Can electromagnetic frequencies (EMFs) damage your DNA?

The human body, including your brain, is electromagnetic by nature. It is 75% water and a conductor of electricity. When artificial electromagnetic fields produced by home electricity or frequencies used in cell towers and phones pass through our bodies 24/7, the human body is not able to distinguish what is its own bodily signal versus that of an artificial EMF. This interferes with the normal messages our bodies send and receive can cause DNA damage.

Ann Louise Gittleman writes in her book, Zapped, “Our bodies have an amazing defense system. Just as cell membranes offer some protection from EMFs (though not enough), a healthy cell membrane will also self- heal. But, before it repairs the tear, it may release a digestive enzyme called DNAase, which can destroy or damage DNA, potentially turning your genetic material into a precursor to disease by altering its important directions on how and when to grow, divide, and die. Studies using cell signals have found evidence of just that. For example a Greek study of fruit flies, whose short life span makes them the perfect subject for base genetic research, researchers found that exposure to mobile phone signals just six minutes a day for six days actually fragmented the genetic material in the cells that produced the fly’s eggs and half of the eggs died."*

* Ann Louise Gittleman, Zapped, footnote 23, chapter 2