Imagine a world in which your and your children's bodies absorb one quintillion times more wireless/microwave radiation than just a decade ago. Wouldn't you want to protect their health and their future? Unfortunately, according to a growing number of the world's most highly pedigreed and experienced scientific and medical researchers, that world is not imaginary and its not just children but all of us who are at risk. The BioInitiative 2012 Report which was prepared by 29 authors from ten countries was established to set biologically based exposure standards which are well below current guidelines. According to the report, which independently covers 1800 peer-reviewed studies “Bio-effects are clearly established and occur at very low levels of exposure to electromagnetic fields and radio frequency radiation”. In fact, according to Dr. Magda Havas, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Trent University, bio-effects begin to occur at less than 1 percent of the current allowable limits set by the governments of both the US and Canada. The authors of the BioInitiative Report, ten of whom hold MD's, 21 PhDs, and three MsC, MA or MPH's have all put their professional reputations on the line in order to provide a much needed public health approach to our growing use of RF technology. Among the authors are three former presidents of the Bioelectromagnetics Society, and five full members of BEMS. One distinguished author is the Chair of the Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation and another is a Senior Advisor to the European Environmental Agency.

Needless to say, with the explosion of RF technology, this is a problem that will only get worse in the coming years. Still, of the numerous health effects currently being studied there is one, which for practical reasons, stands out from the rest and that is sleep. In fact, as early as 2007 randomized, double-blind, crossover studies being done at the University of Zurich, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology stated “In conclusion, evidence is increasing that RF EMF exposure prior to sleep alters brain activity.” Given the ubiquity of RF technology consumers will inevitably and increasingly ask what is there to do? We all know that technology can be a wonderful tool for modern living and that it is impractical to suggest that people get rid of their cell phones and laptops and so what's needed are real solutions that protect people's health in practical ways. We at Naturally Nathaniel believe that a good night's rest which is free from exposure to harmful levels of wireless radiation (RF) is the best solution to a concern that is sure to grow in the coming years.

Just Like Organics. RF Protection is A Growing Need

In 1990 organic foods was a 1 billion dollar industry in the USA. It was comprised primarily of individual health food stores and co-ops as well as the relatively small but growing organic agricultural industry which sustained it. There were a few regional chains in the US but nothing large enough to make a footprint nationwide. Then things changed. As people noticed their health outcomes and quality of life declining they began to make the connection between the quality of food they chose to eat and their health. They were increasingly concerned about chemicals in their homes, workplaces and especially in their foods. The decades-long research done in major universities on the biological effects of toxins in our environment began to catch up with everyday consumers. Suddenly this was a discussion that was more and more part of the daily record. Going to the health food store to buy organic food was no longer something that only hippies and uniquely health conscious consumers were doing. It was becoming mainstream. As someone who eats primarily organic food for my own health, and with great benefit, I vividly recall my first visit to Whole Foods Market. Upon leaving the store after that first visit with a friend in 1993 I said to that friend “20 years from now this company is going to be very successful”. Fast forward to today and we see that the organic foods industry has grown by a whopping 483 percent since the year 2000 to over 200 billion (USD) worldwide in annual revenue as of 2024. What changed? It's very simple. People's behavior was increasingly driven by their desire to live a more natural life for their sake and for the sake of their children and families. They saw that ecology and lifestyle were not just compatible but necessary for a great quality of life.

Sleep better, live better. A Focus On Cleaning Up EMF and RF In Our Sleeping Environment

Still, regardless of how good one's diet is it is an unfortunate truth that our environment is getting more toxic with each passing year. We speak here not just of chemical pollutants but also of the growing presence of electromagnetic radiation in our environment. Specifically, high frequency EMF which occurs in the microwave range of 300 million cycles per second to 300 billion cycles per second (or 300 MHz to 300 GHz) has grown so drastically over the past three decades that human biology has simply not had the requisite time to catch up. To provide perspective consider what Dr. Olle Johansson PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden said in 2017 regarding the growth of our exposure to microwave (wireless) radiation.

“If I asked you how much more microwave radiation penetrates your body today compared to 10 years ago, is it twice as much? Three times as much? No, it's a quintillion times more. That's a 1 with 18 zeros”.

As with organics, there is an ever-expanding body of evidence which points to the danger of our constant exposures to RF radiation from all sources and especially as we sleep. For example, in a recent paper entitled Microwave frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) produce widespread neuropsychiatric effects including depression, Dr. Martin Pall examines epidemiological and scientific literature going back as far as the early 1970's which was done by the US Government (NASA and the Naval Medical Research Institute) and the Soviet Union which clearly establishes harm from non-thermal (non-heating) sources of RF radiation. He states “Soviet and Western literature shows that much of the impact of non-thermal microwave exposures in experimental animals occurs in the brain and peripheral nervous system, such that nervous system histology and function show diverse and substantial changes.” In Dr. Pall's analysis of a wide sampling of epidemiological literature, including those studies done by NASA and the Naval Medical Research Institute decades ago, the neuropsychiatric symptom most reported was sleep disturbance and insomnia.

Table 4. Commonly reported neuropsychiatric symptoms following microwave EMF exposure.

Symptom(s) Numbers of studies reporting

Sleep disturbance/insomnia 17

Headache 14

Fatigue/tiredness 11

Depression/depressive symptoms 10

Dysesthesia (vision/hearing/olfactory dysfunction) 10

Concentration/attention/cognitive dysfunction 10

Dizziness/vertigo 9

Memory changes 8

Restlessness/tension/anxiety/stress/agitation/feeling of discomfort 8

Irritability 7

Loss of appetite/body weight 6

Skin tingling/burning/inflammation/dermographism 6

Nausea 5

There is a solution!

No matter how good your diet and exercise routine are your body simply can’t withstand constant exposures to EMF and RF and work (and rest) as it should. Given our constant exposure to microwave radiation from our cell phones, laptops, wifi routers, LTE access points, cordless DECT phones, cell towers and now even home appliances it’s just common sense that having a break from RF exposure each night as we sleep can truly enhance the quality of our lives. It’s simple: sleep better, live better. We know from thousands of peer-reviewed studies that RF radiation produces biological effects at less than one percent of what the governments of North America say is allowable and so elegant and effective shielding products for home and sleep is an idea whose time has come. For these reasons and more I love the Safe Sleep Cocoon©, made with Swiss Shield WEAR™ fabric. It is elegant and extremely effective and it’s also just really cool to sleep in each night and know you’ve got a comfy and safe little island of Z’s all to yourself!

              No Concern     Slight Concern      Severe Concern        Extreme Concern

µW/m²     < 0.1                    0.1 – 10                10 – 1000                   > 1000

WEAR Shielding Effectiveness

10 dB = 90 % 
20 dB = 99 % 
30 dB = 99.9 % 
40 dB = 99.99 % 
50 dB = 99.999 %
60 dB = 99.9999%

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