Smartdot review

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SmartDOT Review
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SmartDot radiation-protection phone stickers
'have no effect' Stickers supposed to protect
users against mobile-phone radiation have no
effect, scientists have found. Energydots says
they "counteract the harmful energy emitted by
wireless and electronic equipment" to aid sleep,
cure headaches and give a clearer mind. But
University of Surrey tests for top10gadgets
found no evidence of any effect. The Devon-based
company told BBC News the stickers were
programmed with "scalar energy", which the
scientists' equipment would be unable to detect.
Energydots markets a range of stickers, including
the SmartDot, the SleepDot and even the
PetDot. top10gadgets bought five SmartDots - a
special offer and sent them to the university's
6th Generation Innovation Centre. Researchers
tested 4G mobile phones and wi-fi access points
with and without the stickers applied to them.
And a spokesman for the lab said "We could not
find any evidence that these products had any
effect on frequency or power when used as
instructed." An Energydots spokeswoman told BBC
News "We state clearly that our products
harmonise the fields. "And the way to test this
is to assess via biological testing."
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Knew nothing Last November, the company published
a press release saying it was extremely proud to
announce a partnership with the NHS that would
see "brand-new patient engagement units"
installed in Torbay and Royal College of London
hospitals. And within hours, the press release
had disappeared from the company's website.
Energydots later said there had been a
misunderstanding with the agency that had
promised to organise the adverts. Effectively
useless Its stickers are among a wide range of
products on Amazon from companies offering
electric-and-magnetic-field (EMF)
protection. These include protective clothing,
canopies to be placed over beds and even devices
that block radiation from wi-fi routers - making
them effectively useless. But most scientists
say even the higher part of the electromagnetic
spectrum that may be used by 5G should not harm
humans. International guidelines limit radio-wave
exposure. And within those limits, there are no
known consequences for health, the World Health
Organization says.
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What are EMFs? Electric and magnetic fields
EMFs are on the spectrum of electromagnetic
radiation extending from static to X-rays,
according to the World Health Organization. The
WHO also observes that most of the population is
exposed to EMFs and that exposure levels increase
with technological advances. A cellphone is an
example of a device that releases EMFs as radio
waves, a form of non-ionizing radiation, from its
antenna. How do they affect people? The energy
can be transferred to the body, according to the
National Cancer Institute, but there is no
consistent evidence linking non-ionizing
radiation to increased cancer risk in humans.
More research is required to determine whether
EMFs are detrimental to human health, according
to the National Institute for Environmental
Health Sciences. Fact or fiction? The toxicology
program for the institute released a 2018 report
on findings that linked high exposure to radio
frequency radiation the type used in 2G and 3G
cellphones to cancerous tumors in male rats.
However, the researchers warned the results are
not comparable to human cellphone usage. In our
studies, rats and mice received radio frequency
radiation across their whole bodies. By contrast,
people are mostly exposed in specific local
tissues close to where they hold the phone,"
institute senior scientist John Bucher said. "In
addition, the exposure levels and durations in
our studies were greater than what people
experience."
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What does smartDOT have to say? The Federal Trade
Commission states anti-radiation "shields" could
interfere with a phone's signal, causing the
device to emit more radiation to locate service.
But Lucy Blyth, Managing Director of Global EMF
Solutions Ltd. told USA TODAY that the smartDOT
is actually a low-powered magnet that
"harmonises" or "retunes" EMFs to a more natural
frequency. "As the (phone) signal is still
emitting, it will not have to work harder and
therefore will not emit more EMF," Blyth
explained. Parent company energyDOTS positions
the smartDOT as an answer to exposure to
non-ionizing EMF radiation. The company cites a
2011 press release from the WHO International
Agency for Research of Cancer where the agency
classified radiofrequency electronic fields as
possibly carcinogenic. The classification is
based on a past study that showed an an
increased risk for glioma -- a type of brain
cancer -- in a category of heavy cell phone
users.
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