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Study Links Surge in Children’s Memory Problems to Radiation Exposure

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Study Links Surge in Children’s Memory Problems to Wireless Radiation Exposure

Children and teens in Sweden and Norway are experiencing an “alarming” rise in memory problems, according to the authors of a new peer-reviewed study that linked the issue to increased exposure to wireless radiation. “Radiation exposure must be reduced, and people must be informed about the associated health risks,” one of the study’s authors said.

by Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D.
October 23, 2025This article was originally published by The Defender — Children’s Health Defense’s News & Views Website.
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Children and teens in Sweden and Norway are experiencing an “alarming” rise in memory problems, which the authors of a new peer-reviewed study attributed to increased exposure to wireless radiation.

“The steep increase in memory issues cannot be explained by changes in diagnostic criteria or reporting to the registries alone,” Lennart Hardell, M.D., Ph.D., one of the study’s authors, said in a press release. He added:

“We urge our findings on increasing numbers of children having impaired memory to be taken seriously by public health authorities and consider children’s increasing exposure to wireless radiation as a possible cause.

“Thus, we ask for measures aimed at decreasing exposure to RF radiation [radiofrequency radiation] to protect the brain and general health of children.”

The study was published this month in the Archives of Clinical and Biomedical Research.

Hardell, an oncologist and epidemiologist with the Environment and Cancer Research Foundation, has authored more than 350 papers, nearly 60 of which address RF radiation. He is also one of the first researchers to publish reports on the toxicity of Agent Orange.

Hardell and lead study author Mona Nilsson, co-founder and director of the Swedish Radiation Protection Foundation, examined national health data in Sweden and Norway and found that the number of medical consultations for memory disturbances in Norwegian children ages 5-19 increased roughly 8.5-fold from 2006 to 2024.

In Sweden, the number of children ages 5-19 diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment — a diagnosis that includes memory problems — increased nearly 60-fold from 2010 to 2024.

“The findings must be taken seriously and evaluated,” Hardell told The Defender. “Action must be taken to reduce children’s overall exposure — especially in schools.”

Nilsson agreed. “These alarming trends must be reversed — radiation exposure must be reduced, and people must be informed about the associated health risks,” she said.

Authors link memory problems to wireless radiation

The authors argued in their report that wireless radiation is a leading cause of memory decline in children.

They cited numerous epidemiological and experimental studies showing that very low levels of RF radiation can negatively affect the brain — particularly the hippocampus, which plays a central role in memory and learning.

“There is abundant evidence [dating back] several decades, both on animals and humans, that RF radiation impairs memory,” Nilsson said. “The trends we are observing coincide closely in time with the sharply increasing exposure of children and adolescents to RF radiation.”

Wireless exposure has escalated in the last decade due to the increasing use of cellphones, wireless headsets, Wi-Fi and 5G, Hardell said.

“Other contributing factors can, of course, not be excluded,” he said. “They must, however, be defined and not based on hypothetical discussion.”

New investigation targets ‘biased’ European report on RF radiation

The new study coincides with the European Ombudsman investigation into how the European Commission handled a key report that found no “moderate or strong” evidence linking adverse health effects to chronic or acute RF radiation exposure from existing wireless technologies.

The European Ombudsman, who “investigates complaints about maladministration by EU [European Union] institutions and bodies,” will question the European Commission on how it chose the experts to write the report, said Sophie Pelletier, president of PRIARTEM/Electrosensibles de France, in an Oct. 22 press release.

The report, called the SCHEER Opinion, was adopted in April 2023 by the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER).

The SCHEER Opinion was “clearly biased,” according to an October 2023 critique published by the Council for Safe Telecommunications in Denmark and the Swedish Radiation Protection Foundation.

The investigation stems from a complaint filed by several European nonprofits, including the Swedish Radiation Protection Foundation, alleging that the authors of the SCHEER Opinion had conflicts of interest due to industry ties or industry-funded research.

The nonprofits also claimed that the European Commission excluded experts critical of wireless radiation’s possible health effects from the report’s working group and that the report authors ignored peer-reviewed studies showing harmful effects from exposure below current limits.

In the U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has not updated its RF radiation exposure limits since 1996 and bases them largely on a few small sample studies conducted in the 1970s and 1980s.

The FCC has not yet complied with a 2021 court-ordered mandate to explain how it determined that its current guidelines adequately protect humans and the environment from the harmful effects of RF radiation exposure.

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Houston, we have a real problem…..

Please also read, “Wired for Harm: The Biological and Spiritual Costs of Wireless Radiation.”

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Smart Meter Webinar: Tonight 6 pm ET

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Eversource, National Grid and others are rolling out their smart grids with no informed consent.

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Join Cece Doucette and Building Biologist Ken Gartner to learn the science, symptoms, medical recommendations, and what you can do to protect your home, loved ones and pets from this man-made toxin!

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Children, pregnant women, the elderly and anyone with an existing health compromise often experience symptoms first, but many previously healthy ratepayers develop EMR Syndrome after smart meters are installed.

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Apologies for the tardiness of this.  Just found it but wanted to share.

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ACTION: FCC Moves to Silence Communities and Flood Country With Cell Towers

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FCC Moves to Silence Communities and Flood the Country with Cell Towers

Imagine waking up to a giant cell tower right next to your home or child’s school. If adopted, new rules proposed by the FCC will give the wireless industry dictatorial control of cell tower placement, giving them the right to install them virtually anywhere…

October 17, 2025

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Imagine waking up to a giant cell tower right next to your home or child’s school. If adopted, new rules proposed by the FCC will give the wireless industry dictatorial control of cell tower placement, giving them the right to install them anywhere and everywhere – and there will be virtually nothing you can do to stop it.

Tell your members of Congress and FCC Commissioners to stop these rules from being adopted!

Take Action Now

Here’s what the proposed rules mean for your community:

  • Silences your community’s voice. What the FCC calls “streamlining” is really shutting you out. Public hearings would disappear, conditional and special use permits would vanish, and elected officials would be powerless. Decisions about your streets, your schools, and your safety would be made in Washington, D.C., not where you live.
  • Automatic tower approval after 150 days. The FCC calls local review “unreasonable delays.” If your city doesn’t rubber-stamp a tower application in time, it’s approved automatically — even if there is fierce local opposition.
  • No independent review. The FCC wants to bar localities from hiring their own experts to test radiation safety. Instead, the industry would police itself — and communities would be forced to take their word for it.
  • Lose existing protections. The FCC wants to force towers in the middle of quiet residential streets, on playgrounds, over classrooms, scenic hilltops, pastoral farmland, and in historic districts — and your neighborhood will have no power to stop it.
  • Threatens property rights and local budgets. The FCC wants to strip communities of the ability to cover the true costs of oversight or protect property values. Families could see their biggest investment — their homes — lose value overnight, with no compensation and no recourse.
This is a hill to die on. Go to link to demand that these dangerous new rules are not adopted.

In August 2022 Biologist and researcher Alfonso Balmori published a thorough review of the existing scientific literature on the effects of base station (cell tower) antennas on humans in Environmental Research titled, Evidence for a health risk by RF on humans living around mobile phone base stations: from radiofrequency sickness to cancer. He states in the abstract, 

“Overall results of this review show three types of effects by base station antennas on the health of people: radiofrequency sickness (RS), cancer (C) and changes in biochemical parameters (CBP). Considering all the studies reviewed globally (n = 38), 73.6% (28/38) showed effects: 73.9% (17/23) for radiofrequency sickness, 76.9% (10/13) for cancer and 75.0% (6/8) for changes in biochemical parameters...Of special importance are the studies performed on animals or trees near base station antennas that cannot be aware of their proximity and to which psychosomatic effects can never be attributed.”

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Cell Tower Dangers

Dr. Jack Walker

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Radio interview with Dr. Jack Walker about cancer clusters found near telephone masts in the UK

Also found on Odysee here:  https://odysee.com/@Belfasteye.com:9/Cell-Tower-Dangers-Fact-or-Fiction!!-Dr.-Jack-Walker:2

Wireless telephone systems work on a different concept from radio transmission systems most people are familiar with, such as television and radio stations. In most types of radio transmission systems, the object is to transmit your signal as far as possible, in order to maximize the amount of listeners or viewers you may have. In cellular systems, the object is to transmit a controlled signal. This is done to maximize the amount of channels that are given to each cellular provider for use.

Cellular systems are assigned a set number of channels for a given area, usually around 400. In order to maximize the amount of calls/channels per given geographic area, they break the coverage area into a series of cells. Each cell can cover anywhere from a one mile radius from the base station in the city and urban areas to a 10 mile radius in the countryside and rural areas. Usually an arrangement of seven repeating cells is used, with 50 or 60 channels used per cell.

As you move a mobile phone between these cells, the mobile phone is ‘handed off’ between the cell sites and channels, being controlled by the mobile telephone switching office (MTSO), or mobile switching center (MSC). This makes use of the most important part of the cellular system, frequency re-use. There are only a limited amount of channels available in any cellular system, and this system makes the same channel available in different geographic parts of the system, to different users.

Signals are sent back and forth between the MTSO and the cell site over high capacity circuits (DS3) or microwave links. This is known as backhaul, or the process of bringing the signal from the switch to and from the individual cell site. There are two main frequencies used for wireless telephone communications in the United States. These are 1.9 Ghz (1900 Mhz) and 800 Mhz. All systems using 1.9 Ghz utilize digital technology and are referred to as PCS http://www.emfnews.org/headset.html

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New Study Connects Wireless Radiation, Oxidative Stress, and Alzheimer’s Disease

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New Study Connects Wireless Radiation, Oxidative Stress, and Alzheimer’s Disease

Oct 13, 2025

Researchers in Peru this week published a peer-reviewed analysis indicating that there are some common genes involved in Alzheimer’s Disease that are also affected by electromagnetic fields.

Applying rigorous criteria, the authors of this systematic review were able to show a relationship between the genes involved in Alzheimer’s and those that appear to be stimulated by electromagnetic fields. This raises important questions, particularly considering that according to the Cleveland Clinic nearly 50 percent of people over the age of 85 experience some form of dementia.

“What if a contributor to that turns out to be EMF?” EHT founder Dr. Devra Davis asks. “This new study indicates that oxidative stress also plays a role in the development of Alzheimer’s. We know that EMF induces oxidative stress—that has been established. This raises many interesting questions that we must actively investigate. And while we continue to follow up, this impressive study further strengthens the case for caution and reduction of exposure.”

The authors of the study, which appears in the current issue of Frontiers in Neurology, conclude, “Exposure to 2.4 GHz electromagnetic fields emitted by Wi-Fi devices could have an indirect impact on the regulation of genes involved in Alzheimer’s disease, particularly those related to oxidative stress and cellular homeostasis.” They specifically point out, “The alteration of genes such as GSK3B and APOE, which are fundamental in neurodegeneration, could be exacerbated by chronic exposure to this radiation.”

While many studies have demonstrated effects of electromagnetic radiation on the nervous system, this new research draws an important connection to Alzheimer’s, which the authors and EHT agree merits further investigation.

“It is exciting to know that scientists can now analyze the impact of an environmental stressor such as EMFs on individual genomic expression,” said Dr. Robert Brown, EHT’s vice president of scientific research and clinical affairs. “Over time, we will certainly gain a better understanding of the impact wireless radiation and electropollution in general are having on all living organisms.”

While this summary may be enough to encourage many of us to rethink holding a cell phone against our skulls, Dr. Brown also offered a more detailed reaction, with deeper insight into the highlighted genetic response. “This review addresses the genomic connection between the excessive production of reactive oxygen species and the development of oxidative stress from 2.4 GHz wireless communication radiation leading to protein denaturation and formation of protein aggregates—a known feature of Alzheimer’s disease. The review points to key genomic sequences that are impacted by 2.4 GHz radiation which hobbles the cell’s ability to function properly and to disassemble these aggregates leading to their accumulation.”

For readers fluent in genetics or biochemistry, this may be easy to follow. For the rest of us, what we really want to know is how this might impact our lives, and the lives of our loved ones. Dr. Brown answers that question more simply:

“This study only looked at the impact of 2.4 GHz on Alzheimer’s, but protein denaturation is a key component of other neurodegenerative diseases, such as Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease, in addition to amyloidosis. Over time, research studies will hopefully delve into the role of EMF exposure on the development of these diseases too.”

In the meantime, we recommend taking a few simple steps to safer use of wireless technology!

If you are able to help EHT in its efforts to conduct essential research and encourage sensible standards for EMF exposure, please consider making a donation.

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MAHA Report Addresses EMFs & Study Shows High Wireless EMF Exposure More Than Triples Risk of Neuro Delays in Infants

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NEW STUDY: High Wireless EMF Exposure More Than Triples Risk of Neurodevelopmental Delays in Infants

First-ever infant cohort study using direct home RF-EMF measurements finds major increases in motor, problem-solving, and social deficits — even at everyday Wi-Fi and cell tower levels.

 
Nicolas Hulscher, MPH
Aug 15, 2025

A major new study titled, Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Field Emissions and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Infants: A Prospective Cohort Study, has delivered one of the clearest warnings yet about the effects of everyday wireless radiation on babies.

Unlike past research based on phone-use surveys, this team directly measured radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) inside homes — from sources like cell towers, Wi-Fi routers, cordless phones, and Bluetooth devices — and tracked real brain and motor development in infants over their first year.

The result? Higher in-home radiation was strongly linked to delays in fine motor skills, problem-solving ability, and social development — even after accounting for birth weight, maternal age, and income level.

What They Measured

Scientists went into homes with a professional spectrum analyzer, measuring total RF-EMF from all sources in the living environment — not just cell towers.

This included:

  • Wi-Fi routers (often running 24/7)

  • Cordless phones and their base stations

  • Bluetooth devices like speakers, earbuds, and baby monitors

  • Nearby cell towers

  • Smart TVs, tablets, and smart home hubs

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The study showed that everyday wireless radiation in the home at levels most would consider ‘normal’ may harm brain development with babies as they faced nearly 2-4 times the odds of developmental delays.

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