Theodora Scarato
@theodorascarato.bsky.social
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Plastic waste never disappears, it just breaks into smaller pieces. A Feb. 2025 study indicated there may be far more micro- and nano-plastics in human brains than previously thought—as much as a plastic spoon.
Read our new fact sheet on the issue here: www.beyondplastics.org/fact-sheets/...
Read our new fact sheet on the issue here: www.beyondplastics.org/fact-sheets/...
September 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Plastic waste never disappears, it just breaks into smaller pieces. A Feb. 2025 study indicated there may be far more micro- and nano-plastics in human brains than previously thought—as much as a plastic spoon.
Read our new fact sheet on the issue here: www.beyondplastics.org/fact-sheets/...
Read our new fact sheet on the issue here: www.beyondplastics.org/fact-sheets/...
Reposted by Theodora Scarato
Chinese 🇨🇳 govt is doing far more research on EM/RF biological effects & medical applications than any other country. It’s also working on ways to mitigate radiation exposures.
An example 👇 published last week @plosone.org shows how antenna design can reduce absorption in the skull at 1.9-3.5 GHz
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An example 👇 published last week @plosone.org shows how antenna design can reduce absorption in the skull at 1.9-3.5 GHz
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May 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Chinese 🇨🇳 govt is doing far more research on EM/RF biological effects & medical applications than any other country. It’s also working on ways to mitigate radiation exposures.
An example 👇 published last week @plosone.org shows how antenna design can reduce absorption in the skull at 1.9-3.5 GHz
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An example 👇 published last week @plosone.org shows how antenna design can reduce absorption in the skull at 1.9-3.5 GHz
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Non-ionizing frequencies have biological impacts. If it can heal, it can harm.
“EMFs represent promising, minimally invasive control modalities for next-generation gene- and cell-based therapies.”
Using mT fields in the 0.1 – 1 kHz frequency range with nanoparticles to generate reactive oxygen species.
From ETH-Zurich Basel 🇨🇭. Open access.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Using mT fields in the 0.1 – 1 kHz frequency range with nanoparticles to generate reactive oxygen species.
From ETH-Zurich Basel 🇨🇭. Open access.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
May 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Non-ionizing frequencies have biological impacts. If it can heal, it can harm.
French gov is under pressure from @Phonegate_Alert to report 58+ cell phones that exceed radiation limits, many unreported to EU safety database 4 years, violating consumer protection laws. Phonegate demands action within 2 mo or legal steps may follow. phonegatealert.org/smartphones-...
Smartphones dangereux : l’ANFR sommée d’informer l’Europe
Face aux manquements de l'ANFR dans la déclaration des smartphones dangereux au niveau européen, Alerte Phonegate prête à saisir la justice
phonegatealert.org
May 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
French gov is under pressure from @Phonegate_Alert to report 58+ cell phones that exceed radiation limits, many unreported to EU safety database 4 years, violating consumer protection laws. Phonegate demands action within 2 mo or legal steps may follow. phonegatealert.org/smartphones-...
Leading scientists from the International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (ICBE-EMF) are calling for immediate policy action to protect public health and the environment.
www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/...
www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/...
New WHO-Funded Study Reports High Certainty of the Evidence Linking Cell Phone Radiation to Cancer in Animals
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May 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Leading scientists from the International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (ICBE-EMF) are calling for immediate policy action to protect public health and the environment.
www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/...
www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/...
Reposted by Theodora Scarato
April 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A systematic review on the effects of RFR to male reproductive hormones found that wireless can decrease testosterone reduction- Maluin et al. 2021. www.frontiersin.org/journals/phy...
Frontiers | Effect of Radiation Emitted by Wireless Devices on Male Reproductive Hormones: A Systematic Review
Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation (RF-EMR) from various wireless devices has increased dramatically with the advancement of technology. On...
www.frontiersin.org
May 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
A systematic review on the effects of RFR to male reproductive hormones found that wireless can decrease testosterone reduction- Maluin et al. 2021. www.frontiersin.org/journals/phy...
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“The evidence is now clear —cell phone radiation can cause cancer in animals in concordance with the tumor types identified in human studies of mobile phone users,” says Ron Melnick, ICBE-EMF chair, who as a senior toxicologist at NIEHS designed the NTP #RF animal study.
icbe-emf.org/who-funded-s...
icbe-emf.org/who-funded-s...
April 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“The evidence is now clear —cell phone radiation can cause cancer in animals in concordance with the tumor types identified in human studies of mobile phone users,” says Ron Melnick, ICBE-EMF chair, who as a senior toxicologist at NIEHS designed the NTP #RF animal study.
icbe-emf.org/who-funded-s...
icbe-emf.org/who-funded-s...
Reposted by Theodora Scarato
DEHP, a class of chemicals used in PVC pipes and to make plastics softer, have been linked to 356,000 heart disease deaths. “After 40 or 50 years many cities are getting around to replacing lead service lines and we don’t want to replace those with PVC,” - Judith Enck.
Common plastic chemicals linked to 356,000 annual heart disease deaths worldwide
By Brian Bienkowski Chemicals used to make plastics more flexible are linked to more than 356,000 deaths annually across the globe, creating what researchers called a “substantial global health burd...
www.thenewlede.org
April 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
DEHP, a class of chemicals used in PVC pipes and to make plastics softer, have been linked to 356,000 heart disease deaths. “After 40 or 50 years many cities are getting around to replacing lead service lines and we don’t want to replace those with PVC,” - Judith Enck.
Reposted by Theodora Scarato
Peer review of this key #RF systematic review must have been a tough slog. It took 14 months to reaffirm the cancer link!
Its findings contradict the long-held conclusions of ICNIRP and just about all other standard-setting committees.
bsky.app/profile/micr...
Its findings contradict the long-held conclusions of ICNIRP and just about all other standard-setting committees.
bsky.app/profile/micr...
April 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Peer review of this key #RF systematic review must have been a tough slog. It took 14 months to reaffirm the cancer link!
Its findings contradict the long-held conclusions of ICNIRP and just about all other standard-setting committees.
bsky.app/profile/micr...
Its findings contradict the long-held conclusions of ICNIRP and just about all other standard-setting committees.
bsky.app/profile/micr...
It is never too late to make a U-turn down a reckless road.
The WHO commissioned review is a warning we cannot afford to ignore. Animal studies predict the future, whereas human studies examine the past. Scientific evidence must guide policy, not follow disaster.
icbe-emf.org/who-funded-s...
The WHO commissioned review is a warning we cannot afford to ignore. Animal studies predict the future, whereas human studies examine the past. Scientific evidence must guide policy, not follow disaster.
icbe-emf.org/who-funded-s...
WHO Funded Study Reports High Certainty of the Evidence Linking Cell Phone Radiation to Cancer in Animals - International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields
A study funded by the World Health Organization, concluded there is high certainty of the evidence linking cell phone radiofrequency (RF) radiation to two types of cancer in animals. In response, lead...
icbe-emf.org
April 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
It is never too late to make a U-turn down a reckless road.
The WHO commissioned review is a warning we cannot afford to ignore. Animal studies predict the future, whereas human studies examine the past. Scientific evidence must guide policy, not follow disaster.
icbe-emf.org/who-funded-s...
The WHO commissioned review is a warning we cannot afford to ignore. Animal studies predict the future, whereas human studies examine the past. Scientific evidence must guide policy, not follow disaster.
icbe-emf.org/who-funded-s...
Reposted by Theodora Scarato
The transformation of healthy cells into invasive colorectal tumors is a very complex process involving numerous molecular mechanisms, according to Chinese biologists who have discovered that low levels of a single enzyme strongly influence the pathway to malignancy
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03...
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03...
Low levels of a single enzyme influence pathway to malignancy in colorectal cancer, scientists find
The transformation of healthy cells into invasive colorectal tumors is an extraordinarily complex process involving numerous molecular mechanisms, according to cancer biologists in China who have disc...
medicalxpress.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The transformation of healthy cells into invasive colorectal tumors is a very complex process involving numerous molecular mechanisms, according to Chinese biologists who have discovered that low levels of a single enzyme strongly influence the pathway to malignancy
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03...
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03...
Reposted by Theodora Scarato
New and important on the “extraordinary sensitivity” of biological cells to “weak electrical signals”.
“Our study reveals that activity...can endow...membranes with the ability to sense and respond to electric fields that are far weaker than the thermal noise limit...”
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
“Our study reveals that activity...can endow...membranes with the ability to sense and respond to electric fields that are far weaker than the thermal noise limit...”
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
March 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New and important on the “extraordinary sensitivity” of biological cells to “weak electrical signals”.
“Our study reveals that activity...can endow...membranes with the ability to sense and respond to electric fields that are far weaker than the thermal noise limit...”
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
“Our study reveals that activity...can endow...membranes with the ability to sense and respond to electric fields that are far weaker than the thermal noise limit...”
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Results show significant differences in EM exposures at different seating positions in vehicles. Level in the driver’s body is higher than that of the rear passenger.
Max magnetic field at the inverter is ~10 mT (100G) and decreases “rapidly” with distance.
From 🇨🇳.
academic.oup.com/rpd/advance-...
Max magnetic field at the inverter is ~10 mT (100G) and decreases “rapidly” with distance.
From 🇨🇳.
academic.oup.com/rpd/advance-...
February 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Results show significant differences in EM exposures at different seating positions in vehicles. Level in the driver’s body is higher than that of the rear passenger.
Max magnetic field at the inverter is ~10 mT (100G) and decreases “rapidly” with distance.
From 🇨🇳.
academic.oup.com/rpd/advance-...
Max magnetic field at the inverter is ~10 mT (100G) and decreases “rapidly” with distance.
From 🇨🇳.
academic.oup.com/rpd/advance-...
Reposted by Theodora Scarato
New from intl team led by C Dahon & M Ahmad @sorbonne-universite.fr 🇫🇷. They report:
Living cells are sensitive to “astonishingly weak“ RF signals —those “far below” current safety limits. Effects occur “well within” levels associated with cellphones & Wi-Fi.
Open access
www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/12...
Living cells are sensitive to “astonishingly weak“ RF signals —those “far below” current safety limits. Effects occur “well within” levels associated with cellphones & Wi-Fi.
Open access
www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/12...
March 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
New from intl team led by C Dahon & M Ahmad @sorbonne-universite.fr 🇫🇷. They report:
Living cells are sensitive to “astonishingly weak“ RF signals —those “far below” current safety limits. Effects occur “well within” levels associated with cellphones & Wi-Fi.
Open access
www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/12...
Living cells are sensitive to “astonishingly weak“ RF signals —those “far below” current safety limits. Effects occur “well within” levels associated with cellphones & Wi-Fi.
Open access
www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/12...
Reposted by Theodora Scarato
Mitochondria may hold the key to curing diabetes
"Researchers at the University of Michigan used mice to show that dysfunctional mitochondria trigger a response that affects the maturation and function of β-cells."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Researchers at the University of Michigan used mice to show that dysfunctional mitochondria trigger a response that affects the maturation and function of β-cells."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Retrograde mitochondrial signaling governs the identity and maturity of metabolic tissues
Mitochondrial damage is a hallmark of metabolic diseases, including diabetes, yet the consequences of compromised mitochondria in metabolic tissues are often unclear. Here, we report that dysfunctiona...
www.science.org
February 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Mitochondria may hold the key to curing diabetes
"Researchers at the University of Michigan used mice to show that dysfunctional mitochondria trigger a response that affects the maturation and function of β-cells."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Researchers at the University of Michigan used mice to show that dysfunctional mitochondria trigger a response that affects the maturation and function of β-cells."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Theodora Scarato
The Elektrosmog Report —a German-language newsletter launched in 1987 and published by diagnose:funk since 2019— now has an edition in English.
It offers: “Technical information on the significance of EMFs for the environment and health.”
Open access.
www.emf-portal.org/de/article/5...
It offers: “Technical information on the significance of EMFs for the environment and health.”
Open access.
www.emf-portal.org/de/article/5...
February 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The Elektrosmog Report —a German-language newsletter launched in 1987 and published by diagnose:funk since 2019— now has an edition in English.
It offers: “Technical information on the significance of EMFs for the environment and health.”
Open access.
www.emf-portal.org/de/article/5...
It offers: “Technical information on the significance of EMFs for the environment and health.”
Open access.
www.emf-portal.org/de/article/5...
Reposted by Theodora Scarato
Artist Chrissanth Green-Gross’ “Plastic Tsunami” is more than just a visual—it’s a call to action. This piece caught eyes at a lobby day in Albany, NY, showing that art can be a campaign tool in the push for policy change and can help build momentum for the movement #ArtAsActivism
February 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Artist Chrissanth Green-Gross’ “Plastic Tsunami” is more than just a visual—it’s a call to action. This piece caught eyes at a lobby day in Albany, NY, showing that art can be a campaign tool in the push for policy change and can help build momentum for the movement #ArtAsActivism
Reposted by Theodora Scarato
New on the incredible sensitivity of living organisms to magnetic fields:
“A pair of physicists at the University of Crete has found that some types of biological magnetoreceptors used by various creatures to navigate, operate at or near the quantum limit.”
phys.org/news/2025-02...
“A pair of physicists at the University of Crete has found that some types of biological magnetoreceptors used by various creatures to navigate, operate at or near the quantum limit.”
phys.org/news/2025-02...
Certain animal navigation abilities found to operate at or near quantum limit of magnetic field detection
A pair of physicists at the University of Crete has found that some types of biological magnetoreceptors used by various creatures to navigate, operate at or near the quantum limit. In their paper pub...
phys.org
February 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
New on the incredible sensitivity of living organisms to magnetic fields:
“A pair of physicists at the University of Crete has found that some types of biological magnetoreceptors used by various creatures to navigate, operate at or near the quantum limit.”
phys.org/news/2025-02...
“A pair of physicists at the University of Crete has found that some types of biological magnetoreceptors used by various creatures to navigate, operate at or near the quantum limit.”
phys.org/news/2025-02...
NEW STUDY on THz finds metabolic impacts. The FCC is proposing new human exposure limits up to 3 THz based on the outdated assumption that heat is the only harm. The metabolic effects observed in this study from 2.3 THz were not due to heating. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
NEW STUDY on THz finds metabolic impacts. The FCC is proposing new human exposure limits up to 3 THz based on the outdated assumption that heat is the only harm. The metabolic effects observed in this study from 2.3 THz were not due to heating. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Theodora Scarato
Around 13% of industrial facilities in Allegheny County’s environmental justice communities regularly violate federal clean air or clean water laws compared to just 3% of facilities in non-environmental justice areas, according to a recent study.
www.ehn.org/southwestern...
www.ehn.org/southwestern...
Environmental justice communities in southwestern Pennsylvania face higher rates of pollution violations
“If there are no financial repercussions for breaking the law, there’s no incentive … to stop breaking the law.”
www.ehn.org
January 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Around 13% of industrial facilities in Allegheny County’s environmental justice communities regularly violate federal clean air or clean water laws compared to just 3% of facilities in non-environmental justice areas, according to a recent study.
www.ehn.org/southwestern...
www.ehn.org/southwestern...
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Changes in gene expression in GBM cell line by 2.1 GHz #RF at SAR~1 W/Kg.
Published in Bioelectromagnetics, the flagship journal of the RF /EMF community.
This is not supposed to be possible.
From Turkey 🇹🇷.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Published in Bioelectromagnetics, the flagship journal of the RF /EMF community.
This is not supposed to be possible.
From Turkey 🇹🇷.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
January 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Changes in gene expression in GBM cell line by 2.1 GHz #RF at SAR~1 W/Kg.
Published in Bioelectromagnetics, the flagship journal of the RF /EMF community.
This is not supposed to be possible.
From Turkey 🇹🇷.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Published in Bioelectromagnetics, the flagship journal of the RF /EMF community.
This is not supposed to be possible.
From Turkey 🇹🇷.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Reposted by Theodora Scarato
4. Understated uncertainty about cancer risk after long latency periods;
5. Failure to follow scientific guidance for systematic reviews & meta-analyses.
Overall conclusion:
“There is no scientific justification for concluding there is any certainty that RF exposures do not cause cancer.”
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5. Failure to follow scientific guidance for systematic reviews & meta-analyses.
Overall conclusion:
“There is no scientific justification for concluding there is any certainty that RF exposures do not cause cancer.”
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January 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
4. Understated uncertainty about cancer risk after long latency periods;
5. Failure to follow scientific guidance for systematic reviews & meta-analyses.
Overall conclusion:
“There is no scientific justification for concluding there is any certainty that RF exposures do not cause cancer.”
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5. Failure to follow scientific guidance for systematic reviews & meta-analyses.
Overall conclusion:
“There is no scientific justification for concluding there is any certainty that RF exposures do not cause cancer.”
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Reposted by Theodora Scarato
“The ageing state of the cell or body plays a role in determining the biological or health effects of EMF exposure, but the exact effect depends on the specific conditions, and further investigation of the underlying mechanism is needed.”
From China 🇨🇳.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
From China 🇨🇳.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“The ageing state of the cell or body plays a role in determining the biological or health effects of EMF exposure, but the exact effect depends on the specific conditions, and further investigation of the underlying mechanism is needed.”
From China 🇨🇳.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
From China 🇨🇳.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Theodora Scarato
ICBE-EMF sees 5 flaws in WHO/ICNIRP systematic review of RF & cancer:
1. Conclusions based on studies with flawed designs
2. Overreliance on RF exposure categories that don’t reflect actual exposures
3. Distorted evidence on brain cancer time-trends
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Open access
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1. Conclusions based on studies with flawed designs
2. Overreliance on RF exposure categories that don’t reflect actual exposures
3. Distorted evidence on brain cancer time-trends
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Open access
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January 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
ICBE-EMF sees 5 flaws in WHO/ICNIRP systematic review of RF & cancer:
1. Conclusions based on studies with flawed designs
2. Overreliance on RF exposure categories that don’t reflect actual exposures
3. Distorted evidence on brain cancer time-trends
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Open access
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1. Conclusions based on studies with flawed designs
2. Overreliance on RF exposure categories that don’t reflect actual exposures
3. Distorted evidence on brain cancer time-trends
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Open access
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