Did You Know?
Wi-Fi and Microwave Ovens emit high levels of non-ionizing radiation in the same electromagnetic spectrum? Their frequencies are so similar (2.2 GHz and 2.4 GHz) that running your microwave in your home often disrupts your Wi-Fi signal. Non-ionizing radiation does not directly damage DNA like ionizing radiation; it does it indirectly. Microwave ovens are capable of cooking foods because they use a high power intensity that electrifies the food causing the atoms to vibrate. We know not to stand in front of an active microwave oven so why do we place Wi-Fi routers throughout our homes, children’s bedrooms and schools?
How does non-ionizing radiation damage DNA, sperm and other human cells?
Ca+
Human, animal and plant cells have an extremely strong calcium gradient on either side of the cellular membrane. This means it does not take much of a change in concentration to drive the ions inside the cell.
Wireless Devices Pulse Electromagnetic Waves at High Frequencies
Non-native microwaves are pulsed in the frequencies of upwards to 100 billion times per second (1 GHz) and electrify the Voltage Gated Calcium Channels (VGCC) of our cells.
VGCC open and Ca+ Ions flood the intracellular space
This large influx of calcium ions into the cytoplasm of the cell has consequences. Levels of Nitric Oxide and Superoxide spike and react to create Peroxynitrite. It only takes a tenth fold increase in Nitric Oxide to start this reaction and this reaction creates a one hundred fold increase in Peroxynitrite.
Peroxynitrite
Peroxynitrite is capable of damaging cell membranes, proteins, stem cells, and DNA. This free radical is harmful because it is the only known molecule that has a long enough half-life to travel the distance between cells while also being small enough to reach the nucleus and genetic material of the cell.
Single and Double Strand DNA Breaks + More
The increase of peroxynitrite within our cells cause accelerated cellular ageing, cell death and DNA damage. DNA damage is a pre cursor to diseases like cancer. If sperm cells are exposed to pulsed EMFs they experience motility issues and more. Childrens skulls shield significantly less non-ionizing radiation and thus EMR from wirless technologies are more absorbed by their brain tissues.
“Electromagnetic radiation changes metabolism in mitochondria… There is only one value that is optimal for mitochondria… If you depart from this optimal value, you will have more reactive oxygen species than is normal in a given tissue. As an individual, you’ll have vulnerabilities in your pancreas, your brain, in your heart, in your digestive system,wherever that hapens, increasing reactive oxygen species will accelerate the development of these diseases”
— Dr. Paul Héroux, PHD Director and Professor at McGill University