What’s wireless radiation doing to your body? Part 2

July 18, 2025

Last week we reported on a new paper from Dr Dimitris J Panagopoulos and his co-workers which showed that electromagnetic fields from wireless devices increased oxidative stress, DNA damage, cancer and reduced the ability to reproduce.

This week, we take a look at how this actually happens.

The villain of the scenario is a group of molecules called Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) that are the cause of much of the damage.

Panagopoulos describes the process like this.

  1. Humans, animals and plants contain Voltage Gated Ion Channels (VGICs) which are located on the membranes of all cells and whose job is to allow the passage of ions such as calcium, potassium, sodium and magnesium through them. These VGICs are exquisitely sensitive to polarized, coherent and variable (man-made) electromagnetic fields.

     

  2. When VGICs are exposed to these manmade fields, they cause them to malfunction, disturbing the passage of ions through them.

     

  3. The malfunction of VGICs affects the levels of calcium, potassium, sodium and other ions of critical importance within cells, ultimately causing an overproduction of harmful ROS which can cause oxidative stress (OS), inflammation and DNA damage, mutations and disease.

     


And it’s this OS and DNA damage that lie at the heart of so many of the problems caused by manmade electromagnetic fields. ‘For cells with irreparably damaged genomic DNA, possible outcomes are, cell senescence or cell death (which may result in aging, organic/neurodegenerative diseases, and/or reproductive difficulties), cancer, or mutated offspring, depending on cell type, the specific biological/environmental conditions, and the state of the organism. Thus, DNA damage induced by OS explains the pathologies linked to chronic exposure to anthropogenic EMFs, such as infertility and cancer.’

Panagopoulos points out that two types of ROS chemicals - hydroxyl radical and peroxynitrite – are also caused by exposure to ionizing radiation. ‘This provides an answer to claims that “non-ionizing” anthropogenic EMFs cannot possibly cause biological damage,’ Panagopoulos says.

Panagopoulos has provided a mechanism, supported by generally accepted biology and physics, that explains just how the electromagnetic fields from our electrical and wireless technologies interfere with the bodies of humans, animals and plants, causing a range of harmful outcomes.

‘Man-made EMFs, and especially the most detrimental ones from WC antennas/devices and high-voltage electric power lines, have become a new reality in modern life exposing billions of people on a daily basis,’ the paper says. ‘Even though they are significantly less cytotoxic than radioactivity or certain toxic chemicals, they represent an evolutionary novel and most persistent daily cytotoxic agent, against which, existing repair mechanisms may not be efficient enough. Especially in individuals who are already genetically or epigenetically compromised.’

Panagopoulos DJ, Yakymenko I, De Iuliis GN, and Chrousos GP (2025): A comprehensive mechanism of biological and health effects of anthropogenic extremely low frequency and wireless communication electromagnetic fields. Front. Public Health 13:1585441. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1585441

You can see information about Dr Panagopoulos here.

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