EMF Exposure

I was wondering if anyone might have advise for me. My daughter is remodeling her kitchen and would like to place the refrigerator by the wall where her daughters bedroom is. We know a refrigerator has a high emf field and I wonder if there are any effective shields to place on the wall to block this. There is a lot of info on the web with various products but also I know its hard to find something that actually works. I did a search here but didn't find anything. Thanks so much if you have an answer.
 
Magnetic fields are much more difficult to shield. The compressor would be what is radiating the field, so you want to shield right at the source if possible. Generally the compressor in a fridge is at the bottom, making a grumbling noise. On fridges where it is visible it is a metal canister looking thing with copper pipes coming out.

Magnetic fields are shielded by magnetic materials. A sheet of magnetic steel on the wall behind the fridge might work. You can keep adding sheets or increase the size of the sheet to improve shielding. But you want it to be between the compressor and what you want to shield.

You probably have a local big hardware store with large sheets of steel as well as other stuff like plexiglass (check if it is magnetic with a magnet, more magnetic is better, and stainless is generally only weakly magnetic). If it were me the first thing I would try is to bend a sheet 90 degrees in the middle, so that one side slides under the fridge and the other stands up behind the fridge, having good coverage of the compressor. It is not a problem if the sheet is much larger than necessary, this simply improves the shielding. If you can't find a way to bend the sheet, just stand it up against the back of the fridge or use 2 sheets below and behind.

Not knowing the exact sizes of sheet available and the space the fridge is in I can't know for sure how well this plan will come together. Another option is to get mu-metal sheets. These are thinner sheets but extremely magnetic (not magnetized, but magnetic). They are generally costly and you may not be able to get it in large sheets. It cannot be creased or it loses it's effectiveness. Magnetic shielding film MCL61

But most importantly I would try to get a gaussmeter and do before and after measurements so I know whether it is effective. You want to wait until you hear the compressor to take measurements as there will be no magnetic field if the compressor is off.
 
I was wondering if anyone might have advise for me. My daughter is remodeling her kitchen and would like to place the refrigerator by the wall where her daughters bedroom is. We know a refrigerator has a high emf field and I wonder if there are any effective shields to place on the wall to block this. There is a lot of info on the web with various products but also I know its hard to find something that actually works. I did a search here but didn't find anything. Thanks so much if you have an answer.
I don't suppose she could put the refrigerator somewhere else instead of next to the bedroom?
 
You probably have a local big hardware store with large sheets of steel as well as other stuff like plexiglass (check if it is magnetic with a magnet, more magnetic is better, and stainless is generally only weakly magnetic). If it were me the first thing I would try is to bend a sheet 90 degrees in the middle, so that one side slides under the fridge and the other stands up behind the fridge, having good coverage of the compressor. It is not a problem if the sheet is much larger than necessary, this simply improves the shielding. If you can't find a way to bend the sheet, just stand it up against the back of the fridge or use 2 sheets below and behind.
I don't suppose she could put the refrigerator somewhere else instead of next to the bedroom?

Thanks for your responses! Monotonic, I pondered your suggestion for a bit. Along with looking for a solution on the net and considering your experiment suggestion, I decided there wasn't an easy fix and we decided to just move the frig even though it presents a challenge for the Feng Shui.

In my search, I thought it interesting and kind of funny, that there are people looking for solutions to disconnect their new Smart refrigerators because they emit high RF radiation continuously. Best not to buy one in the first place. I imagined people who live in Smart homes or Smart cities trying to disconnect everything once they realize the health risks, such a frenzy! 😵

 
Shield Your Body Phone Case Review. Does it really work?
It can dampen the radiation levels somewhat. But it has openings, so the radiation will leak out anyways.
Don't see any point having this. Any cellphone can be easily placed into Airplane mode. Furthermore, if the reception
drops, the cellphone will raise its transmission power significantly (up to 2 watts).
 
I was wondering if anyone might have advise for me. My daughter is remodeling her kitchen and would like to place the refrigerator by the wall where her daughters bedroom is. We know a refrigerator has a high emf field and I wonder if there are any effective shields to place on the wall to block this. There is a lot of info on the web with various products but also I know its hard to find something that actually works. I did a search here but didn't find anything. Thanks so much if you have an answer.
I'm not a specialist but I read that shielding magnetic field is very difficult. There is mu-metal that can do that but is very expensive. More cheaper solution is to move bed to different location. If you have an Android device with electronic compass you can install Ultimate EMF Detector app to measure magnetic field. From my observation, if you don't sleep closer than 20 cm to 40 cm from your refrigerator there is no big problem with magnetic field. Unless you have problem with low frequency EMF. Low frequency are much more difficult to shield than hi frequency. BTW: I measured my mattress and discovered small magnetic field from metal springs. I don't know how much it impact my health or sleep quality.
 
Like a tireless David against Goliath, Robert Kennedy Jr's Children's Health Defense (CHD) has on Wednesday 29th July submitted the principal brief in a landmark case against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
The case challenges the agency’s refusal to review its 25-year-old obsolete wireless “health guidelines” and adopt scientific, biologically based radio frequency emissions rules that adequately protect public health.

CHD’s principal brief cites thousands of studies and medical reports, including those conducted by U.S. government agencies, and references hundreds of testimonials by people who have been injured. The brief shows clear evidence of harm from wireless radiation from exposure to wireless radiation sources such as cell phones, Wi-Fi and cell towers at levels well below current FCC emission limits. It also outlines scientifically the established mechanisms of harm from wireless radiation.

In its decision not to review the guidelines, the FCC also astoundingly dismissed the results of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s funded National Toxicology Program study, a $30 million, 10-year study that was supposed to give the American people the final answer as to whether or not wireless is harmful. This study, the largest of its kind, found “clear evidence” of cancer and DNA damage. The results should have put to rest the notion that non-ionizing radiation cannot break DNA. The World Health Organization already classified wireless radiation as a “possible” (2B) carcinogen in 2011. The National Toxicology Program study is the “missing link” needed to classify it as a human carcinogen. Courts, including Italy’s Supreme Court, already determined that cell phones cause brain tumors.



In Europe, in September 2017, more than 180 scientists and doctors from 36 countries warn, in an appeal to the EU, about the danger of 5G, which will lead to a massive increase in involuntary exposure to electromagnetic radiation. The group asks for an independent task force to reassess the health effects. As far as i could find, the EU has answered them that basically it is the primary responsibility of the member state to protect the public from potential harmful effects of electromagnetic fields and that it is therefore not necessary for them to set up an independent task force to discuss new safe guidelines for EMF exposure.


For those who are interested, here an update until June 2020 of the status of the 5G and EMF exposure - situation in various European (and other) countries:

June 2020:
Hvar in Croatia suspends introduction of 5G. The Town Council suspend 5G until an independent and impartial study proves that such technology has no negative impact on humans and the environment. Link
May 2020: Stop5GNL foundation bring lawsuit against the Dutch government to stop 5G roll out. Court proceedings held on May 4th. Link
May 2020: Nigeria senate asks the government to suspend deployment of 5G network in Nigeria. Link
May 2020: Some 400 doctors and 900 health care workers have signed a letter to the government, asking for a moratorium of 5G technology and that the public is informed about health risks with wireless technologies (The Electrosmog Appeal, Belgium). Link (in French)
April 2020: Switzerland maintains strict limits for radiation from base stations. Decision from goverment April 22, 2020. Link
March 2020: Effects of 5G wireless communication on human health. A report from European Parliament Research Service. Link
February 2020: Geneva halts 5G and 4G+ rollout for three years. Link (in French).
January 2020: Slovenia halts adoption of broadband strategy including 5G due to uninvestigated health risks. Link
January 2020: Scientific study report that honey bees will absorb several times more power at frequencies intended for use by 5G: “a relatively small shift of 10% of environmental incident power density from frequencies below 3 GHz to higher frequencies will lead to a relative increase in absorbed power of a factor higher than 3.” Link
January 2020: French Authority, Anses, concludes in preliminary report on health risks from 5G that there are no studies on health- or biological effects available on frequencies between 3-4 GHz. The very same frequencies that are intended to be used in the 5G roll-out. For frequencies between 24 and 30 GHz, only three studies on effects at 28 GHz and 27 GHz were found. For frequencies between 40 and 60 GHz the report found more studies. Final report is expected in 2021. Link (in French)
January 2020: Dr Lennart Hardell and prof. em. Rainer Nyberg and the 5G Appeal. In this article, the the 5G appeal and the letters to the EU Health Commissioner since September, 2017 and the authors’ rebuttals are summarized. Link
January 2020: Letter from 23 scientists to president in Switzerland expressing concern that a Swiss report on potential health effects from 5G was led by a person with conflicts of interests and history of misrepresentation of science. Link
October 2019: More than 300 Belgian physicians warns of health consequences of deployment of 5G and other wireless technologies in Hippocrates Electrosmog Appeal. Link
October 2019: Officials in Totnes, UK vote to ban installations of 5G. Link.
September 2019: The Pancyprian Medical Association and Cyprus National Committee on the Environment and Child Health submitted a position paper on 5G to the Cyprus Parliamentary Committees on Environment and Health. Link
September 2019: Telenor started 5G tests at their headquarter in Oslo, Norway. Several persons working in the neighborhood complain of severe headache right after the start of the tests. Link (in Norwegian)
September 2019: The regional goverment of Wallonia, Belgium decide to investigate health- and environmental risks before deployment of 5G. Link (in French)
September 2019: Several thousand protest against 5G in Swiss capital. Opponents of 5G in Switzerland gathered in Bern on Saturday to protest against forced radiation and called for a national moratorium on 5G as well as the creation of radiation-free zones. Link
September 2019: The real dangers of 5G. It is the added effect of 5G on 3G and 4G EMR which are a must for the effective function of 5G, and the widespread use of IoT that will synergistically augment environmental health hazards and hence increase morbidity and mortality. Once 5G is used for daily purposes, it is envisaged that humanity is bound to crash much quicker. By Godfrey Farrugia, MD. Link
August 2019: Glastonbury council opposes 5G roll out due to its ‘unpredictable’ health effects. Link
July 2019: First reported 5G injuries in Swiss Magazine. Link
May 2019: Letter to EU Commissioner of the Environment, requesting a moratorium on 5G roll-out, new guidelines for exposure and documents that show safety of 5G. Link
April 2019: Jura in Switzerland adopts resolution for a moratorium of 5G. Link
April 2019: Dutch house of representatives is concerned about the health risks of radiation from the new 5G network. Political parties want to know as a matter of urgency what the 5G dangers are before 5G is rolled out on a large scale. Link
April 2019: Geneva, Switzerland, adopts resolution for a moratorium of 5G. A clear majority of the local council ask for research on effects of 5G on health and the wildlife before 5G roll out. The adopted text: ““invite le Conseil d’Etat à mettre en place un moratoire concernant l’installation de la 5G sur le territoire de la République et canton de Genève tant que des études scientifiques indépendantes de l’industrie démontrent la non-nocivité de la 5G sur le corps humain.” Link
April 2019: Vaud in Switzerland adopts resolution for a moratorium of 5G. The measure applies until it receives a report of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment on 5Gs impact on health and wildlife. Link
April 2019: Petition signed by over 50 000 Germans ask the parliament to stop the auction of 5G frequencies on health grounds. Link
March 2019: Stop5G vote expressed by the XII Municipality of Roma. The local council wants to create “a 5G free area”. With 11 votes in favor and 3 abstentions, the XII Municipality of Roma Capitale voted against the experimentation with 5G. A large slice of the city of Rome therefore wants to avoid fifth generation wireless, creating a ‘5G free’ area in the Portuense, Gianicolense and Monteverde areas up to Maccarese and Castel di Guido: “We ask the mayor to stop the 5G trial and not to raise the limit values of the threshold of electromagnetic radiation avoiding the positioning of mini-millimeter microwave antennas on homes, schools, day care centers, recreation centers, street lamps and more “, the approved text writes. Link.
March 2019: Florence, Italy, will apply precaution regarding 5G roll-out. The local council decided that “for the installations of the 5G technology before issuing individual authorizations in view of the application of the Precautionary Principle and public health”, “carefully evaluating any authorization for 5G installations in the territory of the municipality of Florence”. Link
March 2019: Portland City Council in Oregon, USA, unanimously approved a resolution calling for the Federal Communications Commission to study the health hazards of 5G technology. The resolution introduced by Commissioner Amanda Fritz said the FCC has not studied such risks, even though studies compiled and released by the European Union found cancer and other risks. Link
March 2019: Radiation concerns halt Brussels 5G development, for now. Plans for a pilot project to provide high-speed 5G wireless internet in Brussels have been halted due to fears for the health of citizens, according to reports. In July, the government concluded an agreement with three telecom operators to relax the strict radiation standards in Brussels. But according to the Region, it is now impossible to estimate the radiation from the antennas required for the service. Link
February 2019: US Senate hearing: No studies show 5G is safe. During a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on the future of 5G wireless technology and their impact on the American people and economy, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) raised concerns with the lack of any scientific research and data on the technology’s potential health risks. Link
October 2018: 5G and systems using frequencies above 10 GHz may cause tissue heating and permanent tissue damage at intensities tolerated by ICNIRP: “Even though the time- and area-averaged power density values remain within the acceptable safety limits for continuous exposure, these bursts may lead to short temperature spikes in the skin of exposed people…The results also show that the peak-to-average ratio of 1,000 tolerated by the International Council on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection guidelines may lead to permanent tissue damage after even short exposures, highlighting the importance of revisiting existing exposure guidelines.”. Link
September 2018: Bay Area City, California, USA, halts 5G development over health concerns. Link
July 2018: According to Ericsson, one major industry player in the 5G technology, 5G base stations will significantly increase microwave or radiofrequency radiation making it “impossible” or a “major problem” to roll out the technology in countries with better protection against radiation hazards (i.e. Switzerland, Italy, Russia etc.) than the obsolete limits recommended by ICNIRP. According to Dr Lennart Hardell: “No doubt this presentation by Ericsson show that 5G will increase exposure, proper scientific evaluation has not been done and re-enforces the need for a moratorium as demanded in the 5G Appeal.” Link
June 2018: Letter to UN Sectretary General António Guterres informing that scientists from all over the world warn of serious health and environmental effects of 5G in the 5G Appeal. Link
June 2018: Letter to prime ministers of Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Iceland from prof. em. Rainer Nyberg and Dr Lennart Hardell, informing them of the 5G appeal. 200+ scientists call for a moratorium of 5G roll-out. “5G might have serious negative effects on public health and the environment, which we ask you to consider”. Link
June 2018: Scientific Conference Segovia, Spain: 5G, Health and Environment, June 16-17, 2018. Programme
May 2018: 5G wireless speeds could be dangerous. The wireless industry is rolling out powerful 5G technology throughout the United States. However, some studies show a link between cell phone radiation and cancer. rt.com
May 2018: The roll out of 5G is a massive health experiment, public health expert warns. Daily Mail
May 2018:5G: Great risk for EU, U.S. and International Health! Compelling Evidence for Eight Distinct Types of Great Harm Caused by Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Exposures and the Mechanism that Causes Them” by Professor Martin Pall, Washington State University, USA. Link
April 2018: Will driverless cars cause DNA damage and cancer? Article describing the 5G and self driving cars connection: “The microwave radar systems used in DAS and driverless cars can project microwave radiation for more than 750 feet in front of the vehicle and a similar distance behind the vehicle. They use a combination of short-range, medium-range, and long-range microwave radar systems at very high frequencies. Each radar system uses different Gigahertz microwave frequencies much higher than current generation cell phones and Wi-Fi. These frequencies have not been tested to prove they are safe for humans. No safety studies have been done to determine the dangers of constant exposure to multiple microwave frequencies.” Link
April 2018: 5G will generate significantly higher radiation, “a major health concern”. Study finds that 5G will generate “significantly higher power density (PD) and specificabsorption rate (SAR) than a current cellular system”.
“Thus,when a larger phased antenna is used or when a user moves closer to the AP, the PD value becomes a major health concern which inevitably requires more research about health effects of 5G before it is deployed successfully by strictly following the RF emission standards.” Link.

Whatever happens with the court cases, the roll outs, the world for that matter etc, just want to say that on this thread i found a wealth of valuable and useable info about what one can do to minimize and mitigate the harmful effects of radiation etc, so big thank you to all for researching information and methods and sharing that knowledge so freely 😘
 
Relatively good news concerning 5G, i thought i would place this article from Children's Health Defense in this thread:
This year, the big surprise during Apple’s annual mid-September launch event wasn’t what new products they were offering, but what the new products didn’t offer — none of the new Apple devices include 5G compatibility.

A year ago, Apple reached an agreement with Qualcomme to buy its 5G modems and hired all of Intel’s 5G modem department employees. Clearly, the absence of 5G adaptability in its products is not the lack of necessary technology and analysts. So, why didn’t Apple launch its 5G products this fall?

Apple didn’t provide an explanation for its decision, but emphasized that its new products are 60% faster than existing 4G LTE networks.

Usually, Apple’s mid-September launch event is followed by a lot of media coverage, but not this year. The articles were few and far between and most tried to explain the lack of 5G compatibility. Among the reasons mentioned were the lack of real advantage of 5G despite its massive rollout and that 5G technology may cause products to overheat and drain battery life. The disappointment from 5G is evident from numerous media articles and tech experts are discouraging customers from buying 5G phones, calling 5G “a bad joke.”

While there are indications that Apple is intending to release 75 million 5G phones, Apple hasn’t confirmed any of the reports. Could it be that Apple also sees 5G as a failure and has decided to play it safe and wait?
 
I suspect that the reason for the lack of 5G is because the only company that has a full, end-to-end, good working solution for mm-wave 5G is Huawei.

That's why the West rushed to ban Huawei: because they won the race by a huge margin.

BUT, at the same time, that's totally hilarious. The only place where mm-wave 5G will actually work well is in packed cities. And even then, the tech isn't quite there yet and there are inherent problems, like the super-short range and the fact that literally everything blocks mm-wave signals. Oops!

Plus, chunks of the 3-6 GHz band were only recently auctioned off in many countries, so there isn't much mid-band 5G anywhere yet to use. That's the flavor most people would benefit from.

So, for the majority of end users, rushing to get 5G included in a phone is mostly just marketing hype - at this point, anyway. Of course, Apple is a master of marketing hype, so I'm still surprised they didn't take advantage of it!
 
But if the sponsors of the HAWK30 program, tech giant SoftBank of Japan, defense contractor AeroVironment of California and Alphabet, the parent company of Google, have their way that nightmare will become a reality this fall for some Hawai’i residents and eventually for much of the world’s population.
From naturalnews:

This project has been given a certificate of authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration that will allow the drones to fly for up to two years across an airspace spanning 150 square miles over the beautiful islands of Lanai and Kahoolawe and the Molokini crater, along with the hundreds of tropical fish species living in the surrounding waters.

Each of these drones broadcasts the same amount of radiation as 1,800 cell towers.
The HAPS reportedly operates as a cell site with coverage spanning a diameter of 124 miles, irradiating all forms of life within its range.

Last month, Alphabet, the parent company of Google, announced together with the Japanese tech giant SoftBank that they had run a stable LTE connection using a HAWK30 Sunglider solar-powered drone 62,000 feet above ground in the stratosphere. The connection was reportedly good enough to carry an international video call between participants from America and Japan. A connection speed was not disclosed, but the call took place in high-definition and with low latency.

Meanwhile, a pair of UK firms recently announced that they plan to use antenna-equipped aircraft run on hydrogen to beam 5G signals across the UK. They say that they could cover the entire country with roughly 60 drones and would do it in partnership with mobile operators, the BBC reports.

5G technology has been shown in studies to emit radiation at levels that humans have never been exposed to before, and we simply don’t yet know what the long-terms effects could be. What we do know, however, is that its predecessors, 4G, 3G and 2G, have all been linked to a host of health risks such as cancer, neurological disorders, reproductive harm and genetic damage. Some experts have even warned that the surface of the human body can draw 5G radiation in like an antenna.

 
Yeah, it's actually one of the worst ideas ever. Twisted pair (ethernet + modern phone cable) and coax were specifically designed to carry data without all those problems. So, to take electrical wiring and use it for the same purpose is pretty ridiculous.
How about using network over the wire (via power adapters like Tenda PH3 AV1000) together with Graham Stetzer Filters ? Could this still be usable and offer less exposure then wifi? Was there any research/has anyone measured and compared GS or other units on risk scale tables like these?
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How about using network over the wire (via power adapters like Tenda PH3 AV1000) together with Graham Stetzer Filters ? Could this still be usable and offer less exposure then wifi? Was there any research/has anyone measured and compared GS or other units on risk scale tables like these?

I think it would depend on how well the GS-type filters reduce the signals from the power line networking adapters. It would also depend on which frequencies one is particularly susceptible to...

Only one way to find out!
 
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