Low intensity microwave frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) produce extensive brain damage and widespread neuropsychiatric effects

Abstract

Low intensity microwave/lower frequency EMFs have been shown to act via activation of voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs). Pathophysiological effects of such exposures are produced through excessive Ca2+ signaling and elevated peroxynitrite. VGCCs are found at very high densities in neurons and such EMFs produce diverse effects in animal brains. Elevated VGCC activity increases susceptibility to various neuropsychiatric effects in humans. Fourteen different neuropsychiatric effects in humans, considered established, have been repeatedly reported to occur following exposures to microwave frequency EMFs:Sleep disturbance/insomnia, headache, fatigue/tiredness, depression/depressive symptoms, dysesthesia, concentration/attention/cognitive dysfunction, dizziness/vertigo, memory changes, restlessness/tension/anxiety/stress/agitation/feeling of discomfort, irritability, loss of appetite/body weight, skin tingling/burning/inflammation/dermographism, nausea, EEG changes. Twenty additional apparent neuropsychiatric effects of such exposures will be listed (not considered established); these 20 suggest, however, that the neuropsychiatric effects go well beyond the 14 established effects. Various types of EMFs have been reported to produce neuropsychiatric effects including living near cell phone antennae, heavy cell phone usage, occupational exposure to radar, UHF or VHF transmission, smart meter radiation, WiFi field exposure, digital television signal exposure, living near a radio station antenna, or living near a short wave broadcasting antenna. Conclusions The ever-increasing human exposures to such EMFs threatens us with near universal widespread neuropsychiatric effects and should be viewed as a major threat to the survival of human civilization. Current safety guidelines are based only on thermal effects and are therefore without any scientific merit.