisms in the vicinity of its “beam” much more intensely than lower frequencies.

With passengers all packed together in a tight space, almost all of them using in-flight Wifi or other electronic devices, we have an EMF soup situation. Then you have to factor in the airplane itself, which is basically a Faraday cage that contains all EMFs produced within its walls, not allowing them to leave the massive aluminum tube that is the airplane itself. Instead, all those radiofrequency signals end up reflecting off the metal walls back into the same space, increasing exposure by at least 3 times compared to the same signal density in an open area.

To boot, we are exposed to the cosmic radiation from space at a much higher intensity at the high altitude of commercial air travel, which in itself gives our bodies a higher radiation load to process and recover from. All of this occurs after most of us get a large, sudden dose of radiation from walking through the airport body scanners, which use the same millimeter wave spectrum as high band 5G!

No wonder we feel terrible after we fly! We think it’s just “jet lag”, but the effects of this much EMF are bound to zap our energy, and at the beginning of what we intended as a fun, relaxing holiday vacation, all we feel like doing is hiding and sleeping it off.

This is also a major reason for the phenomenon of increased illness during or after travel. The high EMF load depresses our immune system, taking down our body’s defenses and increasing the likelihood that we will get sick from any little bug we encounter during our travels.

EMF protection tips for fun, stress-free air travel

The depressing story above is not the only experience available to us. Believe it or not, we CAN have a fun, stress-free holiday vacation, enjoy our flights, and arrive at our destination feeling healthy, energized and ready to enjoy the festivities!

Our frequent traveler customers see their Blushield portable (and home) devices as absolutely essential to a successful and enjoyable trip. The coherent field emitted by your portable can keep you feeling like you’re inside a bubble of protection – in a happy, calm place as you pass through the airport chaos that exists in the same physical space, yet you somehow don’t feel like you’re fully part of it! Even if you’re not sensitive enough to perceive your experience in that way, you will very likely feel a level of energy and mental clarity during and after your trip that you hadn’t experienced before.

On shorter trips lasting only a few days, you could just bring your Blushield portable, making sure you stay within its field during most of your trip, and keeping it charged up to make sure the protective field is active for the majority of your travel time.

On longer trips (a few days to a week or longer), we highly recommend also bringing your stationary home unit with you, and plugging it into the place you’re staying! This will give you much more complete protection, as you will be within its stronger field while you sleep at night, which is primarily when your body recovers and regenerates from any stress encountered during the day. As you go through your day with the milder field that your portable produces, it’s good to be able to “touch in” with the stronger field of your home unit to make sure your body maintains its entrainment to Blushield, and doesn’t start reacting to the many other EMFs you’ll be exposed to during travel. Also, when your portable inevitably needs to be recharged, you can make sure you’re still protected during those couple of hours without your portable’s active field.

Here are some logistical tips for traveling with your portable and home devices. We have never heard of anyone having issues bringing their portable onto the plane, and TSA will most likely not even ask about it. In the rare instance that someone asks as you’re going through the airport checkpoint, you can tell them it’s a device that reduces the effects of jet lag (since these people probably aren’t familiar with the concept of EMF protection, but everyone knows about jet lag). Since your portable only produces a scalar field, and not a radiofrequency or magnetic field, it won’t interfere with airline navigation systems.

If there is any question, point out the symbols on the back of your portable. These refer to safety certifications that our devices meet the requirements of several countries for electronic emissions – the FCC symbol is the one used for the United States, and means that our devices test at below the required threshold of electronic emissions that could potentially interfere with devices that utilize radiofrequency fields or magnetic fields, including airplane navigation, as well as medical devices like pacemakers.

You can keep your portable in your carry-on bag, or in your pocket, but if it’s in your pocket, be sure to place it in the tray with your keys and any other metallic objects when you’re walking through the body scanner, as it will set off the metal detector. Remember: you can always opt out of the body scanner for the “pat down” option, to avoid that extra big dose of EMFs!

If you choose to bring your Blushield home unit with you on vacation, you’ll want to make sure you pack it well so it won’t be damaged during travel. A padded camera bag, or something similar, is a great way to keep your home device protected during the sometimes bumpy luggage handling process. It’s also important to make sure you remove the power cord from the device when you pack them for travel, to avoid damage. Keeping it in your carry-on bag, rather than in checked baggage, will decrease the likelihood of damage even more, as carry-ons are treated more gently and you have more control over them.

Another cool thing about keeping your home device in your carry-on, especially during a longer flight, is that many flights now provide outlets to plug in AC powered devices. In those instances, you could actually enjoy your entire flight within the field of your stronger home device!

Road trips with Blushield

Many of us travel via air during the holidays, but in some instances it’s easier to avoid airplanes altogether, and take a road trip instead! When possible, this is a better option, and will expose you to much less EMFs overall.

Although a lot safer than air travel in terms of EMF exposure, car travel is still going to be considerably more EMF heavy than staying home. Similar to airplanes, cars also act as a Faraday cage with their metal frame and paneling, which will concentrate EMFs generated inside the car to at least 3 times the level you would be exposed to from those same sources in open space: read about the study that proved that in this article we wrote about cars and EMFs. These in-vehicle EMF sources include any cell phone or Bluetooth device used while traveling, GPS navigation systems, the electronics built into the car (especially if you have an electric vehicle), and even the vehicle’s motor itself.

You can minimize EMF levels during your road trip by keeping your phone on airplane mode when you’re not using it, and establishing wired connections between devices instead of using Bluetooth, such connecting your phone to your car’s speakers to play music or audio. Even minimizing use as much as possible, there will still be unavoidable exposures during your trip, which can zap your energy and leave you feeling funky. Keeping your Blushield portable turned on during your trip, especially if you also have a Blushield Auto running in your car, is a great way to boost your energy levels and have a much more fun and relaxing road trip! Road trips in general tend to be much longer than plane travel, sometimes spanning multiple days if you have to travel far, so it’s important to make sure you’re addressing EMF protection so you can last the long haul and still feel pretty good when you arrive!

Just as with air travel, we recommend bringing a home unit with you on longer trips. If you’re staying in hotel rooms, being able to plug your home unit into your room while you sleep can ensure you have the best sleeps possible while on the road! Blushield users who take frequent road trips will often choose to buy a smaller home unit like the Phi 02 Plugin specifically to use when you’re sleeping somewhere different every night, since it’s compact and light, and plugs directly into the wall with no power cord wires. However, if you usually travel to EMF dense big cities and metropolitan areas, it’s worth it to bring one of the stronger Blushield stationary models with you (like the B1 Cube or C1 Ultimate Cube), for optimal protection!

If you’re sleeping in the same room as your home device while traveling, you will probably want to cover it up with a cloth so that you won’t see the light on the device, which can interrupt some peoples’ sleep. However, be sure you remember to unplug it and take it with you when you leave! A great way to make sure you never forget your Blushield when you leave a hotel room is to keep other important items right under the outlet you plug your Blushield into, so that you’ll always see it when you’re about to leave.

One last tip to literally “top off” your protection strategy is to wear your Blushield hat while traveling by plane or car, shielding your head from the ambient EMFs around you. Although we don’t recommend shielding as your primary EMF protection strategy, it can be a wonderful adjunct to Blushield for a little bit of added protection. We just stocked a few new colors in our hat inventory, which you will want to check out if you haven’t yet seen them!

Plus, you will look cool, and your family might see the logo and ask you what Blushield is, and you’ll get to drop some info bombs about EMF protection during one of those fun holiday family discussions ;-)

Wishing you the happiest holidays from the Blushield Team!