How to Reduce your Child's EMF Exposure (and why you should) — Kith & Kin Wellness

Are EMF’s Impacting Your Child’s Health?

Does your child behave better or sleep better when they have been outside in nature? It may be due to a reduction in EMF exposure. 

EMF stands for electromagnetic fields. Before you roll your eyes or click away, I ONCE THOUGHT THIS WAS “WOO WOO” too, but let me tell you a little story. 

I have my wifi in this corner beside my couch. It is a PERFECT corner for hanging a plant, with plenty of sunshine coming through the windows, but every time I place a plant in that corner, it DIES! I replace it in another area in my house, and it comes to life. I’ve done this at least 4 times. I couldn’t figure it out for the longest time, until my husband suggested it may be the WIFI.

EMFs are not NEW to our environment, but the amount of exposure has exponentially risen over the past 10-20 years with the introduction of cellphones, wifi, bluetooth, and now 5-G. 

Our children are more susceptible to the effects of EMFs than adults due to a variety of physiological differences. Research shows EMFS can be disrupting to brain development (leading to ADHD like behavior and is being explored in it’s contribution to autism), has been classified as a possible carcinogen by the World Health Organization, and is known to cause oxidative damage (a main contributor to many chronic health conditions).

EMFs are believed to play a synergistic role with other toxins (AKA- EMF exposure impairs your ability to detox AND toxins are believed to make your body more susceptible to toxins). 

HOW DO EMFS IMPACT OUR BODY?

Dr. Martin Pall, PHD is an expert is this field and has broken it down into a few main areas: 

1. Nervous System Effects- including sleep disturbances/insomnia, fatigue, headaches, depression, ADHD, dizziness, memory changes, anxiety, and agitation/irritability 

2. Endocrine System Effects- detrimental effects on reproductive hormones, thyroid hormones, melatonin levels, glucose homeostasis, and adrenal hormones. 

3. Produce Oxidative Stress- which has a central role in essentially all chronic diseases. 

4. Altering DNA - which can produce cancer, negatively impact DNA in sperm cells, and product mutations in cell lines that will effect future generations. 

5. Lower Male and Female Fertility, Lower Sex Hormones, Lower Libido, and Increased Levels of spontaneous abortion. 

6. Elevated levels of Apoptosis (programmed cell death)-  which is an important mechanism by which EMF exposure can contribute to neurodegenerative diseases and infertility 

7. Attacks the cells of our bodies to cause cancer- these attacks are thought to act via 15 different mechanisms during cancer causation