SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON THE Neurotoxic Effects of Wireless Radiation

Research indicates that exposure to wireless radiation can harm the brain. Experiential research has found that exposure reduces brain cells and causes brain cell death in the memory and learning centers of the brain. Research also has found DNA damage in the brain from exposure to EMFs (electromagnetic fields). This scientific evidence of a neurotoxic effect—meaning adverse effects on the brain and brain development—has profound implications for our children’s health future.

Altered Brain Activity

Contrary to reports that this radiation has “no effect,” research clearly shows that exposure results in changes in brain activity. In 2011, National Institutes of Health research found just 50 minutes of a wireless transmitting device (cell phone) next to the brain increases glucose metabolism in the part of the brain most exposed.

DAMAGED BRAIN DEVELOPMENT, HYPERACTIVITY AND MEMORY PROBLEMS

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine found that when mice were exposed to cell phone signals while pregnant, their offspring showed increased hyperactivity and impaired memory. Research on humans has also found higher cell phone radiation exposure associated with higher behavioral problems.

Damaged Brain Cells

Research from Turkish scientists found significant brain cell damage within the hippocampus and cerebellum of rats following exposure to cell phone radiation frequencies. Many of these studies exposed rats to radiofrequency for only one hour a day for one month. After exposure, the animals’ brains were carefully examined using a stateof-the-art stereological technique that counts brain cells to investigate the effects of exposure. The researchers stated the age of their test animals was comparable to human teenagers, and thus their results suggest the human teenage brain is sensitive to chronic mobile phone exposure.

Combined Exposures Increase Effects On The Brain

Research investigating cell phone radiation in combination with the heavy metal lead— which is a known neurotoxin—has found that children with blood lead levels had higher attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder-like symptoms if they also had higher cell phone use. This finding led the researchers to consider a potential synergetic effect between lead and radiofrequency fields, meaning the radiofrequency exposure increased the effects from the lead exposure.

Damage To The Blood Brain Barrier

Radiofrequency radiation exposure has also been shown to affect the permeability of the blood-brain barrier, as well as altering the expression of microRNA within the brain, which researchers state could lead to adverse effects such as neurodegenerative disease. When the blood-brain barrier is more permeable, more toxins circulating in the blood can reach the brain.

Dna Damage

In 2016 and 2017, the National Toxicology Program released findings of genotoxic effects in various brain regions of mice and rats exposed to daily low levels of radiofrequency radiation. These research findings parallel previous research studies that have found DNA breaks after radiofrequency exposure.

Source: Environmental Health Trust, a think tank that promotes a healthier environment through research, education and policy. For more information, visit ehtrust.org