From: “Radio Wave Packet“
What You Need to Know about Wireless Technology
By: Arthur Firstenberg¹ (1950-2025)
President, Cellular Phone Task Force²
First published: September 2001
Revised: August 2022

Series of articles about EHS:

1. Dr. Erica Mallery-Blythe on Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity and EMF Limits
2. Radio Wave Packet
   • 1. The History of “Radio Wave Sickness” Studies
   • 2. Biological Effects of Radio Waves: Signs and Symptoms
   • 3. Biological Effects of Radio Waves: Power Level Is Irrelevant

Biological Effects of Radio Waves: Signs and Symptoms

Neurological: headaches, dizziness, nausea, difficulty concentrating, memory loss, irritability, depression, anxiety, insomnia, fatigue, weakness, tremors, muscle spasms, numbness, tingling, altered reflexes, muscle and joint pain, leg/foot pain, “flu-like” symptoms, fever. More severe effects include seizures, paralysis, psychosis and stroke.

Cardiac: palpitations, arrhythmias, pain or pressure in the chest, low or high blood pressure, slow or fast heart rate, shortness of breath, and heart attacks.

Respiratory: sinusitis, bronchitis, asthma, and pneumonia.

Dermatological: skin rash, extreme sensitivity to touch, itching, burning, facial flushing.

Ophthalmologic: pain or burning in the eyes, pressure in or behind the eyes, deteriorating vision, floaters, cataracts.

Auditory: Chirping, buzzing, ringing in the ears, and hearing loss.

Reproductive: Decreased sperm count and motility; abnormal menstruation; infertility;
miscarriage; birth defects.

Hematological: Anemia, elevated blood sugar, low platelets, low or high white cells, elevated cholesterol.

Impaired metabolism: Radio waves interfere with electron transport in the mitochondria of every cell. This starves the cells of oxygen and impairs their ability to metabolize sugars, fats, and proteins, just like Kumar et al. (2011) demonstrated in honey bees. The result is the modern pandemics of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. These diseases are also aspects of radio wave sickness. See Arthur Firstenberg’s The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life, chapters 11, 12 and 13.

Other: digestive problems; abdominal pain; sweating; enlarged thyroid; adrenal exhaustion; testicular/ovarian pain; sexual dysfunction; dryness of lips, tongue, mouth, eyes; puffy lips; swollen throat; great thirst; dehydration; frequent urination; nosebleeds; internal bleeding; immune system abnormalities; redistribution of metals within the body; hair loss; brittle fingernails; pain in the teeth; deteriorating fillings; impaired sense of smell; light sensitivity.

Footnotes:

1. Arthur Firstenberg – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Firstenberg  ↩︎
2. Cellular Phone Task Force – https://cellphonetaskforce.org/about-us/ The website cellphonestaskforce.org does not exist anymore. It was hosted by Arthur Firstenberg, who passed away on February 25, 2025. ↩︎

Series about EHS:

1. Dr. Erica Mallery-Blythe on Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity and EMF Limits
2. Radio Wave Packet
   • 1. The History of “Radio Wave Sickness” Studies
   • 2. Biological Effects of Radio Waves: Signs and Symptoms
   • 3. Biological Effects of Radio Waves: Power Level Is Irrelevant

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