With recent research now showing that 10 out of 14 baby monitors FAIL the test for safety in regards to EMF exposure and levels of EMF exposure to baby being considered of SEVERE concern, its time for parents to know the truth about Radio Frequency exposure to children and how we can keep our kids safe.
As parents, we always do our best to ensure our child’s safety. We spend countless hours worrying about our children, researching parenting and products, getting advice from other parents and experts and making sure to feed them nutritious foods.
How many times have you checked on your sleeping baby to make sure they were still breathing, holding your own breath, as you watch for the rise and fall of their tiny chest? How many times did you awaken to imagine the sound of your crying baby as your heart leapt in your chest?
As a mother of 2 small children, I know that feeling well, the panic, the stress, then the inevitable relief after rolling over the grab the baby monitor at 3am only to find my sweet bundle is safely, sweetly, fast asleep.
The first baby monitor was invented in 1937 and has evolved over the span of the past 85 years to the advanced versions today that include video monitoring and even being able to track baby’s sleep and vital signs through Wifi technology.
But does this convenience and peace of mind come with hidden risks to our baby’s long term health?
Exposure to baby monitors have rarely been investigated: Schmid et al. [2007] and Kühn et al. [2007]investigated the exposure to baby monitors within a larger study on the exposure to short-range indoor wireless communication devices. Gunter Vermeeren, Wout Joseph and Luc Martens investigated the exposure, in terms of both the peak spatial-averaged specific absorption rate (SAR) in 10 g of tissue AND the time-averaged root-mean-squared (RMS) electric (E) field, induced by baby monitors operating in the frequency range between 400 MHz and 2.45 GHz.
They chose nine brands of baby monitors and evaluated their exposure against exposure limits established by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) [ICNIRP, 1998] While exposure limits at 50cm distance from baby were below ICNIRP standards, established in 1998, they exceeded the standards of Building Biology, a far more stringent standard and in some cases measured at levels considered of SEVERE concern for Electric Field Radiation.
Okotest, an independent company who’s goal is to help consumers make the right purchase decision with an emphasis on health and environment, tested the RF levels of 14 different baby monitors. In their findings, 10 of 14 failed the tests due to high levels of RF radiation.
So it seems that we are inadvertently placing our child in direct exposure to Radio Frequency, microwave radiation, in an attempt to keep them safe and give our selves peace of mind. Who knew?
What’s more is there is now a direct link being shown between RF exposure and behavioral disorders.
Animal studies on prenatal RF exposure showed damaging effects of RF-EMF on the brain. Mice exposed in utero to RF from cell phones became hyperactive and experienced memory impairment after birth.
A considerable amount of research shows that the developing brains and bodies of children are much more affected by EMFs than adults. There are now clear indications of a link between EMFs and Autism Spectrum Disorders.
The Klinghardt Academy studied 20 mothers and babies, 10 with ASD and 10 without. They compared the sleeping location of the mothers during pregnancy and found that the mothers with children on the Autism spectrum had very elevated levels of Radio Frequency or microwave radiation, by 20.7 times the amount versus the mothers with healthy children.
The exposure to man made Electromagnetic fields has become the first factor that could be isolated in the prediction of Autism.
There is so much that we still don’t know and may not know still for decades to come when it relates to EMF exposure and children’s health. There is emerging evidence however that at the very least should create a great pause for parents when it comes to EMF exposure, especially in babies, in close proximity, like baby monitors.
The benefit to risk ratio seems outweighed in favor of being more cautious than not. For now, unplug that baby monitor, and use the old fashion method. If that’s simply not possible due to your house lay out, then you could plug it in outside the bedroom door at the farthest distance from sleeping baby and test for sound, but keep in mind, the receiver part, in your room, is emitting the same high levels of RF.
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Excellent information. Thank you.