ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS: Exposure is not optional, no one can avoid it

A New Connectivity Paradigm

More than 100 years ago, electricity was introduced in people’s lives. The fascination that this new energy caused was such that it was impossible not to surrender to it. All dangers and fears were put aside and no one seemed to notice that artificial electromagnetic fields were being introduced that would forever alter the face of the earth. Similar situations were repeated with the introduction of radio, television, antennas, satellites, mobile phones and wireless Internet.

In today’s world, we are all exposed to multiple electromagnetic fields (EMFs): low-frequency fields from power lines and electrical and electronic devices, and radio-frequency radiation from wireless devices such as cell phones and wireless Internet antennas. The exposure is not optional: there is no way to escape from it, even in the most remote places on the planet. We don’t feel it, but it is all around us, and it even interacts with our own electromagnetic fields. The question is: does it affect our health?

Both the industry and the international organizations affirm that there are no risks, that there is no evidence of danger or scientific demonstration that can support such assumptions. But more and more studies warn about biological effects that we could not ignore, among them a higher incidence of brain cancer or childhood leukemia at higher levels of exposure. These opposing positions lead to a sort of senseless spiral in which every so often the media replicates the results of some scientific study with alarm, then the WHO dismisses the health risks, and later a new technology is introduced that promises to change our life. The interests at stake are many.

The question about the potential health risks of EMF exposure is becoming more pertinent on the eve of what promises to transform the planet with a new connectivity paradigm: 5G.

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What is Electromagnetism?

Electromagnetism is one of the four fundamental forces of nature, the other three being the gravitational force and the strong and weak nuclear forces. Also, electromagnetism is a branch of physics that precisely combines the studies of electricity and magnetism. The technical explanation for this phenomenon would be that